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Crypto market prediction platform Polymarket plans to return to the US in the coming weeks, per a Tuesday Bloomberg report. Sources tell the news platform that initial trading is likely by the end of November, but won’t be broadly available to everyone in the US right away. The news comes less than two months after the CFTC approved Polymarket to operate its market prediction platform in the US. JUST IN: Crypto prediction platform Polymarket to launch in the US "in the coming weeks," Bloomberg reports. pic.twitter.com/lXQuLGtn1I — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 28, 2025 The prediction platform was previously kicked offshore and paid a $1.4 million penalty in 2022 to settle allegations of illegal trading with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In the past year, it has grown in popularity abroad and is now set to make its official return to the US. Polymarket currently has a waitlist for users to sign up, which it said will soon be available. “We’re working hard to...

The arrival of 2025 has seen a major shift take place in the United States. Indeed, with the return of US President Donald Trump, the country has welcomed its first pro-crypto administration in history. Now, White House crypto head Bo Hine has recently confirmed that the US is looking to buy as much Bitcoin as possible. The country has officially greenlit a BTC strategic reserve in what is a groundbreaking development for the country. Moreover, Hines discussed the process and was asked if the country would ever consider selling the leading crypto amid this newfound approach. His answer reinforced the notions committed to Bitcoin and the asset class at large. Source: The New York Times Also Read: Cryptocurrency: 3 White House & Trump Approved Coins To Buy For Major Gains White House Speaks on Bitcoin and If They Have Any Plans On Selling It In what is a monumental development, the US Department of Labor officially rescinded guidance against involving Bitcoin and other cryptocurrenci...

Google is arguing that the US DOJ’s plan to break up the company would harm the US in the global race with China. Google said in a blog post on Monday that such a breakup is not in the best interest of the country, as the global battle for supremacy in artificial intelligence rapidly intensifies. JUST IN: Google says the DOJ's plan to break up the company would harm the US in the global race with China. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) April 21, 2025 The DOJ’s proposal would “hamstring how we develop AI, and have a government-appointed committee regulate the design and development of our products,” Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, wrote in the post. “That would hold back American innovation at a critical juncture. We’re in a fiercely competitive global race with China for the next generation of technology leadership, and Google is at the forefront of American companies making scientific and technological breakthr...

The US Justice Department (DoJ) has indicted and arrested an heir to the Cartier jewelry empire with conspiring to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking using tether (USDT). In Miami, law enforcement arrested Maximilien de Hoop Cartier, a direct descendant of Louis Cartier, the founder of the luxury watch, necklace, and bracelet maker, where he was allegedly coordinating with a Colombian drug cartel. Alongside five Colombian nationals, Cartier tried to import 100 kilos of cocaine and launder hundreds of millions of dollars, mostly through over-the-counter (OTC) USDT trades. They actually succeeded at laundering 14.5 million USDT before their arrests. Cartier is currently in a Miami detention center while his co-conspirators are in Colombian jails. To carry out his scheme, Cartier controlled shell companies and misrepresented to financial institutions that they were in the business of software and technology. He then used the companies’ accounts, according to the indictment, as...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) in the United States has issued an alert warning Americans that it has “recently conducted law enforcement operations against cryptocurrency services which were not licensed in accordance with federal law” and that US ers “may encounter financial disruptions during law enforcement actions.”  These financial disruptions could include “losing access to funds after law enforcement operations target those businesses.” Specifically, the alert warns against using any money services businesses (MSB) that are not appropriately registered, and further highlights the risk of those “that do not collect know your customer (KYC) information from customers.” It’s not clear which recent law enforcement operations the alert is referring to but it comes on the heels of the recent indictment of the founders of the Samourai Wallet Bitcoin mixing service in the Southern District of New York. Who are S...

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former chief exec of FTX and owner of Alameda Research, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison today, according to reporting from Inner City Press.  This sentence comes after a jury found him guilty of multiple felony offenses, including wire fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and money laundering conspiracy. Both FTX and Alameda Research declared bankruptcy following the misappropriation of billions of dollars of funds by Bankman-Fried and his co-conspirators.  Bankman-Fried’s defense has claimed that the losses from these collapsed firms should not be considered, stating that the bankruptcy was likely to have a full recovery. Current FTX CEO John J. Ray III said this was “categorically, callously, and demonstrably false.”  Inner City Press reported that Judge Kaplan agreed with Ray’s characterization, claiming the defense’s argument was misleading .  Judge Kaplan: I reject the defense's argument about loss, both ...

A Georgia doctor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a bungled murder plot that saw him give a dark web hitman $19,200 in bitcoin to kill his girlfriend — but not before he sent $8,000 in crypto to the wrong wallet address.     On April 18, 2022, 54-year-old internal medicine specialist James Wan used the dark web to order a hitman. As published by the US Attorney’s Office, Wan’s request said the hitman “Can take wallet phone and car. Shoot and go. Or take car.” It also provided the victim’s name, address, socials, and details of her car.  All he had to do was send a 50% downpayment of $8,000 in bitcoin to an escrow account shared with the hitman. However, Wan entered the wrong address and lost the money.  “ Damn. I guess I lost $8k. I’m sending $8k to escrow now ,” Wan said when he was informed of his error. He sent another $8,000 sum before his order was approved. Four suspects face death penalty in South Korea cry...