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NYC council announces probe into ‘predatory marketing practices’ on prediction markets

Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to four companies offering prediction market services to New Yorkers as part of an…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

China’s DeepSeek Upgrades V4 Pro: Claude Fable Is Only 5% Better at 4,500% the Price

The April preview got benchmarked to death and landed 18 points behind Anthropic’s flagship. DeepSeek’s own numbers for the finished…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

Pump.fun's Share Of Launchpad Fees Fell To 27% In July. Four Weeks Later It's Back Above Half

Two launchpads on Robinhood Chain cut pump.fun’s share of launchpad fees from 80% to 27% in two weeks. Pump.fun’s fees…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

21Shares XRP ETF loses 54% of assets as redemptions lock in $13.4 million loss

XRP depreciation drove most of TOXR’s first-half damage, while negative net capital transactions reduced its share base before second-quarter net…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin Flashes Bottom Signals as “Digital Gold” Narrative Returns

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Flashes Bottom Signals as “Digital Gold” Narrative Returns Has Bitcoin bottomed out? Data shows it might have.…
Aug 12, 2026
Institutional

Goldman Sachs' $2.25B NEOS Deal Hands It Ready-Made Bitcoin Income ETF Business

The cash-and-equity deal for the options-income specialist folds in NEOS’s roughly $1 billion Bitcoin covered-call fund, giving Goldman instant scale…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

Kraken adds S&P 500 to funded trading program, commodities to follow

Kraken’s funded trading program adds round-the-clock exposure to the US equity benchmark as it builds out its multi-asset offering. Read…
Aug 12, 2026
Institutional

Goldman Sachs leaps into bitcoin income ETFs with $2.25 billion NEOS buyout

The $2.25 billion deal expands Goldman’s derivative platform to $130 billion in total ETF assets, taking direct aim at BlackRock’s…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin Yawns As Fed’s Favorite Inflation Gauge Eases 

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Yawns As Fed’s Favorite Inflation Gauge Eases  Bitcoin’s price was largely flat on news that US inflation…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

Morning Minute: The CFTC Bails Out Kalshi in NY

The CFTC keeps going to bat for Kalshi while the ultimate prediction market court battle looms, with the fate of…
Aug 12, 2026