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Bitget Wallet: Prediction Markets Will Consolidate in Liquidity but Spread in Access
Prediction markets are increasingly being built on a small number of liquid venues, but accessed through a growing number of interfaces. Wallets, exchanges, and fintech apps are emerging as the main entry points, shifting competition toward distribution and user experience.
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Australia's Digital Asset License Deadline Nears with 10% Turnover Penalty Looming
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reminded digital asset firms that they have less than two months to lodge an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license application or risk falling foul of the country's financial services laws.
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DeFi’s Next Chapter: Breaking the Loop of Speculation, Leverage, and Inflated Yields
The promise of decentralized finance was once a clarion call for a democratic financial revolution. It envisioned a world where the rigid, exclusionary walls of traditional banking would be replaced by transparent, automated, permissionless systems. As we move through 2026, that early optimism has given way to a more sober reality.
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FCA Clears Asset Managers to Run Funds Onchain Under Existing Rules
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved new rules that allow tokenized funds to operate fully within the existing authorized fund regime, rather than in separate experimental structures.
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Hyperliquid Challenges Kalshi and Polymarket for a Multi-Billion-Dollar Prediction Market
Hyperliquid, one of the most active decentralised exchanges, may add prediction markets to its platform. This move would put it in direct competition with Kalshi and Polymarket.
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First-Ever Prediction Market ETFs Let You Invest in Election Outcomes
A new category of exchange-traded funds will enter the US market next week, giving investors direct exposure to election outcomes through regulated products.
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Scammers Target Hong Kong Stablecoin Licences Before First Tokens Go Live
Fraudsters have begun promoting fake digital tokens linked to two newly licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, even though neither firm has launched a product.
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How Polymarket Users Move From Crypto to Sports And Why It Matters
A new analysis by Bitget Wallet of 1.29 million Polymarket wallets in Q1 2026 shows how prediction market users actually behave: they arrive via crypto and stay for sports.
Kraken Pulls In $200 Million With App-Based DeFi Yield Bet
Kraken’s DeFi Earn product has passed 200 million dollars in deposits amid a rising demand for onchain yield that users can access from a regular exchange app. The program lets customers earn dollar-denominated returns on their balances without moving funds to external wallets or navigating DeFi protocols directly.
Israel Approves First Shekel-Pegged Stablecoin Framework After Two-Year Regulatory Pilot
The Israel Capital Market Authority has approved a framework for issuing a shekel-pegged digital currency, BILS. The token will be issued by Bits of Gold, a licensed financial asset service provider, under regulatory supervision, Y.Net reported.
Stablecoin Payments to Reach $5 Trillion by 2035 as 85% of Value Comes From B2B Use
A new report by Juniper Research estimates that stablecoin-based B2B payments will reach $5 trillion by 2035, rising from $13.4 billion in 2026.
EU Regulators Advance Third-Party ICT Oversight Under DORA and Reiterate Crypto Warnings
EU Supervisory Authorities highlight cyber resilience, crypto risks and regulatory simplification in 2025 annual report. The report has indirect relevance for retail trading and CFD markets through its focus on consumer protection, crypto-asset risks and PRIIPs rules.
FCA Conducts First Coordinated Raids on Illegal P2P Crypto Trading in the UK
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) carried out its first coordinated raids against illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, working with HMRC and a regional organised crime unit.
Authorities issued on-site cease-and-desist letters at each location. The FCA confirmed that the evidence gathered is now supporting multiple ongoing criminal investigations.
A Market Outside the
...Just2Trade Joins MiCA Ranks, but Is the Market Moving Beyond Crypto?
Just2Trade has become the latest Cyprus-based CFD broker to cross the MiCA threshold. Its crypto arm, J2TX, was registered with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on March 16, joining a small but growing club of fully authorised players.
New York Targets Coinbase and Gemini Over Prediction Markets, Seeks Profit Forfeiture and Triple Penalties
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed suit against Coinbase and Gemini, accusing both companies of running illegal gambling operations through their prediction market platforms.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, seeks to bar the exchanges from offering prediction markets in New York until they hold state gaming licenses — and frames the products not as financial instruments
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