Traders on Polymarket are generating outsized returns by betting on daily temperature outcomes in cities worldwide, making weather prediction markets one of the platform’s fastest-growing segments. Notably, the opportunity has attracted both human traders and automated strategies, which capitalize on gaps between forecast models and market pricing. In one instance, on-chain data indicates that one
United States President Donald Trump executed 175 financial transactions in March 2026, trades that mainly involved purchases. According to his periodic transaction report filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on April 20, 2026, the activity recorded only 11 sales, with transactions centered on fixed-income securities, particularly bonds. The 26 largest transactions fell in
The digital assets market entered the second quarter in consolidation mode, but Fidelity Digital Assets said underlying data points to early signs of stabilization beneath the surface. In its Q2 2026 Signals Report published Monday, the crypto trading firm highlighted improving conditions across a number of key metrics, including unrealized profitability, momentum and network usage.
Bitcoin ($BTC) has managed to stay above $75,000 in recent days, but it has been unable to surpass $80,000. While Bitcoin’s attempt to rise was rejected at $80,000, the CryptoQuant CEO argued that the $BTC market is being driven by futures trading and that spot demand remains sluggish. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju stated in
Bitcoin has rallied roughly 14% this month, its best monthly performance in a year, and the consensus is that the price could soon push past $80,000, a level not seen since January. Yet the perpetual futures market, which is typically in sync with spot price action, is behaving as if the opposite is true. Specifically,
Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin, announced Monday on X the purchase of 3,273 bitcoin for roughly $255 million. The purchase at an average price of $77,906 per bitcoin puts Strategy’s bitcoin treasury at 818.334, said Saylor. “As of 4/26/2026, we ‘hodl’ 818,334 $BTC acquired
While institutional Bitcoin investments continue unabated, Strive has drawn attention with its latest purchase. According to a statement by the company’s CEO, Matt Cole, Strive bought 789 Bitcoins at an average price of approximately $77,890. The total value of this transaction was recorded as $61.43 million. With this latest purchase, Strive’s total Bitcoin holdings have
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2106.81, down 0.8% (-17.25) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Three of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: AAVE (+1.0%) and CRO (+0.8%). Laggards: XLM (-3.4%) and NEAR (-2.9%).
Bitcoin ($BTC) started the new week with both gains and losses. While the $BTC price rose above $79,000 during the Asian market opens, a large sell-off subsequently pulled the price back down to around $77,000. At this point, Bitcoin instantly filled the gap on the CME. CME $BTC futures opened with a $580 difference, while
Institutional money is flowing back into crypto faster than retail this cycle, and the data is starting to back the rally bitcoin has been quietly running. Digital asset investment products attracted $1.2 billion in inflows last week, a fourth consecutive weekly gain, according to CoinShares data published Monday. Total assets under management across crypto funds