The enforcement action over wagers on sports event contracts followed Coinbase announcing the launch of prediction markets in all 50 US states. The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced that it had filed a civil enforcement action against Coinbase over wagers on sports event contracts. In Monday filings in the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for Carson City, the Nevada Gaming Control Board sued Coinbase Financial Markets over allegations the company offered unlicensed wagers on sporting events. Authorities followed by requesting that the court grant a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction preventing Coinbase from “operating a derivatives exchange and prediction market” related to sporting bets. “The Board takes seriously its obligation to operate a thriving gaming industry and to protect Nevada citizens,” said Mike Dreitzer, chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, in a Tuesday statement. “The action taken yesterday reinforces this obligation.” Read more
Bitcoin’s volatility spiked, and its price plummeted to fresh lows as worrying US economic conditions emerged. Will credit stress data signal the next accumulation phase for BTC? Bitcoin (BTC) scratched new lows below $73,000 on Tuesday as data shows troubling macroeconomic challenges bubbling below increasingly volatile markets. New data highlights tightening credit conditions, even as the US debt and borrowing costs stay elevated, and one analyst says this gap between credit pricing and credit market stress may define Bitcoin’s price trajectory for the upcoming months. Key takeaways: The ICE BofA US Corporate Option-Adjusted Spread is at 0.75, its lowest level since 1998. Read more
The Nasdaq-listed insurance brokerage said an unnamed investor would contribute BTC as part of a deal that also includes an AI- and crypto-focused strategic partnership. Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (Nasdaq: TIRX) said it has entered a strategic agreement under which an unnamed investor would contribute 15,000 Bitcoin in exchange for an equity stake in the company. At Bitcoin’s (BTC) price of about $75,000 at the time of writing, the proposed contribution would be valued at about $1.1 billion. Tian Ruixiang said the agreement also includes a strategic partnership focused on artificial intelligence and crypto initiatives, including the creation of a joint innovation lab to develop AI-powered trading and risk management tools, blockchain infrastructure, decentralized applications and products spanning layer-2 networks, DeFi and nonfungible tokens. Read more