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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
Monday (October 5) New York close
According to Biji.com, in late New York trading on Monday (October 5), the Bloomberg Grain Subindex rose 0.42% to 33.0607 points, surging and then pulling back over the course of the day, having earlier refreshed a daily high of 33.4342 points at the start of U.S. stock trading. CBOT corn futures fell 0.05%, CBOT wheat futures rose 1.54%, CBOT soybean futures rose 0.22%, soybean meal futures were flat, and soybean oil futures rose 1.06%. CBOT lean hog futures rose 0.93%, live cattle futures fell 0.86%, and feeder cattle futures fell 0.24%. ICE raw sugar futures rose 4.26%, and ICE white sugar futures rose 3.22%. ICE Arabica coffee futures rose 1.59%, and coffee "C" futures rose 0.99%. Robusta coffee futures rose 1.70%. New York cocoa futures rose 3.21% to $5,852 per ton. London cocoa futures rose 3.04%. Chicago WCE canola futures rose 0.44%. ICE cotton futures rose 2.52%.
A tanker caught fire after being attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
A tanker caught fire after being attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in a notice on the 5th that an oil tanker was hit by an "unknown projectile" in the Strait of Hormuz that day, causing a fire in the ship's engine room, and the crew is carrying out firefighting operations. The notice, citing a report from the ship's captain, said there are currently no reports of casualties, and no environmental damage has been detected so far. Earlier that day, the agency issued multiple notices showing that two oil tankers and one liquefied petroleum gas carrier were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on the 3rd and 4th, and another oil tanker was turned back by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the 5th.
BTC liquidations totaled $111 million over the past 24 hours.
Bijie data: BTC's rolling 24-hour liquidation amount is approximately $111 million, involving about 6,190 liquidated accounts. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it is up 1,605.48%.
U.S. crude oil futures settled at $89.43 a barrel, down $1.68, or 1.84%.
According to CoinWorld news, U.S. crude oil futures settled at $89.43 per barrel, down $1.68, a decline of 1.84%.
BTC large holder account long-short ratio is 1.1427
CoinWorld data: The latest snapshot of BTCUSDT on the 4-hour timeframe shows that among the top 20% of accounts by margin balance, the long-short account ratio is 1.1427, with more net long accounts among large holders. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it decreased by 0.0274.
Wikipedia's operator says OpenAI's "rogue" bot may be linked to some of May's outages
Coin World News reports that the Wikimedia Foundation has stated it has discovered some activities of OpenAI's "rogue" agents on its platforms, including edits to Wikipedia, "unsuccessful attempts" to "exploit" the Etherpad note-taking tool hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, and high traffic that may have contributed to some of the outages that occurred in May. Nevertheless, the Wikimedia Foundation said it has not found evidence that its systems were "used to coordinate."
The Wikimedia Foundation says it has discovered "rogue" AI agent activity from OpenAI.
According to news from Bijie, the Wikimedia Foundation has stated that it has discovered activity on its platforms by a suspected "rogue" AI agent operated by OpenAI, including editing wiki pages, attempting to use the public note-taking tool (Etherpad) to obtain external data, and downloading data in large quantities through APIs and query services. The Foundation said that most of these activities involved sandbox testing areas, and no intrusion into Wikimedia systems or data was found, nor is there evidence that its platforms were used for coordinated communication between AI agents. However, the Foundation said that the related behavior may cause server pressure and resource consumption, and increase the security risks faced by open web platforms. The Wikimedia Foundation said that OpenAI and other AI companies need to strengthen monitoring and protection of agent systems to prevent similar behavior from becoming the norm.
Hive Digital Technologies转型AI算力，获5.7亿美元订单
According to CoinWorld news, Hive Digital Technologies, through its subsidiary Buzz HPC, is converting its mining farm into GPU cloud services and has signed orders totaling $570 million. Among them, in June it signed a $220 million agreement with Bell AI Fabric to deploy 2,304 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs for Cohere, and in August it signed a $350 million agreement with an unnamed enterprise involving 2,016 GB300 GPUs. Hive plans to build a 320-megawatt AI superfactory in the Toronto area, with an investment of approximately CAD 3.5 billion, expected to begin operations in the second half of 2027.
The Trump administration is injecting funds into collapsing nuclear energy stocks.
According to news from Bijie, the Trump administration has injected funds into collapsing nuclear energy stocks, and many listed nuclear energy companies that received loans, contracts, or fiscal incentives have seen their share prices decline since obtaining this support. Over the past year, the Trump administration has provided tens of billions of dollars in incentives to the nuclear energy industry, including the $4.2 billion federal loan announced today to Ohio nuclear plant operator Vistra. Vistra's stock price has fallen 9% year to date. In addition, an $80 billion proposal between Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management was supposed to give the U.S. government 20% of future profits or equity. Cameco's stock price has fallen 3% year to date. Although its stock price rose 22% when the deal was announced, it is currently down 12% from the announcement date. Brookfield Asset Management, as the second party to the deal, has lost 15% year to date.