IRS on World Cup Prediction Markets: Gambling or Not?
IRS's World Cup Prediction Market Stance Leaves Crypto Traders in Tax Limbo The IRS still has not said whether World Cup prediction markets count as gambling for tax purposes, which leaves crypto traders with a real mess. Two people can wager on the same match and report ...
Solana Price Prediction: $75 Support at Risk?
Solana's Failed Recovery Puts $75 Support at Risk as Traders Get Nervous Solana's latest bounce fizzled. SOL is back near $75, and that level is doing too much work now. My take: if buyers lose it cleanly, the chart points to the low $70s first, then possibly $60. That sounds dramatic. I ...
XRP Loses $700M in Futures Bets, XRPL Builds $4B Pipeline
XRP futures lose $700M while XRPL's $4B institutional pipeline keeps building XRP is being pulled in two directions, and I do not think the split is subtle anymore. Futures traders have cut exposure by nearly $700 million. US spot XRP ETFs just logged their first outflows in nine weeks. ...
15 Altcoins Surge on South Korean Exchanges: What’s Next?
Korean altcoin surge: what South Korea's trading volume spike means for your portfolio South Korean crypto exchanges Upbit and Bithumb saw a sharp jump in trading across 15 altcoins over the past 24 hours. Threshold Network (T) stood out. My take: that matters, but I would not build a wh ...
Signs of Life?: State of Crypto – A Deep Dive
Clarity Act returns: crypto regulation pressure builds before July vote The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is back. Or close enough that markets have to care again. A new draft is expected this week, and the US crypto regulation fight is not quietly fading out. ...
Watch Out: Massive Token Unlocks for 14 Altcoins This Week!
14 Altcoins Have Token Unlocks This Week. Some Look Riskier Than Others This week, 14 altcoins are set to release locked tokens, adding millions of dollars in new supply to the market. That matters. Bitcoin is up 2.36% for the week, and crypto has held up better than I would have guessed ...
Empery Digital Shares Rise: Bitcoin Funds AI Data Center
Empery Digital's Bitcoin sale points to a shift in corporate treasury habits Empery Digital sold a big piece of its Bitcoin stack and moved the money into an AI data center deal. Simple enough. But the better read is this: some public companies may be starting to treat Bitcoin less like ...
Ex-Meta Engineer: Quantum Computing & Miner Economics Threaten Bitcoin
Former Meta Engineer Flags Quantum Computing and Miner Economics as Bitcoin's Ticking Time Bombs A former Meta engineer is warning about two slow risks to Bitcoin: quantum computing and weaker miner economics. My take: this is not a “BTC crashes tomorrow” argument. It is more uncomfortab ...
Massive $1M Esports World Cup Payouts Arrive as T1 Exits
Esports World Cup Payouts Hint at a Crypto Opening as T1 Stumbles The $1 million payouts at the Esports World Cup in early July 2026, along with T1's rough early exit, point to something larger than a crowded tournament week. Serious money is moving through esports now. Crypto people sho ...
Derivatives Market for XRP: Signals About the Price
XRP derivatives point to caution while spot trading gets messy XRP derivatives look cautious, even with spot trading running hot. Spot liquidity for $XRP jumped between July 4 and July 8. Derivatives have looked different since mid-June. Crypt ...