Murtuza Merchant
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Murtuza is a seasoned finance journalist with extensive experience covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He has contributed to Benzinga and Cointelegraph, among other publications, reporting on emerging trends, the regulatory landscape, and more. Find him at @murtuza_merc on Twitter and mmerchant001 on Telegram.
Disclosure: Murtuza holds ATOM, AKT, TIA, INJ, and OSMO.
Executives Say Stripe's $53B PayPal Bid Puts 400M Users On Crypto Rails
Industry leaders say the reported offer is not just a consolidation play, but a bet on compliance, stablecoins, AI commerce and more flexible payments infrastructure.
Murtuza Merchant19 hours ago
Executives Say AI Is About To Become An Active Actor In The Economy
Executives expect agentic finance and falling development costs to widen access to global markets, although infrastructure, skills and governance will determine who benefits.
Murtuza MerchantJul 15, 2026
Crypto Traders Found A Way To Bet On The $672M Mega Millions Jackpot
Mega Millions climbs to $672 million as prediction markets track winner odds and investors weigh taxes, cash value and Bitcoin options.
Murtuza MerchantJul 15, 2026
Nolan's $250M Odyssey Just Got An AI Rival Made For A Few Thousand
AI-generated movies are challenging $250M Hollywood budgets. Prediction markets like Polymarket are now pricing the outcome of every major release.
Murtuza MerchantJul 14, 2026
Why Polymarket Now Sees Only A 24% Chance The CLARITY Act Becomes Law
Prediction traders now price the CLARITY Act's 2026 passage near 24% even as Trump urges the Senate to act before the August recess.
Murtuza MerchantJul 14, 2026
Exclusive: OKX Says MiCA Deadline Triggered 5.5x Deposit Surge As Users Left Unlicensed Exchanges
CEO Erald Ghoos says nearly 90% of deposits received before the transition deadline came from users exiting unauthorized platforms, as MiCA accelerates consolidation across Europe’s crypto market.
Murtuza MerchantJul 13, 2026
Erling Haaland Deepfakes Just Exposed A $122M Prediction Market Risk
The Haaland meme explosion at the 2026 World Cup is largely AI-generated. Here's what that means for synthetic media, detection tools, and crypto prediction.
Murtuza MerchantJul 11, 2026
Standard Chartered Says Saylor Now Needs To Prove He Will Sell Bitcoin
Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick says Strategy’s recent Bitcoin sales are part of a communication reset around STRC, not evidence that Michael Saylor is abandoning his long-term Bitcoin thesis.
Murtuza MerchantJul 11, 2026
AI Rewrites How Car Accident Attorneys Get Found And Win At Trial
New data shows AI platforms now decide which injury lawyers get found, speed up trial preparation, and reshape how car crash cases are won.
Murtuza MerchantJul 11, 2026
OpenAI Model Claims It Cracked A Decades-Old Math Problem
An OpenAI-hosted paper says GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra proved the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture, but mathematicians still need to verify whether the argument actually holds.
Murtuza MerchantJul 10, 2026
