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Candidate Harris Unlikely to Make Full-Throated Crypto Policy Before Election: Source

[Sep 24 3:23 AM] The presidential campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris made crypto waves with a brief comment about the sector over the weekend, but the industry shouldn't expect much more in the final weeks before the U.S. elections, insiders suggest.

Polymarket Reportedly Seeks $50M in Funding, Mulls Token as Election Bets Surge

[Sep 23 11:15 PM] Investors in the proposed round would get warrants to buy tokens in the event the prediction market decides to issue one, The Information reported.

Caroline Ellison Most Likely Won't Serve Time, Polymarket Traders Bet

[Sep 23 2:05 PM] The market is skeptical about Qualcomm's Intel deal; prediction markets were the talk of the town at Token2049 in Singapore.

Harris Says Her White House Will 'Invest in America's Future' Which Includes 'Digital Assets'

[Sep 23 4:11 AM] The Democratic nominee promises she'll be a tech-friendly president in remarks to donors

Prediction Markets Go to Washington('s Appeals Court)

[Sep 20 4:00 PM] The CFTC is working to ban political prediction markets. Its current goal: Get a federal appeals court to keep one from launching while it argues a judge was mistaken in overturning its rejection of Kalshi.

U.S. Election Betting: CFTC, Kalshi Both Grilled by Judges in Appeals Court

[Sep 19 10:06 PM] A panel of judges grilled attorneys for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and prediction-betting platform Kalshi over the company's efforts to launch political prediction markets in the U.S., without indicating whether they'd allow…

Trump Buys Burgers With Bitcoin at NYC Crypto Hangout PubKey

[Sep 18 9:44 PM] Former president reportedly bought burgers using bitcoin at the crypto-themed bar.

Ethereum Is the Microsoft of Blockchains, ETH Underperformance May Reverse Into Year-End: Bitwise

[Sep 18 8:59 AM] The Ethereum blockchain has the most active developers, the most active users and a market cap that is five times larger than its nearest competitor, the report said.

U.S. CFTC Chair Behnam Says Regulator Will Keep Pursuing Kalshi Case

[Sep 17 3:39 PM] After the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's court defeat last week in the agency's pursuit of Kalshi's election contracts, the regulator's chairman, Rostin Behnam, said it will still keep pursuing the case against what it continues to…

Donald Trump Is Now a DeFi Enthusiast. Here’s Why It Matters

[Sep 17 2:21 PM] Trump’s new DeFi project may fail, as many do, but its launch, coming in the midst of a presidential campaign, is further proof that crypto has entered the mainstream, says Graeme Moore, head of tokenization at the Polymesh Association.

A New Prediction Market Raises $3M in Pre-Seed Round Led by 1confirmation

[Sep 17 1:00 PM] Unlike industry leader Polymarket, Limitless Network isn't focusing on the election. It's carving out a niche with contracts that expire quickly and user-created markets.

Crypto Project World Liberty Financial, Promoted by Trump Family, Confirms Plan for Token

[Sep 17 2:55 AM] The team confirms that the governance token will be available under an SEC Regulation D exemption.

Second Assassination Attempt Barely Moves Trump's Polymarket Odds

[Sep 16 3:30 PM] Nearly $1 billion has been bet on the crypto-based prediction market. Plus: are you ready for 20x leveraged election betting?

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Pro-Crypto Opponent, John Deaton, Has a Plan to Beat Her

[Sep 16 1:00 PM] Defeating U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a national hero in progressive circles, seems a stretch for a relatively little-known Republican in the liberal bastion of Massachusetts. But candidate John Deaton, known among crypto fans for his…

'An Explosion of Election Gambling' Is Nigh, CFTC Warns Appeals Court

[Sep 15 2:10 AM] The regulator pleaded with the court to halt Kalshi's political prediction markets for the duration of the CFTC's appeal.

Even Temporarily Blocking Election Contracts Risks 'Irreparable' Harm, Kalshi Argues

[Sep 13 11:10 PM] Prediction market company Kalshi pushed back against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's move to block its new election contracts, saying they would harm the company.

U.S. Political Prediction Markets: Why Kalshi's Court Victory Matters

[Sep 13 1:59 PM] If it turns out that the judge's ruling preempts the CFTC’s proposed rulemaking, election event contracts may now be completely legal.

Kalshi Lists Long-Sought Election Contracts After Beating CFTC in Court

[Sep 12 4:12 PM] The agency plans to appeal the case brought by the trading platform, and could still ask the higher court to stop the firm from listing the contracts.

U.S. Election Betting: What's at Stake in Final (?) CFTC-Kalshi Showdown

[Sep 12 12:00 PM] Here's how to listen to Thursday's hearing in the closely watched federal court case over political prediction markets, and why it matters.

Bitcoin Could Hit $125K by Year-End if Trump Becomes President, $75K if Harris Triumphs: Standard Chartered

[Sep 12 11:36 AM] Bitcoin is expected to end the year at new all-time highs regardless of who wins the U.S. election, the report said.

The Protocol: Polymarket Bets Pay Off as Memecoin Memorializes 'Dwebate'

[Sep 11 6:00 PM] Crypto wasn't even mentioned during Tuesday's U.S. presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. But there was a parallel universe of often-ridiculous trading around the faceoff – taking place on…

Crypto Goes Unmentioned Again at Second Presidential Debate

[Sep 11 11:30 AM] Crypto did not emerge as a topic of discussion during the second presidential debate, but that didn't stop the candidates from going back and forth on a number of other topics.

Harris Won U.S. Presidential Debate Versus Trump, Polymarket Betting Suggests

[Sep 11 3:43 AM] Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have beaten former President Donald Trump in the first debate between the U.S. presidential candidates on Tuesday, based on the direction of prediction bets on Polymarket, while crypto policy went unmentioned.

Trump-Harris Debate: Polymarket Shows Slim Odds of Crypto Mention

[Sep 10 4:07 PM]

Kalshi's U.S. Election Markets Delayed Until Friday at Earliest

[Sep 9 6:14 PM] The judge in the prediction market's court case against the CFTC has called a hearing Thursday over the regulator's motion for a two-week delay.

Michael Saylor Says Republicans Have More 'Progressive’ View on Crypto, Democrats ‘Drifting to the Middle’

[Sep 9 3:18 PM] Republicans are way ahead of Democrats regarding their opinion of crypto and bitcoin {{BTC}}, said MicroStrategy (MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor.

Kamala Harris Will 'Win' First Debate With Trump, Polymarket Traders Are Betting

[Sep 9 2:19 PM] Also, there are now prediction market contracts about other prediction market contracts.

Bitcoin Could Hit $90K by Year End if Trump Becomes President Again: Bernstein

[Sep 9 8:54 AM] If Kamala Harris wins, bitcoin could drop to as low as $30K, the report said.

U.S. Election Betting Delay Would Be 'Devastating' to Kalshi, Firm Says

[Sep 9 1:12 AM] Kalshi "has staked its future on this litigation and these markets," the prediction market platform said, pushing back against CFTC's emergency motion.

CFTC Pleads With Judge to Block Kalshi Election Contracts for 14 Days

[Sep 7 4:38 AM] The agency says it can't make "an informed decision" about whether to appeal the judge's decision in Kalshi's favor until it knows her rationale.