Solana Tokens Sees Risky Bets Increase After End of Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Bonk took center stage in the Solana ecosystem in January as sentiment around the blockchain network took a hit in the aftermath of the Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX exchange debacle.

Evil Week: 7 Bar Bets That Will Trick People Into Buying You Drinks Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be successfully unsavory. Read more…

Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Jump 9% as Crypto Traders Take Riskier Bets The two popular meme coins have mostly underperformed crypto majors in the past week.

Trader Who Called Last Year’s Crypto Crash Covers Bearish Altcoin Bets I am not buying yet, just closing loss-making short positions in AAVE, SOL, CRO and TRX, Capo said, having predicted last year’s market meltdown.

Best bets on team and player props, win totals Our NBA betting experts highlight the best bets to make around the association this season, from team props and win totals to player props.

NBA season preview: What to expect, best bets for all 30 teams What lies ahead for all 30 NBA teams? Here are the stars, stats and best betting options you need to know ahead of opening night on Tuesday.

Notable bets: Tua back on top in NFL MVP odds race David Purdum examines the top betting storylines from Week 6 in the NFL and Week 7 in College Football.

Prediction Market ‘Zeitgeist’ to Use CoinDesk Indices for Broad Crypto Bets Traders will be able to bet on the performance of a basket of DeFi tokens, or of a group of smart contract platforms’ native currencies.

James Dolan Bets Big on Las Vegas Sphere In Las Vegas, the chief executive of Madison Square Garden is set to open a behemoth arena that he hopes will revolutionize live entertainment. Back home in New York, he is facing the wrath of lawyers, politicians and sports fans.

After a year of chaos, CNN bets on new CEO Thompson to focus on long-term viability New CNN CEO Mark Thompson begins his job in October, and he’ll likely focus on building a subscription digital business around CNN and CNN.com.

Notable bets: 31 entries forget picks for $9.2 million NFL survivor pool David Purdum breaks down the most notable betting storylines from Week 1 of the NFL season including an epic failure in a high-stakes survivor contest.

Deion’s Buffs getting more bets than NFL games Saturday’s college football game between Colorado and Nebraska had attracted more bets than every remaining NFL game in Week 1 as of Friday, according to bookmakers.

Homa decries fan disruption sparked by live bets Max Homa pondered the implications of legalizing live betting on golf after he said a fan who had placed a bet yelled during his 5-foot birdie putt Saturday in the BMW Championship.

Bitcoin Perpetual Funding Rates Crash as Price Slide Puts Short Volatility Bets at Risk Funding rates tanked on several exchanges, indicating a steep discount in bitcoin perpetual futures.

Rollbit’s RLB Token Rockets 60% as Crypto Casino Bets on Daily Token Burn Rollbit revenues crossed over $2 million in the past 24 hours across various services, data shows. This means a significant amount – after costs – will use to fund RLB purchases daily.

Facebook’s ad rebound gives Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg freedom to pursue far-out bets Meta’s improved financial picture is allowing the company to invest in the money-losing metaverse, while rival Snap is under increased pressure.

Solana’s Largest Protocol, Marinade, Bets Growth on ‘Native’ SOL Staking Product Marinade Finance contributors say the new service could appeal to institutional investors.

Biden Bets High-Level Diplomacy Can Cool Fiery Relations With China President Biden hopes the diplomatic trips this summer by his aides lead to frank talks with Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials before the 2024 U.S. elections.

First Mover Americas: Traders Place Big Bets on Ether for Second Half of 2023 The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 3, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.