Prediction markets aren’t gambling because the house doesn’t always win. Academics get it, but regulators around the world have differing opinions – and Polymarket is feeling the heat.

Dragonfly-backed startup Alkimiya unveils a DeFi market for betting on the price of blockspace on the Base rollup.

Fundstrat’s head of research, Tom Lee, calls for a potential short-term drawdown but remains bullish regarding the end-of-year target.

Banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo, which has a market cap of $73 billion, has made its first crypto purchase.

The fund will focus on DeFi, tokenization, and blockchain infrastructure by managing a portfolio of liquid tokens

Options linked to BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) began trading on Nov. 19 and have since grown to half the size of Deribit’s BTC options market.

Huione’s stablecoin is “not restricted” by regulatory agencies.

The debanking of Binance.US is Operation Chokepoint in action, said the exchange’s interim CEO Norman Reed.

The Zug and Singapore-based lender closed the oversubscribed “strategic growth round,” which was led by BTC-focused venture capital firm Fulgar Ventures

BTC’s latest price action seems to contrast sharply with the uptrend exhaustion observed at record highs above $108K in mid-December.