Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund Situational Awareness LP has scaled to $5.52 billion in equity exposure in less than a year by betting on power, data centers and Bitcoin miners.
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Bitwise’s Matt Hougan called it the “weekend that changed finance” as investors clambered onto Hyperliquid to trade the Israel-Iran conflict.
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SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Michael Selig addressed market structure, prediction markets and perpetual futures at a Tuesday event.
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US spot Bitcoin funds saw strong inflows and increasing volumes on Monday as institutional demand held up in spite of increasing Middle East tensions and broader market uncertainty.
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Operating within Australia’s AML/CTF regulatory framework administered by AUSTRAC, this new platform targets professional traders seeking deep liquidity
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The top eight wallets on Polymarket netted over $1.2 million by betting on ZachXBT’s investigation into Axiom, raising insider trading concerns among blockchain researchers.
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Crypto traders blame Jane Street for a daily 10 a.m. Bitcoin dip after a Terraform lawsuit claimed dubious trading practices, but analysts say timing matches broader risk repricing.
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Fresh inflows lift US Bitcoin ETFs toward a potential first weekly gain after five consecutive weeks of outflows totaling $3.8 billion.
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Aave continues to lead DeFi lending, with $27.2 billion in user value secured and $83.3 million in fees over the past 30 days, nearly four times more than its closest competitor.
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Users placed more than $7 million betting on the outcome of the crypto sleuth's investigation, expected to be announced on Thursday.
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By using onchain data, the platform structures trading into ranked 1v1 matches to create a verifiable skill hierarchy.
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The equity offering builds on Backpack’s token announcement earlier this month, in which the first 62.5% of tokens will be distributed to users.
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The rewards model follows months of criticism that too few Pump.fun traders were breaking even on the platform, let alone profiting.
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Paul once fractionalized ownership of the rare Pokémon card on Liquid Marketplace in 2022 before the website went offline, leading to a lawsuit as investors demanded returns.
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Hong Kong’s SFC will allow licensed brokers to offer digital asset margin financing and set a framework for crypto perpetuals for professionals.
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