Category: CoinDesk

The 2024 U.S. presidential election isn’t over yet, but politically-minded crypto companies have already turned their attention to fundraising for the 2026 midterm elections....

At first blush, it looks redundant. The weekend before the U.S. presidential election, crypto-based prediction market Polymarket spun up a contract betting on who...

Bitcoin has been soaring recently, as have Trump’s odds of winning this week’s U.S. presidential election, at least according to prediction markets like PredictIt...

BlackRock’s long-term U.S. treasury bond ETF, TLT, has dropped 8% year-to-date against bitcoin, which is up 55%. U.S. Treasuries are considered a liquid, global...

British pension specialist Cartwright has guided the country’s first pension fund to allocate money into bitcoin. The unnamed fund invested 3% of its total...

Mainstream media reports have speculated that Donald Trump’s odds on Polymarket are being manipulated for political purposes. Experts in prediction markets interviewed by CoinDesk...

Bitcoin mining firm Sangha Renewables aims to help renewable energy companies start their own bitcoin mines. Green power producers often struggle with stranded energy...

Among the most prominent voter blocs this election season has been the crypto voter, who has been instrumental in shaping the contours of the...

Democrat nominee Kamala Harris has eaten away at Republican rival Donald Trump’s lead on Polymarket. Polymarket still gives a significant premium to Trump’s odds...