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Here, Bailey unpacks the uncertainty surrounding the original cryptocurrency’s nature, which creates inconsistent market behavior.

A nearly $150 million prediction market has devolved into chaos after the platform Polymarket moved to deny payouts to traders who accurately predicted that corporate treasury firm Strategy would sell a portion of its Bitcoin holdings. The dispute centers on a fundamental disconnect between when an event occurs and when it is publicly disclosed, exposing […] The post Why a $150M Polymarket bet could pay the side that appeared to lose appeared first on CryptoSlate.

NEAR has rebounded from a key historical support zone, reviving a bullish fractal that preceded 2,375% and 900% rallies in previous cycles. NEAR, the native token of the AI- and privacy-focused Near Protocol, has been an outlier in the broader crypto market, outperforming top coins such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) in recent weeks. As of Tuesday, NEAR traded as high as $2.75, marking a nearly 20% rebound in the last 24 hours. In comparison, the crypto market capitalization dropped by 3.7% in the same period. NEAR/USD four-hour chart. Source: TradingView Read more

Staatsbosbeheer zet zich, vlak voor de presentatie van de nieuwe stikstofplannen van het kabinet, neer als een kritische stem én een helpende hand bij de uitvoering van het stikstofbeleid.

Правоохоронці Харківщини розшукали 17-річного хлопця, який зник після прогулянки два дні тому. Підлітка знайшли у Богодухівському районі та повернули додому. Про це повідомили в ГУНП в Харківській області. 31 травня…

In Kyiv, as a result of Russia's massive attack on June 2, a heating main and sewer system on the territory of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio were damaged.

Numerous analysts believe that BTC has not yet reached its cycle bottom.

Beleggers vluchten in tijden van geopolitieke stress vaker naar de euro, ziet de Europese Centrale Bank. De munt kan een echte wereldmunt worden als de EU de kapitaalmarkten verder verdiept, stelt ECB-president Lagarde.

XRP trades below key macro support, but analysts say reclaiming it could trigger one of the biggest bear traps. XRP (XRP) dropped to $1.25 on Tuesday after a market-wide sell-off, erasing all the gains made since early February.  Key takeaways: Data from TradingView shows that the XRP price opened June at $0.33, just below the 50-month exponential moving average (EMA). Read more

В Днепропетровской области разоблачили мужчину, подозреваемого в передаче спецслужбам РФ данных об украинской авиации.Об этом сообщает «Первый Криворожский» Подробнее

De oorlog in de Golfregio zorgt voor minder kunstmestproductie. Aziatische boeren lopen daardoor oogsten en inkomsten mis en de VN waarschuwen voor voedseltekorten.    

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has returned over Rs6 billion to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in a multi-billion-rupee fraud case in Upper Kohistan. An inquiry authorised by NAB in April 2024 revealed large-scale misappropriation of public funds in Upper Kohistan. Investigators established that more than Rs37bn had been embezzled through manipulation of treasury instruments and misuse of official financial procedures over nearly a decade. The funds were recovered following an extensive investigation by NAB’s KP director general and a Combined Investigation Team (CIT). At a ceremony, NAB Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Nazir Ahmad formally handed over the recovered funds to the KP chief secretary, marking the first phase of a broader recovery process. The assets handed over to the provincial government include cash holdings, precious metals, high-value commercial and residential properties and luxury vehicles identified during the investigation. Addressing the ceremony, the NAB chief praised th...

As a result of Russia's massive attack on June 2, 11 educational institutions in the Podilskyi, Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts of Kyiv were damaged.

У Харківській області розширили зону обов’язкової евакуації на Золочівському напрямку. Відповідне рішення ухвалили під час засідання Ради оборони області через безпекову ситуацію та системні російські обстріли. Про це повідомив начальник…

A cloned Haaretz website using fake registration details spreads fabricated claims about a Zelenskyy ally, reaching hundreds of thousands of users on social media

The Wall Street giant is integrating its tech platform with MoonPay's infrastructure, allowing eligible institutions to seamlessly swap stablecoins for yield-generating tokenized funds without ever leaving the blockchain.

MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a dollar stablecoin on Stellar, as the remittance company deepens its push into blockchain-based global payments. MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a US dollar stablecoin on Stellar, as the remittance company deepens its push into blockchain-based cross-border payments. The company said Tuesday that MGUSD will be integrated into the MoneyGram app through a self-custodial wallet, allowing users to hold dollar-denominated balances, move funds globally and convert into local currencies. The stablecoin initially launched in the US market, with plans to scale worldwide.  MGUSD is backed by a notable infrastructure stack. The tokens are issued by Bridge, Stripe’s stablecoin platform, which received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate as a federally chartered national trust bank in February.  Read more

The defunct exchange still has about 35,000 BTC left to distribute, though the latest transfer does not show a sale.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday dramatically scaled back the number of suspected Ebola cases in central Africa to 116, down from more than 900 previously, with 330 cases now confirmed. As of May 31, the WHO said 116 suspected cases of the deadly virus had been registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — down from 906 late last week. Some 321 cases have now been confirmed in the DRC, including 48 deaths, while nine confirmed cases have been registered in neighbouring Uganda, including one fatality. While some suspected cases have been confirmed, many more “have been cleared out” from the data after having been shown to have other diseases with similar early symptoms or an unlinked fever, said WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier. He stressed that “anybody who gets picked up by surveillance or presents themselves in a health facility with any symptoms that could be Ebola-like” is counted as a suspected case in the outbreak, pending testing. The outbreak was declared on May 15 in conflict-...