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World Cup markets on Kalshi and Polymarket show the platforms testing how much of the tournament’s surrounding culture can become tradable.The 2026 World Cup is already becoming a prediction market event that stretches well beyond the pitch.Kalshi and Polymarket are listing World Cup markets tied not only to match winners and tournament futures, but also to the spectacle surrounding the tournament, including whether Cristiano Ronaldo cries, whether President Donald Trump attends the final, who performs at the halftime show, what broadcast announcers say during the opening match and whether governments take actions that affect the tournament before it begins.Most of…

Kraken is going big. The crypto exchange just locked in a partnership with FIFA for the 2026 World Cup, targeting fans across North America with hands-on digital asset experiences and product showcases tied directly to the tournament. The deal puts Kraken inside one of the most-watched sporting events on the planet. The 2026 edition is the first World Cup to expand to 48 teams, which means more matches, more host cities, more eyeballs — and a lot more foot traffic for whatever Kraken sets up at venues. The exchange plans to build out dedicated spaces at key locations throughout the…

Circle has launched cirBTC on Ethereum, but the larger play is to make wrapped Bitcoin look like collateral infrastructure institutions can route through DeFi, OTC desks, lending markets, treasury systems, market makers, and settlement flows.cirBTC is live on Ethereum and backed 1:1 by native BTC, according to Circle’s launch materials. The company says the underlying Bitcoin is held through a Circle entity, segregated from corporate assets, and designed for onchain reserve visibility.The product also sits inside Circle’s existing stack. Circle is positioning cirBTC around Circle Mint, USDC workflows, Ethereum DeFi, and planned support for Arc and other chains.This moves wrapped…

Token approvals often accumulate unnoticed over time, creating potential exposure if previously trusted contracts become compromised. Anthropic is reportedly set to release a public version of its Mythos AI model, and crypto analyst The DeFi Investor is urging decentralized finance users to act before that happens. The concern is based on how good Mythos is at finding software vulnerabilities, and a version of it becoming widely accessible could accelerate the speed at which attackers discover and exploit weaknesses in DeFi protocols. What the DeFi Community Needs to Do In a June 9 post on X, The DeFi Investor advised followers…

Tampa, Florida, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire Pro wrestling legend, international rock star, multi time world champion and lifelong collector Chris Jericho is officially joining Kokopi Koalas ahead of the June 11 mint on LaunchMyNFT: https://launchmynft.io/mint/kokopikoalas Kokopi Koalas, the customizable NFT ecosystem on Solana, today announced a collaboration with global wrestling icon, musician, actor and collector Chris Jericho. As part of the partnership, Jericho will work directly with the Kokopi community to create official Chris Jericho Traits that will launch in the project’s Trait Store. Unlike traditional NFT collections where assets remain static after mint, Kokopi Koalas give NFT holders the…

Tokyo, Japan, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire Joined by partners and investors including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy-winning artist Ne-Yo, Neura is building the missing layer of AI: empathy and memory. Neura, the protocol building the world’s first Emotional AI Economy, today announced the close of a strategic funding round to accelerate development of AI agents with persistent emotional memory and user-owned identity. The round drew leading investors and partners in the Web3, AI, and culture spaces, including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy Award-winning artist Ne-Yo. Today’s AI is…

MUTSAMUDU, Comoros, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has officially launched Combo, a new feature within its prediction markets ecosystem, in partnership with its collaborators. This marks the first time a centralized platform has introduced multi-event combination trading capabilities to prediction markets globally, through its partner. As prediction markets gradually evolve from single-event trading toward multi-event combination trading, user demand for combined predictions has grown rapidly. However, leading prediction market platforms today still primarily offer isolated event trading, limiting a user’s capacity to express structural views. The Combo bridges this gap, bringing advanced combination…

APIA, Samoa, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, today launched the 2026 Ultimate Championship, a global trading event featuring a total prize pool of $7 million. Inspired by the excitement surrounding the 2026 football season, the initiative combines trading, prediction markets, and community participation into a month-long competition designed to engage users across different experience levels and trading styles. From June 8 to July 20, this tournament is designed into three distinct yet integrated competitive tracks to reward mastery at every skill level. The centerpiece of the event is the $6,000,000 Trading Showdown, a flagship arena where…

Bitmine owns 4.59% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 92% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains Bitmine has 4,718,677 staked ETH, representing $7.7 billion at $1,630 per ETH MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors, with a focus on security, performance, and resilience Bitmine owns $88 million of Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS), now one…

Abu Dhabi, UAE, June 8th, 2026, Chainwire Global game jam MapleStory Vibe Camp offers US$60,000 in NXPC prizes as builders gain access to official MapleStory Universe resources in conjunction with Verse8 MapleStory Universe (MSU), the blockchain-powered expansion of Nexon’s iconic MapleStory franchise, today announced the launch of MapleStory Vibe Camp, a global builder competition inviting users to create original games and experiences using official MapleStory Universe resources. The campaign coincides with the opening of MSU Space, a dedicated builder hub developed in collaboration with AI-powered game creation platform Verse8. Running from June 8 to June 29, MapleStory Vibe Camp offers…