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<span>Prediction markets have exploded into the mainstream media, with odds now regularly quoted on cable news, in wire copy and in equity research notes.</span> <span>That’s why </span><a href="https://nextpredict.io/summits/the-worlds-prediction-markets-summit/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">><span>NEXTPredict</span></a><span>, which runs on October 22 and 23 at Convene, Hudson Yards in New York, has put working reporters on the program rather than in a press room behind it. </span><i><span>CNBC</span></i><span> correspondent Contessa Brewer and </span><i><span>CNN</span></i><span> senior reporter Marshall Cohen were</span> <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/19/3347708/0/en/experts-from-robinhood-microsoft-research-binance-us-cnn-and-cnbc-join-nextpredict-october-summit.html" target="_blank" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS" rel="nofollow"><span>added</span></a><span> in August, booked around the midterms. Organizers expect more than 50 speakers and 2,500 attendees, “bringing the category to broader audiences,” in the words of </span><a href="http://next.io" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">><span>NEXT.io</span></a><span> co-founder and managing director Pierre Lindh.</span> <span>Prediction market stories are serious news that ordinary readers actually want, Lindh</span> <a href="https://www.predictcentr.com/must-read/nextpredict-pierre-lindh-kalshi-hedge/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">><span>told</span></a><span> PredictCentr in August, reaching an audience far larger than the iGaming trade he came from, and "nobody was serving it with real journalistic standards."</span> <span>The summit programme was built the same way. A “healthy part” of the main stage had to carry content national broadcasters would send a crew for, he said, because "B2B panel content does not move a national desk." The media plan has since grown from 50 passes to between 100 and 200. </span> <span>With the midterms dominating the headlines around prediction markets while the agenda’s focus is on market structure, he concedes that there’s a dichotomy at play, noting that, “the story that gets the summit on air is not the story delegates are paying to be in the room for, and both have to be true at the same time.”</span> <span>While the category has mainstream distribution, there’s a gap between media presence and the actual user base of prediction market platforms.</span> <span>Polymarket’s monthly active users sit around 283,300,</span> <a href="https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/polymarket/metrics/user-mau" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">><span>measured</span></a><span> by Token Terminal as unique addresses making a revenue-generating transaction, down from a peak above 750,000 in the spring. Acquisition spikes around events—but participation does n
As data centers boom, tech companies are racing to snap up power.
As data centers boom, tech companies are racing to snap up power. According to people familiar with the matter, Google is nearing a multi-year agreement with Constellation that is expected to be worth $1 billion or more in total contract value and could be announced as early as this week. Amazon struck a similar deal with Constellation just last week to purchase 690 megawatts of power, including new capacity obtained by upgrading the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland.
Hormuz crude flows are recovering, diesel remains in severe shortage.
According to news from Bijie, crude oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz are recovering, but diesel remains in severe shortage. According to the latest data from market intelligence firm Kpler, as of Saturday, the seven-day average daily transit volume of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz was 10.3 million barrels, equivalent to 76% of the pre-war baseline level. However, shipments of refined products such as gasoline and diesel amounted to only 1.3 million barrels per day, accounting for just 11% of total transport volume, with the rest being unrefined crude oil. Before the war broke out, refined products typically accounted for more than 20% of the oil cargo transported through the strait. People familiar with the matter said U.S. oil industry executives have been advocating that the U.S. Navy should give higher priority to escorting tankers carrying petroleum products such as diesel, rather than tankers carrying crude oil, because the price of crude oil is about half that of diesel. So far, most of the ships escorted by the United States through the strait have been so-called very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which can transport about 2 million barrels of crude oil. That is twice the capacity of the largest class of refined product tankers.
US ETF options open interest is 186,587,760 contracts.
Bitcoin News US Stock Data: US ETF options open interest stands at 186,587,760 contracts, of which 91,925,688 are calls and 94,662,072 are puts.
Andre Cronje: NFTs have financial application potential, perpetual option NFT trading volume exceeds $5 million.
According to news from Bijie, Flying Tulip founder Andre Cronje stated that NFTs have use cases in both financial and non-financial instruments. The perpetual options issued by Flying Tulip exist in the form of ERC-721 NFTs, which include FT tokens and capital redemption rights, allowing users to redeem their invested funds. Currently, the cumulative trading volume of these perpetual option NFTs in the secondary market has exceeded $5 million.
OpenAI introduces a new 'mission interview' hiring process.
CoinWorld news: OpenAI is piloting a new hiring process called a "mission interview," which will be applied to candidates for specific teams. OpenAI said this new process is intended to provide candidates with a dedicated space to discuss how they can contribute to the company's mission, namely "ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity." The company hopes to assess candidates' ways of thinking, including judgment and the ability to weigh trade-offs, traits that are becoming increasingly important as AI companies control technology. OpenAI is also creating a training program for interested employees to complete in order to become certified to conduct interviews. The company currently has about 8,000 employees worldwide and is hiring for 830 positions. Many tech companies, including Meta and Amazon, also have similar "mission interview" processes.
Google and Constellation are nearing a billion-dollar nuclear power deal.
Coin World News: Google is nearing a multi-year agreement with Constellation, with the total contract value expected to reach or exceed $1 billion, and an announcement could come as early as this week. As data centers boom, tech companies are racing to snap up power. Amazon just struck a similar deal with Constellation last week to purchase 690 megawatts of power, including new capacity obtained by upgrading the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland.
The U.S. CFTC plans to require retail leveraged crypto trading to be intermediated through FCMs.
Coin World News reports that Michael Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has issued advance notices of proposed rulemaking for CTX and CAM, proposing to require crypto trading that provides margin, leverage, or financing to retail customers to be intermediated by a futures commission merchant (FCM). FCMs would be required to meet customer asset segregation and capital requirements and would be subject to anti-money laundering obligations. The CFTC intends to clarify that the delivery of crypto assets to a user's external non-custodial wallet within 28 days generally satisfies the "actual delivery" exception under CTX. In addition, the CFTC is studying long-term regulatory policy for specific developers and has listed BTC, ETH, SOL, XLM, XTZ, and XRP as examples of "digital commodities."
Groq shareholders sue Nvidia over $20 billion deal structure
Bjie.com data: Groq shareholders have filed a lawsuit against Nvidia, alleging that its board engaged in unfair conduct in a $20 billion deal. Two former engineers claim that the deal was executed unfairly, causing harm to the interests of other investors. The lawsuit was filed on September 29 and unsealed on October 5. The lawsuit states that Groq transferred its important technology and engineering talent to Nvidia, causing a decline in the company's value. The lawsuit also points out that the deal included $17 billion in licensing fees and a $3 billion stock bonus pool, the latter being rewards for selected engineers who joined Nvidia. The deal was announced on December 24, 2025, and Groq continues to operate as an independent company.
OpenAI adds invisible text watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex in Europe
CoinWorld news: OpenAI has announced that it has added invisible text watermarks to its AI systems ChatGPT and Codex in Europe to meet the transparency requirements of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The act, implemented on August 2, requires AI companies to label machine-generated content. OpenAI's watermarking system, called Textgrain, hides the watermark by subtly adjusting the words chosen by ChatGPT, ensuring that the watermark remains detectable even if the text is copied and pasted. The company said the watermark will not contain any information identifying users, and that when the watermark is enabled, the performance of GPT-6 Astra does not decline significantly.