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Polymarket Launches Prediction Markets on Private Company Valuations With Nasdaq Data

Polymarket partnered with Nasdaq Private Market to enable trading on private company valuations, IPO timing, and secondary share prices, with…
May 19, 2026
DeFi

Bitcoin-Backed Loans Could Hit $1 Trillion, Ledn Says — But Most Crypto Holders Still Haven’t Borrowed

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin-Backed Loans Could Hit $1 Trillion, Ledn Says — But Most Crypto Holders Still Haven’t Borrowed Ledn says…
May 19, 2026
AI

Ethereum price pullback to $2,100 pits oil pressure against AI, tokenization bets

The Ethereum price pullback toward $2,100 has turned a short-term price correction into a broader test of the market’s conviction…
May 19, 2026
Markets

Tor Project and Funding the Commons Launch Web3-Native Crowdfunding Campaign

A coalition of privacy and crypto organizations is using quadratic funding to channel crypto donations to 10 nonprofits fighting censorship…
May 19, 2026
Markets

MSTR stock is beating Bitcoin, but another Strategy asset matters more now

Throughout 2026, MSTR stock and Strategy’s preferred securities are trading as more than a simple Bitcoin proxy. Bitcoin is down about…
May 19, 2026
Markets

Japan Bitcoin ETF plan ready to open route into household savings

SBI Group has told investors that its asset management arm plans to launch ETFs focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum, as…
May 19, 2026
DeFi

Amid the Clarity Act fanfare is some worry over how a last-minute deal may punch DeFi

The crypto market structure bill saw a high-stakes, 11th-hour gambit to get Democrats on board for a bipartisan committee vote,…
May 19, 2026
DeFi

Amid the Clarity Act fanfare is some worry over how a last-minute deal may punch DeFi

The crypto market structure bill saw a high-stakes, 11th-hour gambit to get Democrats on board for a bipartisan committee vote,…
May 19, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $649M in a Day as Long-Term BTC Holders ‘Limit Downside Potential’

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $648 million outflows Monday as long-term BTC holders continue to accumulate the cryptocurrency. Read Full…
May 19, 2026
Markets

Morning Minute: SEC Reverses Course on Tokenized Stocks, HYPE Soars

HYPE soared as the SEC opened the door to third-party tokenized stocks. Strategy bought another $2B in BTC, and price…
May 19, 2026