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How Prediction Market Platforms Changed Crypto Trading

Crypto trading once forced almost every market view through a token price. Traders bought spot assets, opened perpetual futures, or moved into stablecoins when they expected a policy decision, court ruling, election result, protocol launch, or economic release to move the market. Prediction market platforms introduced a more direct instrument: a contract tied to the event itself.

A trader expecting an ETF approval no longer has to express the entire thesis through Bitcoin. A user following an election can trade the defined outcome rather than guessing how several crypto assets might react. The mechanics behind prediction market contracts changed crypto trading by turning news, policy, data, and public events into separate markets with their own liquidity and settlement rules.

Event Contracts Separated The Catalyst From The Asset

Token prices combine many forces at once. Bitcoin can fall after positive news because leverage is crowded, liquidity is weak, macro markets are...

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RatHat Android Malware Uses AI to Target Banking Credentials in Real Time

A newly discovered Android malware strain named RatHat uses generative AI to navigate and control infected devices in real time. Mobile security firm Zimperium identified the threat, sharing its research with Hackread.com. zLabs links RatHat to threat actors that appear to be operating in China. Unlike traditional mobile threats

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Claude Opus 5.5 delivers Fable 5.1 performance – and costs 40% less

ZDNET’s key takeaways * Claude Opus 5.5 could be a big win for power users. * Developers may see faster coding with fewer steps. * Anthropic says the upgrade is safer, cheaper, and less wordy. Less than two months after the release of Claude Opus 5, Anthropic is back with Opus

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Sources: Apple is developing prototypes for a screenless health and fitness tracker similar to Whoop but hasn't decided whether to release the product

Sponsor Posts Get UAE eInvoicing ready with Zoho — The UAE announced its eInvoicing mandate on 30 October 2024, when the Ministry of Finance issued Federal Decree-Laws No. 16 and 17 of 2024, laying the legal groundwork for a national eInvoicing system. Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365,

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Oura Seeks Up to $2.2 Billion in IPO at $15.6 Billion Valuation

We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. Oura is taking its smart-ring business to Wall Street. The company has launched a U.S. initial public

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RatHat Android Malware Uses AI to Target Banking Credentials in Real Time

Claude Opus 5.5 delivers Fable 5.1 performance – and costs 40% less

Sources: Apple is developing prototypes for a screenless health and fitness tracker similar to Whoop but hasn't decided whether to release the product

Oura Seeks Up to $2.2 Billion in IPO at $15.6 Billion Valuation