Robinhood Markets reported record second-quarter revenue on July 29, as growth in event contracts, options and equities offset another decline in cryptocurrency trading. Summary Robinhood’s Q2 revenue rose 32% to a record $1.31 billion, while net income climbed 48%. Event contract revenue reached $156 million, rising more than 10x and overtaking cryptocurrency transaction revenue. Crypto…
The dispute centers on whether developers should face criminal liability for crimes committed through software they build. Law enforcement groups backed by key Democrats have suggested some changes to the CLARITY Act that would make it easier to prosecute some crypto software developers. However, White House officials still feel like the suggestions made fall…
Every chain announcement leads with a transaction number. On a network charging $0.0002, 1 million transactions represents $200 of economic activity and a weekend of testing. The metric that headlines every milestone is the one that survives the least scrutiny, and the analytics platforms already know it. Summary Transaction counts are the most-cited blockchain metric…
In the first six months of 2026, the crypto industry lost $939.86 million across 135 verified security incidents. To anyone reading high-level headlines, the diagnosis seems obvious: projects are still shipping unvetted code to mainnet, leaving protocol treasuries exposed to textbook exploits. The data tells a far more troubling story. More than half of the…
Is another leg down looming for BTC after the rejection at $67,000 last week? Bitcoin extended its positive run last week with a minor 1% weekly gain, marking its fourth straight weekly advance for the first time since April. Even so, the rally showed signs of losing momentum after a sharp midweek reversal weakened…
Prediction market guides explain how contracts resolve and pay. Almost none explain what happens when a market never gets that far, because it was voided, suspended by a court, renamed mid-life, or pulled by the exchange. The answers live in rulebooks and incident history, and they differ enough to matter. Summary A prediction market can…
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has formally charged Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, with facilitating terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list, a direct escalation of a criminal case that first surfaced in February 2026. The move adds a second major legal front for Durov, who simultaneously faces an ongoing criminal investigation…
Bitcoin is nearing a market bottom, according to a key valuation metric called the Yardstick from Fidelity Digital Assets. “BTC’s Yardstick is hovering near historic lows, while several sentiment indicators are approaching capitulation territory,” stated Fidelity in its Q3 Signals Report on Tuesday. However, bitcoin is currently trading around 50% below its all-time high,…
Freehand has raised $75 million to expand AI agents that handle invoices, supplier negotiations, payments, and other supply-chain tasks for large companies. Summary Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners co-led the $75 million funding round. Freehand says its agents are deployed at Meta, Unilever, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson. Customers recovered 5% to 10% of…
In crypto stocks news, Ionic Digital, the Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure company that emerged from the wreckage of Celsius Network’s bankruptcy, climbed roughly 26% on its Nasdaq debut Tuesday, closing at $62.90 after opening at $50 and printing a market cap of approximately $2.8Bn, according to its registration statement filed with the US SEC….
