Mahathir Bayena

A mysterious trader placed more than $200 million in leveraged long positions on Bitcoin and Ethereum ahead of the US market open, amid conflicting geopolitical signals.

US Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis are preparing a bipartisan bill to ban sports betting and casino-style contracts on prediction markets regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Bitcoin climbed above $71,000 this week, offering short-term relief after February’s sharp drop to around $59,000, but technical signals suggest caution remains warranted.

Polygon-incubated DeFi chain Katana has acquired decentralised exchange IDEX to launch Katana Perps, a native perpetual futures platform integrated into its ecosystem.

Former Kalshi employees are raising up to $35 million for a new venture fund, 5c(c) Capital, focused on building infrastructure for prediction markets.

Silicon Quantum Computing secured a $20 million investment from the National Reconstruction Fund via a SAFE note.

Centaurus Metals (ASX:CTM) has received a formal letter of intent from the Brazilian National Development Bank for a debt funding package totalling R$1 billion.

Australia and Singapore have formalised a strategic joint statement on fuel security, committing to maintain open trade flows.

Superhero and Praemium (ASX:PPS) have reportedly taken the extraordinary step of lodging formal complaints with APRA against their trustee, Diversa Trustees.

The Laundy Family announced that Nine Radio will be rebranded as Tapt Media once the acquisition of the audio business is finalised.