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The Federal Reserve waited 1,148 days to raise interest rates again, and speculators are already betting it won’t stop at one. Polymarket, Kalshi, and CME futures now lean toward another quarter-point hike at the Oct. 28 meeting, while CME puts the odds of rates being higher by December at 90.1%. Just one month ago, futures…Read More

Bitcoin derivatives traders are carrying more than $56 billion in futures exposure and roughly $42 billion in options open interest, while bitcoin sits near $81,273. The stranger part is where the options money is leaning. Market data shows that calls control 60.74% of open interest, the biggest contracts cluster around September strikes from $70,000 to…Read More

A wallet linked to BIT, the firm formerly known as Matrixport, dropped another 1,000 BTC worth $81.06 million into Binance on Saturday, its second large deposit to the exchange this week. The Wallet in Question The address, which begins with ‘bc1qsz,’ sent the coins to Binance early Saturday, tracker Lookonchain reported. Other outlets carried and…Read More

South Korean police spent five months identifying individual Polymarket traders through public blockchain records and booking them on suspicion of illegal gambling, all while the platform was still legally accessible in the country. The platform is now blocked in Korea entirely. The Nature of Predictions Remains Contentious The Gangwon Provincial Police Agency’s cyber investigation unit…Read More

Vietnam has built a pilot legal framework and plans to license its first crypto-asset service providers in 2026. Building Guardrails Vietnam reportedly plans to license its first crypto-asset service providers in 2026 under a pilot legal framework as the Southeast Asian country seeks to modernize its financial market oversight. Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine European Central Bank President Blocked Binance’s EU Entry: Report A Wall Street Journal report says that the central bank’s boss, Christine Lagarde, who has previously bashed Bitcoin and is pro-CBDCs, stopped Binance getting a foothold in the European Union. This post European Central Bank President Blocked Binance’s EU Entry: Report first appeared on…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine CFTC Sends Proposal To Regulate Crypto Transactions Following Clarity Act Fail The regulator has already sent a proposal to the White House following this week’s failed vote. This post CFTC Sends Proposal To Regulate Crypto Transactions Following Clarity Act Fail first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Surges Over $81,000 Despite Clarity Act Fail and Interest Rate Hike Bitcoin’s price on Friday shot above $81,000 — despite a week of setbacks for the crypto industry.  The biggest coin was recently trading for $80,982, after jumping as high as $81,055 at one point Friday morning in New York. Over…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Community Recognizes Quantum Computing Risk: VanEck Asset manager VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel, said the Bitcoin community was working on solutions. This post Bitcoin Community Recognizes Quantum Computing Risk: VanEck first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine The Next 3-5 Years of Bitcoin Lending SALT Lending CRO Hunter Albright explains how bitcoin-backed lending and stablecoins could reshape liquidity for long-term Bitcoin holders. This post The Next 3-5 Years of Bitcoin Lending first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Josh Plischke.Read More