Ever since Polymarket correctly tipped a Donald Trump victory in 2024, months before the polls and pundits did, prediction markets have gone from strength to strength. Monthly trading volumes grew $4.3 billion in the lead up to the election, and have continued sharply upwards to $10.6 billion in March this year. But allegations of shady…
Can DeFi survive an era in which an AI can find a dozen critical security bugs in a smart contract for just $1.22 in tokens? That’s how much it cost Anthropic researchers on average to run previously exploited contracts through major LLM models. They discovered that more than half of the exploits in 2025 could…
Top Stories of the Week US authorities freeze $344M in crypto linked to Iran US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned several wallets tied to Iran, resulting in authorities freezing $344 million in cryptocurrency. In a Friday X post, Bessent…
ETH price up 10% in April, so why is Ethereum Foundation selling? Ether (ETH) has surged more than 10% in April, reaching as high as $2,430 in April amid renewed market optimism. (Cointelegraph) Yet during the same period, the Ethereum Foundation, a nonprofit overseeing the Ethereum protocol’s development, has continued notable treasury sales. In early…
Bitcoin traders are split on whether the asset will hit $250,000 this year, a court rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial.
Everything that happened in crypto news in Asia over the past seven days: Asia Express. In this issue North Korea denies cybercrime claims amid crypto hack allegations Upbit’s bank partner tests remittances with Ripple South Korean industry heavyweights test blockchain remittances Hong Kong flags fake stablecoins impersonating licensed issuers Bitcoin reserve proposal reaches Taiwan policymakers…
There’s wide agreement that Singapore is among the top crypto hubs in the world. The island city-state overtook the US to lead the world for adoption in Bybit’s World Crypto Rankings, solidifying the number one spot it was awarded in the Henley Crypto Adoption Index last year. Anyone who’s attended the annual Token2049 event at…
Bitmine’s Tom Lee says ‘crypto spring’ has already begun Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee said the cryptocurrency market may already be entering the early stages of a rebound. In a note on Monday, Lee said that, similar to previous cycles, investor sentiment has been muted despite strengthening crypto prices. “Crypto spring, in our view,…
Strategy CEO outlined conditions in a under which the company would sell Bitcoin, Trump Media posts $406M quarterly loss: Hodler’s Digest
Everything that happened in crypto news in Asia over the past seven days: Asia Express. In this issue Kraken’s parent buys Hong Kong payments firm for $600 million Hun To denies operational role in Huione Pay South Korea pencils in crypto tax date Samsung’s IT arm lands tokenized securities platform project Bithumb joins Vietnam’s crypto…