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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
Cohere North 2 launches: enterprise agents now have memory, permissions, and budgets.
CoinWorld news: Cohere has released North 2, an AI work platform designed for internal enterprise use. North 2 allows integration with enterprise documents, Slack, GitHub, and other systems, enabling employees to directly use Agents to look up information, run processes, and complete tasks. The platform adds cross-session memory to Agents, so employees do not need to re-explain the context each time, and teams can share knowledge bases, skills, Agents, and automated workflows. Companies can also set separate permissions for different users and Agents, restricting the data they can access, the models they can call, and the operations they can perform. Administrators can set token quotas, call frequencies, and total usage limits, and sensitive operations can require manual confirmation. North supports cloud or private deployment, can achieve fully offline operation at the highest level, and can also integrate models other than Cohere's.
The U.S. trade deficit widened to $105.6 billion in August.
According to CoinWorld news, the U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in August, reaching its highest level since the beginning of 2025, expanding 13.7% to $105.6 billion. Data from the U.S. Department of Commerce showed that imports rose 4.3% in August, while exports increased 1.4%. Affected by tariff policies and fluctuations in crude oil prices, supply chain challenges and the reliance of investment in the artificial intelligence sector on technology and equipment also drove import growth. After adjusting for inflation, the goods trade deficit widened to $114.7 billion in August, the largest scale since March 2025. Nominal imports of industrial supplies increased by $9.1 billion compared with July, while exports rose by $6.3 billion.
BTC has seen a net capital outflow of 1,281.1543 BTC over the past 24 hours.
CoinWorld data: BTC saw a net capital outflow of 1,281.1543 BTC over the past 24 hours. This figure is aggregated from continuous 1-hour resolution data and represents the rolling 24-hour net capital flow denominated in BTC assets. It does not represent exchange net inflows, on-chain exchange flows, or institutional capital flows, and should not be conflated with deposit and withdrawal data from any single exchange. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it is down 56.73%.
AT&T will hold a 50% stake in the joint venture; GIP and CPP Investments will hold the other 50%.
According to Bijie News, AT&T will hold a 50% stake in the joint venture; GIP and CPP Investments will hold the other 50%.
Rain applies for a U.S. national trust bank charter to provide digital asset services.
CoinWorld news: Rain has applied for a U.S. national trust bank charter, aiming to.
AI Subscription Deep Dive: Claude's Subsidies Are Even More Aggressive Than Domestic Coding Plans
According to news from Bijie, AI Yiyi posted that Semianalysis conducted a comprehensive test of the AI subscription packages of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, SpaceX AI, Minimax, Moonshot AI, Zhipu, Cursor, and Cognition, and found that Claude's Sonnet and Opus offer the largest subsidies. The $200-per-month Max 20x can generate up to about $12,529 in API usage with Sonnet 5.5, equivalent to 62.6 times the monthly fee, while Opus 5.5 is about $11,726, equivalent to 58.6 times. By comparison, the subsidy intensity of domestic Coding Plans still cannot be mentioned in the same breath as Claude. Semianalysis also found that the $132 Minimax Token Ultra can be converted into about $3,088 in Minimax-M3 API usage, equivalent to 23.4 times the monthly fee. OpenAI recently began tightening subsidies, and the token quotas for all tiers of models for newly purchased Pro 200 were directly halved, requiring users to use their old quotas before October 29.
High-yield ETFs offer huge dividends, but with hidden risks
Crypto News Flash reports that high-yield ETFs with annualized distribution rates exceeding 60% often appear highly attractive, but in the rapidly growing options income ETF market, such rates may differ significantly from investors' expectations for traditional dividend yields. The Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (ULTY) announced a weekly distribution of $0.3016 per share, representing an annualized distribution rate of 60.50%. Yieldmax's latest announcement indicates that distribution rates and SEC yields are calculated differently, which may lead investors to misunderstand fund performance. Yieldmax warns that distributions may include return of capital (ROC), which does not mean the fund has suffered a corresponding investment loss. Investors should pay attention to the composition of distributions and their impact on the fund's net asset value.
Iran tries to oust diplomat who engaged with Trump envoy, will oil prices rebound?
Iranian lawmakers want to remove Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi over his contacts with Trump's envoy in New York. The move comes as Iran's oil exports drop to zero. The United States says contacts between the two countries are conducted through intermediaries. Iranian parliament member Amir Hossein Sabeti has submitted an impeachment motion, saying Araghchi met with the envoy without the permission of the Supreme Leader. Iran's state broadcaster said the two met at the United Nations on September 22, and the envoy requested the meeting. Iran's foreign minister's office said the contact was conducted only through Qatari intermediaries. Iran's oil loadings fell to zero in September for the first time since 1979.
Over the past 4 hours, the share of active buy trades in SOL contracts was 47.71%.
Bjie.com data: For the SOLUSDT perpetual contract, the taker buy volume share over the most recent 4 complete hours was 47.71%, while the taker sell share was 52.29%, with taker selling dominant. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, it rose by 1.9573 percentage points.