Congressman Bryan Steil introduced the Stop Lawmakers from Predicting Act. The bill bars members of Congress, their spouses and their minor children from wagering money on politics and government decisions using prediction markets. Steil is a Republican from Wisconsin who chairs the House Committee on Administration. The reason for…

A surge in microtransactions has become the main driver of the increase in bitcoin network activity. The share of transfers worth less than 0.01 BTC rose to about 80% of the daily number of transactions, CryptoQuant reported. For comparison, in 2023 the figure was around 44%. The use of the OP_RETURN code rose to record levels. Researchers linked the trend to…

It has been revealed which analytics tools North Korean hackers use. The CryptoQuant platform recorded a visit by a user with an IP address from the DPRK. The service reported the unusual observation in a post on the X platform. An understanding of the internal specifics of the internet in the country explains why the visit is backed precisely by professional hackers, and not an ordinary…

Goldman Sachs has lowered its end-of-year gold price forecast by $500 at once — to $4,900 per ounce. The reason is that the market increasingly doubts a rate cut in 2026. Even adjusting for this, the bank still expects gold to rise in the second half of the year — but no longer as strongly as it previously projected.

The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has been added to the investor alert list of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The list compiles companies that may be mistakenly perceived as licensed and regulated platforms. The regulator did not provide reasons for including Bybit on the list. Bybit Fintech, a company headquartered in the United Arab Emirates…