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  3. ALLCointelegraph

    FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation data

    FlightAware has filed a lawsuit against Kalshi in a New York federal court, alleging that Kalshi has continued to use its data and trademark to run gambling markets on flight cancellations despite repeated demands to cease such activities. The company claims that these prediction markets, which specify contracts verified by FlightAware's data, may incentivize manipulation and pose safety risks by encouraging interference with air travel. The lawsuit also states that Kalshi's expansion into trading on commercial flights could harm FlightAware's reputation and suggests that the prediction market contracts could be viewed as illegal wagers under certain laws. This legal action adds to ongoing conflicts involving prediction markets, which face scrutiny from regulatory authorities over their legality and potential for manipulation.

  8. ALLCointelegraph

    ADI Chain, Shipfinex partner to tokenize $500M vessel pipeline

    Shipfinex, a Dubai-based maritime asset tokenization platform, has partnered with Abu Dhabi-based blockchain company ADI Chain to tokenize a pipeline of approximately 35 vessels valued at $500 million, with the goal of opening new financing channels for shipowners. The vessels will be placed into separate special-purpose vehicles, and the tokens may represent vessel-backed credit, charter-linked income, or other economic interests in individual ships, using stablecoins in currencies such as UAE dirham and US dollar. This initiative is still in the pilot stage, with no tokens publicly issued yet and the regulated issuance process still being finalized. The partnership reflects the growing market for tokenized real-world assets, which, according to a report from Standard Chartered, could reach $4 trillion by the end of 2028.

  9. DEFICoinDesk

    Pokémon cards are becoming multibillion dollar market. Crypto wants to fix how they trade

    The Pokémon card market, valued at approximately $10 to $15 billion, has recently become a focus for blockchain-based tokenization efforts aiming to modernize its trading infrastructure, which remains fragmented and slow compared to digital asset transactions. Startups like ATH Labs' Deadstock are developing platforms that store physical cards in vaults and enable ownership transfers via digital tokens, potentially reducing costs and increasing trading efficiency. These platforms are attracting user activity, with some processing significant volumes and fees, although they still face challenges from established marketplaces like eBay, which dominated with $2.62 billion in 2025 sales. ATH Labs has secured exclusive access to inventory from Japan Trading Card Center, giving it a supply edge, but liquidity remains a concern because of the network effects enjoyed by traditional marketplaces. Despite hopes that blockchain can improve trading, market cycles, price volatility, and the importance of liquidity present ongoing challenges to the adoption of tokenized trading cards.

  17. BITCOINCoinDesk

    Riot Platforms surges 20% in pre-market trading on $9.1 billion Anthropic deal

    Riot Platforms' shares increased by more than 20% before the opening of U.S. equity markets after the company announced a $9.1 billion agreement with a leading frontier AI lab, identified as Anthropic, to provide 191 megawatts of computing capacity at Riot’s Texas campus. The deal, which could extend to a total value of $16.1 billion with options, involves a 20-year lease and aims to accelerate Riot’s shift from bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure services. Deployment is scheduled to begin in December 2027, with full buildout expected by June 2028, and the agreement includes potential long-term extensions. Riot's recent financial results showed a 14% rise in second-quarter revenue, driven partly by data center operations, while bitcoin-mining revenue declined due to external market factors.

  20. ALLCointelegraph

    South Korea drops Travel Rule threshold for crypto transfers

    South Korea has approved amendments that expand the crypto Travel Rule to cover all transfers between registered virtual asset service providers (VASPs), removing the previous threshold of 1 million won (about $700). The changes, approved by the Cabinet, require VASPs to obtain sender and recipient information for all transfers, potentially rejecting transactions lacking complete data, in an effort to prevent circumvention through splitting transfers. Additionally, new AML requirements target overseas exchanges and personal wallets, with regulations permitting low-risk transactions while prohibiting high-risk ones, and mandating monitoring systems for large transfers involving foreign entities. The regulations on VASP registration and travel-related AML measures will take effect over the coming months, with certain provisions starting six months after promulgation.

  23. BITCOINCoinDesk

    Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself

    A chain split caused by the proposed Bitcoin rule change BIP-110 resulted in a fork that has produced only two blocks and has since stalled, with the forked chain remaining on block 961,633 while Bitcoin's main chain has advanced to block 961,959. The forked chain inherited the current high mining difficulty but produces no market-valued coins, discouraging miners from supporting it, and it cannot lower its difficulty until reaching 2,016 blocks, a process now estimated to take over six years. The split occurred because BIP-110 proposed halting storage of non-payment data in transactions but was rejected by miners, leading to computers running BIP-110 software rejecting valid blocks without the marking, effectively segmenting the network. The current estimation indicates that the difficulty adjustment, which is needed to stabilize the chain, is about 6.3 years away, up from an initial estimate of 350 days, with changes depending on future mining activity. Some observers, like Himanshu Sahay, caution against prematurely labeling the split as a failure, emphasizing the importance of continued monitoring