Ukraine banned Polymarket and there’s no legal way for it to come back

There is no legal way for Web3 prediction markets to operate in Ukraine under current laws, according to a senior official involved in shaping the country’s digital economy policy. In comments shared with CoinDesk days after Ukraine blocked access to Polymarket and nearly 200 gambling-related websites Dmitry Nikolaievskyi, chief legal officer at the Project Office…

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Fed Decision On Wednesday, Powell-Led Panel Set To Lead Global Peers With Interest-Rate Hold

The Federal Reserve and three of the central banks that just backed its embattled chair are poised to keep interest rates unchanged at an edgy moment for global policymakers. Officials in Washington are widely expected to defy US President Donald Trump’s calls for lower borrowing costs on Wednesday at the end of their two-day meeting. Peers in…

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Mark Carney Counters After Trump’s 100% Tariff Warning Over China Deal

Amid growing tension between the United States and its neighbours, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for the localisation of products and self-reliance on Canadian goods, stressing that the nation needs to ‘buy Canadian’ and ‘focus on what we can control’. Carney delivered the message on social platform X, posting a video where he…

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GameStop’s $420 million bitcoin (BTC) move sparks speculation of selling

Crypto watchers are speculating that video game retailer GameStop (GME) might be the latest firm to abandon its bitcoin BTC$89,097.53 treasury after moving all its coins to Coinbase this week. Blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant spotted on Friday that a wallet labeled GameStop had transferred all its stash – some 4,710 BTC, worth about $420 million…

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