OKX has updated its Event Contracts platform with longer settlement windows. The change is designed to make outcomes more resistant to sudden, short-lived price swings.

Crypto and fintech leaders from Coinbase, Ripple, Kalshi, a16z and others may meet at the White House next week, according to a report. The meeting comes as the CFTC launches its Innovation Advisory.

President Donald Trump is expected to attend a White House meeting next Wednesday with high-level executives from crypto and prediction markets firms. The gathering signals direct engagement from the administration with the prediction markets sector alongside digital asset leaders.

The White House will host a crypto summit on Wednesday, one day before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) convenes industry leaders to discuss new market rules. The back-to-back sessions signal coordinated administration attention on digital assets and prediction market regulation.

Crypto.com and Solidus Labs have expanded their partnership to support Crypto.com's U.S. prediction markets business. The unit operates under the brands OG Prediction Markets (OG.com) and Crypto.com | Derivatives North America (CDNA).

Mrkts.com will provide technical and compliance infrastructure to link the ROLR prediction market app with Crypto.com's event contracts. The partnership connects High Roller's ROLR app to Crypto.com's event-contract markets through mrkts.com's backend systems.

Polymarket has listed a contract on whether XRP will trade between $0.90 and $1.00 on August 13, 2026. The listing follows broader trader positioning for downside crypto moves as the CLARITY Act stalls in Congress. Traders are watching $1 and $0.95 as key support levels, according to Coingape data from August 10. The market is live as of August 12 with visible trading activity. Polymarket's platform shows no published odds or volume. The contract joins other crypto sentiment gauges across multiple prediction market venues tracking token price risk. No resolution criteria beyond the price band appear in available material.

Coinbase Global Inc. has been drawn into New York City's expanding scrutiny of prediction markets, alongside Polymarket and Kalshi. The investigation comes as the CFTC pushes back against the sector. The article provides no further details on the scope, grounds, or stage of the NYC investigation.

Kalshi launched access to its sports and crypto perpetual data feed through DoubleZero's dedicated fiber network. The move is aimed at bolstering institutional data access to Kalshi's markets.

FlightAware has withdrawn its lawsuit against Kalshi, according to the headline. The article body notes that Kalshi's complaint had also named Coinbase, Robinhood, and Webull over their role in providing access to sports event contracts. The CFTC is mentioned in the context of the dispute. The available text does not provide further details on the withdrawal or the underlying flight market dispute.

Robinhood has listed a prediction market asking what the price of SOL will be on Aug 11, 2026 at 11pm EDT. The contract pays $1 per contract if the prediction is correct and $0 if not. The market went live on Aug 10, 2026.

Metaspins, a crypto-based online gaming platform, has added prediction markets to its product lineup. The new feature lets users trade on real-world outcomes. The article provides no further details on launch date, market categories, or trading volume.

Polydata.pro launched a free tool that lets users look up Polymarket trader profit-and-loss, win rate, and a proprietary Smart Score metric. The site calls itself an independent research platform that does not execute trades. It joins Polymarket Analytics, a separate Goldsky-powered data site that hosts trader profiles and market listings, in building out analytics layers atop the prediction market. Both services target traders seeking performance benchmarks and market intelligence rather than execution capability.

Kalshi has joined the Digital Chamber, a Washington, D.C.-based crypto trade group, as a new member. The Digital Chamber announced the membership on Tuesday. The group said it will work with the federally regulated prediction market to educate policymakers on how federally regulated event contracts differ from gaming products. Kalshi was founded in 2018. The move strengthens the Digital Chamber's coalition as it lobbies Congress and regulators for favorable treatment of event contracts.

Kalshi is reportedly targeting a $40 billion valuation, while Polymarket is aiming for $20 billion, according to a Benzinga opinion piece. Polymarket was valued near $8 billion when Intercontinental Exchange committed $2 billion to it last October. The article questions whether either platform is actually exploring an IPO.

Researchers found 821 accounts that made $8.2 million manipulating bitcoin prices in the final seconds before Polymarket settled its short-dated contracts. The exploit involved a five-second window where traders could move spot bitcoin prices to influence the platform's time-weighted average price (TWAP) settlement mechanism. Polymarket has since implemented a fix to address the manipulation vector.

Gate.io has introduced Event Contracts Builder, a modular toolkit for brokers, fintech companies and Web3 developers. The exchange is backing the program with $3 million in grants aimed at building infrastructure for event contracts.

Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) has terminated its partnership with Crypto.com, canceling two planned projects: a CRO-based crypto treasury and prediction markets. The termination was announced August 9, 2026. No terms or reasons for the cancellation were disclosed. The abandoned initiatives had been part of TMTG's planned expansion into crypto-linked financial products. The companies also disclosed that they would continue a separate marketing relationship.

Polymarket traders are pricing a 65% probability that XRP, Ripple's native token, will fall below $1. The odds have triggered active trading interest on the prediction market platform.

Traders on the Kalshi prediction market are pricing in bearish odds that XRP will retest its multi-month low around $1 this August. The sentiment reflects downside positioning on the crypto asset through Kalshi's event contracts.