Solana perpetuals enter Kalshi as DOGE and SHIB await approval

CME Group has launched Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures, giving investors a regulated way to trade and hedge broad exposure to major digital assets. The contracts settle against a Nasdaq-CME benchmark covering some of the largest and most actively traded cryptocurrencies. Nasdaq and CME Launch Crypto Index Futures Tied to 8 Leading Tokens CME Group […]

Prediction market traders across Polymarket and Kalshi have committed more than $2 billion to the 2026 FIFA World Cup winner market ahead of Thursday’s opening kickoff, with Spain and France sharing the frontrunner position as the tournament launches across North America. Spain and France Lead the Board On Polymarket, as of 3:30 p.m. EDT on […]

Solana-based decentralized exchange Raydium will repay the funds swiped in the $1.34 million exploit using its treasury.

Raydium (RAY), a decentralized exchange on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, said Wednesday that it had suffered a $1.34 million exploit tied to its retired automated market maker, or AMM, V3 program.  Raydium Pools Drained  The protocol said the attacker removed about 150,000 RAY, 5,600 SOL, and nearly 900,000 of Circle’s USDC stablecoin from Raydium pools involving RAY-SOL, USDC-RAY, and SRM-RAY. Raydium attributed the compromise to a weakness in how the older AMM V3 handled liquidity provider (LP) mints. The platform said the vulnerability “stemmed from insufficient validation of the LP mints, which in practice allowed the attacker to bypass intended proportion checks. Related Reading: Prediction Markets’ Wild West Days May Be Over: CFTC Drafts Its First Major Framework According to the description of the mechanism, because the legacy AMM V3 program did not properly verify the LP mint address, an attacker was able to create a new mint and use it as the LP token, letting it evade the chec

The integration of leveraged tokenized equities on Solana could democratize access to complex financial instruments, enhancing DeFi's appeal. The post Jupiter Exchange adds leveraged tokenized equities from Shift RWA on Solana appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Kalshi opened more than 150 insider-trading investigations in the first quarter of 2026, blocked over 100 potential insider trades, and referred at least 20 cases to law enforcement. The CFTC-regulated prediction market paired the numbers Tuesday with a new risk-scoring framework,

Solflare Packs could boost USDC transactions on Solana but may face regulatory scrutiny and trust issues due to its gacha model and centralized elements. The post Solflare launches Solflare Packs, bringing graded card trading directly into your crypto wallet appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Helius' acquisition of Light Protocol could enhance Solana's appeal to traditional finance by integrating privacy, but regulatory risks loom. The post Helius acquires Light Protocol to build Solana’s onchain privacy layer appeared first on Crypto Briefing.