Coinbase has reached an agreement to acquire prediction market startup The Clearing Company, with the deal expected to close in January 2026. The acquisition is part of Coinbase's "universal exchange" strategy to deepen its presence in the event trading space. The Clearing Company team will join Coinbase to help expand its prediction market offering. Founded this year, the startup raised a $15 million seed round in August from investors including Coinbase Ventures.
Coinbase 已达成协议收购预测市场初创公司 The Clearing Company,交易预计将于 2026 年 1 月完成。 此次收购是 Coinbase “全能交易所”战略的一部分,旨在深化其在事件交易领域的布局。The Clearing Company 团队将加入 Coinbase,帮助扩展其预测市场产品。该初创公司成立于今年,曾在 8 月获得 1,500 万美元种子轮融资,投资方包括 Coinbase Ventures。
CryptoQuant analyst Axel said in a post that Bitcoin is entering the Christmas market window. Market rating indicators show bullish but sentiment has not yet overheated, and short liquidation has further exacerbated the market asymmetry dominated by buyers. The derivatives market structure shows that the current Bitcoin market is dominated by short position squaring, which will generate mechanical buying pressure and push prices up. The market has entered a bullish neutrality state with positive...

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The Swiss Federal Council and the State Secretariat for International Financial Affairs announced on Wednesday that the implementation of rules for the automatic exchange of cryptocurrency account info with overseas tax authorities will be postponed until 2027. The Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) rules will still be written into law on January 1, 2026, as originally planned, but implementation will be delayed by at least a year. The Swiss government said the reason for the delay is that ...
According to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai (@ai_9684xtpa) monitoring, Ethereum joint creation Taylor Gerring (@TaylorGerring) associated address tagstax.eth9 hours ago received 4544ETH, worth 15.41 million dollars, has not been transferred or sold. The address of the transfer ETH has frequent interaction with the block builders Beaver Builder and Titan builder, and it was put into use as early as three years ago.
据链上分析师Ai姨(@ai_9684xtpa)监测,以太坊联创Taylor Gerring(@TaylorGerring)关联地址tagstax.eth9小时前收到4544ETH,价值1541万美元,暂未转移或卖出。转移ETH的地址与区块构建者Beaver Builder和Titan builder存在频繁交互,早在三年前就投入使用。

October's position squaring event is more likely to be a prelude to medium-to-long-term market strength rather than weakness, according to a monthly report from Coinbase. The fourth quarter (Q4) is expected to usher in a "light pack" rally. Excess leverage has been cleared, fundamentals remain solid, and institutional investors are quietly returning. Savvy money is gathering around EVM chains, risk-weighted assets (RWA), and income agreements - a sign that investors are making...
WhiteBIT released a report saying that social engineering scams remain the top threat to crypto users. The report shows that 40.8% of crypto security incidents this year involved scammers tricking victims through fake investment opportunities or impersonation. Technical wallet attacks (such as phishing, malicious software or keyloggers) accounted for 33.7%.