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Kalshi is quite blatantly a gambling operation. Would people be spending tons of money there otherwise?

By coincidence, Minnesota is also tightening the screws on prediction betting markets this week.

Gov. Walz bans state employees from using insider information to place bets

The Trump administration turns a blind eye to the corruption associated with such platforms. In fact, a White House aide apparently made $100,000 betting on Trump speeches.

White House teleprompter operator accused of making $100k from Trump speech bets

◾️Cboe is set to launch continuous Bitcoin and Ethereum futures trading starting November 10.

◽️Eric Trump has been removed from World Liberty Treasury’s ALT5 Sigma board following Nasdaq rules.

◾️BlackRock’s CIO urges the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 50bps next week.

◽️US Digital Assets Director Patrick Witt names a Strategic BTC Reserve a “top priority.”

◾️Vietnam approves a five-year trial for crypto trading platforms.

◽️Nasdaq plans a $50M investment in Gemini, boosting its crypto footprint.

◾️Metaplanet secures ¥205B to expand BTC investments.

◽️Asset Entities merges with Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive to create a leading public Bitcoin Treasury company, $ASST.

◾️Caliber becomes the first Nasdaq-listed company with a $LINK treasury strategy.

◾️Dogecoin Foundation teams up with Bitstamp for $DOGE custody.

◾️CFTC mulls recognizing foreign crypto exchanges under MiCA-style regulations for US access.

◾️Trump Media upgrades Truth Social, allowing “gems” to convert into $CRO tokens.

◾️SharpLink Gaming launches a $1.5B share buyback, acquiring nearly 1M $SBET shares.

Excerpt from this story from Scientific American:

Two more climate hawks soon could be at the helm of key financial agencies.

There’s a growing expectation that President Biden will tap another two climate-conscious officials to lead independent financial agencies that could help blunt the impact of global warming on the U.S. financial system.

Rostin Behnam, acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, likely will be nominated to permanently lead the CFTC, which regulates the nation’s derivatives markets, according to news reports. Separately, Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova is a leading contender to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees major U.S. banks.

The appointments would mark a major win for Democrats, activists and experts who have raised alarms about the systemic threats posed by rising temperatures—and called on financial regulators to address them.

Behnam in particular has been credited with accelerating those efforts.

In 2019—Behnam’s second year as a member of the CFTC—he spearheaded the formation of a climate-focused subcommittee charged with producing a report about climate-related financial risk and policies that could address it.

The landmark document was released in September of last year. It marked the first time a federal agency had formally warned that climate change could upend U.S. financial stability.

Actualización del bull and bear (al 21-5-2021)

Bank of America (BofA) ha actualizado su indicador bull and bear uno de los indicadores que da aviso de sobrecalentamiento. Esta semana el indicador está en 6,9 frente al 7,0 de la semana anterior. Se mantiene en zona peligrosa. Recuerden,  ¡La mejor inversión es aquella que se realiza en formación! Equipo de MM CAPITAL Por favor tenga en cuenta que este material es suministrado para…