Author: admin

In brief Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against Kalshi, alleging the platform is an “illegal gambling operation.” The 20 criminal counts include 16 related to betting and wagering, and 4 counts regarding violations of election wagering. Kalshi preemptively sued the state last week, a tactic it has utilized in other states as well. Prediction market platform Kalshi was hit with criminal charges in the state of Arizona for allegedly operating an illegal gambling service and allowing unlicensed election wagering, the state’s attorney general announced. Arizona AG Kris Mayes filed the charges, which includes 20 criminal counts against KalshiEx…

This is a “scam coin” that “rugged people,” one analyst claimed. The meme coin PIPPIN, which was among crypto’s rock stars not long ago due to its staggering price increase, has crashed by approximately 50% over the past day alone. The big question now is whether a rebound is on the horizon or if this was a textbook rug pull, signaling that things may only get worse from here. The Scam Revealed Its Real Face? While the broader crypto market struggled throughout February, the lesser-known meme coin PIPPIN defied the negative conditions, registering a triple-digit price explosion. At one point,…

The court ordered Google and Apple to restrict Polymarket after investigators flagged unregulated betting and missing identity checks across Argentina. Argentina has moved to restrict access to the prediction market platform Polymarket after a Buenos Aires court determined it was operating as an unauthorized betting service. In a ruling issued by Judge Susana Parada, authorities ordered a country-wide block on the website and instructed Google and Apple to remove or limit access to its application on mobile devices. No License, No Limits The measure comes after an investigation by Prosecutor Juan Rozas, who oversees gambling-related cases in the city. As…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, March 17th, 2026, Chainwire Aster, a privacy-focused trading ecosystem backed by YZi Labs, today announced the official launch of Aster Chain Mainnet. This purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain is designed to dismantle the “transparency trap” of modern DeFi, offering institutional-grade privacy and CEX-level performance to professional and retail traders worldwide. Ending the Era of Onchain Position Hunting Transparency is a defining characteristic of decentralized finance, supported by public ledgers, verifiable transactions, and open protocols. However, transparency between protocols and users differs from transparency among market participants. When trading activity, including order placement, position size, and liquidation…

The global investment landscape is undergoing structural change. As blockchain technology matures, Web3-based financial platforms are moving from niche experimentation to a rapidly expanding segment of digital finance. According to industry reports, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems has fluctuated significantly in recent years, yet long-term adoption metrics continue to show expansion in wallet activity, smart contract usage, and decentralized application engagement. Skywinex views this shift not as a speculative cycle, but as an infrastructure transition. The Expansion of Web3 Investment Platforms Over the past five years, several measurable trends have emerged: The number of active…

Two Formula One races in the Middle East face cancellation due to ongoing regional conflict, threatening major cryptocurrency sponsorship deals with F1 teams.Two Formula One races in the Middle East are set to be canceled because of ongoing war in the region, according to multiple reports. The FIA is maintaining contact with local authorities as it evaluates the situation regarding upcoming F1 races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.The cancellations threaten crypto’s multi-million dollar F1 sponsorship investments. Other major business events across the UAE, including Middle East Energy Dubai and the Dubai International Boat Show, have also been postponed or delayed.…

Meanwhile, Russia reportedly became the first country to send aid to Iran since the war began. Bitcoin’s price moves continue to be quite muted despite the most recent developments on the rapidly increasing Middle East tension. After today’s big strikes against a key Iranian island, Trump urged numerous countries to send military ships to defend the oil export through the Strait of Hormuz, and France was among the first to respond positively. At the same time, Oman officials said they tried to broker a peace deal between the US and Iran, but to no avail. France Sends Ships CryptoPotato reported…

Crypto losses fell to $49M in February, but attackers are shifting toward phishing and user manipulation, says Nominis. A report by blockchain security firm Nominis shows that in February, total losses from crypto attacks fell by 87%, going from $385 million in January to $49.3 million last month. However, while the drop in total value stolen suggests improved protocol security, Nominis claims that a closer examination of the month’s events shows that attackers are moving their focus away from exploiting code and toward manipulating the people who use it. The Anatomy of February’s Crypto Attacks According to the Nominis report,…

The ongoing war in the Middle East hasn’t just disrupted the flow through the Strait of Hormuz, but it has also hit a plethora of high-profile business events in the region, including major crypto conferences.TOKEN2049 Dubai, one of the largest crypto conferences in the world, will not take place this year. Organizers said the event, originally scheduled for late April, has been postponed to April 21–22, 2027, due to ongoing uncertainty in the region.The conference typically attracts more than 15,000 attendees, including founders, venture investors, developers and exchange executives.Organizers said concerns around safety, international travel and logistics played a central…

The blockchain trilemma reared its head once more at Consensus in Hong Kong in February, to some extent, putting Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, on the back foot – having to reassure attendees that hyperscalers like Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure are not a risk to decentralisation.The point was made that major blockchain projects need hyperscalers, and that one shouldn’t be concerned about a single point of failure because:Advanced cryptography neutralizes the riskMulti-party computation distributes key materialConfidential computing shields data in useThe argument rested on the idea that ‘if the cloud cannot see the data, the cloud cannot control…