Charles Schwab Plans to Introduce Prediction Markets With Cboe for Wagering on the S&P 500's Performance: WSJ

Tether-related entities Northern Data and Rumble are in the process of merging, with Rumble offering equity for shares of Northern Data. Shareholders will receive 2.0281 shares of Rumble stock for each Northern Data share held.

Bitcoin linked to the $9 billion Bitfinex hack in 2016 was recently transferred to Coinbase Prime by U.S. government addresses. The move, valued at $628,000, raises questions about the government's intentions for the seized funds.

Dogecoin Cash Inc. is developing Dogecoin Gold, a token linking digital assets to physical gold reserves. The proposed system involves tokens representing defined units of gold held by a precious metals custodian, created and removed upon gold custody and redemption.

Autonomous agents now drive over 19% of on-chain activity, excelling in yield optimization but struggling in open-ended trading. Despite their potential, agents face challenges in adapting to real-time market changes and unclear conditions, as highlighted in recent research by DWF Ventures.

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, is set to acquire Bitnomial for up to $550 million in cash and stock. Bitnomial's regulatory infrastructure, as the first fully CFTC-licensed derivatives company in the U.S., will enhance Payward's B2B platform with crypto trading and derivatives capabilities.

Bitcoin's rally to $76,000 faces uncertainty as negative funding rates suggest investors are shorting the market, anticipating a reversal. The potential short squeeze hinges on Bitcoin breaking and holding above $80,000 to trigger liquidations of short positions.

Circle, the issuer of USDC, faces a class action lawsuit for failing to freeze stolen funds during the $285 million exploit on Solana DeFi platform Drift Protocol. The lawsuit alleges that Circle did not act during the eight-hour window when attackers moved $232 million in USDC to Ethereum.

Wrench attacks, involving young thugs executing violent home invasions to steal crypto, are orchestrated by crime bosses, often operating from abroad. These criminal organizations, linked to drug trafficking, recruit disposable foot soldiers through social media, paying them a few thousand euros for their services.

BIP-361 aims to freeze Bitcoin coins not moved to quantum-resistant addresses, potentially saving 34% of supply. Cardano's Charles Hoskinson doubts the recovery of 1.7 million vulnerable coins, including Satoshi Nakamoto's stash.

The Ethereum Foundation's ETH Rangers Program identified and exposed around 100 IT workers linked to North Korea over six months, recovering over $5.8 million and detecting 785+ vulnerabilities. The program collaborated with blockchain security groups to address the security threats facing the Ethereum ecosystem.