Bitcoin 25-Delta Put-Call Skew Widens Amid Market Consolidation
TL;DR Bitcoin options positioning has shifted toward downside protection, according to Deribit and Block Scholes references. The repaired source batch removed the earlier precise -10%...
May inflation hits 4.1% as Polymarket sees 79% odds of zero Fed cuts in 2026
After the Fed held rates steady last week, some Trump advisers signaled more patience with Chair Kevin Warsh even as inflation hit 4.1% in May....
CLARITY Act Needs 60 Votes and 7 Democrats as GOP Races the August Recess Clock
Republican lawmakers are feeling a renewed sense of urgency to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act before the U.S. Senate breaks for its...
White House export standoff sidelines Anthropic as Polymarket odds hit 86.5%
After a June 12 export control order, Anthropic has kept its Mythos-class models offline for two weeks and sent executives to Washington as negotiations drag...
Deribit Settles $10 Billion June Quarterly Options Expiry
TL;DR Deribit settled a combined BTC and ETH options expiry worth about $10.63 billion, according to the repaired batch. The batch lists roughly $9.06 billion...
Post-PCE dip keeps BTC near $58K as Polymarket sees 99% odds above $54K
On June 25, Bitcoin briefly slid to $58,189 after May PCE data landed near expectations, then bounced toward the high-$59,000s despite ETF outflows and hawkish-rate...
POW swap lifts Polymarket odds of Ukraine retaking Crimea to 14.5% by 2026
On Friday, Ukraine and Russia each returned 160 prisoners of war in a new exchange, Zelensky said. (Read More)...
Framework Ventures raises $400M to invest beyond crypto: Report
Framework Ventures raises $400 million fourth fund as it expands into AI, robotics and energy while reportedly planning to continue crypto investments....
Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool In State-Backed Push
TL;DR Oman has launched Omanhash.om, a state-supervised national Bitcoin mining pool. The pool is described as mandatory for licensed Bitcoin mining companies in the country....
Tether’s USDT Flips Ether in Market Cap as Stablecoin Climbs to $186 Billion
Tether’s USDT stablecoin briefly overtook ether to become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, reaching about $186.06 billion against ether’s $185.66 billion. Stablecoin issuance and...