— CFTC, Polymarket
Prediction markets like Polymarket triple despite US ‘ban’
Polymarket has promised the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that it will never allow US residents to wager using its platform.
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Bitcoin L2 Merlin Chain has lost $1.7 billion since June
Promoters once claimed that Merlin Chain had Bitcoin’s seal of approval but investors are tiring of its ‘layer 2’ gimmick.
— BiT Global, BitGo
How involved is Justin Sun with WBTC’s new custodian BiT Global?
BiT Global, BitGo, and Justin Sun are launching a new joint venture for WBTC, but a deeper review of BiT Global finds other ties to Sun.
Norway has been stacking bitcoin exposure via MicroStrategy
Since 2008, Norway’s central bank has been buying shares of MicroStrategy. Norges Bank tripled its investment over the last 12 months.
Iran is offering $20 bounty to snitch on illegal crypto miners
Officials from Iran's state-backed electricity firm say illegal crypto miners and a 49.7C heatwave are damaging the country's power network.
— Keir Starmer, Scam
43% of Meta ads based on UK prime minister are crypto scams
Deepfakes of the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prince William were used to promote crypto scams across 250 Meta adverts.
Research finds less than 0.002% of Pump.fun memecoins succeed
A devastating analysis of memecoin platform Pump.fun has found that less than 0.002% of its tokens ever sustain a $1 million market cap.
Bitcoin mining pool CEO to ‘command’ SpaceX mission
The founder of a bitcoin mining pool is set to ‘command’ SpaceX's first-ever human mission that will fly over the North and South Poles.
Donald Trump’s tweets moved crypto markets, now he’s back
Donald Trump has returned to X (formerly Twitter), exciting a global community of crypto traders who follow his market-impacting tweets.
— BitGo, Justin Sun
Justin Sun has 99 problems and WBTC is two of them
Justin Sun is now involved with the WBTC products offered by BitGo, but his history with this type of product raises concerns.