PrizePicks Joins Polymarket in US Prediction Market Push

PrizePicks, one of North America’s largest daily fantasy sports operators, has partnered with Polymarket to expand into the prediction-markets space — a move that could open new revenue streams beyond its core fantasy sports business. The partnership will integrate Polymarket’s event contracts directly into the PrizePicks app, allowing users to make predictions on outcomes spanning … Read more

Bitcoin Whales Stamp BTC Price Down After $107,500 Highs

Key points: Bitcoin fills its weekend CME futures gap, but bulls struggle to produce a BTC price turnaround. Analysis shows Bitcoin whales selling into price at local highs. Derivatives traders continue to avoid risk with $100,000 still hanging in the balance. Bitcoin (BTC) delivered a classic futures “gap fill” after Tuesday’s Wall Street open as … Read more

8 Crypto Coins That Shaped 2025’s Market Narrative

Key takeaways 2025 marked a turning point for crypto, as investors prioritized real utility and institutional integration over hype-driven speculation. Bitcoin’s performance was supported by US spot ETFs, keeping it near or above the $100,000 mark for much of the year despite market pullbacks. Ether rebounded after an early-year slump, supported by growing institutional interest … Read more

Turbo Energy to Pilot Tokenized Financing for Renewable Energy on Stellar

Turbo Energy (Nasdaq: TURB) is launching a pilot project to tokenize financing for hybrid renewable energy systems, starting with an on-site solar and battery installation at a supermarket in Spain. The initiative aims to demonstrate how blockchain-based debt instruments can fund distributed energy projects. The project is being developed in collaboration with digital asset infrastructure … Read more

Turbo Energy to Pilot Tokenized Financing for Renewable Energy on Stellar

Turbo Energy (Nasdaq: TURB) is launching a pilot project to tokenize financing for hybrid renewable energy systems, starting with an on-site solar and battery installation at a supermarket in Spain. The initiative aims to demonstrate how blockchain-based debt instruments can fund distributed energy projects. The project is being developed in collaboration with digital asset infrastructure … Read more

Brazil Imposes New Rules on Crypto Companies

Today in crypto, a new framework from the central bank of Brazil brings crypto companies under banking-style oversight, extending Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and foreign exchange (FX) rules to stablecoins, a US Senate committee released a draft crypto bill, and the US cleared crypto funds to participate in staking. Brazil classifies stablecoin payments as foreign exchange … Read more

JPMorgan, DBS To Develop Tokenization Framework For Interbank Deposits

Leading financial institutions are continuing to explore blockchain technology to facilitate cheaper and faster institutional payments, signaling a growing interest in tokenization solutions. US investment bank JPMorgan and Singapore multinational banking group DBS announced Tuesday that they are developing a blockchain-based tokenization framework to enable onchain transfers between their deposit token ecosystems. The effort aims … Read more

Your Crypto Wallet Is Your Digital Passport

Opinion by: Eowyn Chen, CEO of Trust Wallet  The world is changing. Fundamentals that are often taken for granted in the physical world are now becoming unified as the digital age begins. Identity, payments and access are now converging into one single location: a digital wallet. Wallets are becoming the bedrock layer for access to … Read more

Transak Expands US Licensing Footprint With Five New MTL Approvals

Stablecoin payment company Transak has secured new state Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs) in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Vermont and Pennsylvania, expanding its US footprint as regulatory fragmentation continues to define how crypto payment companies operate across the country, according to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The approvals bring Transak’s total to 11 licensed … Read more

Bitcoin ETFs Flat Despite US Shutdown Potential End

The lack of demand for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is raising concerns about Bitcoin’s prospects for the rest of the year, even as the US government appears to be nearing the end of its 41-day shutdown. On Monday, the US Senate approved a funding package, bringing Congress one step closer to ending the shutdown. … Read more