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Polymarket says annualized revenue has surpassed $1.8 billion
Polymarket told CNBC on Tuesday its annualized revenue has surpassed $1.8 billion, up from a run rate north of $1 billion in June. CNBC, citing TickerTracker, said the U.S. exchange had more than $14.5 billion in notional volume in October, up from $4 billion in June.
Avalanche to be core ledger for clearing on NYSE-affiliated 24/7 tokenized securities platform
Ava Labs says Avalanche is the core ledger for the clearing firm; the Journal reported exclusive Avalanche settlement on the exchange's planned round-the-clock venue, pending approvals.
Coinbase gets full federal trust charter for crypto custody
The charter follows April's conditional nod and excludes ordinary retail deposits and traditional lending at the trust bank; New York custody migrates over three years.
Binance and Deribit cut SignalPlus API keys after security report
Changpeng Zhao told SignalPlus users on other exchanges to revoke their keys too. Both exchanges say their own systems weren't hit.
US exchanges can now offer crypto-style perpetual futures on individual stocks
The CFTC says no-expiry futures on single stocks can trade under joint CFTC and SEC oversight, after this year's first US bitcoin perp.
North Korea denies stealing $6 billion from Binance after the FBI blamed its hackers
Elliptic now says launderers minted six NEAR memecoins to move about $430,000 in stolen funds so they look like trading profits.
NYSE owner ICE plans a US market for Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures
ICE would run a new regulated retail market and clearing structure for Trade[XYZ]'s perps and make a strategic investment in the company. The market needs CFTC and other approvals, and no launch date has been set.
GM's move to Nasdaq changes its address, not its business
General Motors is expected to trade on Nasdaq from Nov. 17 and gains eligibility for the Nasdaq-100. Index access is real, but a listing venue doesn't make a carmaker a tech company.
Robinhood taps Ripple for stablecoin settlement and its own treasury
RLUSD is live now on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp and is expected in the Robinhood app later this year, while Robinhood will integrate Ripple Treasury into its own treasury operations.
NBA signs a prediction-market integrity pact that, per its own text, binds no one
The league's Oct. 26 deals give Kalshi and Polymarket NBA marketing rights. Its memorandum with the CFTC creates no legally binding obligations and leaves information sharing to each side's discretion.
Coinbase launches its 15-minute crypto bets again, still settles them on a minute you didn't watch
The up-or-down contracts pay $1 or $0, and per Vertex Analytics they settle on a 60-second index average, not the last tick on your screen.
Coinbase's 15-minute crypto prediction markets settle at $1 or $0
A new Coinbase post pitches up-or-down contracts on BTC, ETH and SOL, but they aren't new, and bitcoin's 15-minute markets may settle on a different price than the one on your screen.
Coinbase pitches AI agents that trade crypto, stocks and derivatives for you
Coinbase is promoting a way to plug Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and other agents into your account. The service has been live since June; what's changed is the menu.
Tokenized stock trading topped $37 billion last quarter, and one token did much of the work
Dune says onchain trading of tokenized stocks and ETFs grew almost 18x since January. Its own dashboard shows a single BNB Chain token in about half the recent volume, in trades Dune says look programmatic or incentive-driven.
Goldman, Microsoft and Alphabet object to OKX-ICE trading tokens of their shares
Seven more companies, including Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs, have objected to tokenized versions of their shares on OKXICE, the planned 24/7 venue from OKX and NYSE parent ICE.