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
The largest prediction market, Polymarket, has publicised that it is acquiring Brahma, a crypto startup offering decentralised finance (DeFi) infrastructure. As per the announcement on March 18, Brahma mentioned that as part of this transition, our team will commit itself to evolving Polymarket’s stack and product suite. Brahma was rolled
Users of the crypto prediction market Polymarket reportedly intimidated journalist Emanuel Fabian to modify his story on the Iranian missile attack incident. Fabian reported that a missile had struck an open area in Beit Shemesh. However, there were no casualties in the attack. The story was based on the information
The prediction market platform, Polymarket, has regained prominence as analysts have detected unusual trading activities related to influencer Andrew Tate. Researchers have identified multiple accounts that have participated in prediction markets related to influencer Andrew Tate’s activities on the social media platform X. The prediction markets enabled users to bet
Crypto researcher ZachXBT ignited massive speculations on social media platforms with a cryptic tweet posted late last night. Market observers immediately dissected the cryptic message and speculated on the possible market implications of the developments for current blockchain research in the crypto market. The tweet did not include specific information
