The move could challenge other prediction platforms by providing Kalshi users with greater anonymity through tokenized buys and sales on the Solana blockchain. Predictions platform Kalshi has reportedly begun allowing users to buy and sell tokenized versions of its event contracts on the Solana blockchain. According to a Monday CNBC report, Kalshi has moved closer to courting cryptocurrency users by offering tokenized contracts, which are now live on Solana. The move tokenized bets on the predictions platform, which includes US elections, sports and more, making them tradeable on the blockchain. “There’s a lot of power users in crypto,” John Wang, Kalshi’s head of crypto, told CNBC. “This is about tapping into the billions of dollars of liquidity that crypto has, and then also enabling developers to build third-party front ends that utilize Kalshi’s liquidity.” Read more
The appointments come ahead of a planned SPAC merger that will create a publicly traded company dedicated to accumulating and staking Cronos’ native token. Yorkville Acquisition Corp. has tapped two former Gryphon Digital Mining executives to lead its planned merger that will create a publicly traded digital asset treasury focused on accumulating the Cronos ecosystem’s native token. The appointments come as Yorkville moves toward forming a new entity with Trump Media & Technology Group and Crypto.com to acquire and manage the Cronos token (CRO) as its core reserve asset. Steve Gutterman will serve as CEO and Sim Salzman as chief financial officer once the merger closes, which Yorkville expects in the first quarter of 2026. The pair previously led Gryphon Digital Mining through restructuring, regulatory reporting and capital-markets transactions, and have held senior roles at E*TRADE, American Bitcoin and Marathon Digital. The new entity, formed through a business combination with Trump Media, co-founded by US...
Though the US dominated the number of requests from agencies in individual countries, Coinbase reported a modest increase in the overall number outside the country. US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released its annual transparency report, revealing that the company experienced a significant surge in requests from law enforcement agencies. In a report released on Monday, Coinbase said it had received 12,716 requests from law enforcement globally from October 2024 to September 2025, marking a 19% increase over the volume of requests reported in 2024. Of these requests, the exchange said that more than half — 53% — came from outside the United States, with 80% of all of them originating in the US, Germany, UK, France, Spain and Australia. Read more
Ether futures overtake Bitcoin on CME as ETH volatility spikes, fueling debate over a potential Ether super-cycle amid a broader crypto market pullback. Trading activity in Ether futures has surpassed that of Bitcoin on the Chicago-based CME Group, marking a notable shift in the digital asset derivatives market and fueling speculation that Ether may be entering a long-anticipated “super-cycle” — a sustained, multi-year period of accelerated growth driven by rising adoption. In a recent CME video, Priyanka Jain, the exchange’s director of equity and crypto products, said Ether (ETH) options are currently exhibiting higher volatility than Bitcoin (BTC) options. Rather than deterring participation, she said, the increased volatility has attracted traders and helped drive growth in Ether futures activity. “This heightened volatility has served as a powerful magnet for traders, directly accelerating participation in CME Group’s Ether futures,” Jain said. “Is this Ether’s long-awaited super-cycle, or merely a catch...
Bitcoin’s negative open to December shows bears’ plan to pull BTC to the $80,000 support. Analysts are now calling for a bull market to end with a drop to $70,000 and below. Key points: Bitcoin is facing significant selling at the start of the new week, with some analysts expecting a drop as low as $50,000. Several altcoins turned down from their overhead resistance and are threatening to dip below their support levels. Read more
The acquisition expands Goldman’s defined-outcome ETF business and brings the bank deeper into crypto-linked investment products. Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Innovator Capital Management for roughly $2 billion, bringing the issuer of defined-outcome exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including a Bitcoin structured fund, under its asset management umbrella. The transaction, slated to close in the second quarter of 2026, will bring about $28 billion in additional assets under supervision to Goldman Sachs’ Asset Management, which reported $3.45 trillion AUS at the end of the third quarter. Goldman said the purchase will broaden its plans for active and defined-outcome ETFs, a fund that uses options to limit losses and set how much of an asset’s gains investors can capture over a fixed period. Read more