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In brief A new study commissioned by the Coalition for Prediction Markets found Americans wagered up to $34 billion on offshore prediction markets during a 12-month span. It estimated that up to 30% of Polymarket’s trading volume during the period came from Americans. Offshore prediction market trading volume by Americans could grow to as much as $133 billion by 2030, the study estimated. Americans were responsible for up to $34 billion in offshore prediction market trading volumes during the 12-month period ending in April 2026, according to a new study commissioned by the Coalition for Prediction Markets, an industry group…
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Human evolution, particularly of the brain, ended a long time ago—at least that is what many educated people, wary of claims about biological differences between human groups, prefer to believe. For much of the postwar era, it was widely assumed that natural selection had largely ceased to shape human populations and that any evolution during the past ten millennia was too slow or too slight to detect. That view was partly shaped by evidence and partly shaped by history. After World War II, the horrors of Nazi racial science made claims about human biological variation radioactive, and for good reason.…
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Latest developments: Crypto markets are under pressure as Bitcoin sits around $60,000 and ETF outflows continue.Bitcoin ETFs have recorded four consecutive weeks with more…
“We don’t live on the moon, we live on planet Earth. We have to respect that we are not kings of the world, who…
Latest developments: VanEck recently launched the first U.S. spot BNB ETF, trading under the ticker VBNB on Nasdaq.The fund gives investors exposure to BNB…
SpaceX’s IPO is already spilling into crypto markets, where one whale has opened a $22.3 million leveraged long on SPCX, a synthetic pre-IPO perpetual…
In brief A federal appeals court unanimously upheld Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence. Judges rejected his argument that FTX could have…
This is why the most exposed institutional holders have been waiting. They are waiting for the coordination work to happen, which a research grant…
Metaplanet announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Siiibo Securities in a 2.1 billion yen ($13.1 million) deal to form a securities…
In brief Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick suggests the crypto market has hit its lowest point following Bitcoin’s recent drop to nearly $59,000. Potential…
One argument Bankman-Fried advanced was that the funds he misappropriated were in investments that would eventually grow.”As the district court recognized, any contention that…