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  • Bitcoin. Source: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Bitcoin ETFs Notch Seven-Day Winning Streak as 2026 Flows Turn Green

    Less than two weeks ago, Bitcoin ETF investors were heading for the exits. Now they're piling back in. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $134.5 million on Friday, extending their inflow streak to seven straight trading days, according to Decrypt's Bitcoin ETF tracker. The run, which began Sept. 17, has pulled in about $2.98 billion. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction. That's a sharp reversal from mid-September. The funds shed $450.4 million on Sept. 15, their worst day...

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    2 min read
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  • U.S. Capitol building. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    How Crypto Stopped Waiting for Congress and Learned to Love the Regulators

    For nearly two years, the crypto industry's Washington strategy rested on a single word: clarity. Pass a market-structure law, the thinking went, and the rest would follow. That strategy hit a wall—and now the industry's focus has shifted from Congress to federal regulators. Myriad: Will Congress pass the Clarity Act? Click to make your prediction. Last week, the Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act, the sweeping market-structure bill more than a year in the making, in a 49-50 procedural vot...

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    3 min read
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  • Bitcoin remains the largest crypto asset in the market. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    AI Agents Are Racing to Make Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cheap—And Winning

    The price of building a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction has plunged nearly 80% in a single week, after developers and AI models competed to optimize the code behind it. According to StarkWare, which ran the competition alongside Yukon Research and Eigen Labs, the estimated cost of constructing such a transaction fell from about $320 to roughly $67 in GPU compute. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction. The figure comes from the dashboard of the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin...

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    3 min read
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  • NFTs. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit

    Magic Eden may have left Ethereum behind, but some of its old users' NFTs were still exposed. The marketplace warned Friday that NFTs listed on its EVM marketplace between roughly February and October 2024 could be affected by an exploit in Payment Processor V2, an NFT trading protocol built and maintained by Limit Break. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. EVM refers to Ethereum and the blockchains compatible with it. Magic Eden adopted the contract to settle tra...

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    3 min read
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  • The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, home to the Fed's Reserve Board. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Federal Reserve Unveils Stablecoin Rules on Reserves and Capital

    The Federal Reserve is moving to set the ground rules for stablecoin issuers it oversees, proposing Thursday that they fully back their tokens with safe, liquid assets and hold capital against the risks of their operations. The central bank opened two proposals for public comment as it builds out the regulatory framework required under the GENIUS Act, the stablecoin law President Donald Trump signed in July 2025. Myriad: Will the Fed raise rates again? Click to make your prediction. The first wo...

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    2 min read
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  • Polymarket. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    New York Wants to Ban Polymarket, Lawsuit Calls It 'Illegal Gambling Operation'

    New York has taken legal aim at Polymarket, with Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul announcing a lawsuit Wednesday that accuses the prediction market of running an unlicensed gambling business in the state. The suit, filed against QCX LLC doing business as Polymarket US, alleges the platform's markets meet New York's legal definition of gambling because users bet money on uncertain outcomes outside their control. Myriad: When will Polymarket TGE? Click to make your predicti...

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    3 min read
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    Decrypt Media and FOMO Hour’s Thought Leader Farokh Sarmad to Take Main Stage at NEXTPredict NY Conference

    NEXTPredict.io, a leading media and conference organization and host of NEXTPredict NYC, The World’s Prediction Markets Summit, today announced a multi-brand partnership with DASTAN, parent company of Decrypt Media, Rug Radio and Myriad Markets for its Oct. 22–23 summit at Convene Hudson Yards in New York City. As part of the partnership, DASTAN’s Decrypt will serve as NEXTPredict NYC’s exclusive Premier Media Partner, supporting the summit through live coverage, onsite programming and promotion...

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    Elliptic Wants Every Cop to Read a Crypto Wallet in Seconds—With AI

    Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has rolled out an artificial intelligence product designed to let ordinary police officers make sense of cryptocurrency they encounter in the field, without needing any blockchain expertise. The tool, called Pulse and announced Wednesday, lets an officer input anything resembling a wallet address or transaction hash, then returns a plain-language financial summary within seconds. Myriad: Who will control Congress after the midterms? Click to make your predictio...

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    2 min read
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  • OpenAI. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    An AI Agent Just Hacked a Government Website for the First Time, Australia PM Says

    An artificial intelligence agent built by OpenAI broke into an Australian government website in June, gaining unauthorized access to both public and non-public files, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed Wednesday, in what appears to be the first known case of an AI agent hacking a government site. Speaking to reporters in New York, Albanese said the agent infiltrated the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, a public-facing site administered by Services Australia that holds non-sens...

  • Borrow Against Your Bitcoin at a Fixed Rate: Coinbase Expands Morpho Loans

    Coinbase is giving borrowers a new way to tap cash without selling their Bitcoin, rolling out fixed-rate loans powered by decentralized lending protocol Morpho. The product, announced Tuesday, lets Coinbase users borrow the USDC stablecoin against their Bitcoin with the interest rate and repayment date locked in from the start. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction. That marks a departure from the variable-rate model that has dominated on-chain lending, where borrowing...

