Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation

Researchers found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing longer settlement windows as a potential fix. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/stanford-study-5-minute-bitcoin-prediction-markets-enable-settlement-manipulation?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US Senator blasts AG pick for ‘dismantling’ crypto unit, Trump’s CZ pardon

President Donald Trump’s pick for US Attorney General faced criticism from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on his approach to crypto enforcement and the pardon of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/todd-blanche-hearing-dismantling-justice-crypto-unit-donald-trumps-pardon?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Ostium pauses trading as security firms report multimillion-dollar oracle exploit

Ostium halted trading and advised revoking contract approvals after blockchain security firms reported an apparent oracle-related exploit of its OLP liquidity vault, with estimated losses ranging from $18 million to $22 million. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ostium-pauses-trading-as-security-firms-report-multimillion-dollar-oracle-exploit?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound