Order flow auctions’ bumpy road to credibility
[ad_1] 🎉New- listen to the audio🎙️ version of this article🎉 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. While the weather is starting to cool, the discussion around Ethereum’s future has heated up. Solana’s breakout year and concerns over extractive L2s have shaken confidence in Ethereum. While prices and the market remain stagnated, […]
DraftKings Launches Prediction Markets App in 38 States
[ad_1] DraftKings Predictions sports and finance markets will route through CME Group, the same exchange FanDuel will use. The app lacks what Kalshi and Polymarket bring to the table. DraftKings launched DraftKings Predictions today, bringing their sports event contracts to 38 states. The standalone mobile app operates under Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight through DraftKings’ […]
12 Week Extension for sUSD on Infinex
[ad_1] Christmas just came early for sUSD depositors on Infinex with 12 weeks of SNX rewards. To support the imminent launch of perps on Mainnet, rewards have been extended for a full 12 weeks! From December 19th, 2025, until March 13th, 2026, Infinex users who deposit sUSD will be eligible to earn SNX rewards and […]
Coinbase Races to Become the ‘Everything App’ for Crypto Trading
[ad_1] Coinbase confirmed plans to unveil prediction markets and tokenized equities at a December 17 showcase event while launching direct trading of all Solana tokens through an integrated DEX. The company also joined the Coalition for Prediction Markets alongside Kalshi, Crypto.com, Robinhood, and Underdog. Coinbase made two major moves this week, confirming plans to unveil […]
Protect Your Trades From Scam Wicks
[ad_1] Insurance for crypto’s most unfair moments The most frustrating thing for any perp trader is being directionally right on a position, but getting liquidated at the pico top/bottom of a move. A single malicious wick, a flash crash, or a fat-finger sell on a low-liquidity pair can wipe out your position in milliseconds – […]
Top DeFi memes and charts for 2024
[ad_1] Another year in the books. This is the fifth year-end look at the top DeFi memes and charts from us at Dose of DeFi (take a look at what was in vogue in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 DeFi). Memes and charts are information units of DeFi and crypto; they capture the vibes and […]
Polymarket Traders Knew The Weeknd Was Going to Beat Drake on Spotify Wrapped
[ad_1] Hours before Spotify announced its 2025 Wrapped results, the odds on The Weeknd finishing third on Polymarket’s contract surged from 40% to 99%. Polymarket shared the news on X, framing it as proof that prediction markets work. But embedded in its own post was a contradiction: @FhantomBets called it a ‘leak,’ compared it to […]
The End of Target Practice
[ad_1] Private onchain perps? It starts with Synthetix. In May 2025, the now-infamous trader James Wynn evaporated nearly $100 million over the span of a calendar week following a series of liquidations on multiple high-leverage Bitcoin longs on Hyperliquid. Sure, Wynn was loudly telegraphing his $100M+ leverage positions across social media for clout — but […]
Crypto’s fork in the road – by Chris Powers
[ad_1] Hearken to this text! Audio playback just isn’t supported in your browser. Please improve. With some assist from Stability.AI Donald Trump’s memecoin launch on the eve of his inauguration was nothing wanting sensational. Inside days, $TRUMP soared to an $14 billion market cap, with Melania Trump’s $1.6 billion memecoin following intently behind. This spectacle […]
Kalshi Raises $1 Billion as Prediction Markets Hit $2.2 Billion Weekly
[ad_1] Kalshi constructed $1.2B in weekly quantity with US customers alone. Polymarket constructed $952M with everybody else, per Defi Fee analytics. Kalshi has raised $1 billion in new funding at an $11 billion valuation, per TechCrunch. The spherical, led by returning buyers Sequoia and CapitalG, comes lower than two months after the prediction market operator […]