In brief Shares in High Roller Technologies (ROLR) have surged since the firm announced it will launch a predictions market product. The firm entered an agreement with a Crypto.com affiliate to offer a CFTC-regulated prediction market platform. Shares are down 7% on Wednesday, but have jumped more than 87% in the last 5 trading days….
In brief Polymarket’s own data confirms 73.3% of all resolved markets end in “No.” The bot’s 65-cent price cap filters overpriced markets, preserving its statistical edge. Polymarket’s top earners are sports bettors with domain expertise, not systematic “No” bettors. Someone built a prediction market bot with a philosophy borrowed from the most cynical person at…
In brief A new Bitcoin proposal aims to address the risk posed by quantum attacks. BIP-361 would disable Bitcoin’s existing signature verification over a five-year window. Some observers call it a necessary defense, while others see it as confiscation. A new Bitcoin proposal would phase out the network’s existing signature schemes and freeze coins that…
In brief Allbirds executed a definitive agreement with an institutional investor for a $50 million convertible financing facility. The sustainable footwear company announced it will pivot its business to AI compute infrastructure. The firm will sell the Allbirds brand and footwear assets to American Exchange Group and rebrand. Sustainable footwear company Allbirds announced Wednesday that…
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform World Liberty Financial on Wednesday posted a governance proposal that would place 62.28 billion locked WLFI tokens under new multiyear vesting schedules and introduce a potential burn for founder, team, adviser and partner allocations. Under the proposal, early supporters’ locked tokens would face a two-year cliff followed by a two-year linear…
EToro said Wednesday it agreed to acquire self-custodial crypto wallet provider Zengo, deepening the trading platform’s push into onchain products as digital assets remain central to its business. The deal will let eToro add Zengo’s wallet technology and broaden its offering in areas such as tokenized assets, prediction markets, perpetuals and yield products, according to…
Only 4% of Danish citizens own cryptocurrencies, a figure that has remained unchanged since 2023 despite the global growth of the sector across Europe and other jurisdictions, according to a new staff paper from the country’s central bank published Wednesday. The Danmarks Nationalbank staff paper, based on a survey conducted by Epinion, revealed that among…
A European Commission adviser said the European Union’s landmark MiCA crypto regime is likely to evolve as digital asset markets develop beyond the conditions the law was originally designed to address. Speaking at the Paris Blockchain Week (PBW) 2026, Peter Kerstens, an adviser on technological innovation, digital transformation and cybersecurity at the European Commission’s financial…
Pakistan’s central bank has allowed banks to open accounts for licensed virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and their customers, replacing an eight-year-old prohibition on dealing in virtual currencies. In a circular dated April 14, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said regulated entities may open bank accounts for entities licensed by the Pakistan Virtual Assets…
Enterprise digital asset infrastructure platform Fireblocks said Wednesday it launched Earn, a feature that lets institutional clients route stablecoin balances into onchain lending strategies through Aave and Morpho-powered products. The product launches with a Sentora-curated vault on Morpho and direct access to Aave’s stablecoin lending markets, according to Fireblocks. The company said Earn is available…