Markets
Markets

DraftKings Launches Proprietary Prediction Markets Exchange With $3.4B Annualized Consumer Volume

DraftKings has launched DKeX, a proprietary prediction markets exchange, reporting $3.4 billion in annualized consumer volume as it enters a…
Jun 29, 2026
DeFi

Aave rally makes DeFi lending look more like a bank to investors

Aave’s latest market move is becoming a referendum on how investors value DeFi lending as its economics begin to resemble…
Jun 29, 2026
Markets

2007–2009—The Global Financial Crisis and the Birth of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine 2007–2009—The Global Financial Crisis and the Birth of Bitcoin An excerpt from Bitcoin: The Honest Money explains how…
Jun 29, 2026
Markets

Private keys, not smart contracts, caused 40% of crypto's $16 billion hack losses. Here's whats being done.

The industry is moving toward fixing the private key vulnerability issue, just not evenly, Wish Wu, co-founder and CEO of…
Jun 29, 2026
Markets

Morning Minute: Bitcoin Headed for Rare Back-to-Back Quarterly Loss

Another $1.79B in ETF outflows last week certainly isn’t helping—but if history repeats, there is reason for hope. Read Full…
Jun 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Prediction-market operational consolidation could spur M&A wave: Bernstein

Bernstein says platforms are bringing exchange, clearing and brokerage infrastructure in-house, setting up potential deals while increasing antitrust and regulatory…
Jun 29, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin hovers below $60,000 as crypto braces for a pivotal week

BTC added 0.6% to $59,800 to start the week while SOL rose 2%, though derivatives data and chart formations point…
Jun 29, 2026
Markets

Vitalik Buterin says obfuscation could unlock private onchain crypto voting

Vitalik Buterin said indistinguishability obfuscation could eventually support private, collusion-resistant onchain voting without trusted committees, though the technology remains impractical.…
Jun 29, 2026
Markets

Strategy’s Funding Engine Breaks Down as It Trades Below Its Bitcoin and STRC Hits a Record Low

With MSTR below its bitcoin’s net asset value and STRC 26% below par, both capital taps that funded Strategy’s weekly…
Jun 29, 2026
Markets

Germany leads MiCA crypto authorization race as Europe’s deadline looms

MiCA crypto licensing data shows 244 approved companies across EU and EEA jurisdictions, led by Germany with France and the…
Jun 29, 2026