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A new venture fund, 5c(c) Capital, is being launched by former employees of the prediction market platform Kalshi. They’re aiming to raise up to $35 million to invest in around 20 startups over the next two years. The fund will focus on companies building essential components for the growing prediction market, including those involved in trading, creating market indexes, and developing underlying infrastructure. This comes as platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are experiencing significant growth in trading volume and attracting more interest from institutional investors.

In a world where quantum computers lurk like mischievous little gremlins, Vitalik has waved his wand and blessed us with the marvelous EIP-8141 upgrade! This dazzling development is not just about making Ethereum safer and more private; oh no, it’s about turning the whole narrative on its head-because why not?

Data from Artemis indicates that the total supply of stablecoins on the XRPL network has reached $568.89 million, more than doubling from approximately $266.86 million in December 2025. This significant increase usually suggests more activity on the network, greater availability of funds for transactions, and wider use of the network for payments and transfers.

Bitcoin’s price chart is currently testing an important level. According to analyst Johnathan Carter, this level previously stopped the price from going higher, but now that it’s been broken, it’s acting as a floor, or support. This is a common pattern where an old resistance level becomes new support.

It appears our brave Kraken traders have decided to throw caution to the wind and ride the Dogecoin rollercoaster. After all, why not leverage the price crash of everyone’s favorite Shiba Inu currency to fatten those portfolios? Sounds like a plan, right?

According to reports from the Wall Street Journal and the Sports Business Journal, Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) have teamed up like a mismatched buddy cop duo to introduce legislation that would effectively tell prediction markets, “You’re not a casino, but we’re not convinced.” The bill, unveiled on March 23, aims to block federally regulated prediction platforms from offering contracts tied to sports and casino-style games. In the crosshairs? Firms like Kalshi and Polymarket, whose U.S. operations are now feeling the regulatory side-eye.

The price of Brent crude oil has surged past $113 a barrel following former President Trump’s strong warning to Iran. This is causing energy costs to rise sharply, and Bitcoin miners are particularly vulnerable. Currently, it costs around $88,000 to produce a single Bitcoin, while the current market price is only about $69,200. This already presents a financial challenge for miners, and the increasing cost of energy is making the situation even more difficult.

The latest data from CoinGlass reveals that this astronomical increase has led the futures volume for XRP to skyrocket to a rather princely sum of $14.72 million in the past 24 hours. Who knew panic could be so profitable?

Alas, the enthusiasm of new users has plummeted like a lead balloon, and realized losses have sunk to their deepest depths in weeks. The only noble guardian standing between the present price and a calamitous 23% drop is the valiant $0.0881!

These charlatans, with names as fluid as a river, transformed from “usdtt11” to “xrpinsol” and even “edtrumpofficial”-a veritable circus of pseudonyms! They flooded timelines with tales of war and doom, cross-reposted like a parrot with a grudge, then lured the masses into fake giveaways and crypto traps before vanishing like a ghost in the machine.