Will Bitcoin’s New BIP Editors Streamline Development?
Five new editors were added to help speed up the process of approving and merging Bitcoin Improvement Proposals.
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Polymarket Odds Say Columbia University President Will Keep Job
Continuing pro-Palestine protests won’t lead to Minouche Shafik having a fate similar to Claudine Gay, who was recently forced to resign as Harvard’s president, the prediction market signals. Plus: Kalshi bettors don’t think Taylor Swift will break her record.
Google Searches for ‘Bitcoin Halving’ Get Higher Than 4/20
One of the closely watched indicators of retail interest is booming.
‘DePIN’ Is Venture Capitalists’ Latest Crypto Obsession. Can It Match the Hype?
Already a multi-billion-dollar sector of the crypto industry, the DePIN narrative is a promising one, according to experts.
Free Money? Polymarket Bet Pays 8.7% if China Doesn’t Invade Taiwan
Betting against that outcome could yield almost 8x as much as Taiwan government bonds. Plus: Mideast turmoil barely changes presidential odds.
Ethena Labs Divides Opinion as High Yield Stirs Memories of Terra
“A lot of things can go wrong,” in Ethena’s yield-generation strategy, said Folkvang CEO Mike van Rossum.
Which Crypto Projects Will Airdrop Next? Prediction Markets Are Placing Bets
Eigenlayer has a 75% chance of sending users free tokens by June 30, the odds on Polymarket signal. Plus: Kalshi lands a big Wall Street account.
Did Strong Bitcoin ETF Demand Kill Halving’s Potential Bullish Rally?
The much stronger-than-expected inflows into the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have already caused concerns about a supply shock in the bitcoin market, potentially taking away some of the impacts of the halving.
EU Watchdog Says Reordering Blockchain Transactions Might Be Market Abuse. Industry Says It’s Not
Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), in which crypto miners reorder transactions they validate for profit, is not inherently bad, some policy experts point out.
Telegram’s Pivot to TON Payments for Ads Boosts Toncoin
The messaging app’s switch to TON creates a circular economy for the closely-linked crypto.