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Only 8% of surveyed U.S. voters said prediction market platforms should be illegal, according to polling commissioned by the Coalition for Prediction …

Prediction markets are no longer sitting at the edge of the financial conversation. Kalshi has reportedly held early discussions with investment banks …

Jeff Park argued that crypto is entering a phase similar to Nvidia’s pre-mainstream AI era, when the technological shift was visible to …

What was once viewed as a speculative fringe movement is rapidly becoming part of the world’s financial plumbing, according to executives from …

Miami — Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is not dying but instead moving deeper into the financial mainstream alongside the rise of AI agents, …

IBIT options open interest topped Deribit on Friday, signaling rapid institutional adoption of regulated crypto derivatives in the U.S. www.coindesk.com

Across two record-breaking days this week, Strategy’s 11.5% dividend-paying preferred stock, STRC, likely raised more than $1.2 billion and could even have …

Tokenized commodities and equities now top $7b as gold-backed tokens lead a 600% RWA surge into live, onchain collateral. The market for …

Without privacy, the industry is fundamentally mismatched with its audience and stalling mass adoption, argues Gruell. www.coindesk.com

Bitget Wallet, a leading Web3 non-custodial wallet, has announced its 2025 payment finance (PayFi) strategy for bringing real-world payments to the blockchain, …