Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum and a prominent figure in the blockchain space, recently shared his approach to navigating the prediction market Polymarket in an interview with Foresight News. At this time, he outlined that he begins by identifying markets during a phase he refers to as “crazy mode,” where he bets that extreme
Japan’s largest brokerage, Nomura, disclosed on January 30 that its crypto subsidiary, Laser Digital, posted losses in the October–December quarter. The firm has reduced cryptocurrency positions and tightened risk controls. But just two days earlier, that same subsidiary had applied for a US bank charter. This is not a contradiction—it is a pattern. 48 Hours
The newly unsealed Epstein files, released on January 30, shed light on his surprising proximity to cryptocurrency founders, investors, and projects during the industry’s formative years. The documents show a mix of investment discussions, philosophical commentary, and contact with prominent figures in Bitcoin’s rise. A “Sharia Coin” For Saudi Arabia and Bitcoin Ideation In 2016,
SpoonOS has launched a Web3 Skills marketplace alongside two community-facing initiatives: a Skill capture community campaign and a builders campaign featuring a US $5,000 rewards pool. The marketplace focuses on helping developers create, share, and reuse modular agent capabilities, with rewards for participation including $NFT badges on Neo X and potential $GAS-based rewards for standout
A Shenzhen-based gold trading platform has collapsed after running what amounted to a leveraged betting operation with no physical backing, leaving over 150,000 investors scrambling to recover their funds. The Jereh collapse — the largest in a recent wave of unlicensed gold platform failures across China — is now escalating into a standoff as victims
Quantra, a next-gen Web3 infrastructure entity, has collaborated with Titan Technology, a compliance-first digital financial infrastructure platform. The partnership marks a key strategic move to expand Quantra’s network visibility and worldwide outreach. 🤝Quantra × Titan Technology Quantra is pleased to announce a PR partnership with Titan Technology. Titan Technology @TitanRWAworld is a licensed digital financial
A secret agreement between Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Donald Trump family regarding a cryptocurrency venture has sparked public debate. According to a Wall Street Journal report, citing company documents and sources close to the matter, representatives of Tahnoon, a royal family from Abu Dhabi, have signed an agreement to acquire a
Over the past two weeks, the stablecoin economy trimmed $6.22 billion after topping out at an all-time high of $311.333 billion. Just this past week, the sector edged lower by 1.21%, shaving off another $3.748 billion. Stablecoin Sector Trims Billions The stablecoin, or fiat-pegged token economy, according to defillama.com stats, is in the red this
Alternative inflation data is pointing to a sharp cooling in US prices, reinforcing the case for interest rate cuts and carrying broader implications for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies. After the Federal Reserve paused rate cuts last week and signaled no clear path to near-term cuts, real-time inflation data suggest policymakers may be out of sync
Bitcoin’s $BTC$77,317.26 price crash has shifted the market vibe, with bets on it sliding further now just as hot as moonshot plays over $100,000. The leading cryptocurrency by market value has dropped nearly 10% this week, reaching nine-month lows below $78,000, CoinDesk data. The price swoon has traders scrambling for put options, those derivative contracts