Crypto traders betting on a rally lose $563 million in liquidations. Ether and bitcoin suffer the most
Ether and bitcoin led liquidations, as their prices dropped on macroeconomic concerns.
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A sports betting ETF bitcoin traders may want to watch
Alternative investment vehicles such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), led by BlackRock’s IBIT, hold sway over bitcoin’s price. That is well known by now. But another ETF from the betting world has been moving in lockstep with bitcoin’s BTC$80,984.66 cycles since 2020, with an interesting pattern… Read More
Sports betting should be regulated as a financial product, not gambling, aspiring prediction market provider says
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Sports betting should be regulated as a federal financial product rather than a state-licensed casino product, two panelists said Thursday. Appearing at Consensus Miami 2026, Jacob Fortinsky, co-founder and CEO of sports betting platform Novig, said the legacy sportsbook model is… Read More
BlackRock is betting billions that tokenized funds will do for Wall Street what the internet did to mail
BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink used his annual letter to shareholders to argue that digital assets and tokenization could help update the financial system, even as he warned that the U.S. economic model is leaving too many people behind. In the letter, Fink said… Read More
Kalshi gets temporary Nevada ban in dispute over sports betting
Kalshi is now under a two-week restraining order barring bets in Nevada while a legal debate proceeds over the longer-term status of prediction markets there. The First Judicial District Court of Nevada issued a 14-day order on Friday, directing the platform to cease offering event… Read More
Tennessee orders Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to cease sports betting contracts
The firms, federally regulated by the CFTC, were told to shut down Tennessee-based activity, refund deposits, and void open contracts by Jan. 31.