2019-10-24 10:06 |
Bitcoin now needs to consolidate its 2019 gains after summer’s overheating, argues Fundstrat’s Tom Lee
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Gondor is betting it can build the missing financial layer for on-chain prediction markets—starting with lending against Polymarket positions. The post Gondor Raises $2.5M to Bring Lending and Leverage to Prediction Markets appeared first on DeFi Rate.
With tokenized event contracts now live on Solana, Kalshi is stepping directly into territory dominated by Polymarket and other decentralized platforms. The race just got a lot more interesting.
Ripple Labs closed a $500 million strategic funding round in 2025 at a $40 billion valuation, led by Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities with participation from Brevan Howard, Marshall Wace, Pantera Capital, and Galaxy Digital.
October closed roughly 4% down for Bitcoin, yet venture funding hit $5. 1 billion in the same month, the second-strongest month since 2022. According to CryptoRank data, three mega-deals account for most of it, as October defied its own seasonal mythology.
Sui, a prominent Layer 1 blockchain platform, has announced a collaboration with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi protocol partly owned by President Donald Trump. This partnership aims to foster a more open and transparent financial ecosystem.
Tether Investments announced a minority stake in Juventus Football Club. The move follows the unveiling of a long-term strategy designed to integrate digital assets, payment solutions, artificial intelligence, bitcoin mining, and biotech into traditional industries.
Venture capital (VC) giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is scaling back its high-profile push into the UK crypto market, as reported by The Financial Times, to refocus its efforts on the US under President Donald Trump’s administration.