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Kalshi’s 15-minute gold markets have overtaken comparable Ether contracts just weeks after launching, recording 542 million contracts during September against 318 million for ETH-linked markets. Gold’s 15-minute Kalshi markets recorded 542 million contracts in September, beating Ether’s 318 million total. Estimated September fees reached $5 million for gold, compared with $2.6 million for Ether contracts.

Naver Financial and Dunamu have postponed their comprehensive share swap for a third time, moving the planned completion from Dec. 31, 2026, to March 31, 2027, as regulatory reviews remain underway. Naver Financial and Dunamu have postponed their comprehensive share swap for a third time, moving the planned completion date from Dec. 31, 2026, to…

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor and analyst on CoinDesk’s Markets team. He has been covering crypto options and futures, as well as macro and cross-asset activity, since 2019, leveraging his prior experience in directional and non-directional derivative strategies at brokerage firms. His extensive background also encompasses the FX markets, having served as a fundamental…

Cardano has put CIP-0113 live on mainnet after its 90-commit proposal was merged Sept. 29, giving issuers of regulated assets tools to add KYC checks, transfer limits and freeze or seizure rules to their tokens. Cardano’s CIP-0113 is live on mainnet, letting issuers add programmable rules to native token transfers. Issuers can require KYC, block…

Winklevoss Asset Services has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a spot Zcash ETF on Nasdaq under WINK, with a 0.25% annual fee and up to $100 million of nonbinding purchase interest from Winklevoss Capital. Winklevoss Asset Services filed for a Nasdaq Zcash ETF that would directly hold ZEC tokens. The…

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Card Payments Hit Record $12.5 Billion as Stablecoin Adoption Surges

Crypto-anarchist, former Bitcoin Core contributor and cypherpunk legend Amir Taaki is in trouble again. 

Berkshire Hathaway has eliminated its Amazon position and grown its Alphabet stake more than sixfold under new CEO Greg Abel.

FinCEN announced on October 5, 2026, that it is withdrawing two proposed rules covering digital-asset transactions, specifically convertible virtual currencies, as part of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory agenda and its ongoing efforts to ensure digital-asset regulations are fit for purpose.

Polymarket has begun production testing of Protocol V2 ahead of a tentative Nov. 2 switch for newly created markets, replacing its 2019-era Gnosis CTF market architecture with a single ERC-1155 position system, pUSD collateral and modular resolution. Polymarket Protocol V2 will start handling new markets on November 2 after October canary testing. V2 replaces legacy…