Author: NBTC
Europe’s crypto industry faces a critical moment as policymakers debate tighter oversight. Malta has issued a strong warning that stricter centralized control could backfire. The country believes new regulatory moves may push companies out of the region. This concern has started a wider debate across financial and crypto sectors. The discussion centers on giving more authority to the European Securities and Markets Authority. Many industry leaders now question whether centralization will improve stability or damage innovation. Malta argues that the current direction could hurt Europe’s competitiveness in digital finance. Several crypto firms already operate in a flexible global environment. They…
Stablecoin payments are no longer experimental. Transaction volumes crossed $1.78 trillion in February 2026. Visa, Stripe, and PayPal have all moved into the space. The question for fintech companies isn’t whether stablecoins matter. It’s how to integrate them without spending two years on compliance infrastructure. That’s the problem Transak solves. And it’s why a growing number of fintech platforms, from self-custodial wallets to remittance apps, are choosing Transak as their stablecoin payments infrastructure. The Build vs. Integrate Decision Every fintech company that wants to offer stablecoin payments faces the same choice, i.e., build the infrastructure in-house or integrate with a…
Binance, a leading platform in the crypto derivatives market, has taken a new step towards diversifying its investment products. According to the exchange’s statement, four new perpetual futures contracts based on stocks and indices will be listed on Binance Futures. According to the announcement, the QQQUSDT, SPYUSDT, AAPLUSDT, and TSMUSDT contracts will be launched on April 6, 2026. These products will offer investors leverage of up to 10x. The underlying assets of the contracts include Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Apple Inc. shares, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. The QQQUSDT contract tracks the…
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte has instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to draft proposals allowing cryptocurrency holdings to count as mortgage reserves without requiring conversion into U.S. dollars. The directive marks a major departure from current rules, where borrowers must liquidate crypto assets before they can be considered in loan approvals. Crypto Enters U.S. Housing Finance Given that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee more than half of all U.S. mortgages, the move could reshape underwriting standards across a significant portion of the housing market. Under the proposal, reported by the WSJ, only crypto held on U.S.-regulated…
New developments are emerging regarding stablecoin regulations, which are closely followed in the cryptocurrency sector. It is reported that the agreement reached between industry stakeholders and the Senate Banking Committee, led by Thom Tillis, regarding stablecoin yield and reward mechanisms is no longer expected to be publicly released this week. A statement from Tillis’s office said that, contrary to the schedule given last week, the release of the text has been postponed. A source close to the matter stated that the delay stems from concerns that releasing the draft text before committee discussions (markup) could create fertile ground for opposition…
Neo co-founder Da Hongfei has published the results of an independent Agreed-Upon Procedures review verifying Neo Global Development’s digital asset holdings. The review, conducted by a Hong Kong-based CPA firm whose identity was not publicly disclosed, confirmed the quantities of seven digital assets held in an NGD Binance account as of March 30. The publication marks the first completed deliverable from the independent financial review process that NGD announced on March 20. It follows Da’s commitment during a March 4 AMA to secure at least one audit firm by the end of March, a pledge made amid ongoing community scrutiny…
Cross-border payment infrastructure provider Tazapay said it closed an extension to its Series B funding round led by Circle Ventures, bringing the total raised to $36 million. The round included participation from Coinbase Ventures CMT Digital, Peak XV Partners and Ripple. Tazapay said Thursday that the funding will be used to advance its digital settlement technology for cross-border payments, secure additional licenses, expand across Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the Americas, and build infrastructure for agentic payments. Tazapaa said it serves over 1,000 enterprises and fintechs across 30 countries. It holds licences across Singapore, Canada, Australia, and the…
The long delay around the CLARITY Act is finally easing. On March 20, Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks said a deal has been reached with White House support on stablecoin rules. The agreement bans earning passive yield on dollar-backed stablecoins but still allows rewards tied to actual use, like payments and transfers. With that sorted, the Senate Banking Committee is now aiming to move forward by late April. Here are five reasons that could help drive $XRP’s next phase of growth and shape global finance: $XRP’s Legal Status Could Be Locked In One of the biggest impacts is $XRP’s…
Polymarket’s daily fee revenue crossed $1 million on April 1, just two days after the platform expanded taker fees to nearly all market categories. The surge, up from $696,000 on March 31, followed the March 30 rollout of variable taker fees across politics, finance, economics, culture, weather, and tech markets. From Growth Play to Revenue Machine Polymarket previously charged fees only on crypto and sports contracts. The updated structure applies a dynamic, probability-based model in which fees peak at 50% probability of the outcome and drop near the extremes. Crypto markets carry the steepest rate at 1.80%, while sports remain…
Gordon Johnson of the Wall Street analyst firm GJL Research had few words of comfort for his followers and even fewer of praise for the Federal Reserve once the February import prices data came out on March 25. Specifically, figures showed that import prices in the second month of 2026 rose by 1.3% and export prices by 1.5%, while the expected change for both was at 0.6%. Johnson took particular note of the fact that the increase covers the period before the start of the Iran war, implying dread about how the March numbers might look given the oil prices.…