Day: February 4, 2026

Crypto.com Launches OG Prediction Market Platform

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Crypto.com has spun out its prediction markets business, first launched in 2024, into a standalone platform called OG, competing with the likes of Polymarket and Kalshi.  OG is powered by Crypto.com Derivatives North America (CDNA), a Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered exchange and clearinghouse and affiliate of Crypto.com.  OG said on Tuesday that it is only available in the United States for now. Entering a ‘deca-billion dollar’ industry Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, highlighted the firm’s growth in the prediction market space as the reason for launching a dedicated…

Polymarket, Kalshi Give Free Groceries Amid Prediction Market Boom

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Two leading prediction market platforms, Polymarket and Kalshi, have both turned to giving away groceries amid a fight for dominance in the fast-growing prediction markets space. Kalshi offered a $50 grocery giveaway to over 1,000 people in Manhattan on Tuesday, while competitor Polymarket announced plans to open a free grocery store starting next week. Thousands have already picked up their free Kalshi groceries! We are being told we’ve already inspired other companies to keep up the initiative! 2 more hours to get yours Westside Market | 84 3rd Ave. NYC…

Ethereum Dust Attacks Have Increased Post-Fusaka

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Stablecoin-fueled dusting attacks are now estimated to make up 11% of all Ethereum transactions and 26% of active addresses on an average day, after the Fusaka upgrade made transactions cheaper, according to Coin Metrics.  Ethereum is now seeing more than 2 million average daily transactions, spiking to almost 2.9 million in mid-January, along with 1.4 million daily active addresses — a 60% increase over prior averages. The Fusaka upgrade in December made using the network cheaper and easier by improving onchain data handling, reducing the cost of posting information from…

XRP Price Recovery Mode Engaged — Bulls Hunt An Upside Break

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Crypto Dev’s Platform Allows AI Agents To Hire Humans For Physical Tasks

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In what some may see as a unique and slightly dystopian use of artificial intelligence, a crypto developer has launched a website that enables AI agents to rent humans to do tasks in “meatspace.”  In a post via X on Monday, user Alex, or @AlexanderTw33ts, an engineer at decentralized finance platform Uma Protocol and layer-2 bridging solution Across Protocol, shared a video of his website “rentahuman.ai” in action.  The site lets humans set an hourly rate and enables AI agents to hire them for anything from running simple errands to…

Payward Revenues Jump 33% as Traders Flock to Kraken

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Crypto exchange Kraken’s parent company, Payward, reported 33% revenue growth in 2025 as transaction volumes rose and the business capitalized on its acquisitions. The company’s revenues rose to $2.2 billion last year, up from $1.6 billion in 2024 due to “broad-based performance across trading and asset-based businesses,” with total transaction volumes rising 34% over the year to $2 billion, Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi said in a report on Tuesday. He added that revenues were “well balanced,” with around 47% coming from trading-based revenue and 53% from asset-based and other revenues.…

Ethereum Price Recovery Runs Into A Wall, Decline Risk Returns

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Ethereum price extended its decline below $2,220 and $2,200. ETH is now attempting to recover from $2,000 but faces many hurdles near $2,250. Ethereum failed to stay above $2,300 and started a fresh decline. The price is trading below $2,265 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,250 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $2,350 zone. Ethereum Price Faces Resistance Ethereum price failed to…

Bitcoin Price Bounce Looks Hollow, Downtrend May Resume

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Bitcoin price extended its decline below $75,000. BTC is now attempting to recover from $72,850 but faces many hurdles near $76,500. Bitcoin is attempting to recover above $74,000 and $75,000. The price is trading below $79,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $77,200 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might dip again if it trades below the $75,000 and $74,000 levels. Bitcoin Price Faces Hurdles Bitcoin price failed to remain stable…

Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Scaling Should Move From L2s

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reversed his long-held view that layer-2s should be the primary way to scale Ethereum, saying the approach “no longer makes sense.” “We need a new path,” Buterin said in a post to X on Tuesday, arguing that many layer-2s have failed to decentralize and that the Ethereum mainnet is now sufficiently scaling, with improvements coming from gas limit increases and soon native rollups. “Both of these facts, for their own separate reasons, mean that the original vision of L2s and their role in Ethereum no…

Bitcoin’s biggest risk is governance, not quantum computing, says Galaxy CEO

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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says quantum computing is being used as a selling narrative, but he expects Bitcoin to upgrade to quantum-resistant tech in time. The billionaire does not view quantum advances as a long-term threat to the digital asset. “The story in layman’s terms, which has always been told to me by the ‘smart guys,’ who in and around the Bitcoin core developers is, as we get closer to quantum, we’re going to get closer to quantum resistant and you will have the Bitcoin code changed in time,”…