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Coinbase Global Inc. announced Monday, January 19, its support for Bermuda's ambitious plan to become the world's first "fully on-chain national economy."
As of January 19, 2026, the financial landscape has crossed a Rubicon that many skeptics thought was decades away. The convergence of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology—commonly referred to as Decentralized AI or "DeFAI"—has birthed a new era of "Agentic Finance." In this paradigm, the primary users of the global financial system are no longer [...]
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the global financial landscape, Bitcoin has reclaimed the $97,000 milestone as of January 19, 2026, marking a powerful resurgence after a volatile end to the previous year. This latest surge, which saw the premier digital asset peak at $97,924 during
The digital asset market witnessed a surge of renewed optimism this past week as Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $97,000 level for the first time in months, signaling a potential end to the volatile consolidation phase that followed last year’s peak. Triggered by a "Goldilocks" inflation report and a
As of January 19, 2026, the landscape of American finance looks fundamentally different than it did just two years ago. The once-fringe world of prediction markets has exploded into a mainstream powerhouse, driven by a radical shift in federal oversight. What began as a high-stakes legal battle between Kalshi and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [...]
As global uncertainty continues to rise across economics, politics, technology, and culture, prediction markets are increasingly being viewed as more than speculative tools. Instead, they are emerging as mechanisms for aggregating collective intelligence and forming probabilistic consensus at scale.
Whether it be online shopping or social media, secular forces are propelling consumer internet businesses forward. This influence cuts both ways though because they have high exposure to the ups and downs of consumer spending,
and the market seems to believe the tide is turning in the wrong direction -
over the past six months, the industry has tumbled by 1.9%. This performance is a stark contrast from the S&P 500’s 10.1% gain.
While Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has been fighting to change the CLARITY Act’s treatment for stablecoin and DeFI, Chris Dixon pushes for the bill to move forward.
On January 7, 2026, the global media landscape underwent a seismic shift that few traditional pundits saw coming. News Corp (Nasdaq: NWSA), the parent company of Dow Jones, announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with Polymarket, the world’s leading decentralized prediction platform. This alliance does more than just share data; it signals the definitive arrival of [...]
The era of prediction markets has officially shifted from a niche experimental phase into a primary pillar of global finance. As of January 17, 2026, the industry is no longer just a "truth machine" for political cycles; it has become a high-velocity financial engine. Recent data shows the total prediction market industry hit an all-time [...]
As of January 17, 2026, the global financial landscape has fundamentally shifted. What were once dismissed as "gambling dens" for political junkies have evolved into the world’s most accurate "truth engines." The catalyst for this transformation can be traced back to a single, high-conviction figure from the 2024 U.S. election: the pseudonymous French trader known [...]
The prediction market world is reeling following a series of highly suspicious trades that occurred just hours before the dramatic capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. While the world woke up on January 3, 2026, to the news of a high-stakes U.S. military operation in Caracas, one anonymous trader was already counting their winnings. The [...]
Fortune reports that the GENIUS Act is impacting the $900 billion remittances market, making crypto-native companies harder to contest with Western Union and MoneyGram.
If market structure rules remain loose, yield-bearing stablecoins could cause $6 trillion in deposit outflows, squeezing SMB credit and raising borrowing costs, according to BofA CEO Brian Moynihan.
As Bitcoin (BTC) hovers near the $95,600 mark this January 16, 2026, a curious divergence is emerging between the exuberant headlines of traditional finance and the cold, calculated skepticism of prediction markets. While retail investors celebrate a recovery from the volatile "Year of the Snake" in 2025, a growing segment of traders on platforms like [...]
The landscape of retail finance has undergone a seismic shift, culminating in today's milestone as prediction markets move from the fringes of political junkies to the center of the mobile brokerage experience. As of January 16, 2026, the partnership between Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) and Kalshi has transformed "event contracts" into a multi-billion dollar asset class. [...]
In a move that signals a seismic shift for Wall Street’s most storied investment bank, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) CEO David Solomon has officially signaled the firm’s intent to enter the rapidly maturing world of prediction markets. Speaking during the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call on January
