Tag: Markets

Bloomberg Strategist Warns of 2008 Replay for Global Markets

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As the conflict involving Iran drags on and global energy supplies risk prolonged disruption, most financial assets are likely to behave like risk assets, according to Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone in a recent interview with Cointelegraph. Despite major price swings across commodities, stock market volatility has remained relatively low, a divergence McGlone considers unsustainable. Historically, such imbalances tend to resolve through increased volatility in equities — often during broader market corrections. That unusual volatility dynamic is also showing up in gold, a market traditionally viewed as a safe haven.…

Coinbase falls short of Q4 estimates, Applied Materials stock surges on strong Q1 earnings results

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Market Domination Overtime host Josh Lipton breaks down the latest market stories after the closing bell on February 12, 2026. Epistrophy Capital Research Chief Market Strategist Cory Johnson helps Josh examine Applied Materials’ latest earnings print. Citizens director of financial technology research Devin Ryan takes a closer look at Coinbase’s earnings results amid regulatory headwinds and bitcoin prices hitting a major slump. About Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, comprehensive market data, advanced tools,…

Prediction Markets Will Scale As Far As Resolution Infrastructure Allows

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Opinion by: David Azubike, lead analyst at Blocksquare Prediction markets are no longer an experimental corner of crypto. Data now shows something durable: a financial category with sustained volume, diversified participation and increasing institutional attention. Prediction markets are emerging as a new “arbitrage arena” for crypto traders. Monthly notional volume in prediction markets scaled to more than $13 billion by late 2025 from less than $100 million in early 2024 as markets diversified across verticals, according to a joint research report from Dune and Keyrock.  Data showing sustained post election…

Utah Set to Block Prediction Markets Like Kalshi and Polymarket

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The US state of Utah is set to block prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, escalating a growing dispute between state regulators and federal authorities over how the industry should be regulated. On Wednesday, Utah’s HB243 (Gambling Revisions) bill was sent to the governor’s desk after passing the Utah House on Feb. 10 and clearing the Senate on Feb. 27. The bill defines “proposition betting” as gambling. Proposition bets are wagers on individual events within a game, such as how a specific athlete performs or whether a team…

SEC, CFTC Handshake on Memo to Regulate Markets in Harmony

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Two of the US’s most influential financial regulators have agreed to better coordinate oversight of the financial markets, seeking to put an end to decades of “regulatory turf wars” between them. According to the memorandum of understanding written on Wednesday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it has become a “pivotal time” to regulate in harmony as new technologies, such as crypto, make it more challenging to monitor the markets: “New trading models, digital infrastructure, and onchain, automated systems increasingly blur traditional jurisdictional…

CPI Inflation Inches Higher, but Crypto Markets Stay Resilient

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The latest rise in the consumer price index (CPI) was “in line with estimates,” and rising inflation has already been priced into the macroeconomic data for the March CPI print, according to market analysts at exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer 21Shares. Shelter rose 0.2% in February, while the food sector of the CPI rose 0.4%, energy increased by 0.6%, and the index for all items, excluding food and energy, rose by 0.2%, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) February CPI report. CPI inflation data for different sectors of…

Senator Introduces ‘DEATH BETS’ Act Against War-Linked Prediction Markets

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US Democratic Party Senator Adam Schiff introduced legislation Tuesday that would explicitly bar federally regulated prediction-market platforms from listing contracts tied to war, terrorism, assassination and individual deaths. The bill, called the DEATH BETS Act, would amend the Commodity Exchange Act to make those contracts prohibited for entities overseen by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In a statement announcing the bill, Schiff said markets that let traders profit from violent events create incentives for the misuse of classified information, threaten national security and encourage violence. He said prediction…

Did the Federal Reserve Just Open the Door to Bitcoin?

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Jamie Dimon just went on national television to push back against Bitcoin and crypto legislation. Hours later, a Bitcoin exchange gained direct access to the Federal Reserve’s settlement rails. At the same time, Morgan Stanley filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF while geopolitical tensions escalated in the Middle East and Bitcoin surged. This episode breaks down the growing conflict between the traditional banking system and the emerging Bitcoin financial infrastructure, and why the global monetary system may already be bending toward neutral,…

CFTC Chair Backs Blockchain-Powered Prediction Markets Despite Pushback

US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig has voiced support for prediction markets paired with blockchain technology, claiming they could become powerful tools for discovering truth. Speaking at the FIA Global Cleared Markets Conference in Boca Raton, Florida, on Monday, Selig argued that prediction markets, also known as event contracts, can provide valuable signals about future events when participants put money behind their views, describing well-functioning markets as “truth machines.” “When participants express views on future events — and back those views with capital — they create accountability,…

Nasdaq Partners With Crypto Exchange Kraken To Connect Tokenized Equities Markets to Decentralized Blockchains

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The crypto exchange Kraken is partnering with the financial giant Nasdaq to enable a gateway that would let traders swap tokenized equities from regulated environments into decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems. Nasdaq, which operates the world’s second-largest stock market, is developing a new equity token design expected to go live in the first half of 2027. The new partnership with Kraken will utilize the exchange’s xStocks, tokenized versions of real-world equities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Kraken says the new gateway will connect permissioned equity markets with permissionless decentralized financial networks in…