Kalshi Partners with Chicago Blackhawks as Official Prediction Market for Centennial Season
Key Takeaways: Kalshi has announced a strategic partnership with the Chicago Blackhawks, becoming the storied NHL franchise’s official prediction market partner for its Centennial season. This collaboration marks a significant
Brooklyn Man Indicted for Allegedly Stealing $16 Million in Massive Coinbase Phishing Scheme
Key Takeaways: Ronald Spektor was arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court on a 31-count indictment that includes first-degree grand larceny and money laundering. The case highlights how attackers are increasingly bypassing
Solana Foundation Rolls Out ConnectorKit: A “Headless” SDK to Streamline Wallet Integration for dApp Developers
Key Takeaways: The Solana Foundation has officially released ConnectorKit, a new Software Development Kit (SDK) designed to overhaul how decentralized applications (dApps) interact with user wallets. Engineered to make wallet
Kalshi Launches “Kalshi Research” Unit- First Study Claims Traders Beat Wall Street on Inflation
Key Takeaways: Kalshi is opening up its internal prediction-market data to the academic world. The U.S.-regulated exchange has announced the formation of Kalshi Research, a dedicated initiative designed to give
Coinbase Acquires “The Clearing Company” to Fortify “Everything Exchange” Strategy and Internalize Prediction Market Tech
Key Takeaways: The acquisition marks Coinbase’s tenth deal of 2025, capping a year of aggressive expansion aimed at transforming the platform from a pure crypto exchange into a financial “super-app.”
xAI Secures Strategic Deal with Pentagon to Embed Grok Models into Defense Department’s Core AI Infrastructure
Key Takeaways: Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has finalized a major agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to plug its Grok models directly into the Pentagon’s internal AI platform.
Hyperliquid Enforces “Zero-Tolerance” Trading Ban to Shield HYPE from Insider Influence
Key Takeaways: Hyperliquid Labs has formally announced a rigorous new ethics policy designed to wall off its internal team from the market dynamics of its native token, HYPE. In a
Metaplanet Secures Clean Sweep at Shareholder Meeting to Accelerate Bitcoin Treasury Expansion
Key Takeaways: Metaplanet’s transformation into Japan’s premier corporate Bitcoin vehicle has cleared a critical governance hurdle. The firm’s latest extraordinary shareholder meeting concluded with a clean sweep, as investors approved
Solana Deploys x402 Protocol: Unlocking the “Agent Economy” with Instant Autonomous Payments
Key Takeaways: Solana is aggressively positioning itself as the default financial layer for the era of Artificial Intelligence. The network is scaling the deployment of x402 – a new Internet-native
PayPal Partners with Permian Labs to Power the AI GPU Economy with PYUSD
Key Takeaways: The partnership effectively links PYUSD, PayPal’s regulated stablecoin, with USDai, the “AI-native” stablecoin issued by the USD.AI protocol. The goal is to replace the slow, friction-heavy world of