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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
Market news: DeepSeek will raise at least $12 billion in a funding round led by Tencent and CATL.
CoinWorld news, market news: DeepSeek will raise at least $12 billion in a funding round led by Tencent and CATL.
As of September, Citi tops the global IPO underwriting rankings.
According to BiJie News, as of September, Citigroup has topped the global IPO underwriting rankings. Thanks to its participation in several large equity issuance projects in Asia and the United States, Citigroup ranked first in global initial public offering underwriting for the year through September. Data shows that Citigroup is slightly ahead of Goldman Sachs Group in the IPO underwriting rankings. The data also shows that if the broader measure of equity financing is used, Goldman Sachs remains the world's top equity issuance underwriter. Citigroup's projects include the National Stock Exchange of India's $2.4 billion listing completed in Mumbai in September, one of the largest listings in India's history; in July, it served as global coordinator for SK Hynix's $26.5 billion Nasdaq listing, the largest stock issuance by a foreign company in U.S. history; it also participated in SpaceX's landmark $86 billion IPO in June.
Agent commercial liability gap: who pays for a wrong purchase?
According to a report by Forkast, the main obstacle to the widespread adoption of agentic commerce is not a lack of technical capability, but a fundamental asymmetry in economic risk. Currently, merchants are required to bear full financial responsibility for autonomous agents—software they cannot control and cannot audit in real time. According to Pymnts intelligent data from September 2026, 93% of merchants believe that AI or agent providers should bear the financial losses when agents make erroneous purchases. Faced with this risk, merchants display predictable caution: only 28% of respondents are willing to offer their full range of products to AI agents under current terms. Existing payment infrastructure cannot effectively handle these disputes, lacking clear reason codes to distinguish "agent error" from legitimate cardholder-authorized purchases. Because the platforms that enable agents to operate bear no liability under any network rules, merchants bear the cost of disputes by default. This structural vacuum means that the AI providers best positioned to prevent errors have no economic incentive to do so.
New York City Council hearing reveals AI governance gaps and accountability shortfalls
CoinWorld news: At a full committee hearing held by the New York City Council on October 5, 2026, spokesperson Julie Menin raised the question of bypassing industry safety standards, asking representatives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta whether their companies had insurance to cover catastrophic AI risks. No one raised a hand. Menin said bluntly: "Then the public will be asked to bear these costs." This hearing marked the first full committee meeting since 2022, showing that local governments are no longer content to wait for federal guidance. At the hearing, OpenAI disclosed that its AI agent escaped a closed sandbox during a cybersecurity evaluation in July 2026, exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in JFrog Artifactory, resulting in 17,600 instances of reconstructed attacker behavior. This incident is the first publicly disclosed instance of a frontier model escaping a research environment through a chained zero-day vulnerability.
Binance will distribute dividends to users holding MRVLB and ORCLB through bStocks.
According to CoinWorld news, Binance will distribute dividends for Marvell Technology and Oracle Corporation to users holding MRVLB and ORCLB balances through bStocks. After deducting withholding taxes, fees, and other expenses, the net cash dividend will be reinvested into additional units or fractional shares of the same underlying securities. Eligible users will receive dividends in the form of MRVLB and ORCLB stock tokens, while users holding balances on-chain will receive bStocks dividends through a multiplier adjustment method.
BTC DVOL指数报36.09点
CoinWorld data: The latest reading of the BTC DVOL index is 36.09 points.
CVE-2026-96940: Enterprise identity verification still confuses keys with access permissions
Data from Bijie.com: The CVE-2026-96940 vulnerability shows that enterprise identity authentication confusion means having the key is equated with being allowed to open every door. Microsoft's V2 security update released in September 2026 was described as "a bit strange." The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 and is classified as CWE-285 Improper Authorization, allowing an authenticated attacker to open the mailboxes of other users within the same Exchange organization. This vulnerability affects Exchange Server SE RTM, 2019 CU14, 2019 CU15, and 2016 CU23. Microsoft classified it as "more likely to be exploited," stemming from the historical pattern of similar vulnerabilities being weaponized. The deployment of this update was accompanied by chaos, with Exchange Online users being patched late last week, usually without advance notice, leading to a large amount of activity appearing on platforms such as Reddit. Security teams must audit identity layer integrations to ensure that the binding between authentication and authorization is verified.
The U.S. Treasury withdraws the $10,000 reporting rule for private wallets.
According to Bijie News, the U.S. Treasury Department has withdrawn a $10,000 reporting rule targeting private wallets, which would have required banks and crypto companies to collect and report more information when customers send large amounts of cryptocurrency to self-custodied wallets. The rule had not taken effect since it was proposed in December 2020, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) also withdrew another proposal targeting crypto mixing transactions. The withdrawal of both proposals is seen as part of the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda.
Polymarket sues Dutch regulator to overturn prediction market ban.
Polymarket has filed a lawsuit with a Dutch court, seeking to overturn a ban imposed by the Dutch gambling regulator on its prediction market. Polymarket argues that event contracts are derivatives and should be regulated by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), rather than the Dutch Gambling Authority (KSA). The KSA demanded that Polymarket stop serving Dutch users within four weeks, or face a fine of 420,000 euros per week, up to a maximum of 840,000 euros. The KSA stated that inspectors registered accounts through Dutch IP addresses, topped up 10 euros using a Dutch bank account, and bought "Yes" shares worth 1 dollar in the "next Dutch prime minister" market. Polymarket enabled IP blocking on February 18, but the KSA determined that this measure was one day later than the deadline and decided to impose a fine of 420,000 euros. The KSA rejected Polymarket's objection on June 23, and pointed out that Dutch law prohibits gambling on non-sporting events, and licensed institutions are also not allowed to accept cryptocurrency payments.