Oil markets continued to rally on Friday morning amid renewed strain in the Middle East. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a key instrument of Iran’s military and regional strategy, declared that any movement through the Strait of Hormuz by vessels tied to US and Israeli allies would face a forceful response, state media FARS…
Intercontinental Exchange has expanded its bet on prediction markets with a new $600 million investment in Polymarket. Summary ICE invested $600 million more in Polymarket as part of its $2 billion commitment plan. Prediction markets are growing fast as exchanges target new trading demand beyond traditional derivatives products. Kalshi raised $1 billion recently, increasing competition…
Intercontinental Exchange, the global exchange operator that owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has completed a $600 million direct cash investment in Polymarket, a leading prediction market platform, the company said Friday. This funding is part of a previously announced investment plan and comes after ICE’s $1 billion initial investment in Polymarket. ICE may…
Google just crossed a line that scientists spent decades arguing was theoretically possible but practically out of reach. On February 9, 2026, Google’s quantum team demonstrated below-threshold quantum error correction, meaning that adding more qubits to their system actually reduced errors instead of multiplying them. That sounds like an internal engineering milestone. It isn’t. For Bitcoin…
The Court said the losses were worth more than $8.2 million. According to reports from March 27, the Federal Court of Australia has imposed an A$10 million (appr. $6.9 million USD) civil penalty on Binance’s local branch, registered under the name Oztures Trading Pty Ltd. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said that…
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted their largest daily outflows in weeks on Thursday, as Bitcoin fell below $70,000 and market risk stayed elevated. Summary US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $171 million in outflows, the largest daily withdrawal since March 3. BlackRock, Fidelity, ARK, and Grayscale led withdrawals as Bitcoin dropped below the key $70,000…
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, tasked with reviewing federal regulations, has finalized its assessment of a Department of Labor proposal (DOL) that would allow roughly $12 trillion in 401(k) assets to flow into alternative investments like crypto and private equity, according to a recent update. OIRA completed its review on March…
The end of the week, month, and first quarter of the year has arrived, and with it, a massive batch of Bitcoin and Ether options contracts will be expiring. Around 195,400 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Mar. 27, with a notional value of roughly $13.4 billion. This event is much larger than…
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Bitcoin fell below $69,000 on Thursday morning as escalating tensions between the US and Iran weighed on global markets and pushed investors toward defensive positioning. The move followed a sharp jump in oil prices, with Brent crude rising more than 5% to briefly hit $108 per barrel before easing to around $105. The surge came…
