Author: NBTC
The trading platform Robinhood is preparing to open access for small investors to private artificial intelligence companies, according to remarks Vlad Tenev made in an interview with the Financial Times. Vlad said he wants “normal people” to have a chance to invest in private AI firms whose valuations have surged. He said AI will cause “widescale disruption” and that retail traders should be able to participate in whatever comes out of that change, rather than being locked out while large institutions collect the gains. The plan involves a new fund managed by Robinhood’s subsidiary, Robinhood Ventures, which will invest in…
Interactive Brokers will now allow retail investors to fund individual brokerage accounts with stablecoins, a step aimed at keeping pace with the increasingly competitive retail trading market, Bloomberg reported Friday. The Greenwich, Connecticut-based brokerage firm competes with rivals including Robinhood Markets Inc. and Charles Schwab Corp. and earlier this year expanded its cryptocurrency trading capabilities alongside its offerings of stocks, options and futures. The development highlights how traditional brokerages are increasingly incorporating crypto-linked features to hold on to retail clients as digital assets gain a firmer foothold in mainstream finance. Allowing stablecoins to be used for account funding places Interactive…
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) aims to make the yuan a global funding currency, encouraging companies and financial institutions overseas to borrow and use the yuan. The bank said it will offer overseas companies and banks loans, trade financing, and yuan bonds to make the currency easier to trade and invest worldwide. The People’s Bank of China offers funding overseas through the yuan The central bank will now offer foreign companies direct loans in yuan to help them buy domestic bonds and to cover the costs of imports or exports through trade financing. The bank aims to eliminate any…
Throughout 2025, one of the most visible trends in the crypto market has been the rapid decline in performance of newly listed Binance tokens. This is especially true for those labeled with the Seed Tag, which marks early-stage, high-risk assets. Once viewed as a launchpad for the next generation of breakout projects, the Seed Tag segment has instead become one of the worst-performing categories on the exchange, leading people to question the quality of the tokens, investor trust, and how Binance picks its listings. Using the combination of recent data, community research, and Binance’s own delisting waves, it seems that…
SoftBank, a Japanese investment holding company, has fully backed out of its Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stake, selling 32.1 million shares for $5.83 billion. The proceeds will reportedly be used to fund new investments in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, with $22.5 billion going to OpenAI. What’s more, CEO Masayoshi Son is also courting TSMC (NYSE: TSM) and others to join a proposed $1 trillion AI manufacturing hub in Arizona. Nvidia started this week on a positive note, closing 5.79% in the green on Monday, November 10. However, it is down 1.66% in pre-market on Tuesday, November 11, trading at $195.74…
UAE — Crypto.com and LuLu Financial Holdings (LuLuFin) have partnered to develop regulated digital asset services across global markets, starting in the UAE. The collaboration combines Crypto.com’s crypto infrastructure with LuLuFin’s financial network to deliver secure, compliant digital asset access at scale.—A Partnership That Begins in the UAE — and Scales WorldwideAs the region cements its status as a global hub for compliant crypto innovation, Crypto.com will equip LuLuFin with institutional-grade tools—including deep liquidity, advanced execution, and secure custody through the Crypto.com Exchange. LuLuFin, which operates over 370 financial service centers across the Middle East, India, and APAC, will explore…
Key Highlights: MANTRA challenges OKX to disclose how many OM tokens are held by users and the exchange. OKX sent a formal letter questioning this request, demanding clarity on OM migration and warning it may pursue legal options if harmed. This conflict shifts the OM migration into a public standoff. A public clash has broken out between crypto exchange OKX and MANTRA, the blockchain project behind the OM/SOM token migration. The issue started when MANTRA council member JP Mullin posted a two-page legal style letter from OKX on social media platform X. The letter, dated December 10, 2025, questions Mullin’s…
Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that acts as a secure bridge between blockchains and the real world. Chainlink has announced its strategic integration with Gearbox protocol, a generalized, composable leverage protocol for lending assets across various decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems. The main purpose of this integration is to ensure accurate pricing for Gearbox’s AUSD, MON, and USDC markets on Monad. Gearbox is now powered by Chainlink, live on @monad.With $175M+ TVL, @GearboxProtocol is now using Chainlink Price Feeds to power AUSD, earnAUSD, and MON markets, including the largest USDC pool on Monad. pic.twitter.com/hliakJoH2Q — Chainlink (@chainlink) December 19, 2025…
A new international survey from Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) Institute reveals a growing global divide in public sentiment toward AI. While interest in AI technologies continues to surge across Asia, Western countries show more restrained confidence in their benefits. A ‘Great Divide’: Asia Leads, West Lags in AI Optimism According to the findings, 83% of respondents in China view AI products and services as more beneficial than harmful. This represents the highest level of optimism globally. Similar sentiment is seen in Indonesia (80%) and Thailand (77%), where majorities express confidence in AI’s positive impact. AI Optimism — defined…
Bitnomial Clearinghouse LLC received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to clear fully collateralized swaps, enabling its parent company, Bitnomial, to launch prediction markets and offer clearing services to other platforms. According to Friday’s announcement, Bitnomial’s prediction market will cover crypto and economic events, alongside its existing Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto derivatives products. The contracts are designed to allow traders to take positions on outcomes, such as token price levels and macroeconomic data. The approval expands the umbrella of the trading products offered by Bitnomial. Based in Chicago, the company’s exchange and clearing arms offer perpetuals, futures,…