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Feeling befuddled? You ought to be! Let us untangle this delightful mess.

Ah, prediction markets! The darlings of macro forecasting, now strutting their stuff like peacocks at a garden party. Federal Reserve economists, bless their hearts, have taken to singing the praises of Kalshi’s rate contracts, which have been as predictable as clockwork since 2022, aligning splendidly with U.S. monetary decisions. It seems this bewitching platform has been quite the overachiever, outperforming both futures markets and those well-heeled economist surveys. One might say it’s become the belle of the ball in discussions about how markets interpret economic signals-if only it had a fetching gown.

Behold! The mighty Bitcoin, once a golden goose, now plummets below the average price of a certain Mr. Saylor, whose five-year accumulation has turned into a most unfortunate quagmire. Alas, the market gossips of his $6.7 billion paper loss, yet the data whispers that this is but a minor tempest in a teacup.

Zcash’s ZEC token, that elusive specter of anonymity, has not escaped the broader maelstrom. The altcoin, like a faltering candle in a storm, slid 12% as the tide of capital surged outward, amplifying the specter of further ruin.

In the world of futures data, we’re seeing a dramatic change-like a reality TV contestant suddenly deciding they don’t want to be the villain anymore. There’s been a whopping 129% shift in net futures flow in just one day! That’s right, folks: more money is high-tailing it out of leveraged positions than making its grand entrance. Talk about a classic case of FOMO-Fear of Missing Out, or in this case, Fear of Missing Money!

On the 18th of February, 2026, like a well-timed punchline in a comedy, Payward revealed this acquisition-its sixth major deal in a year that seems to have more plot twists than a Dostoevsky novel. Fear not, dear reader, for Magna will remain a standalone entity within the mighty Kraken family, akin to a quirky uncle at a family reunion, offering crypto-native teams a veritable smorgasbord of automated infrastructure for token vesting, claims, and operational workflows that dance across multiple blockchains.

Here are the “top 9” platforms to lose your money on this month. Enjoy!

Lo and behold! The hallowed halls of the White House shall once again tremble with the clatter of bureaucratic teacups at 9 a.m. ET on Friday, as the third “stablecoin yields” summit convenes-a veritable feast of financial theater. Banks, those venerable guardians of dusty vaults, will once more decry yield-bearing stablecoins as vampiric leeches siphoning … Read more

The dispute raises a familiar question that courts and regulators can’t stop asking: are these prediction markets financial products governed by federal law or online gambling subject to state control? It’s the kind of question that makes you wish for a simple tax form and a nap.

Lo and behold, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, those guardians of the financial realm, shall by February 26, 2026, pronounce their judgment upon the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF, a vessel daring to carry XRP within its hold.