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Kalshi Nears $1.8 Billion Weekly Volume as Prediction Markets Top $2.3 Billion

Kalshi posted $1.8 billion in weekly volume, up 15.2%, capturing 78% of the market. Polymarket recorded $511 million, up 19.7%. Combined volume hit $2.3...

Cheryle Shepstone

December 8, 2025

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Kalshi Raises $1 Billion as Prediction Markets Hit $2.2 Billion Weekly

Kalshi built $1.2B in weekly volume with US users alone. Polymarket built $952M with everyone else, per Defi Rate analytics....

Cheryle Shepstone

November 20, 2025

Finance

Balancer Hacked for $128M – What Happened?

Balancer, the popular Automated Market Maker (AMM) and decentralized liquidity protocol, suffered a major hack early Monday morning around 9:30 a.m. UTC. Attackers drained about $128...

Alejandro Miguel

November 3, 2025

Finance

Coinbase CEO Says Earnings-Call Stunt Was ‘Fun’ After Triggering Prediction Markets

Brian Armstrong, the chief executive of Coinbase Global, brushed off a viral moment from the company’s latest earnings call, writing on X that the episode “was fun” and “happened...

Cheryle Shepstone

October 31, 2025

Finance

Fed Cuts Rates Again as Powell Keeps Markets Guessing; Bitcoin Dips 2%

The US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates today by 0.25%, bringing them down to 3.75% to 4%. The decision wasn’t unanimous, with 10 members voting in favor and two voting...

Alejandro Miguel

October 29, 2025

Finance

IBM Launches ‘Digital Asset Haven’ to Bring Banks Into the Tokenized Future

IBM has launched Digital Asset Haven, a new platform to help banks, governments, and major corporations manage digital assets securely and at scale. The system handles everything from...

Alejandro Miguel

October 27, 2025

Finance

JPMorgan to Accept Bitcoin and Ether as Loan Collateral by 2025

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the world’s largest bank by market cap, is set to let institutional clients use Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) as collateral for loans by the end of 2025. The...

Alejandro Miguel

October 24, 2025

Finance

Kalshi’s Tarek Mansour: Embrace Crypto or Be Left Behind

While Kalshi continues to make inroads on the blockchain, the prediction market has no intention of becoming crypto-centric. Yes, Kalshi sees crypto as critical to its growth, but the...

Marcus DiNitto

October 14, 2025

Kalshi has surpassed Polymarket in weekly trading volume.

Finance

Kalshi Surpasses Polymarket In Trading Volume As John Wang Eyes Crypto Push

Kalshi has surpassed Polymarket in weekly trading volume, according to multiple reports. Boosted by its US presence as football season has kicked off, Kalshi saw $871.8 million in trades...

Marcus DiNitto

October 6, 2025

Finance

Kelp Launches “Gain” Yield Optimizer

Restaking protocol Kelp has just launched “Gain” – an automated optimizer for yield farming and airdrop points participation across Layer 2 networks. Gain provides users with a...

Alejandro Miguel

August 13, 2024

Finance

tBTC Garners Interest As WBTC Scrutinized Over Justin Sun Partnership

Alternatives to Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) including tBTC have witnessed a recent surge in interest, following a weekend announcement that WBTC custodian BitGo will be forming a joint venture...

Alejandro Miguel

August 12, 2024

Finance

Chef Nomi’s Controversial Exit Shakes SushiSwap Community

On September 5, 2020, Chef Nomi, the pseudonymous creator of SushiSwap, shocked the community by removing his significant share of SUSHI/ETH liquidity and converting it to ETH. The...

Alejandro Miguel

September 5, 2020

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