Polymarket’s “smart money” is just 3% of users, study finds
A new study is challenging one of the biggest ideas behind prediction markets — that the crowd is what makes them smart.
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Researchers say just...
XRP price still follows Wall Street signals, new study finds
A new academic study is challenging the idea that XRP trades in its own world.
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Researchers say XRP still takes major signals from stocks, bonds,...
Ripple’s David Schwartz rejects claims he misled XRP holders
Ripple’s David Schwartz is pushing back after an old XRP debate resurfaced and stirred up fresh controversy.
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David Schwartz defended his 2017 XRP comments after...
Bitcoin’s $80K fakeout wipes out shorts amid Iran headlines
Bitcoin saw wild price swings Monday as geopolitical headlines triggered a fast rush in and out of the market.
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Bitcoin jumped close to $79,500 before...
Stablecoin B2B payments could hit $5 trillion by 2035: Juniper Research
Stablecoins could become a massive force in global business payments, if a new forecast is right.
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Cross-border B2B stablecoin payments could reach $5 trillion by...
CFTC sues New York as prediction market fight escalates
The fight over prediction markets in the US is getting much bigger, and now the CFTC is taking New York to court over it.
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The...
Coinbase Is Giving XRP the Same Institutional Futures Tool It Gives...
Coinbase is moving XRP deeper into institutional markets with a new futures feature that could be a big deal for large traders.
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Coinbase plans to...
Chainlink Is Now the Backbone of an $11 Billion Arizona Mine...
BridgeTower Capital has taken a big step in real-world asset tokenization by putting Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack into live production for an $11 billion...
Litecoin rewrites chain history after privacy exploit
Litecoin went through a serious network disruption Saturday after attackers reportedly exploited a bug tied to its MimbleWimble Extension Block, or MWEB, privacy layer.
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Litecoin...
DoorDash Is Now Paying Drivers and Merchants Using Stablecoin Rails in...
DoorDash is making a major move into stablecoin payments, using Tempo’s blockchain infrastructure to pay delivery workers and merchants across more than 40 countries.
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DoorDash...
BNB Chain Is Now the Biggest Blockchain for AI Agents After...
BNB Chain has taken a major lead in one of crypto’s fastest-growing trends: autonomous AI agents.
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BNB Chain has passed 150,000 on-chain AI agent deployments,...
Ripple Publishes Four-Phase Plan to Make the XRP Ledger Quantum-Resistant by...
Ripple has laid out a long-term plan to protect the XRP Ledger from future quantum computing threats, while XRP also picked up fresh attention...
Iraqi News
Gold is falling and heading for a weekly loss as the dollar strengthens and...
Gold prices declined on Friday and are on track for a weekly loss as the U.S. dollar strengthened and expectations grew that the Federal...
Oil prices fell as markets awaited developments in negotiations between Washington and Tehran amid...
Oil prices edged lower on Friday as traders monitored ongoing discussions between the United States and Iran, while continued military tensions in the Middle...
Al-Bayati rejects the privatization of electricity in Baquba… 3 reasons that determine his stance
MP Mohammed Qutaiba al-Bayati has expressed his opposition to the proposed electricity privatization project in residential areas west of Baquba, citing concerns about its...
Iraqi PM calls on US firms to seize investment opportunities
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has invited American companies to expand their investments in Iraq, highlighting opportunities in petrochemicals, glass manufacturing, phosphate production, gas projects,...
Iraq imports first gasoline batch through Syria
Iraq has started importing its first gasoline shipments through Syria as part of efforts to address the fuel shortage affecting Baghdad and several other...