29Jul/24

Trump’s Talk of Bitcoin Reserve for the U.S. Leaves Industry Waiting for More Details

“For the U.S. to institute Bitcoin as a strategic reserve will similarly require further work including determining how much should be held as a reserve and the basis for that threshold, howRead More…

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04Jun/24

Trump Conviction Barely Dents His Odds of Winning Election: Prediction Markets

On PredictIt, a more mainstream betting site where trades are placed in dollars rather than stablecoins, the Trump contract actually gained 1 cent following the guilty verdict, although at 51-48 his leadRead More…

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05Mar/24

Bitcoin Soared to an All-Time High. So Why Aren’t Miners Blasting Off, Too?

Bitcoin soared after the last halving in May 2020, and miners joined in. At the time, there weren’t many large-scale miners. This time around, though, the market is crowded with many large-scaleRead More…

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20Jan/24

He Exposed Harvard President’s Plagiarism, Then Lost Money Betting on the Story

“I’ve never made money on prediction markets. I’m down. It’s a hobby rather than something I actually make money on,” Brunet said in an interview with CoinDesk. “In the past, when IRead More…

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18May/23

UK Lawmakers’ Bid to Regulate Crypto as Gambling Could Be a Political Problem, Invites Industry Wrath

“This latest Treasury Select Committee report goes against the grain,” Mark Foster, the Crypto Council for Innovation’s European Union (EU) policy lead, told CoinDesk. “It misunderstands and misrepresents digital assets. There areRead More…

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