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A small group of traders extracted $8.2 million from Polymarket’s five-minute bitcoin contracts by pushing the spot price on Binance just before settlement, researchers from Stanford University and Singapore Management University found. Striking New Findings Emerge Polymarket’s fastest bitcoin betting product shows systematic signs of settlement manipulation, according to a new study by David Dai…Read More

Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad said the Clarity Act delivers “a dramatic advance in consumer protection and market integrity,” as the Senate targets floor action on the crypto market structure bill the week of July 20. More Support Pours In Shirzad made the case for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in a Fox…Read More

Bitcoin could sink to a cycle low of $38,000 to $39,000 by October if the current drawdown matches the depth of 2022’s bear market, NYDIG said in its second-quarter review. A Bleak Scenario Bitcoin financial services firm NYDIG has mapped out a scenario in which bitcoin’s slide extends to $38,000-$39,000 by October, if the 2025-2026…Read More

Solana’s real-world asset holder base has climbed to an all-time high above 300,000 wallets, ranking the network first among all blockchains even as Ethereum keeps a commanding lead in tokenized value. A Change of Guard The number of wallets holding tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on Solana topped 300,000 for the first time earlier this week,…Read More

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) now pairs a $3 billion U.S. dollar reserve with 843,775 BTC worth roughly $55 billion, a barbell structure executive chairman Michael Saylor is pitching as the company’s path through the bear market. A New Strategy, No Pun Intended The world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder has stopped stacking and started hoarding dollars.…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin to $40,000? If History’s Anything to Go By, It’s Possible, Says Report Bitcoin could drop as low as $38,000 this year, a new report claims. This post Bitcoin to $40,000? If History’s Anything to Go By, It’s Possible, Says Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine President Trump To Meet Senators On Clarity Act’s Ethics Fight: Report President Trump will meet senators as negotiations over the CLARITY Act’s ethics provisions threaten the bill’s chances of passing before the August recess. This post President Trump To Meet Senators On Clarity Act’s Ethics Fight: Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets, Study Found A new study found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin contract functioned as a wealth transfer mechanism, funneling money from retail traders to a small group of manipulators while distorting Bitcoin’s spot price. This post Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets,…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Jumps Over $65,500 on Soft Inflation Data  Bitcoin price jumped over $65,000 per coin after US inflation data was cooler than expected. This post Bitcoin Price Jumps Over $65,500 on Soft Inflation Data  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine VerifiedX and BitGo Sign MOU to Deliver Qualified Custody for vBTC, Expanding Institutional Access to Native Bitcoin Utility, and with Immediate Support for Non-Synthetic Canonical on Base VerifiedX today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BitGo to provide qualified custody support for vBTC, with immediate support for vBTC.b, the…Read More