Polymarket filed a federal lawsuit against Massachusetts officials on Feb. 10, arguing CFTC oversight preempts state gambling laws. The case follows a ban on rival Kalshi and could reshape regulation of prediction markets nationwide.
ETHZilla said it will rebrand as Forum Markets and trade under the ticker FRMM, marking a shift away from its Ethereum treasury model toward RWA tokenization. Its stock rose more than 13% after the announcement.
As Bitcoin crashes below $72K, Cardone Capital adds BTC, while Strategy faces $3.8B unrealized loss. ETFs see $1.2B outflows, market fear peaks.
AlphaPepe presale lists on Azbit and BiFinance, Stage 18 nearly full with $96K left. Price jumps to $0.01993 in 6 hours. Community speculates a third, larger CEX may follow.
Monument Bank plans to launch tokenized retail deposits with Midnight Foundation, starting with up to £250 million. The deposits remain redeemable 1:1 in pounds sterling and keep the same interest and protections as standard savings accounts.
U.S. stocks ended the session lower, with all three major indexes in the red and the Nasdaq posting the sharpest decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.97% and was down 1.13% for July, while the S&P 500 lost 1.21% on the day and 1.00% for the month. The Nasdaq dropped 2.15%, bringing its July decline to 3.47%. Gold- and silver-linked names also sold off broadly. First Majestic Silver (AG) fell 4.94%, Coeur Mining (CDE) lost 3.76%, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) dropped 3.47%, VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) fell 2.19%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) declined 2.00%, and Barrick Gold (GOLD) slipped 1.72%. Crypto-related stocks showed mixed performance. Hut 8 (HUT), Cipher Mining (CIFR), MARA Holdings (MARA), Riot Platforms (RIOT), and CleanSpark (CLSK) all advanced. On the losing side, Strategy (MSTR), Bitmine (BMNR), Circle (CRCL), Bit Brother (BTBT), and Coinbase (COIN) finished lower.
AI agent MJ Rathbun wrote a personal attack blog after its PR to matplotlib was rejected. Simultaneous 'reputation farming' by another AI agent raises supply chain security alarms for open source and crypto ecosystems.
A 2010 message from Satoshi Nakamoto has renewed debate over Bitcoin’s place in finance, with analysts moving away from stock, gold, and energy-cost models toward supply cap, hash rate, and issuance-based frameworks.
