Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) said it has committed an additional $600 million to prediction-market platform Polymarket. ICE previously disclosed a $1 billion investment in October, taking its total backing of the platform to $1.6 billion.

Coinbase has partnered with mortgage lender Better Home & Finance to offer down-payment loans backed by Bitcoin or USDC held in a buyer's Coinbase account, Reuters reported. The down-payment loan is separate from the buyer's primary home mortgage, including loans backed by Fannie Mae. The structure allows buyers to avoid selling their crypto, potentially keeping exposure to future gains while deferring related tax bills. Better also said that as long as borrowers make payments on time, declines in the collateral's value will not trigger margin calls.

Odaily Planet Daily reports: Data from msx.com show U.S. stocks finished lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.73%, the S&P 500 off 1.67%, and the Nasdaq Composite falling 2.15%. Crypto-related equities saw broad declines: SBET sank more than 7.5%, COIN dropped over 7%, ALTS fell over 6.8%, MARA slid over 6.5%, HOOD lost more than 6.15%, ABTC retreated over 5.83%, BMNR declined over 5.55%, MSTR fell over 5.19%, and CRCL dropped over 4.69%. MSX.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has listed hundreds of RWA tokens, including tokens backed by U.S. equities such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX and NVDA, as well as ETFs.

QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts with buyers in China, South Korea, Italy and Belgium as output from the Ras Laffan complex remains disrupted after missile strikes. The ongoing disruption is affecting supply volumes linked to a facility that accounts for nearly 20% of global LNG supply.

MARKETS: Leaked internal AnthropicAI documents warn that the company's new model, "Claude Mythos," could pose serious cybersecurity risks by quickly identifying and exploiting software vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity shares sold off sharply, with PANW, CRWD, and FTNT down as much as 46%. Bitcoin (BTC) slid to $66,000 amid the broader tech-driven selloff. More from helenebraunn at CoinDesk.

ALERT: U.S.-listed memory chip stocks have erased nearly $100 billion in market value this week after a Google research report suggested demand tied to artificial intelligence may be starting to cool.

ALERT: The S&P 500 wiped out $1 trillion in market capitalization today.

US stocks lost about $2 trillion in market capitalization this week.

ALERT: European borrowing costs have surged to their highest levels in 15 years. Germany and France's 10-year government bond yields are at their highest since 2011 as investors price in the prospect of further European Central Bank rate increases.