Iran War Bets Put Crypto Prediction Markets on the Macro Map

Prediction markets rapidly repriced the odds of US escalation in the Iran conflict, offering a real-time signal of geopolitical risk for traders. Odds on platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi…

North Korean Hackers Infiltrated Crypto For Seven Years

North Korean IT workers have been embedding themselves in crypto companies and decentralized finance projects for at least seven years, according to a cybersecurity analyst. “Lots of DPRK IT workers…

Circle Unveils Quantum-Proof Roadmap For L1 Arc

Stablecoin issuer Circle has released a post-quantum security roadmap for its layer-1 blockchain, Arc, aiming to implement solutions across all layers of the network’s tech stack. Circle said on Thursday…

Anthropic Says One of Its Claude Models Was Pressured to Lie and Cheat

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has revealed that during experiments, one of its Claude chatbot models could be pressured to deceive, cheat and resort to blackmail, behaviors it appears to have…

Jack Dorsey’s Decentralized Bitchat App Removed from China App Store

Bitchat, a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app developed by Block CEO Jack Dorsey, has been removed from Apple’s App Store in China for allegedly violating its internet service regulations.  In an…

Rwanda Warns Against Bybit FRW to Crypto Offering

The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has warned the public that crypto payments and trades using the local currency remain illegal in the country after Bybit added support for the…

Attorney Says Drift Protocol May Be Liable for Damages After Attack

The hack of the Solana-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Drift Protocol could have been prevented if standard operational security procedures were followed by the Drift team, and may constitute “civil…

Odds of a US Invasion of Iran Spike After Trump’s Threat of Escalation

The odds of the United States invading Iran this year surged to 63% on the Polymarket prediction platform on Sunday, following comments made by US President Donald Trump on social…

Bitcoin and USD Benefit Each Other — Bitcoin Policy Institute Exec

US dollar-pegged stablecoins and Bitcoin (BTC) share a “symbiotic” relationship, mutually benefitting from rising adoption, according to Sam Lyman, head of research at Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), a Washington DC-based…

Bitcoin Prepping New Lows, Trader Warns as Bollinger Bands Tighten

Bitcoin added downside BTC price warnings as Binance order-book data showed multiple investor classes selling coins into the weekend. Bitcoin (BTC) circled $67,000 on Sunday as traders warned of hidden…