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Polymarket turns to Chainalysis as insider trading concerns mount
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A nonprofit analyzed 435,000 Polymarket contracts and found longshot bets on military outcomes succeed at rates over 50% — five times higher than other political markets. Eight wallets turned $164,000 into $1.8 million in the hours before the June 2025 Iran strike. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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Powell has 'no choice' but to stay at Fed as governor
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he has "no choice" but to remain at the Fed as a Governor after his chairmanship ends in May, citing ongoing legal pressure from the Trump administration. Will the three hawkish dissents complicate Kevin Warsh's path to rate cuts? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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2 days ago
MoonPay bets big on institutions with $100M Sodot deal
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Just announced, MoonPay is acquiring Sodot and launching Moon Institutional, a new division bringing professional-grade crypto infrastructure to banks, asset managers, and trading firms. MoonPay's Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Caroline Pham, joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to explain the thesis behind the deal and why end-to-end blockchain infrastructure is now table stakes for institutions.
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2 days ago
Robinhood's crypto revenue tanks 47%, gap filled by prediction markets
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Robinhood missed earnings after crypto trading revenue fell 47% to $134 million in Q1. But event contracts surged 320% to $147 million as users traded a record 8.8 billion prediction market contracts. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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3 days ago
Is crypto market structure bill running out of time?
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The crypto market structure bill has not made much public movement in a month even though Memorial Day has been the informal deadline for legislation to advance before the midterms. What will happen if CLARITY misses this window again? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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4 days ago
2026 Hard Fork Proposal Sparks Outrage Over Use of Satoshi's BTC
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Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc is planning a hard fork called eCash that would give BTC holders equivalent tokens, but the funding plan involves reassigning part of Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.1 million bitcoin to early investors. The community is calling it theft. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."