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Ex-White House Teleprompter Operator Fined for Prediction Market Insider Trading - Decrypt
A former White House teleprompter operator has agreed to pay $172,000 to settle charges that he traded on advance knowledge of presidential speeches, betting on prediction markets tied to the words President Donald Trum…
Polygon Quietly Patched Security Flaws in Two Hard Forks Before Disclosing Them - Decrypt
Polygon Labs has revealed that it fixed a batch of security vulnerabilities in its proof-of-stake network through two hard forks that were rolled out privately before being disclosed publicly.
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Bitcoin ETFs Snap Nine-Day Inflow Streak as Ethereum Funds Extend Their Run - Decrypt
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds broke a nine-day winning streak on Friday, shedding money just as their Ethereum counterparts kept pulling in fresh cash.
Bitcoin Rally Stalls, But Long-Term Sentiment Remains Bullish - Decrypt
Bitcoin fell as low as $76,877 on Friday, giving up most of a double-digit weekly gain after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole keynote warned that inflation isn't cooling fast enough.
Charles Schwab Expands Crypto Trading Beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum - Decrypt
Financial services giant Charles Schwab said Thursday that it plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its crypto trading platform “in the coming months,” expanding beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, though it did not…
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Bitcoin Traders Watch Fed Chair Warsh for Clues—And Get Nothing - Decrypt
Kevin Warsh marked his 100th day as Federal Reserve chair on Friday by doing what he's made a habit of since taking the job: refusing to tell markets what comes next.
Bitcoin Completes First Experimental Quantum-Safe Transaction, Starkware Says - Decrypt
Starkware, the blockchain infrastructure company behind Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet, says the first quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction has been mined on the Bitcoin mainnet, testing a way to protect funds from futur…
$6.4 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Tomorrow—Here's What It Means - Decrypt
Bitcoin options worth $6.44 billion expire Friday on the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit. It’s a whopping big number, just as the Bitcoin market heats up again and sentiment shifts after a frosty crypto wint…
Nvidia Shares Surge in After-Hours Trading After Record $96.2 Billion Revenue - Decrypt
Nvidia shares rebounded in after-hours trading Wednesday after initially falling following the chipmaker’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report.
Galaxy Opens Retail Crypto-Backed Credit Lines on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana - Decrypt
Galaxy opened retail crypto-backed credit lines on Tuesday. Eligible clients on its GalaxyOne platform can now borrow cash against Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana—staked SOL included—without selling a single coin.
Bitcoin Open Interest Collapses to 12%. Is the Short Squeeze Over? - Decrypt
Bitcoin futures traders have all but abandoned crypto as collateral. The share of Bitcoin open interest that is crypto-margined—positions backed by Bitcoin itself rather than a stablecoin—is now about 12% across all exc…
Gold Hits Three-Month High as Bitcoin Tests $80,000 - Decrypt
Gold climbed to a three-month high Tuesday, extending its August rally as a weaker dollar and falling Treasury yields boosted demand for the precious metal.