What is DeFi? A Complete Guide to Decentralized Finance in 2026
DeFi, short for “decentralized finance,” describes a wide range of financial services that run on…
Category: Markets
Kraken Parent Firm Payward Cuts 150 Jobs Ahead of Planned IPO Push
There will be 150 layoffs at Payward, the parent firm of Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange.…
Prediction Market Platform Kalshi Secures $1B Funding at $22B Valuation
Institutional investors are increasingly using event contracts for trading and hedging, and prediction market platform…
Coinbase Targets Australia’s $1T SMSF Market with Crypto Retirement Offering
With the debut of specific support for self-managed super funds (SMSFs), Coinbase Australia is aiming…
Retail Traders Power $25B Surge in Crypto Prediction Markets
Retail users are the ones driving most activity in prediction markets, which is making them…
NFT Prices Climb as Market Activity Narrows Behind the Scenes
Some may see the non-fungible token (NFT) market as booming if they are just focused…
Aave Leads $160M Rescue Effort After DeFi Exploit Shakes Market
The largest decentralized finance (DeFi) exploit of the year reportedly left Aave with a bad…
Brazil Cracks Down on 27 Prediction Market Platforms
Kalshi and Polymarket are among 27 prediction market platforms that the Brazilian government has taken…
CFTC Battles New York in Court Over Control of Prediction Markets
An already heated dispute about who has the power to regulate prediction market platforms has…
Metaplanet Raises $50M in Zero-Interest Bonds to Expand Bitcoin Holdings
Zero-interest bonds worth 8 billion Japanese yen ($50 million) were issued by Tokyo-listed Metaplanet to…