South Korean police have reportedly launched the country’s first illegal gambling probe into local Polymarket users, widening regulatory scrutiny of the decentralized prediction market. The investigation is led by Gangwon Provincial Police and was requested by the National Police Agency, according to ChosunBiz. Users may face fines of up to 10 million won ($6,500) under … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) is heading for its worst weekly performance since November 2022, down around 15% week-to-date as of Friday. BTC/USD weekly chart Source: TradingView BTC was trading near $62,500 after briefly dropping toward $61,000 earlier in the session. The roughly $1,500 rebound showed bulls are still trying to defend the psychologically important $60,000 support level. … Read more
Some of the largest US banks are reportedly planning to launch a tokenized deposit network in the first half of 2027 in response to growing competition from blockchain companies expanding into traditional finance. The network will be operated by The Clearing House, the bank-owned payments operator, and will connect traditional payment rails with digital asset … Read more
Republicans in the US House of Representatives are moving to add prediction market restrictions to a stalled congressional stock trading ban, as lawmakers scrutinize whether members of Congress should be allowed to wager on elections or public policy. House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil plans to attach prediction market provisions to H.R. 7008, the House’s … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) has fulfilled two of three key conditions to spark the next BTC price “rally,” new analysis says. Key points: Bitcoin whales on Hyperliquid and Bitfinex are already pointing to the beginning of a BTC price uptrend, according to the latest findings. Bitcoin markets now need demand to return in the form of the … Read more
Visa is testing whether privacy-enabled blockchain networks can support institutional stablecoin settlement without exposing sensitive transaction data, in a proof of concept with stablecoin infrastructure company Brale and the Canton Network, a permissioned ledger backed by major Wall Street firms. The project, announced Thursday, uses SBC, a US dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Brale, to simulate … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) extended losses after Friday’s Wall Street open as traders prepared for a retest of $60,000. Key points: Bitcoin begins a battle to protect $60,000 support as sell-side pressure refuses to cool. Analysis sees early signals that “seller exhaustion” is here. US nonfarm payrolls data produce a stronger-than-expected picture of US labor market conditions. … Read more
Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin needs “disciplined expansion” through banks, companies, securities, credit and capital markets, laying out a path for the asset as spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows and a broader market sell-off test institutional demand. On Friday, Saylor published an essay, saying Bitcoin’s base layer should be treated as … Read more
Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun introduced a new open bounty platform where users have posted crypto rewards for bizarre promotional tasks, such as tattooing the ticker symbols of memecoins, quitting their current job live on camera or skydiving into a World Cup match. Pump.fun introduced the new platform on Thursday, positioning it as an open marketplace … Read more
Some digital asset industry advocates are pushing back against a provision in a $56 billion state budget passed by the Illinois General Assembly on Monday, due to its impact on crypto users. In a Senate bill included as part of the Illinois state budget for the fiscal year 2027, lawmakers proposed a 0.2% tax on … Read more