Prediction Markets Hit $188B in Q3 Volume, Up 70% From Q2
A 21-fold year-over-year jump puts prediction markets’ rapid expansion in focus, with sports making up about 40% of Kalshi’s Q3 trading.
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A 21-fold year-over-year jump puts prediction markets’ rapid expansion in focus, with sports making up about 40% of Kalshi’s Q3 trading.
The proposal targets leveraged crypto trading and includes exchange safeguards, while spot-market rules still depend on Congress and final regulations remain months away.
Circle, Ripple, SC Ventures and QRT joined the round, extending a financing effort that began with ICE's investment in March.
Lower transaction costs and stronger privacy could help shift Ethereum interactions from conventional apps toward AI agents acting on users’ behalf.
The December market could keep borrowers' collateral working after the October tokens mature, but its current liquidity is small beside the position it may need to absorb.
The raise backs a cross-border push for programmable cash, as Spiko reports $2.7B in assets under management and users in more than 25 jurisdictions.
The investigation links Bybit exploit funds to alleged laundering operations and highlights how blockchain tracing can support freezes, even when investigators must risk funds to gather evidence.
The notes are obligations, not shares, and access is limited to eligible non-U.S. investors. The move broadens Ondo's tokenization push beyond stocks and Treasurys.
Billions in private capital and planned 2027 listings are turning the U.S.-China contest for AI leadership into a major test of investor appetite for the sector.
The app combines dollar-denominated balances, transfers and card spending, putting OKX in competition with payments products from Binance, Coinbase and Bybit.
Stablecoin transfers are expanding beyond centralized platforms, creating a sizable payment flow that exchange restrictions may not capture.
A shared open standard could replace bespoke settlement contracts, while J.P. Morgan's input brings institutional securities practices into the design.
A roughly $10M monthly model bill shows the scale of the infrastructure investment, while prompting tighter controls on usage.
The milestone puts synchronous composability into live Ethereum mainnet use, a step toward applications coordinating execution across layers.
The company also reported a $21B Q3 digital-asset gain and holds $5.7B in USD assets, underscoring the scale of its corporate Bitcoin treasury.
The projection depends on Ethereum reaching a $2 trillion market value in about five years, making the network's role in stablecoins, DeFi and tokenization central to the thesis.
The withdrawals clear two proposals that never took effect, easing a long-running regulatory cloud over self-custody and crypto mixers.
Atomic delivery-versus-payment could replace bespoke settlement contracts and help tokenized assets scale, while planned privacy features target a key institutional requirement.
The redesign replaces a 2019 foundation with unified market infrastructure, while audited canary markets will precede the planned switchover.
Cooling inflation, faster growth and lower yields are among the possible tailwinds raised for the next leg, but they remain scenarios rather than outcomes.