Kalshi and Polymarket lost bids to block gambling cases in Nevada and Washington. Summary A Ninth Circuit panel denied emergency motions from both platforms to halt state-level gambling enforcement actions. The judges ruled that federal derivatives oversight does not automatically shield prediction markets from state gaming laws. The decision deepens a growing legal split over…
Jeremy Sturdivant, the 19 year old who received 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas in May 2010, spent almost all of it long before BTC crossed even $1, let alone today’s five figure levels. Summary In 2010, 10,000 BTC was worth about $40 to $41 and bought two Papa Johns pizzas for Laszlo Hanyecz in Jacksonville….
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller warned that stubborn inflation and surging energy costs now outweigh labor market risks, signaling that rate hikes are “back on the table” and jolting expectations that had been primed for cuts a few months ago. Summary Waller said US CPI hit 3.8% in April with energy prices up 17.9% as…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Smart forex bots gain traction in 2026 as traders seek automated tools to monitor fast-moving currency markets. Summary Smart forex bots are gaining traction as traders automate monitoring and execution across fast-moving currency markets….
Mario Nawfal’s viral interview casts Patrick Gruhn as one of the few FTX insiders who not only survived but materially profited from the wreckage. Summary Gruhn sold his firm to FTX for about $400 million and later repurchased FTX Europe’s assets for roughly $32.7 million after bankruptcy His new platform UpsideOnly executes trades with company…
On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz traded 10,000 BTC for two pizzas worth roughly $41. Today, those same coins are valued at approximately $773M, as Bitcoin Pizza Day marks its 16th anniversary. The question this anniversary raises isn’t whether Laszlo made a mistake. The real question is what holding this asset through…
A negative Coinbase Premium could appear before any visible price reaction to Fed policy changes under Kevin Warsh. Kevin Warsh is set to be sworn in as the seventeenth Federal Reserve Chair at the White House on Friday, May 22, with President Trump administering the oath. Analysis published by XWIN Research Japan identifies the…
Bitcoin Pizza Day has once again drawn attention to the first known real-world Bitcoin transaction, a 2010 pizza purchase that later became one of the most referenced moments in cryptocurrency history. Summary Bitcoin Pizza Day commemorates the first known real-world Bitcoin purchase after Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas in 2010. The 10,000…
In XRP news today, total Ripple ETF holdings just crossed $1.15Bn, and that headline number is only half the story. On the same day Whale Insider reported $8.88M in fresh XRP inflows, pushing ETP assets to that milestone, institutional custodian Copper announced it was adding support for Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin to its platform. The more…
F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang plans to join SpaceX’s Starship program for a two-year mission that would fly beyond the Earth-Moon system and past Mars. Summary F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang plans to join SpaceX’s two-year Starship mission for a Mars flyby. Wang previously commanded Fram2, the first human spaceflight to fly over Earth’s polar regions. F2Pool…
