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View More NewsThe Solana Foundation is positioning the network as core infrastructure for an emerging “agentic” internet, where AI systems—not humans—initiate and execute economic activity.“AI is not really a vertical. It’s a platform shift… affecting everything across every industry, including crypto,” said Vibhu Norby, chief product officer of the Solana Foundation, during a panel at the Digital Asset Summit (DAS) in New York.At the center of Solana’s strategy is payments. Norby said the network has already “processed 15 million payments onchain from agents,” largely tied to machine-to-machine commerce. “The programmatic aspect of crypto payments is what is making it interesting for agents,”…
Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week:Ryan Kirkley on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.Top headlines institutions should pay attention to by Francisco Rodrigues.Geodnet decoupling suggests fundamental re-rating in Chart of the Week.Thanks for joining us!-Alexandra LevisExpert InsightsPrediction Markets Don’t Just Forecast Power – They Reshape ItBy Ryan Kirkley, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Settlement NetworkPrediction markets are often pitched as neutral forecasting tools: efficient ways to aggregate information and convert collective belief into a price. That case is not entirely wrong. The academic literature has long found that…
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“Tonight,” said Donald Trump to the people of Iran on 28 February, “bombs will be dropping everywhere. … When we are finished, take over your government.” These words seemed to evoke a single apocalyptic night, after which the Iranian people would emerge from their shelters, blinking in the light of a new day, to discover that the IRGC, the Artesh, the Basij, and the hated morality police were all buried under the rubble, America’s planes had departed, and Iran was free at last.Four weeks was the President’s actual timeline, but that’s looking doubtful now. Trump was warned that the Iranian…
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Network NewsETHEREUM FACES KEY MOMENT WITH QUANTUM, AI CHANGES AHEAD: The first couple of months of 2026 have forced the Ethereum community into a…
Opinion by: Joshua Kim, CEO and founder of DonaFi.Traditional crowdfunding has always been pitched as a lifeline for creators. For non-fungible token (NFT) artists,…
In brief The largest corporate holder of Ethereum, BitMine, debuted its U.S.-based staking platform that’s aimed at institutions. Chair Tom Lee said the staking…
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Law enforcement agencies from the U.S., U.K. and Canada started a joint initiative called Operation Atlantic aimed at disrupting cryptocurrency fraud schemes known as…
US President Donald Trump has again pressured the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates immediately, saying at a White House meeting that they should…
In brief The former LASD deputy was sentenced in a federal extortion case tied to crypto “Godfather” figure Adam Iza. The case details how…
from the if-the-knock-off-shoe-fits dept Normally, a post about the signing of an NFL free agent wouldn’t make it anywhere near these here Techdirt pages.…
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest ether-focused treasury firm, bought 60,999 ether (ETH) last week as it continues to build up its holdings of…
Prediction markets platform Polymarket says it has now banned and reported users who pressured an Israeli journalist with death threats to amend a news…
In brief Bitcoin is trading above $75,000 ahead of PPI data and the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, breaking a key resistance zone. Forecasts point…