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Prediction Markets Don't Have a Gambling Problem, Says Crypto Attorney

Prediction Markets Don't Have a Gambling Problem, Says Crypto Attorney

Singapore and Thailand recently moved to ban Polymarket from their respective jurisdictions, arguing that the site was just another gambling platform.On the surface, that argument seems logical. Polymarket's inclusion of sports prediction markets makes it seem like a competitor to licensed sportsboo…

Crypto Critic Elizabeth Warren Probes Trump's Meme Coin Venture

Crypto Critic Elizabeth Warren Probes Trump's Meme Coin Venture

Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling foul on President Donald Trump's meme coin, pressing for the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and financial regulatory agencies to dig into the ethical and regulatory details around the $TRUMP token.Warren, who is the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee t…

Binance Labs Gets Major Overhaul With CZ Taking Active Role in Investments

Binance Labs Gets Major Overhaul With CZ Taking Active Role in Investments

Binance Labs, the former investment arm of exchange giant Binance, gets a major overhaul under a new name, YZi Labs, with former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao being closely involved in the operations, the firm announced on Thursday.The rebrand means that the investment firm turns from being the ex…

Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Stablecoins

Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Stablecoins

In today’s issue, Alec Beckman from Advantage Blockchain explains stablecoins and their growing use cases for institutions and advisors.Then, CK Zheng from ZX Squared Capital shares tips on preparing for tax season in Ask and Expert.- Sarah MortonYou’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly…

Morgan Stanley Figuring Out How to Act as Transactors of Crypto, CEO Says

Morgan Stanley Figuring Out How to Act as Transactors of Crypto, CEO Says

Morgan Stanley (MS) is figuring out how it can act as a transactor in the crypto market, CEO Ted Pick said.The bank, which has some $1.6 trillion of assets under management, will work with the U.S. Treasury and other regulators to figure out how it can offer crypto in a safe way, Pick said in an int…

Bitcoin Rises to $106K as Trump Slated to Call Bukele, El Salvador's Crypto-Friendly President

Bitcoin Rises to $106K as Trump Slated to Call Bukele, El Salvador's Crypto-Friendly President

Bitcoin surged past $106,000 on Thursday morning in the U.S. on reports that U.S. President Donald Trump will talk later today with Nayib Bukele, president of bitcoin-friendly nation state El Salvador.Bitcoin advanced more than 3% to session highs in the minutes after the report, erasing early morn…

Ranger Labs Raises $1.9M, Eyes AI-Powered Crypto Trading Products

Ranger Labs Raises $1.9M, Eyes AI-Powered Crypto Trading Products

The builders of Solana-based crypto derivatives exchange Ranger Protocol are jumping on the AI train, too, after raising $1.9 million from venture investors.Ranger's eponymous trading venue pools crypto perps (the most popular investment contract in DeFi for trading tokens like SOL) from multiple pr…

Absence of Trump Crypto Order Amps Industry Tension as He Fails to Mention in Speech

Absence of Trump Crypto Order Amps Industry Tension as He Fails to Mention in Speech

The crypto industry is desperate to see crypto action from U.S. President Donald Trump, now a few days into his new presidency, but there hasn't yet been a confirmation from the White House that an executive order is pending.It's not entirely off of Trump's radar, though, because he did mention the …

Tokenize Xchange's Development Arm Buys Blockchain Intelligence Firm Coinseeker for $30M

Tokenize Xchange's Development Arm Buys Blockchain Intelligence Firm Coinseeker for $30M

The development arm of Tokenize Xchange has acquired blockchain intelligence platform Coinseeker in a deal valued at $30 million.Titan Lab, the developer of Titan Chain, on which Tokenize runs, plans to incorporate Coinseeker's AI-powered analytics, ratings and other insights into its operations, ac…

TRUMP Memecoin Bulls on Alert as Indicator Hints at Rising Selling Pressure

TRUMP Memecoin Bulls on Alert as Indicator Hints at Rising Selling Pressure

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's TRUMP token has made quite a splash in the crypto market, rapidly becoming the 21st largest digital asset with a market cap of $11 billion in just two days.The TRUMP/USDT pair has emerged as the most-traded pair over the past 24 hours on the leading exchange, Bina…

Solana Hits $275 Lifetime Peak as Official Trump Memecoin Surges to $8B

Solana Hits $275 Lifetime Peak as Official Trump Memecoin Surges to $8B

Donald Trump’s official memecoin has jumpstarted fresh speculative activity in the Solana ecosystem nearly overnight.Multiple large-cap tokens based on Solana surged higher Saturday, and the blockchain’s native SOL token set fresh highs above $275 as the incoming U.S. president backed a new Solana-b…

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Lands MiCA License From Germany

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Lands MiCA License From Germany

Boerse Stuttgart Digital, a unit of stock exchange operator Boerse Stuttgart, said it was granted a crypto asset service provider (CASP) license by the German regulator BaFin allowing it to provide services across the European Union under the bloc's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulations.The co…