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Hyperliquid wants in on prediction markets. The decentralized exchange, already known for leveraged perpetual futures, now plans to let users trade outcome contracts on real-world events. The proposal, called HIP-4, is live on testnet but hasn’t got a mainnet date yet. The move puts Hyperliquid in direct competition with Kalshi and Polymarket, two platforms that have spent years building their prediction market brands. But Hyperliquid’s pitch is different. It’s not building a standalone prediction platform. Instead, it wants to treat event contracts like any other derivative—something traders can manage alongside Bitcoin positions and commodity bets in one unified account. That’s…

Metaplanet is Asia’s largest Bitcoin treasury company and the world’s third-largest corporate Bitcoin holder. The company kept buying Bitcoin aggressively during the downturn, including a large purchase in Q1 2026. Metaplanet is facing about $490 million in unrealized losses and a sharp drop from its stock peak. Metaplanet is now Asia’s largest Bitcoin treasury company. It recently claimed the title of the world’s third-largest corporate Bitcoin holder. But a chilled market is testing its digital assets strategy to the limit. Metaplanet’s Accumulation Strategy The firm is holding its ground despite the bearish turn in the cryptocurrency market. Metaplanet made a…

The US Fed kept the interest rates at 3.5%-3.75% after the recent FOMC meeting. Four Fed Governors expressed dissent from the FOMC decision. Kevin Warsh expected the central bank’s latest move. Jerome Powell’s chairmanship will end in May, but he will maintain a seat at the Board of Governors. Jerome Powell, Chair of the US Federal Reserve, has delivered his final speech from his current role. He explained why the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.5%-3.75%. Meanwhile, the official revealed he is not retiring yet and will…

SINGAPORE, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VerifyVASP, a leading Travel Rule solution provider, today announced the acquisition of Sygna, a prominent Japan-based provider. This transaction represents a major step in VerifyVASP’s global expansion strategy, further establishing the company as a core compliance infrastructure provider for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) across key international markets. Consolidating the Travel Rule Ecosystem The acquisition marks a defining moment in the evolution of the global Travel Rule landscape. By integrating Sygna into its network, VerifyVASP is advancing the consolidation of a fragmented market into a unified, interoperable compliance network aligned with national regulations, Financial…

Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, cleared a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in the coming weeks amid the White House’s unprecedented efforts to exert control over the world’s most powerful central bank.The Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines to advance Warsh’s nomination to the full Republican-controlled Senate. All 13 Republicans on the panel supported Warsh after North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis dropped his opposition following the Department of Justice’s decision on Friday to end a criminal investigation into Powell that Tillis viewed as…

Ripple CTO Emeritus, David Schwartz, recently joined a discussion on X pertaining to what qualifies as a commodity.The discussion began on X when a user asked how insider trading charges could apply in a case involving Polymarket. “Polymarket doesn’t sell securities,” the X user added. The point was that if the platform doesn’t deal in securities, how could insider trading laws even come into play?Another X user pushed back, noting that there are insider trading rules for commodities. Still unconvinced, the initial X user responded by asking whether the asset in question (trading on Polymarket) could even qualify as a…

A little over a year ago, CoStar CEO Andrew Florance sat in a box overlooking Super Bowl LIX, beaming at his creation. Florance, holding his phone out in front of his face for those around him to see, played the second of two Homes.com Super Bowl ads airing that night, both directed by Oscar-nominated director Taika Waititi and featuring cameos from Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman. The ads were part of CoStar’s multi-year, billion-dollar push into the residential market after years of minting money on its highly profitable commercial real estate platform. Florance seemed to soak up the publicity that came…

Eightco treasury composition as of April 27, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $25M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $121M cash and equivalents World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes and agentic agents Tinder, Zoom, Docusign, Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa to integrate Proof of Human verification features Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting…

New York, United States, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of $EAT, the first cause coin. BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards. The campaign marks BitMart’s eighth anniversary and the exchange’s listing of $EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), the first cause coin to list on a major centralized exchange. Cause coins are an emerging asset class engineered so that fees from trading activity flow to charitable grant-making…

London, United Kingdom, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire AxeCasino announced that members of its leadership and product teams will attend iGB L!VE 2026, one of the established events in the online gaming and affiliate marketing calendar. The company said its participation reflects an ongoing effort to remain closely engaged with the conversations shaping the digital gaming sector, including platform usability, product development, responsible gaming standards, and changing player expectations. During the event, AxeCasino representatives plan to take part in networking sessions, meetings, and broader industry discussions with operators, affiliates, technology providers, and service partners. According to the company, the goal is…