Prediction markets and decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, may be closer cousins than most people think, according to Syndicate co-founder Ian Lee.  There are strong similarities between the two, as both are fundamentally about blending social behavior and money, despite what terms suggest, he told Decrypt. (Disclosure: Decrypt’s parent company, DASTAN, operates a prediction market called Myriad.) “In the abstract, [DAOs are] about coordinating human capital and financial capital at the same ti ...

Imagine placing a bet on whether a political candidate wins an election, not in USDC or dollars, but in Bitcoin—and when the bet resolves, you don’t lose your exposure to Bitcoin’s value. That’s the provocative case made in “Bootstrapping Liquidity in BTC-Denominated Prediction Markets.” The paper suggests that for many users, BTC settlement isn’t just a niche preference—it could actually deliver superior economics. The author, computer scientist and consultant Fedor Shabashev, begins with a critique of ...

`` The crypto market is trying to rewrite the “Red September” playbook, with major altcoins like Dogecoin and Solana finding investors still have an appetite for riskier bets. `` `` The Altcoin Season Index touched 80 points today—the highest it’s been so far in 2025. Meanwhile, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index climbed to 53 points from 39 at the beginning of the month, signaling growing bullish sentiment across the board. `` ```` On the normie side of Wall Street, the S&P 500 advanced 0.85% to 6,587.47 and ...