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19 May 2026, 00:30

Nine Polymarket Accounts Flagged After 98% Win Rate on Iran Strikes

Nine linked Polymarket accounts earned over $2.4 million with an unprecedented 98% win rate by betting on the exact timing of U.S. military operations in Iran. The Rise of Geopolitical Betting Nine linked accounts on the prediction platform Polymarket earned more than $2.4 million by wagering almost exclusively on the timing of U.S. military actions

18 May 2026, 23:12

'Most Asymmetric'—Ex-Goldman Suddenly Warns As Lithium King Bets $400M

EnergyX and Compass Minerals are staking $400M on a Utah lithium plant as ex-Goldman Currie calls AI's physical-asset gap the most asymmetric trade in modern history.

18 May 2026, 16:27

Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments

The move brings onchain yield and lending to the payments-focused chain in a bid to offer full-stack onchain finance platform to companies building on it.

18 May 2026, 16:14

The CLARITY Act Hands Crypto Oversight To A CFTC That Just Lost 21% Of Its Staff

The idea behind the CLARITY Act is sound, but the implementation will be anything but. With a CFTC that is reeling from job-cuts, enforcement will be a challenge.

17 May 2026, 11:15

The Nasdaq Bubble Has Entered Its Final Ascent – What Happens Next?

I wrote here in June 2024 that we would get two years of Nasdaq boom and bubble, and it would get to 25,000. Then it would probably crash. Well, here we are at 29,000.

16 May 2026, 10:24

'$200 A Week For Chipotle'—Inside Para's Bet On Agent Wallets

Para's Nitya Subramanian on the wallet layer agent-payments protocols are missing: programmable spending limits, MPC-signed permissions, and an LLM that picks the SDK.