🚀 Why is Kalshi growing so fast? Kalshi isn't just another prediction market—it's building regulated prediction market infrastructure for mainstream finance. Three key drivers: 🏛 Regulation: CFTC-regulated, making it far more accessible to institutions, brokers, and traditional traders than crypto-native alternatives. 🏅 Sports: The perfect onboarding use case. Since July 2024, sports have accounted for 80% of Kalshi's trading volume, vs. 39% for Polymarket. 💰 Institutional Capital: In May 2026, Kalshi raised a $1B Series F at a $22B valuation. Institutional trading volume grew 800% in 6 months, while annualized trading volume jumped from $52B → $178B. The story is no longer just about sports. 👉 Sports are the entry point. Financialized real-world events are the endgame. 📷 Watch the markets. Access the future. Powered by Paimon Finance

🌍 The brand-new CV VC African Blockchain Report is now live! Access the full report now: The report, co-published by @Absa_CIB, demonstrates that Africa's blockchain industry is entering a new phase of economic relevance. Our annual African Blockchain Report offers a data-rich view into the continent’s position within the global blockchain ecosystem. Key report highlights include: 🔹 African blockchain startups raised $90.1 million across 28 deals in 2025, as total capital deployed declined 26.6% year-on-year 🔹 Africa's share of global blockchain deal activity climbed to a record 2.8%, signalling sustained early-stage innovation 🔹 Centralised blockchain services dominated segment wise, capturing 67.9% of all blockchain capital deployed on the continent 🔹 Geographically, Pan-African startups led with 57.2% of total funding secured, followed by South Africa (21.1%) and Nigeria (13.5%) 🔹 Seed stage deals dominated the African blockchain venture funding landscape, accruing 45.8% of total funding across 13 deals "Africa is not an emerging blockchain market. It is an arriving one," said Mathias Ruch, CEO of CV VC. "While global capital is consolidating around fewer, larger bets, Africa is widening the innovation frontier, integrating blockchain into essential economic infrastructure because necessity and foresight are driving its effective use." Beyond the data, this edition features original contributions from leading voices across the ecosystem - including an in-depth look at the regulatory landscape provided by @yellowcard_app - offering ground-level perspective on how blockchain and frontier technology are reshaping industries across the continent. A big thank you to @Absa_CIB, @yellowcard_app, @binance, BlockTower, @circle, @letsokhi, Orca Fraud, @sumsub, @SolconCapital, @turnstayfinance, @ZARP_Stablecoin, and @cngn_co Access the full African Blockchain Report on our website: