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Prediction markets aren’t gambling because the house doesn’t always win. Academics get it, but regulators around the world have differing opinions – and Polymarket is feeling the heat.

Options linked to BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) began trading on Nov. 19 and have since grown to half the size of Deribit’s BTC options market.

Risk assets trade weak as investment banks pare back Fed rate cuts in the wake of Friday’s hotter-than-expected U.S. jobs report.

Crypto markets have fallen sharply over the past few days as stronger than expected economic veri sent interest rates surging and called into question the idea that the Fed will continue easing monetary policy.

Social sentiment supports growth in dogecoin as AI Agent tokens rebounded on Friday.

BTC neared $95,000 in European morning hours Friday after a slump in U.S. hours sent it to near $90,000 late Thursday, down 10% from a weekly high above $120,000.

Glassnode veri shows that the perpetual funding rate went negative for the first time in 2025.

The market depth shows dominance of buy orders at levels away from the going market rate.

Macro jitters have pushed back BTC to where it was a week ago. Still, bullish bets in options market remain as popular as ever.

Since September, the market has absorbed over 1 million bitcoins, while the price has gone from around $60,000 to over $100,000.