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From Cathie Wood to Cantor Fitzgerald, the big money is betting that Robinhood’s crypto slump is just a temporary speed bump

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest snapped up over 500,000 shares of Robinhood on Wednesday, joining a wave of analysts who believe a surge in April trading activity will outweigh a recent earnings disappointment.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Policy

Senator Warren questions Commerce Secretary Lutnick on Tether loan to family

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent letters to Howard Lutnick and Tether CEO Paulo Ardoino asking about a loan Tether reportedly made to Lutnick's family.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Bo Hines, a former White House adviser who is CEO of Tether U.S. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

A Polymarket-linked bet on the weather in France forecasts a major data issue

The incident shows that as more real-world outcomes become tradable, the real bottleneck is not trading itself, but the integrity and certification of the data used for settlement, argues Hallali.

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Policy

Gemini eyes prediction market challenge to Kalshi, Polymarket, secures derivatives license; shares surge

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss' crypto exchange now holds licenses allowing it to expand into regulated derivatives and prediction markets, the fastest-growing sectors in crypto.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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Finance

Polymarket taps Chainalysis to bring Wall Street-level oversight to crypto prediction markets

By partnering with Chainalysis to monitor its blockchain data in real-time, Polymarket is signaling to both users and regulators that it is serious about eliminating insider trading and market manipulation.

Shayne Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket (CoinDesk/Jesse Hamilton)

CoinDesk Indices

Crypto for Advisors: Breaking down the Sui blockchain

Sui is a differentiated Layer-1 blockchain, combining novel object-based architecture and parallel execution for high throughput. It's optimized for consumer Web3 apps.

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Finance

Anchorage Digital and M0 team up to power next wave of regulated stablecoins

Anchorage seeks to expand its issuance platform through M0, and opens the door to a broad range of firms looking to launch U.S.-regulated stablecoins.

Luca Prosperi, CEO of M0 (M0)

Finance

Coinbase's asset manager to offer stablecoin credit fund with tokenized share class

The fund, dubbed CUSHY, targets yield from onchain lending and private credit, offering tokenized access through Superstate for institutional investors.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)
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CoinDesk News

Banks push to slow stablecoin law as Agora races for charter

U.S. banks are looking to delay landmark stablecoin legislation even as crypto firms like Agora push ahead.

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Aptos (APT) gains 4.4% as nearly all assets rise

Internet Computer (ICP), up 2.4% from Wednesday, joined Aptos (APT) as a top performer.

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Finance

The long con: How North Korean spies spent months in-person to drain $285 million from Drift

The security intelligence research firm said North Korean-state-backed hackers account for 76% of all crypto scam and hack losses in 2026 and have stolen $6 billion since 2017.

Hackers Break Into Thousands of  Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals

Finance

MARA Holdings to buy Long Ridge Energy in $1.5 billion AI data center push

The deal includes a 505 MW gas plant and 1,600 acres in Ohio, offering over 1 GW power capacity for future AI and IT buildout.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)
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Finance

Germany’s AllUnity expands EURAU to Solana as euro stablecoins gain traction

The firm's MiCA-compliant euro token aims to speed up euro transfers and support regulated onchain finance as the euro stablecoin market doubled since early 2025.

European Union Flag (Christian Lue / Unsplash / Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

The Green Beret was just the start: New data suggests military insider trading crisis on Polymarket

New data shows unusually high win rates in defense bets, building on research that 3% of traders drive prices and under 1% capture most profits.

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Markets

Bitcoin faces $80,000 resistance as derivatives show signs of risk aversion

Bitcoin faces profit-taking pressure near $80,000, backed up by a U.S. inflation report that comes as high oil prices and rising bond yields weigh on risk assets.

Oil refinery belching clouds of smoke into the air
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