Tag: Breaking

Polymarket’s soccer category volume surged by 300% to surpass $2 billion as global football activity fuels record event-market trading. U.S.-regulated platform Kalshi reached a record aggregate open interest of $1.16 billion, crossing the billion-dollar milestone for the first time. The 2026 FIFA World Cup has established prediction protocols as primary venues for real-time sentiment and sport sentiment hedging. The 2026 World Cup...

Ostium, a decentralized perpetual exchange built on Arbitrum, has halted all trading following a major infrastructure exploit targeting its OLP liquidity vault. Blockchain security firms and researchers estimate the total loss at approximately $24 million, primarily drained in the USDC stablecoin across multiple strategic transactions. The attacker exploited a loophole in Ostium’s operational infrastructure, specifically targeting the...

Strategy CEO Phong Le stated the firm would only consider debt-related risks if Bitcoin fell to the $8,000 to $10,000 range. The enterprise Bitcoin giant currently holds over 840,000 BTC and considers its balance sheet highly secure at current price levels. The firm has increased its U.S. dollar reserves to $3 billion to bolster its liquidity and support its preferred stock structure. Enterprise software and digital capital platform Strategy...

The rapid expansion of on-chain traditional asset trading has driven a massive volume shift on the decentralized perpetual exchange Hyperliquid. Over the last six months, markets deployed under Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3 (HIP-3) have surged to capture a 50% share of the platform’s total perpetual trading volume, up from just 22% earlier in the year. Volume Milestones: HIP-3 builder-deployed markets have climbed to hold a 50% share of...