Polymarket’s eye-watering brush with the 1958 Onion Futures Act
Peeling back the layers of the ambiguously-regulated US prediction market...
Jan 14Financial TimeseconomicsImpact
Peeling back the layers of the ambiguously-regulated US prediction market...
Crypto markets dip as global macro pressures mount, with US-EU trade tensions and Japanese bond sell-offs fueling institutional caution....
Sygnum predicts US crypto regulation could spur sovereign Bitcoin reserves and accelerate tokenized bond issuance by major financial institutions in 2026....
Electronic brokerage giant Interactive Brokers says its clients can deposit USDC, which will automatically conver to US dollars to fund their accounts....
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong raised four crucial points that he believes would make the legislation “materially worse” for the US crypto industry....
Crypto markets saw the biggest short squeeze since October as short positions were liquidated and Bitcoin outperformed the US dollar amid geopolitical uncertainty....
ETH price cooled down from its recent rally as US macroeconomic factors, reduced DApps activity and falling fees impact traders’ use of Ether derivatives....
Saga’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin has dropped to $0.75, while the protocol's total value locked has fallen by around 55% over the past 24 hours....
Crypto experts say political pressure on the US Federal Reserve could drive volatility but also shift flows toward Bitcoin and gold in the long run....
The US Senate Agriculture Committee released a Republican draft of the market structure bill, which includes protections for crypto developers, setting it up for a markup next week....
It's unclear when US lawmakers will return to address a market structure bill, but CEO David Solomon said Goldman Sachs was monitoring its progress for tokenization and stablecoins....
With Boomers controlling more than half of US household wealth, the coming generational transfer could funnel a portion of this capital into crypto markets, a new OKX survey shows....
Crypto markets sell off as US stocks and global markets react to President Trump’s new tariff threats. Will the tensions put a stop to Bitcoin's start-of-year recovery?...
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Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. | Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty...