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Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes has publicly challenged investor Kyle Samani to a $100,000 charitable wager that Hyperliquid’s HYPE token will outperform any other current top-ten cryptocurrency through the end of 2026. A Public Dare With Charity on the Line Hayes laid down the gauntlet in a post addressed directly to Samani, proposing “a gentleman’s charitable … Read more
A trader known onchain as ‘loracle.hl’ spent nearly 10 months building $42.2 million in profits on perpetual futures, only to lose all of it (and then some) after betting against Hyperliquid’s HYPE token. The position has now been mostly closed at a steep loss. A 10-Month Win Streak Undone in Under Three Weeks The collapse … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued a Texas entrepreneur it says raised $12.3 million from about 150 investors by promising profits from artificial-intelligence trading bots that did not exist. A “ Crypto Arbitrage” Operation Built on a Lie According to a complaint filed on May 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has … Read more
Former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the U.S. central bank would lose the credibility it needs to steady the economy if officials could be removed over policy disagreements. The warning landed as the Supreme Court weighs President Donald Trump’s effort to fire Governor Lisa Cook. A Direct Defense of Central Bank Independence Powell delivered … Read more
Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe claims that the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework puts the entire stablecoin ecosystem in danger by forcing issuers to hold their reserves in fractional banks, exposing crypto to the risks of the fiat system in Europe. Bitgo CEO States MiCA Brings Systemic Risks to Stablecoin Issuers Mike Belshe, CEO of … Read more
Stanislav Lazarev, Deputy General Director for Sales at A7, believes that the cross-border payments ecosystem will shift toward independent solutions, including digital assets, as participants seek to complete these disbursements while avoiding secondary sanctions imposed by Western countries. A7: Cross-Border Settlements Ecosystem To Change Due To Western Pressure The sheer number of sanctions Russia is … Read more
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Brazil adds audit requirements for VASPs, Mexico and the EU explore opportunities to target crypto money laundering at a global scale, and the US government declares Brazil’s gangs as global terrorist organizations. New … Read more
Storm, who might still face a retrial on the Tornado Cash case, rebuked statements from Lead Bank CEO Jackie Reses, who referred to debanking as a “crock of shit.” He affirmed that the phenomenon was real and that he had experienced it multiple times after having his accounts subpoenaed by the DOJ. Tornado Cash Roman … Read more
The greatest quantum danger to crypto is not a future computer cracking wallet keys but the encrypted transaction data that adversaries are quietly harvesting today, Zerotier CEO Andrew Gault warned. The Risk Is in the Data Already Moving The crypto industry’s focus on quantum-proofing wallets may be aimed at the wrong target, according to Andrew … Read more
Prediction market platform Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit to block a first-in-the-nation Minnesota law that would make operating or advertising prediction markets a felony, escalating a nationwide fight over who regulates the fast-growing sector. Minnesota’s First-in-Nation Felony Ban Kalshi, a federally regulated prediction market where users trade contracts on the outcome of real-world events, … Read more