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Stanford Research Warns Polymarket’s 5-Minute Bitcoin Contracts May Enable Price Manipulation

Prediction markets keep drawing more traders from around the world. The new studies by scholars have revealed that there might be specific contractual designs. These would inadvertently favour such strategic behaviour of market participants. Scholars from Stanford University and Singapore Management University studied five-minute Bitcoin prediction contracts traded on Polymarket.

July 16, 2026 2 mins read

Crypto Futures Now Account for Over 80% of Trading Volume on Indian Exchanges

The rise of derivatives in the Indian cryptocurrency market is due to people’s desire to take advantage of the discrepancy and futures tax rates. The reason for this change is the result of the taxation policy applied to cryptocurrency transactions due to the 2022 Union Budget of India. People involved

July 15, 2026 2 mins read

Morgan Stanley Advances Ethereum and Solana ETF Plans With Updated SEC Filings

Morgan Stanley is closer to broadening its cryptocurrency portfolio following an update to its registration documents for two new spot ETFs. This follows a series of SEC filings made for separate Ethereum and Solana ETFs. James Seyffart, Bloomberg ETF analyst, has commented on this development. He states that the recent

July 15, 2026 2 mins read

Pump.fun Unlocks $86.49 Million in PUMP Tokens as Three-Year Vesting Begins

Pump.fun has reached the next stage in its roadmap for the team and investors. This milestone is in the wake of the expiration of the one-year lock-up period of the project. According to blockchain analysis firm EmberCN, Pump.fun issued a total of 57.279 billion PUMP tokens at its first unlock.

July 15, 2026 2 mins read

Tether Freezes $131M in USDT Tied to U.S.-Sanctioned Iranian Addresses on TRON

Tether has frozen four wallets on the TRON network holding a combined $131 million in USDT. The funds have been linked to two of the most heavily sanctioned entities, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Central Bank of Iran. Moreover, both are sitting on the U.S. Treasury’s OFAC

July 15, 2026 2 mins read

Cumberland Secures Singapore MAS MPI Licence for Regulated Crypto Payment Services

Cumberland has enhanced its regulatory coverage by obtaining a Major Payment Institution license issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The license permits Cumberland SG Pte. Ltd. to offer Digital Payment Token Services and Cross-Border Money Transfer Services under the Payment Services Act of Singapore. The license concludes the regulatory

July 14, 2026 3 mins read

SBI Holdings Partners with Solana Foundation to Launch SBI Solana Global in Japan 

SBI Holdings, Inc. and the Solana Foundation have announced a strategic alliance to develop a regulated, on-chain financial market based in Japan. Under the agreement, the Solana Foundation will acquire an equity stake in SBI R3 Japan, which will subsequently be renamed SBI Solana Global Co., Ltd. The new entity

July 13, 2026 1 min read