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Conceptual image of Vitalik Buterin analyzing the crossroads between speculative and practical prediction market incentives.

Vitalik Buterin’s Crucial Warning: Prediction Market Incentives Are Misaligned with Real Financial Needs

February 14, 2026 j n

Global, May 2025: In a detailed critique that has resonated across the cryptocurrency and traditional finance sectors, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised fundamental questions about the trajectory of prediction markets. While these platforms have seen explosive growth in liquidity and user adoption, Buterin contends their current incentives may be fostering short-term speculation at the […]

Illustration of blockchain game theory showing honest behavior outweighing cheating in cryptocurrency networks.

Game Theory Crypto: The Surprising Reason Honesty Beats Cheating

February 4, 2026 j n

Global, May 2025: Within the complex architecture of cryptocurrency networks, a silent mathematical force governs participant behavior. Game theory in crypto provides the foundational logic explaining why rational actors, despite apparent short-term incentives to cheat, consistently find cooperative strategies more profitable. This framework moves beyond abstract economics to dictate the security and functionality of every […]