Day: 9 January 2026

Quick Breakdown Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour has publicly endorsed a new bill from Representative Ritchie Torres to prohibit federal officials from trading on prediction markets. The proposed "2026 Public Integrity Act for Financial Forecast Markets" follows a controversial $400,000 profit made on Polymarket involving the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Mansour ...

Quick Breakdown  W3i Software plans to launch ShieldUSD, a USD-backed stablecoin focused on privacy-preserving, compliant onchain payments. Built on Midnight Network, ShieldUSD uses cryptography to balance transaction confidentiality with regulatory oversight. The stablecoin targets institutional use cases, including payroll, B2B settlements, and regulated DeFi.   W3i Software has announced plans ...