Decrypt

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ICE has invested another $600 million into Polymarket, fulfilling its commitment made in October.
Rival Kalshi recently raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation, outpacing Polymarket's current valuation.
Prediction markets face mounting regulatory pressure, with lawmakers

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California public officials are banned via executive order from using inside information to make money on prediction markets.
The ban extends to state officials and appointees using information to help others from profiting, as well.
The order follows continued scrutiny from

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Gnosis and Zisk are developing an “economic zone” for Ethereum that’s aimed at creating alignment between layer-2 networks and mainnet.
The initiative is being supported by the Ethereum Foundation, indicating an interest in reshaping relationships within Ethereum’s ecosystem.

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Walrus is marking one year since its mainnet launch, having surpassed 450TB of data stored from partners including Team Liquid, Decrypt, and Allium.
In its first year, the verifiable data platform has introduced major product upgrades, efficiency improvements and integrations includ

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Ark Invest parted with nearly $41 million in META and $26 million in NVDA shares on Thursday.
Cathie Wood's firm also dumped around $11 million worth of shares in its Bitcoin ETF.
The sales come amid a sustained market downturn as uncertainty in Iran shakes stocks and crypto.
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Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Technologies added around $146 million in ETH over the last week.
Meanwhile, top Bitcoin treasury Strategy paused its purchases in the final week of the quarter.
Both firms maintain major unrealized losses stretching into the billions.
Leading

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A leaked draft post revealed Anthropic’s most powerful AI model, Claude Mythos.
The model also appears to introduce a new tier above Opus, internally referred to as “Capybara.”
Cybersecurity stocks declined after reports suggested the system could accelerate AI-driven

In brief
ICE has invested another $600 million into Polymarket, fulfilling its commitment made in October.
Rival Kalshi recently raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation, outpacing Polymarket's current valuation.
Prediction markets face mounting regulatory pressure, with lawmakers

In brief
California public officials are banned via executive order from using inside information to make money on prediction markets.
The ban extends to state officials and appointees using information to help others from profiting, as well.
The order follows continued scrutiny from