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Study: only ~3% of Polymarket accounts drove most price discovery in 2023-2025, suggesting market accuracy comes from an informed minority, not crowd wisdom (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/2

Only 3% of traders drive Polymarket's accuracy, not the crowd, study finds
Researchers show market accuracy comes from a tiny group of informed traders, not broad participation.

contiguous_usa: Contiguous states (USA)
A network of contiguous states in the USA, in which each state is a node and two nodes are connected if they share a land-based geographic border. The dataset includes the lower 48 states, and the District of Columbia.
This network has 49 nodes and 107 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted

10 Texas counties to watch in the Cornyn-Paxton clash: From the Politics Desk (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/10-texas-counties-watch-cornyn-paxton-clash-politics-desk-rcna347002
http://www.memeorandum.com/260526/p105#a260526p105

Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings agrees to acquire Bitbank, a top 10 Japanese crypto exchange by trading activity, for ~$289M, set to close in October (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/06/

Japanese giant SBI Holdings to buy Bitbank for $289 million
SBI said the acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, is set to close in October.

Und der Truppe hat der Landtag gestern erweiterte Befugnisse gegeben. 🤦
https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2026-06/plakat-polizei-chemnitz-tino-chrupalla-afd-zentrum-fuer-politische-schoenheit

Plakat vor Polizeidirektion Chemnitz: Ermittler durchsuchen Räume des Zentrums für Politische Schönheit
Die Staatsanwaltschaft Chemnitz hat Räume von Aktivisten durchsuchen lassen. Hintergrund ist offenbar eine Karikatur, auf der auch AfD-Chef Tino Chrupalla zu sehen ist.

Crypto exchange BitMart says it plans to wind down its trading platform on January 31, 2027, ending 9 years of operation, and has stopped accepting new orders (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/2

BitMart to shut down after nine years, exchange token crashes 58%
Users have a month to close trades and six months to withdraw funds, and the exchange gave no specific reason for the closure.

sp_high_school_new: High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012)
These datasets contain the temporal network of contacts between students in a high school in Marseilles, France. The first dataset gives the contacts of the students of three classes during 4 days in Dec. 2011, and the second corresponds to the contacts of the students of 5 classes during 7 days (from a Monday to the Tuesday of the following week) in Nov. 2012.
This network has 126 nodes and 28561 edges.
Tags: Soc…

Israel Is a State Like Any Other, and Commits Atrocities Like Any Other Would (Nathan Goldwag/Liberal Currents)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/israel-is-a-state-like-any-other-and-commits-atrocities-like-any-other-would/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260527/p71#a260527p71

Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership network that raised $140M, rebrands as Data Foundation to build an on-chain registry for AI training data (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/06/

a16z-backed crypto firm rebrands, shifts focus to solving AI’s global copyright headache
The startup formerly known as Story Protocol raised $140 million to secure internet rights and is now building an audit layer for data consent, licensing, and provenance for tech firms.

Sources: Kraken is in talks to acquire a 15% stake in DeFi protocol Aave at a $385M valuation, investing 35,000 ETH in return for 250,000 AAVE tokens (Will Canny/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/06/2…

Kraken eyes 15% stake in DeFi lender Aave in deal valuing protocol at $385 million
The DeFi lender is rebuilding after the fallout from April's KelpDAO exploit sparked a multibillion-dollar exodus of deposits despite Aave itself not being hacked.