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Polymarket wants more money. A lot more. The prediction market platform is out hunting for another $400 million in funding, which would balloon its current raise to a full billion dollars and stick a $15 billion valuation on the company. That’s a pretty wild number for a business that’s still fighting regulators and trying to crack the U.S. market. Intercontinental Exchange—the outfit that owns the New York Stock Exchange—already threw in $600 million earlier in this round. Now Polymarket wants to keep the cash flowing. The company needs the capital for a bunch of reasons, and none of them are…

The impact of stablecoins on the banking sector appears “limited” at the current phase of the adoption cycle, but banks could face increasing competition and an erosion of market share as the stablecoin sector and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) grow in market capitalization. “So far, the use of stablecoins remains limited, but their market capitalization exceeded $300 billion at the end of last year,” Abhi Srivastava, associate vice president of Moody’s Investors Service Digital Economy Group, told Cointelegraph.The stablecoin market cap has surged past $300 billion. Source: RWA.xyzThe role of stablecoins in payments, cross-border commerce and onchain finance is “expanding,” despite…

As cryptocurrency adoption continues to reshape global commerce, UBestmall has officially launched its fully upgraded 2026 platform, marking a major milestone in its mission to lead the cryptocurrency shopping revolution. As one of the earliest comprehensive e-commerce platforms to support crypto payments at scale, UBestmall is redefining how consumers and merchants connect across borders in the digital economy.     Designed to meet the growing demand for seamless, borderless shopping, the new UBestmall platform introduces enhanced system performance, improved user experience, and a more robust global collaboration framework. By leveraging cryptocurrency payments—represented by widely adopted stablecoins such as USDT—UBestmall continues…

India’s economy and consumption-linked sectors are currently positioned at a complex intersection of global geopolitical uncertainty and domestic structural resilience. The long-term outlook remains positive, supported by improving macro stability and an anticipated earnings recovery into FY27. But near-term volatility is driven by developments in West Asia, crude & derived prices, and shifting global capital flows. An emerging risk is the intensifying heatwave, with temperatures crossing 40°C across several states, coupled with a forecast of a below-normal monsoon. This could elevate risks to inflation (food and non-food), energy demand and prices, and labour wages, adding another layer of near-term uncertainty.Recent…

Globant S.A. (NYSE:GLOB) is one of the most undervalued small cap stocks to buy right now. Globant S.A. (NYSE:GLOB) announced on April 13 its naming as an Autodesk Tandem Digital Twin Solution Provider, expanding its 15-year collaboration with Autodesk for the acceleration of digital twin implementation across airports, manufacturing facilities, smart buildings, and logistics environments across the globe. Why Is Globant SA (GLOB) Plunging In 2025? A close-up of an experienced game engineer’s hands typing a complex code on a laptop. The company further stated that as part of the designation, Globant S.A. (NYSE:GLOB) will deliver enterprise system integrations, implementation services,…

Alcoa is close to handing over the keys at Massena East. The top US aluminum producer is in advanced discussions to sell the former smelter site, which sits along the St. Lawrence River, to New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), CEO Bill Oplinger told Bloomberg on Friday. Oplinger said a deal “should be done in the middle part of this year,” per the report. Alcoa has been shopping around 10 shuttered US smelter properties as data center developers and crypto miners scout for large, pre-wired industrial footprints with utility-scale grid access. The Massena East facility draws hydropower from the New…

Bitcoin showed resilience around $76K as Iran once again announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to continuing US blockade. The trend suggests that BTC may have begun adjusting to the “new normal” shaped by the possible long-term extension of the Middle East conflict. Iran backtracked from its previous decision to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. It blamed the United States of America’s continuing blockade of the narrow naval route, which it referred to as “US piracy,” for its move. “Here we go again,” said the usual comments online. However, Bitcoin (BTC) appeared unfazed upon Iran’s declaration…

Representative Sheri Biggs of South Carolina has disclosed a purchase of up to $250,000 in Bitcoin exposure via the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), marking one of the largest single Bitcoin-related buys by a sitting member of Congress.  The Periodic Transaction Report filed with the House shows a transaction in the $100,001–$250,000 range executed on March 4, 2026 and reported in mid‑April, in line with disclosure deadlines under the STOCK Act. The trade places Biggs among Congress’s most aggressive adopters of Bitcoin investment products, a cohort that already includes Senator David McCormick and Representative Brandon Gill, who have collectively reported hundreds…

Artificial intelligence is changing how decentralized finance works. The shift is pretty clear now. Jacob C. from Coinfello says AI agents make it easier for regular people to interact with smart contracts. These tools used to be complicated. Not anymore. AI handles the heavy lifting, watching markets around the clock like a hedge fund manager who never sleeps. Users don’t need to understand every line of code anymore. They just set parameters and let the agents work. Constant Market Watch The big draw here is 24/7 operation. Markets don’t sleep, and now DeFi platforms don’t either. AI agents from Coinfello…

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26) today is down -0.29 (-2.09%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26) is down -5.80 (-1.37%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance today and sold off, with NY sugar sinking to a 5.5-year nearest-futures low.  Sugar prices have been under pressure for the past two weeks amid expectations of abundant global supplies. The outlook for the global sugar surplus to persist is weighing on prices.  On February 11, analysts from sugar trader Czarnikow said they expect a global sugar surplus of 3.4 MMT in the 2026/27 crop year, following an 8.3 MMT…