Author: NBTC
Ethereum’s on-chain lending ecosystem has reached a new milestone, with active loans surpassing $28 billion as of January 2026. Central to this growth is Aave, the leading Ethereum-based lending protocol, which controls approximately 70% of the network’s active lending market. Aave’s Automated Liquidations Prevent DeFi Contagion Amid Weekend Crash Data on Token Terminal shows that the growth in active loans across Ethereum-based lending platforms achieved a tenfold increase from January 2023 lows. Active loans across lending platforms on Ethereum. Source: Token Terminal on X This milestone highlights Ethereum’s continued dominance in DeFi. It gives it a roughly tenfold advantage over…
Key Notes Hayes transferred 327,869 $PENDLE at $1.53 after buying near $2.06. The address sent 3.59 million $ENA at $0.14, down from an entry point of $0.23. Hayes also deposited 2.31 million $LDO at $0.42, below his reported $0.56 entry. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is transferring his crypto holdings to a brokerage platform, despite short-term gains in the broader market. On-chain data shows that all of these transfers involve assets acquired at higher price levels and now moved at lower market prices. Hayes recently transferred 327,869 $PENDLE $PENDLE $1.53 24h volatility: 4.2% Market cap: $249.24 M Vol. 24h: $47.10 M…
Institutional crypto derivatives provider Rails announced the launch of “Institutional-Grade Vaults” on the Stellar network on Tuesday, allowing brokerages, fintechs and other intermediaries to plug into crypto perpetuals via a single backend. The company aims for options trading in Q2 2026. Satraj Bambra, CEO of Rails, told Cointelegraph that the core idea was to separate matching from money. “The critical difference is custody and verifiability,” he said. Rails runs a centralized matching engine, while client assets will sit in audited smart contract vaults on Stellar. Every 30 seconds of profit and loss (PnL), fees and liabilities are committed onchain, as…
Venus Protocol, a DeFi lending platform and liquidity provider, has recently announced an exclusive project, VenusFlux. VenusFlux is reportedly the earliest inclusive liquidity layer launching on $BNB Chain. As Venus Protocol mentioned in its official X announcement, the initiative is set to unlock more capital-effective and smarter liquidity within the ecosystem. Hence, VenusFlux attempts to reshape the aggregation and deployment of liquidity. 👀 Something big is coming to @BNBCHAIN !@VenusProtocol & @0xfluid are building #VenusFlux — the FIRST Unified Liquidity Layer on $BNB Chain, designed to unlock smarter, more capital-efficient liquidity.With support from a growing ecosystem of partners, we’re co-building…
Casualties of war do not retrospectively benefit from policy reversals by new administrations. If anything, a volte-face cheapens their sacrifice by implying they perished for nothing. —Biden’s War on Crypto supposedly ended when the 46th president vacated the international stage, his successor Donald Trump proclaiming that Bitcoin stood for for “freedom, sovereignty, and independence from government, coercion and control,” and that under his stewardship, the United States would become the “crypto capital of the world.”If the war ended, nobody told Anatoly Legkodymov. The co-founder of crypto exchange Bitzlato was arrested three years ago in Miami, accused of operating an unlicensed…
In a significant move that bridges traditional finance with digital assets, Robinhood Markets Inc. announced on March 15, 2025, the spot listing of PAX Gold ($PAXG) on its popular trading platform. This development marks a pivotal expansion of the company’s cryptocurrency offerings beyond conventional digital currencies. Consequently, millions of retail investors now gain direct access to tokenized gold through a familiar interface. The listing represents Robinhood’s continued evolution from a stock trading app to a comprehensive financial services platform. Moreover, this strategic addition arrives during a period of renewed interest in gold as a hedge against economic uncertainty. Industry analysts…
TaskOn is a decentralized Web3 collaboration platform designed to boost marketing by rewarding users to complete in-chain and off-chain tasks. TaskOn has unveiled its groundbreaking collaboration with LobKill, a blockchain-based artificial intelligence (AI) skill arena built on $BNB Chain for real-time strategy and mind-game battles. This partnership aims to transform AI agents into competitive and revenue-generating contributors on $BNB Chain, enabling real-time skill-based AI gameplay. 🚀 The AI Revolution is live on #BNBChain 🟡Thrilled to partner with @LobsterKill — the FIRST AI Skill Arena scaling within the @binance ecosystem 🦞🤖 ClawdBot Ecosystem on BSC• Moltbook: AI social hub where agents…
Coral Finance, a popular DeFi protocol, has announced its exclusive partnership with Orbofi, a Web3 entity for AI agents. The collaboration attempts to merge the strengths of both platforms to delve into the mutual narratives by converging DeFi and AI technologies. As Coral Finance’s official social media announcement discloses, the development highlights their distinctive contributions while also supporting the growth of each other. At the same time, the move fosters a shared narrative to back their ecosystems. 📢 Coral Finance is partnering with @Orbofi , one of the leading platforms for personified AI agents and a launchpad for creating and…
Bitcoin $BTC$94,897.15 has continued a selloff begun yesterday, now having retraced a sizable chunk of this week’s early gains. In mid-morning U.S. action on Friday, $BTC was trading at $94,300, down another 1.3% over the past 24 hours after having slumped a similar amount on Thursday. Ethereum’s ether ETH$3,281.74 declined the same amount, falling back to $3,200. The broad-market CoinDesk 20 Index lost 1.5% during the same period, with XRP$2.0434, APT$1.7712 and polygon (POL) down 3%-6%. After trading for weeks in a very narrow range around the $90,000 area, bitcoin breaking higher to nearly $98,000 earlier this week excited the…
The SEC has announced that from January 31, 2026, and until further notice, the agency will only be running with a very limited number of staff. The move aligns with the standard federal agency shutdown plan that comes into play during funding lapses. What the shutdown means for the SEC and crypto regulation The announcement means that there will be extremely limited operations at the SEC until further notice. With this, divisions like Corporation Finance, Trading and Markets, and Investment Management are unable to perform routine activities. It is possible for emergency matters to be handled by the minimal staff…