Polymarket and Kalshi Bettors Say Washington’s Shutdown Is Finally on Borrowed Time

Even though the Senate clocked in a 60-40 vote to end the U.S. government shutdown, the curtain hasn’t officially dropped just yet. Meanwhile, prediction markets are reshuffling faster than a Vegas dealer—Polymarket’s latest odds now point to the government flipping the lights back on somewhere between Nov. 12–15. Traders Bet Capitol Hill’s Chaos Closes Out … Read more

US Government Shutdown Hits Day 40 as Polymarket Traders Bet 60% on Mid-November or Later

As the U.S. government shutdown drags into its 40th day, prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are betting big that the political deadlock won’t be ending anytime soon. Government’s Longest Shutdown May Keep Breaking Records It’s official — Washington’s standoff has entered uncharted territory. With the shutdown clock striking 40 days, bettors on prediction markets … Read more

Polymarket Bettors Wager on a Late-November Compromise to End Shutdown Standoff

As the U.S. government shutdown nears its 30th day, prediction market bettors are betting it won’t end anytime soon—with Polymarket odds pointing squarely at Nov. 21 as the likeliest resolution date. Polymarket Traders Brace for Longest Shutdown Yet Polymarket wagerers are calling it: the U.S. government shutdown may drag on until late November. As of … Read more

Prediction Markets Bet Big on US Government Dysfunction: Shutdown Odds Stretch Toward Thanksgiving

As of Oct. 20, 2025, Washington’s still stuck in neutral—no deal, no compromise, and the House has hit snooze again, stretching recesses to Oct. 19. On Monday morning, White House economic adviser and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC that the ongoing shutdown—what he cheekily dubbed the “Schumer shutdown”—is “likely to end sometime … Read more

Analyst Exposes Stealth $13B Bitcoin Seizure — Feds Took 127,271 BTC Last Year

A new entry on the U.S. government’s forfeiture.gov website shows that officials bagged the headline-grabbing 127,271 BTC on July 23, 2024, from the Lubian wallets. Analyst Emmett Gallic was the first to break the news. U.S. Quietly Bagged 127,000 BTC Stash in 2024 Everyone’s buzzing about the U.S. government’s massive bitcoin haul — 127,271 BTC … Read more

US Government May Have Quietly Seized Another $2.4B in Bitcoin Linked to Lubian Mining Pool

Over the past 24 hours, attention has zeroed in on the freshly confiscated bitcoins now in U.S. government custody — and the mining pool allegedly built on dirty money funneled through Chinese fugitive Chen Zhi and his notorious Prince Group scam ring. Another $2.4B in Bitcoin Could Be in U.S. Custody Interestingly, the Department of … Read more

Mystery Deepens Around 16,237 BTC Moved From Lubian Wallets Amid $36B US Bitcoin Cluster

On Tuesday, Bitcoin.com News covered the U.S. government’s move to seize more than 127,000 bitcoins from Chinese national Chen Zhi and an international fraud ring dubbed Prince Group. Our newsroom noted in a follow-up post that the trove was tied to an old mining pool, Lubian.com, which authorities allege was both bankrolled and managed by … Read more

127,000 BTC Under US Seizure Tied to Milky Sad Weak-Key Vulnerability, Onchain Slueth Says

U.S. authorities’ push to seize more than 127,000 bitcoin has revived a key thread: several of the wallets at issue are labeled by Arkham Intelligence as tied to the “Lubian.com Hacker,” a cluster previously connected to the Milky Sad weak-key incident. Wallets With 127K Bitcoin Flagged as Lubian.com Hacker Addresses in Milky Sad Connection Arkham’s … Read more

Government Shutdown? Not for Bitcoin — The Feds Just Moved $73M in BTC

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, blockchain sleuths using Arkham Intelligence data spotted the U.S. government shuffling 652.62 BTC—worth a cool $73 million—out of its digital piggy bank of seized bitcoin. Government Shifts 652.62 BTC as Shutdown Hits Two Weeks Today marks day 14 of the U.S. government shutdown—two full weeks of political gridlock—and yet Uncle … Read more

Telegram Founder Calls out Governments for Censorship and Control in Explosive X Post

On his birthday, Pavel Durov — founder of Telegram — published a message on X slamming governments. He cautioned that the free exchange of information is being “turned into the ultimate tool of control,” and warned that “our generation risks going down in history as the last one that had freedoms.” Australia, France, and the … Read more