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$60M Polymarket Dispute Over Strategy's May Bitcoin Sale Puts UMA's Token-Voting Oracle on Trial
A multi-million-dollar Polymarket contract on whether Strategy sold any bitcoin by May 31 has been disputed twice and is now in front of UMA tokenholders, reigniting an analyst argument that prediction-market oracles built on token voting are structurally unfit for high-stakes settlement.

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Strategy Sells 32 Bitcoin for $2.5M to Fund Preferred Dividends, First Sale Since 2022
A Monday 8-K filing shows Strategy disposed of 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31 at an average $77,135 a coin, with proceeds earmarked for distributions on its STRC preferred stock — the first disclosed sale since the December 2022 tax-loss harvest.

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Wintermute Starts Quoting Prediction Markets as Event-Contract Volume Tops $60B in 2026
The $3.5 trillion-a-year crypto market maker said it is streaming two-sided quotes across event contracts on leading venues, including Polymarket and Kalshi, as monthly turnover passes $20 billion.

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CME Group Launches 24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading
CME Group announced it has expanded its crypto derivatives offering to around-the-clock trading, allowing traders to access Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and options whenever they choose.

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Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion in 24 Hours as Leverage Unwinds
Nearly $934 million in crypto positions liquidated across 167,400 trader accounts, with Bitcoin and Ethereum taking the heaviest losses amid market volatility.

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MicroStrategy Pivots From Bitcoin, Buys Bonds in Unexpected Move
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor announced the company purchased bonds this week despite holding 843,738 BTC worth $65 billion, signaling a tactical shift in the corporate treasury strategy.

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Hyperliquid ETFs Surpass $69 Million in Net Inflows
Spot ETFs tracking Hyperliquid ($THYP and $BHYP) attracted over $16 million in flows yesterday, bringing cumulative net inflows to $69 million.

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Harvard Endowment Cuts Bitcoin ETF Holdings by 43%, Exits Ethereum Fund Entirely
Harvard Management Company slashed its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF position by roughly 43% in Q1 2026 and fully exited its Ethereum ETF stake, according to SEC filings.

Education
Bitcoin in 2026: Worth Buying or Has the Biggest Opportunity Passed?
Bitcoin remains the first crypto asset most general users notice, which gives it a stronger market position than smaller and newer coins. I

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Polymarket Launches Prediction Markets on Private Company Valuations With Nasdaq Data
Polymarket partnered with Nasdaq Private Market to enable trading on private company valuations, IPO timing, and secondary share prices, with early markets on OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and other unicorns.



