White House to Meet Crypto and Prediction Market Executives on August 19, Reports Politico. However, there is no disclosure of the agenda and names of attendees. Further, it is unclear whether President Trump will attend the meeting. This meeting is taking place at a time when Congress is facing difficulties
The United States Senate postponed deliberation on the Clarity Act to September due to the legislative priority of other business before the recess. The House passed the cryptocurrency market structure bill, and it now awaits Senate approval. Time pressure caused the postponement, not an official withdrawal of the bill. After
The crypto-exchange platform Coinbase commenced the second quarter in a period marked by poor trading performance of cryptocurrencies but was able to earn revenues from non-core business ventures. This is evident in the firm’s Q2 financial performance, where the company’s revenues have been influenced by new user behavior through subscriptions,
Binance US CEO Steven Gregory announced at the RareEvo conference in Las Vegas that the exchange plans to apply for a Commodity Futures Trading Commission Designated Contract Market license next month. If approved, the license would allow Binance US to launch its own regulated prediction market in the United States,
The decentralized exchange Hyperliquid announced on July 20 its plans regarding the democratization of the process of creating on-chain prediction markets. The upcoming HIP-4 update of the protocol will permit permissionless deployment. By removing the process from the control of validator deployment only. The validators will be able to vote
In its report on Q2 2026, Bitwise noted that it was another tough quarter for digital assets despite growth in a number of blockchain verticals. The Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fell by 15.4% in Q2 2026, marking another quarter in a row of crypto declines. Out of the
The largest prediction market platform, Polymarket, is not a place where people bet on elections anymore. The platform is making a deliberate push toward institutional territory. On July 3, Polymarket filed an application through its affiliate, Coming Home GBA LLC, to operate as a futures commission merchant with the National
The platform for predicting market users impacted by a website exploit that led to the theft of about $3 million in cryptocurrency assets will receive full reimbursement from Polymarket. The claim is that, instead of an issue with the underlying architecture of the platform, the incident was due to malware
Prediction markets are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the digital economy, and Meta is apparently getting ready to enter it. An internal team has been assigned by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to create a stand-alone platform called Arena. It will function independently of Meta’s core products, such as Facebook, Instagram,
Kalshi’s recent move into perpetual futures is making waves across the derivatives market. In just two weeks, the prediction market platform’s recently introduced perpetual contracts produced over $5.5 billion in trading volume. It demonstrates the robust demand for regulated derivatives connected to cryptocurrencies in the US. For the business, which
