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Prediction market Kalshi just topped $1 billion in monthly volume as state regulators nip at its heels with lawsuits alleging that it’s an unregistered sports betting platform. “Despite being limited to only American customers, Kalshi has now risen to dominate the global prediction market industry,” the company said in a press release. “New data scraped from publicly available activity metrics details this rise.” The publicly available data appears on a Dune Analytics dashboard that’s been tracking prediction market notional volume. The data show that Kalshi now accounts for roughly 62% of global prediction market volume, Polymarket for 37%, and the…

Lighter, the second-largest decentralized perpetuals exchange, was one of many platforms that experienced platform outages during the crypto market’s flash crash on Oct. 10. To compensate affected users, Lighter has distributed points that will translate to a future token airdrop. Lighter announced its reimbursement plan on Oct. 14, dropping 250,000 points to traders affected by the platform’s technical issues during and after the crash. While points may seem like nebulous compensation for lost funds, Lighter points are in high demand, reaching as high as $100 per point on OTC markets before Friday’s events. As of Oct. 16, the highest bid…

Ethereum price has crashed into a bear market in the past few weeks, but technicals and treasury purchases point to a strong comeback in the near term. Summary Ethereum price has pulled back and moved into a bear market this year. The coin has formed a bullish flag pattern on the daily chart. Companies like BitMine have continued to accumulate Ether tokens. At last check Saturday, Ethereum (ETH) traded at around $3,860, down by over 22% from the year-to-date high of $4,965, but up about 2.4% over the past 24 hours. Ethereum price has numerous fundamental and technical catalysts that…

The European Union is preparing a year-end push to expand pension savings and tighten oversight of markets, with plans that could hand its Paris watchdog new authority over crypto firms. Speaking at the Eurofi Forum in Copenhagen on Thursday, Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque said the package will cover pension auto-enrolment, tax incentives for savings, and steps to cut cross-border barriers in trading, alongside a debate over shifting key supervisory powers to the European Securities and Markets Authority. “We are looking at possible centralized supervision of certain market infrastructures, such as central counterparties, central securities depositories, and trading venues,”…

Bithumb, one of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that it will offer trading support for its three new digital assets, Infinite (IN), Doodles (DOOD), and Yield Basis (YB), in Korean Won (KRW) pairs. Bithumb to List IN, DOOD, and YB Tokens on the Korean Won (KRW) Market New listings will begin on Friday, October 17, 2025. IN and DOOD tokens will begin trading at 4:00 PM, while YB tokens will begin trading at 5:00 PM. Deposits and withdrawals for all assets will open within three hours of the announcement. According to Bithumb’s statement: Infinite (IN) will be supported via…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Spark has rotated a portion of its treasury reserves from US government bonds into crypto-native yield strategies, signaling new approaches to onchain yield generation as Treasury returns continue to compress. On Thursday, Spark said it allocated $100 million of its stablecoin reserves to Superstate’s Crypto Carry Fund (USCC), a regulated basis-trading fund that generates yield from price differentials between spot and futures markets across major digital assets. The fund allows DeFi protocols to earn market-neutral yield from the same derivatives markets traditionally used by hedge funds. According to Superstate’s website, USCC manages about $528 million…

Asian investors commit $1 billion to form a new Ethereum treasury, showing growing regional confidence in ETH’s long-term potential. Ethereum price struggles near $3,800, facing selling pressure despite strong institutional interest from major Asian backers. Ethereum price is drawing attention as top investors in Asia plan to create a $1 billion ETH treasury. The effort comes as the cryptocurrency struggles to stay above the $3,800 mark. This move could become one of the biggest joint investments in Ethereum from the region, signaling growing confidence in its long-term value. Asian Investors Plan Major Ethereum Treasury A group of prominent Asian cryptocurrency…

The interest rate cut announced by the FED yesterday did not have the expected impact on the cryptocurrency market. While the price of BNB reached an all-time high of $1,000, the prices of major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum remained largely flat. Analysts say this suggests investors lack confidence that the Fed is truly shifting to a looser monetary policy path. Wave Digital Assets CEO David Siemer stated that he expects the effects of the interest rate cut to be seen over time, saying, “Bitcoin could rise to approximately $130,000 by the end of the year, while Ethereum could rise…

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with BitPay, the world’s leading cryptocurrency payments processor, to broaden its digital assets solutions for merchants and payment service providers (PSPs) via ACI’s Payments Orchestration Platform. This alliance empowers ACI’s commitment to digital currency innovation by amplifying the platform’s traditional abilities for merchants and PSPs. Almost 55% of global retailers are assessing cryptocurrency acceptance as fragment of their payment strategy, according to the current study of ACI Worldwide and Payments Dive. In addition, ACI evolves its Payments Orchestration Platform, enabling seamless…

VyFinance, one of Cardano’s most established DeFi projects, today unveiled cstAPEX, a staked version of the APEX token built natively on Cardano that mirrors the potential 10% APY available when staking APEX on Prime. The new token is designed to bring yield-bearing Cardano assets into a more composable, cross-chain future. VyFinance says cstAPEX was developed and deployed entirely on Cardano’s UTxO-based architecture, but that the work is only the first step: the team plans to extend cstAPEX to EVM chains, linking Cardano-native yield into the broader multi-chain DeFi ecosystem through Apex Fusion. “This partnership with VyFinance brings Cardano’s DeFi innovation…