Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and chief investment officer of Maelstrom, is launching Maelstrom Equity Fund I, a private equity vehicle seeking to raise at least $250 million to acquire mid-sized, cash-flowing companies serving the crypto industry. Maelstrom Equity Fund I marks Hayes’ first external fund focused entirely on control-buyout deals targeting profitable “picks and […]

6 Bots With Real Money — Hyperliquid Hosts First-Ever AI Trading Showdown
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Alpha Arena’s live crypto-trading benchmark showed Deepseek Chat V3.1 in first place on Saturday, Oct. 18, with the day’s leaderboard highlighting modest gains at the top and drawdowns across most rivals. Deepseek Tops Leaderboard in Alpha Arena’s Real-Money Crypto Battle Deepseek Chat V3.1 led the pack with a Hyperliquid account value of $10,400—a +4.0% return—after […]

Crypto ETFs End Brutal Week With $599 Million in Outflows
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It was a grim end to the trading week as bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their losing streaks, bleeding $367 million and $232 million, respectively. Both markets capped off a volatile and red week for crypto-linked funds. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs See Heavy Redemptions to Close the Week The week ended with more […]

Crowd Wisdom Proves Potent: Polymarket’s Predictions Hit 95% Accuracy
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Polymarket, the decentralized prediction platform based on blockchain technology, unveiled its new Accuracy Dashboard on Oct. 16, 2025, offering a transparent look at the platform’s forecasting reliability across thousands of resolved markets. Polymarket Unveils Accuracy Dashboard Highlighting 95.2% Predictive Precision The dashboard aggregates historical market data to illustrate how often Polymarket’s leading outcomes match actual […]

Bitcoin Mining and Treasury Firms Falter Together as BTC Drops 4.6% on the Week
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Bitcoin-exposed equities limped into the weekend with a split tape Friday as most large miners and several bitcoin treasury names finished the day lower, according to data collected by bitcoinminingstock.io. Bitcoin-Linked Equities Finish Uneven The mining board set the tone. IREN Limited (IREN) eased 1.79% to $60.72 for a $16.46 billion market cap, while Applied […]

Japan’s Big Three Banking Titans Unite to Launch Yen-Pegged Stablecoin
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Three of Japan’s largest banks—Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Mizuho Financial Group—are joining forces to issue a stablecoin pegged to the Japanese yen, according to an exclusive published by Nikkei Asia. Japan’s Top Banks Plan Stablecoin to Digitize Corporate Settlements The Nikkei Asia report notes that the trio’s initiative […]

SEC Urged to Disapprove Nasdaq Tokenized Securities Plan Amid Transparency Concerns
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Regulators are being urged to block Nasdaq’s tokenized securities plan over gaps in DTC transparency that threaten market fairness and innovation, a stance strongly advanced by Ondo Finance as it calls for full public disclosure before approval. Ondo Finance Presses SEC to Pause Nasdaq’s Tokenized Securities Plan Financial technology firm Ondo Finance urged the U.S. […]