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Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have grown sharply over the past year, drawing in a wave of users. The combined monthly notional volume hit an all-time high of $29.8 billion last month, up roughly 588% from a year earlier. Prediction Market Monthly Notional Volume. Source: Dune However, a new Wall Street Journal analysis of platform data takes a closer look at how those users are actually faring, and the picture is far less rosy. The Journal found that more than 70% of Polymarket users are losing money. Prediction Market Profits Remain Concentrated According to the report, Polymarket has at…

The AI mining platform SHRMiner recently made a prominent appearance on the digital giant screen at Piccadilly Circus in London, bringing AI cloud mining, Bitcoin cloud mining, automated crypto mining, and Web3 yield tools into the public spotlight. As more users seek simpler ways to participate in crypto mining, cloud mining is emerging as a vital gateway within the digital asset industry. Unlike traditional mining, users can now explore and engage in Bitcoin cloud mining services via online platforms without the need to purchase mining rigs, configure hardware, or incur complex maintenance costs. According to SHRMiner, the platform is headquartered…

When Rayls opened its public mainnet on April 30, 2026, it did so with a roster that most blockchain projects spend years assembling. The Layer 1 chain, built by Parfin (core developer of Ralys), went live recently, and was preceded by Tether made a strategic investment in Parfin, the core developer of Rayls. That backing sits alongside Rayls’ inclusion in Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program, a J.P. Morgan Kinexys deployment and a $1 billion partnership agreement with AmFi – all secured within the 18 months preceding launch. The institutional momentum behind the chain reflects a broader shift in how large financial…

The cryptocurrency industry has evolved into a fast-paced, data-driven environment where information is both abundant and time-sensitive. From tracking token performance to analyzing blockchain trends and discovering new platforms, users must process large volumes of data quickly and accurately. Artificial intelligence is playing a crucial role in simplifying these tasks. By automating research, summarizing insights, and assisting with decision-making, AI is becoming an essential tool for crypto enthusiasts, investors, and developers alike. However, as with many tech-driven industries, the growing number of AI tools has introduced a new challenge—fragmentation. The Problem: Too Many Tools, Not Enough Efficiency Crypto users often…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Japan’s crypto tax overhaul could soon make Rakuten’s new XRP feature far more attractive. Policymakers are reviewing a proposal to slash capital gains rates on digital assets from 55% to 20% — a change that would dramatically alter how Japanese consumers think about holding and spending cryptocurrency. Everyday Shopping, Now With Crypto Rakuten Wallet launched a feature this week letting users in Japan swap their Rakuten Points directly into XRP. From there, those tokens can be traded inside the app or spent at over 5 million merchant…

GUANGZHOU, China, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AOQUN Brush, a specialized industrial brush manufacturer and national-level “Little Giant” enterprise, attracted buyers from more than 60 countries at the  139th Canton Fair with its patented brush solutions for automotive manufacturing, industrial robotics, and advanced equipment. The company’s appearance in the Advanced Manufacturing Zone highlighted the growing role of Chinese precision components in global high-end supply chains.A Quality Moat Built on 124 PatentsAOQUN Brush is a national-level “Little Giant” enterprise and a Tier-1 supplier for 20 Fortune Global 500 companies. As a specialized industrial brush manufacturer, the company holds 124 intellectual property…

In brief Mistral Medium 3.5 is a 128 billion parameter dense model priced at $1.50 input / $7.50 output per million tokens, far above comparable Chinese alternatives. Chinese open-source models—Qwen, GLM, MiMo-V2—dominate the leaderboard top, leaving Mistral as a lonely Western holdout. Mistral is positioning the release as a building block toward a future large flagship model. Mistral AI dropped Mistral Medium 3.5 on April 29. The Paris-based lab announced a dense 128-billion-parameter model, a set of agentic features—and walked straight into a wall of online “meh” reactions.The release came in three parts. First, the model itself. Second, remote coding…

SINGAPORE, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VerifyVASP, a leading Travel Rule solution provider, today announced the acquisition of Sygna, a prominent Japan-based provider. This transaction represents a major step in VerifyVASP’s global expansion strategy, further establishing the company as a core compliance infrastructure provider for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) across key international markets. Consolidating the Travel Rule Ecosystem The acquisition marks a defining moment in the evolution of the global Travel Rule landscape. By integrating Sygna into its network, VerifyVASP is advancing the consolidation of a fragmented market into a unified, interoperable compliance network aligned with national regulations, Financial…

Eightco treasury composition as of April 27, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $25M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $121M cash and equivalents World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes and agentic agents Tinder, Zoom, Docusign, Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa to integrate Proof of Human verification features Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting…

New York, United States, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of $EAT, the first cause coin. BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards. The campaign marks BitMart’s eighth anniversary and the exchange’s listing of $EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), the first cause coin to list on a major centralized exchange. Cause coins are an emerging asset class engineered so that fees from trading activity flow to charitable grant-making…