Day: July 1, 2026

Spanish regulator National Securities Market Commission have authorized cryptocurrency platform Venga to operate under the European Union’s new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. Industry Consolidation Under Tight Standards Spanish regulators have authorized cryptocurrency platform Venga to operate under the European Union’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), making it one of fewer than 15 entities in […]

Prediction markets have pegged the United States as an overwhelming favorite to reach the World Cup’s Round of 16 when the host nation meets Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, even as traders soured on the Americans’ odds of winning the tournament outright. How the markets see USA-Bosnia At the time of writing, the USA […]

New TradeFi category launches with 45+ perpetual pairs linked to price movements across commodities, equities, and ETFs* within crypto interface WhiteBIT, the largest European cryptocurrency exchange by traffic, has announced the launch of TradeFi — a new market category designed to give users the opportunity to trade traditional financial instruments just like crypto. The new […]

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg approached prediction-market leader Kalshi about a takeover before ordering his own team to build a competing app, according to a new report. How a buy-then-build turned into a contested market NPR reported Monday that Zuckerberg met Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour last year to discuss buying the exchange as […]

A group of former Ethereum Foundation staffers has launched a new nonprofit built to give banks and asset managers a single point of contact inside the Ethereum ecosystem. Ethereum Institutional debuted in 2026 as an independent organization dedicated to institutional adoption of Ethereum, its layer-2 networks, and its broader application stack. The group was incubated […]

Crypto ETF flows turned broadly negative on Tuesday, June 30, with bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana and HYPE ETFs all ending the session in the red. Bitcoin ETFs led the decline with $222.64 million in outflows, while ether funds posted another $27.60 million exit. Crypto ETF Selloff Deepens as Bitcoin, Ether and Altcoin Funds All Finish […]

World went live on Solana on Wednesday, opening a fully onchain prediction market inside the Phantom wallet. The platform lets users trade on outcomes ranging from bitcoin’s short-term price moves to the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, without moving funds into a separate app or custodial account. The project was previously in stealth mode and […]