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In brief Matthew Modabber, Polymarket’s CMO, confirmed that a token and airdrop will come eventually. But first, the prediction market wants to reenter the U.S. after it was effectively banned by the CFTC in 2022. Modabber said that the company wants the token to have “true utility,” so it needs to be a “core priority.” Polymarket CMO Matthew Modabber told Degenz Live—a show from Decrypt’s sister company, Rug Radio—that a token and an airdrop for the prediction market are officially coming. Modabber said the company wants the token to have “true utility” and “longevity,” and ultimately be “well done”—so the firm…

Australians show the world’s highest per-capita interest in cryptocurrency, according to new web-traffic data, with most activity focused on trading and speculation.Data compiled by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto division calculated the percentage of web traffic from each country across the top 30 tokens on CoinGecko, filtering out Bitcoin and stablecoins. Australians had the highest per capita percentage of token-related web traffic at 74.63% per 1 billion people, while South Koreans were a close second with 73.48% of token-related web traffic, and users from the United Kingdom were third with 62.15% per 1 billion people. Interestingly, the United States lagged as only…

Oracle provider RedStone has integrated event-driven market data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated financial exchange and prediction market Kalshi across over 110 blockchains, expanding access to real-world prediction data for decentralized applications (DApps).RedStone announced the partnership with Kalshi on Thursday, bringing its prediction market data to more than 110 networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Base, The Open Network and Sui. The integration allows DApps to access Kalshi’s data sets that cover events like elections, interest rate decisions and cultural moments like musician Taylor Swift’s live television appearances. The CFTC regulates Kalshi as a designated contract market (DCM), which means…

Caroline Bishop Oct 25, 2025 16:48 SOL price prediction suggests a bullish move toward $245-260 if Solana holds $197 support, with December targets reaching $280-300 based on technical momentum. SOL Price Prediction Summary • SOL short-term target (1 week): $205-215 (+7-12% from current $191.52) • Solana medium-term forecast (1 month): $240-270 range with high volatility expected • Key level to break for bullish continuation: $245 resistance breakthrough critical • Critical support if bearish: $183 must hold to prevent decline to $174-165 zone Recent Solana Price Predictions from Analysts The latest Solana forecast from…

TRUMP PARDONS CZ, BTC BACK OVER $110K, A16Z’s STATE OF CRYPTO 2025Crypto majors are green and rebounding. BTC is up 1% at $110,800, ETH is up 2% at $3,940, BNB is up 2% at $1,120, and SOL is up 1% at $191. MYX (+14%), VIRTUAL (+13%), ZEC (+11%), and WLFI (+11%) led the top movers. Stocks and crypto flipped green yesterday ahead of the October 30th meeting between Trump and Xi in South Korea. JPMorgan announced plans to allow institutional clients to use Bitcoin and ETH as collateral for loans. Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. An alleged “Trump…

US President Donald Trump pardoned former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Thursday.BNB, Binance’s native token, soared 5%.Aster, backed by Zhao, jumped more than 20% at one point.Changpeng Zhao is a free man — and the markets are celebrating. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump pardoned the former Binance CEO, who served a four-month prison sentence in 2024 after pleading guilty to violating US banking laws. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news. Under Zhao’s leadership, Binance failed to prevent criminals and sanctioned entities from laundering billions in dirty money, according to court filings. The pardon sent tokens associated with…

A new report by Keyrock finds protocols increasingly prioritize payouts over reinvestment.Tokenholder payouts through buybacks and direct distributions have grown more than fivefold since 2024, as crypto projects increasingly return revenue to holders rather than reinvesting it into growth, according to a new report from global investment firm Keyrock.The report examined 12 major crypto projects and found that, on average, 64% of total revenue was distributed to tokenholders. This marks a shift from when most decentralized projects spent their funds on product development, marketing, and community programs instead of direct payouts.By contrast, a Messari report of 10 DAOs found that…

Shares of Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) rallied sharply on Friday after JPMorgan Chase upgraded the cryptocurrency exchange, highlighting new monetization opportunities tied to its Base network and USDC payout strategy.The bank’s analysts lifted their rating to “Overweight” from “Neutral” and raised their price target to $404 per share, implying roughly 15% upside from current levels.JPMorgan said Coinbase is “leaning into” its Base layer-2 blockchain and exploring ways to better capture value from the platform’s growth. The bank estimated that the launch of a Base token could represent a $12 billion to $34 billion market opportunity, with Coinbase’s retained share potentially worth…

In brief Tether unveiled QVAC Genesis I, a 41-billion-token synthetic dataset aimed at training open, STEM-focused AI models. The release includes QVAC Workbench, a local AI app that runs fully on users’ devices for privacy and control. CEO Paolo Ardoino said the goal is to decentralize intelligence and challenge Big Tech’s control of AI data. Tether Data, the technology arm of the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, is expanding into artificial intelligence with the launch of what it calls the world’s largest synthetic dataset for STEM-focused AI models.Earlier today, the company unveiled QVAC Genesis I, a 41-billion-token dataset built to train…

Key points: ETF inflows and spot accumulation by retail and institutional investors highlight the belief that Bitcoin trades at a discount. Next week’s US macroeconomic calendar events should bring a resolution to a handful of fear catalysts that are suppressing prices across the crypto market. Bitcoin (BTC) traders spent a majority of the week in contention as sellers capped each price breakout at $112,000 and buyers stepped in to defend all dips to the $107,000 to $108,000 zone. Some analysts have expressed concern at BTC’s inability to hold prices above $112,000 and its frequent revisits to the range lows, but the range compression shown…