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Can you insider-trade on an investigation into your own insider trading? Polymarket just turned that question from philosophical to practical.Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT published findings Thursday morning naming Axiom, a crypto trading platform, as the company whose employees he believed had used non-public information to place profitable trades.The investigation had been teased for days, and Polymarket had created a contract allowing users to bet on which company would be named, pulling in roughly $40 million in volume since Monday.The problem is that someone clearly knew the answer before it dropped.Lookonchain identified 12 wallets that bet heavily on Axiom before the reveal,…

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In brief Warren pressed OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould to share the unredacted charter application for World Liberty Financial, citing foreign ownership and national security risks. Gould refused to delay or deny the application, saying he would process it “as we process all applications.” Warren warned Gould that approving the charter would take him “from being a cheerleader for President Trump to an accomplice in his corruption.” The nation’s top bank regulator refused Thursday to delay or deny a bank charter application from a President Trump-affiliated crypto company, even as an outspoken senator told him approving it would make him “an…

The slowdown in on-chain activity echoes a similar lull last summer that came right before a huge rebound in Bitcoin. The total fees paid on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) recently fell to approximately $593,000, marking the network’s lowest usage cost since at least August 2025. This collapse in transaction activity on one of crypto’s busiest highways is reviving memories of a similar demand drought last summer that immediately preceded a 95% rally in Bitcoin (BTC). A Silent Market Flashes a Historic Signal Blockchain fees are the clearest measure of user demand, representing what people pay to move tokens or…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto.com has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank. The firm said that the approval allows the company to charter Foris Dax National Trust Bank, which will operate under the name Crypto.com National Trust Bank once it secures full authorization.  Crypto.com Advances Regulated Custody Plans Kris Marszalek, Co‑Founder and CEO of Crypto.com, described the development as a reflection of the company’s focus on regulatory compliance and customer protection.  According to Marszalek, achieving full approval would…

The court-appointed administrator overseeing the bankruptcy of crypto company Terraform Labs has sued trading firm Jane Street, accusing it of insider trading that worsened the collapse of the multibillion-dollar Terra ecosystem.On Monday, Todd Snyder, Terraform’s court-appointed administrator, sued Jane Street, its co-founder Robert Granieri, and employees Bryce Pratt and Michael Huang in a Manhattan federal court, accusing them of “misappropriating confidential information and manipulating market prices.”The heavily redacted complaint claimed Jane Street used connections with “Terraform insiders to learn material non-public information” about the company and used the information to sell tokens tied to the Terra blockchain that worsened its…

Web 3 Journalist Tim Hakki Web 3 Journalist Tim Hakki Part of the Team Since Feb 2024 About Author A journalist and copywriter with a decade’s experience across music, video games, finance and tech. Share Last updated:  February 23, 2026 Bitcoin’s failure to achieve a price breakthrough has kept the crypto market in a state of suspense. Below is an overview of the dominant media narratives and chart signals that hint the smart money could be rotating into XRP, Solana, and Shiba Inu, ahead of the next bull run.Discover: The best meme coins in the world right now.XRP (XRP): Ripple’s…

Bitcoin continues to struggle below the $65,000 level as persistent selling pressure weighs on market sentiment. Price action has remained fragile in recent weeks, with volatility elevated and traders showing limited conviction amid tightening liquidity conditions and broader macro uncertainty. While intermittent rebounds have occurred, they have so far failed to establish sustained upside momentum, leaving Bitcoin locked in a cautious consolidation phase below a key psychological threshold. Related Reading A recent CryptoQuant report highlights a notable structural development involving StrategyB, formerly known as MicroStrategy. It has now been more than six years since the company began its Bitcoin accumulation…

Dutch regulators have ordered crypto prediction platform Polymarket to stop operating in the Netherlands, warning it could face fines of up to €840,000 if it fails to comply. The decision marks the latest escalation in Europe’s widening crackdown on the platform.Polymarket is Losing the European MarketThe Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Dutch gambling authority, issued a formal enforcement order against Polymarket’s operator, Adventure One QSS Inc., on Friday. The regulator said Polymarket was offering illegal gambling services without a Dutch license.Authorities imposed a penalty of €420,000 per week if Polymarket continues serving Dutch users. The fines could reach a maximum of €840,000, with…

The market just received a massive jolt. Markets jolt today Today, February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court dropped a legal bombshell that sent immediate shockwaves through the financial markets. In a landmark 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS officially struck down President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, declaring that the President exceeded his authority. If you’re a trader, you know that policy shifts of this magnitude are where fortunes are made—and lost. Within minutes of the news breaking, the major indices spiked, specific sectors went vertical, and Financial X (formerly Twitter) exploded into a war of words between perma-bulls and skeptical bears. But what…