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    2 min read
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  • Arthur Hayes. Source: André Beganski/Decrypt

    Crypto Exchange That Invented 100x Leverage Is No More: Here’s What BitMEX Users Need to Know

    The exchange that gave crypto the perpetual swap has officially closed its doors. BitMEX ended all exchange operations at 04:00 UTC Wednesday, the company said on X, capping a two-month wind-down. Trading, deposits and new positions are gone, though users can still log in and withdraw. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction. "Your funds remain completely safe," BitMEX wrote, urging customers to withdraw remaining balances as soon as possible. Deposits are no longer credi...

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    2 min read
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  • Crypto trading. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    NYSE Taps Blockchain.com to Reach Crypto Investors With Tokenized Stocks

    Crypto exchange Blockchain.com wants to bring Wall Street to its app and keep it open around the clock. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with NYSE Group to offer its users tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs through the New York Stock Exchange's planned digital trading venue, the firms said Wednesday. The arrangement is subject to any required regulatory approvals, and the NYSE platform has yet to launch. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. Tokenized st...

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  • Bitcoin whale. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    $161 Million in Decade-Old Bitcoin Has Moved in Just Two Weeks

    The steady procession of long-dormant Bitcoin wallets springing back to life is showing no sign of slowing, with four more ancient stashes moving a combined $161 million over the past two weeks. According to Galaxy Research's blockchain monitoring, the awakened wallets moved 1,971.03 BTC in all between Sept. 6 and Sept. 22. The largest, holding 1,260.78 BTC worth about $100.63 million, had sat untouched since July 2016, more than 10 years, potentially delivering a gain of roughly 12,122% on a co...

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    2 min read
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  • Bitcoin security. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    White-Hat Hackers Route Coldcard Exploit Bitcoin Into 'Recovery Trust'

    Some of the Bitcoin stolen in the sprawling Coldcard hardware wallet exploit is being routed toward a recovery effort, with white-hat actors moving funds into what they've labeled a trust for returning the coins. According to Galaxy Research's blockchain monitoring, 40.71 BTC, worth about $3.31 million, was moved on Sept. 21 in a single transaction that consolidated coins tied to the exploit. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction. The transfer, spanning 11 addresses acr...

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    2 min read
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  • Tom Lee. Image: Decrypt

    Tom Lee's Bitmine Adds $74M in Ethereum, Declares a Crypto Bull Market 'Underway'

    Bitmine Immersion Technologies kept up its unbroken buying streak this week, adding 27,562 Ethereum—worth roughly $74 million—as chairman Tom Lee argued a fresh crypto bull market has begun and institutions are still on the sidelines. The NYSE-listed company said Monday its holdings now total 5,983,940 ETH, worth about $16.1 billion at a reference price of $2,688 per coin. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. That represents 4.9% of Ethereum's total supply of 122.1...

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    2 min read
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  • Bitcoin. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Why Holding Anything But Bitcoin Has Been a Losing Bet for Two Years

    The gap between Bitcoin and the rest of the market has become a chasm. Over the past two years, Bitcoin gained 28% while the median mid-cap altcoin lost 74%, according to a new report from analytics firm Glassnode and crypto exchange Bybit. The report frames the divergence as the defining feature of this cycle: Bitcoin compounding higher while the mid-cap complex "halves and halves again." Myriad: Where does Bitcoin go next? Click to make your prediction. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurre...

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    2 min read
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  • Coinbase flag. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Coinbase Files to List Single-Stock Perps on Apple, Tesla and Nvidia

    Coinbase is looking to import one of crypto's most popular trading instruments into the U.S. stock market, filing to list single-stock perpetual futures with federal regulators. The filing, submitted Friday through Coinbase Derivatives, seeks approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for contracts that would give American traders leveraged exposure to individual stocks without owning the shares. Myriad: How low will Nvidia go? Click to make your prediction. The CFTC listing shows th...

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    2 min read
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  • CFTC Chairman Michael Selig. Image: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Decrypt

    CFTC Kicks Off Crypto Rulemaking, Bypassing a Stalled Congress

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is pushing ahead with its own crypto rulebook, sending a pair of digital-asset rulemakings to the White House for review just days after the Clarity Act collapsed in the Senate. According to a filing posted this week, the CFTC submitted a prerule titled "Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets" to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the White House office that vets federal rules before agencies release them....

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    2 min read
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  • Revolut. Image: Revolut/Decrypt

    Revolut Leaks Passports, Bitcoin Transaction Histories to Fake Government Request

    Fintech giant Revolut handed sensitive customer data, including passport copies and full Bitcoin transaction histories, to a malicious actor after falling for a fraudulent request disguised as a legitimate government inquiry. According to a customer notification circulated by crypto investigator ZachXBT, Revolut received a request for customer information that appeared to come from a government agency, sent from an unauthorized email account using the agency's official domain. Myriad: Bitcoin's...

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    2 min read
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  • Ripple is a crypto software company focused on XRP solutions. Source: Ripple/Decrypt

    XRP Gets Another Boost Through Ripple Deal With Florida Athletics

    Ripple is taking its crypto-in-college-sports playbook to the Swamp, striking a multi-year marketing deal with the University of Florida that will splash the XRP logo across the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium starting this football season. Florida Athletics announced the deal Friday, saying the XRP branding will appear on the field as well as on digital properties and event signage in Gainesville. Myriad: Where does XRP price go next? Click to make your prediction. Beyond the marketing, Rippl...

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    2 min read
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