Story Highlights Polymarket shows seventy 76.5% shutdown odds as funding deadline pressures U.S. markets. However, Past shutdowns delayed data and triggered Bitcoin 9% drop with deeper altcoin losses. Senate vote uncertainty grows as 60 votes needed to pass $1.2 trillion bill. The crypto market is heading into a tense weekend, following the inclusion of the
New research shows stablecoin issuers, led by Tether, generated the majority of crypto protocol revenue in 2025, highlighting a shift away from trading-driven income toward payment and settlement infrastructure. Stablecoins Overtake Trading as Crypto’s Top Revenue Engine Stablecoin issuers emerged as the clear revenue leaders in crypto last year, according to new research from Coingecko.
Markets widely expect the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady at Wednesday’s FOMC meeting. In an interview with BeInCrypto, former Reagan advisor Steve Hanke agreed, citing persistent inflation. Hanke argued that growing policy uncertainty has distorted US economic priorities. He said the effects are no longer confined to monetary policy but are increasingly visible
Ethereum (ETH) founder Vitalik Buterin, whose bold statements and posts are closely followed by the market, this time shared his views on prediction markets. At this point, Buterin criticized platforms like Polymarket for encouraging short-term bets such as “which team will win next week” or “will this happen”. Buterin also argued that short-term bets, such
China’s response to President Trump’s aggressive trade policy is quietly disrupting global cash flows, with ripples reaching all the way to crypto markets. Since taking office early last year, President Trump has slapped steep import tariffs, or taxes, on nearly all goods entering the U.S., including those from China, the world’s second-largest economy and the
According to a recent CNBC poll, despite the expected appointment of a new Fed chairman by US President Donald Trump in the coming months, no significant change is anticipated in market interest rate expectations. Most respondents expect only limited easing of the federal funds rate over the next two years. According to a CNBC survey,
SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $30 billion more in OpenAI, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The Japanese technology investment firm already holds approximately 11% of OpenAI following a $22.5 billion investment in December 2025. The additional funding under discussion would further cement SoftBank’s position as one of the largest shareholders
Morgan Stanley has tapped veteran executive Amy Oldenburg to lead the investment bank’s new crypto unit, just weeks after announcing plans to launch three crypto exchange-traded funds and a crypto wallet. Oldenburg will transition to head of digital asset strategy after working in Morgan Stanley’s emerging markets equity team since 2001, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
Investors pulled $1.73 billion from digital asset funds, in what appears to be the heaviest outflows since mid-November 2025. The trend indicates that a bearish mood is building, much like during past declines. Weak price action, fading expectations of near-term rate cuts, and disappointment that crypto hasn’t acted as a hedge against debasement appear to