Author: NBTC
Gold’s blistering 70% rally in a year — its strongest performance in nearly half a century — sent demand for exposure to the metal soaring. As institutional and retail investors alike sought havens during periods of rising geopolitical tensions and new tariff threats, one corner of the market stood out: tokenized gold. Gold-backed tokens like XAUT$4,755.29 and Paxos Gold (PAXG) posted explosive growth last year, surpassing the trading volume of most traditional gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a report by crypto exchange CEX.io. Tokenized gold trading reached $178 billion in 2025, with $126 billion of that in the last…
Bybit sent out several transactions of XAUT tokens, underscoring rising demand for tokenized gold. A whale accumulated a growing XAUT portfolio valued at over $7M. Bybit became part of the increasing demand for Tether’s tokenized gold, XAUT. The exchange’s hot wallet started sending out XAUT transactions in the past day, leading to a whale address accumulating tokenized gold. The recent shift in narratives led crypto investors to switch to metals. Since XAUT is the most easily available token, it has found renewed demand and trading volumes. The whale’s portfolio rose to $6.95M after the recent records of gold on traditional…
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio issued a stark warning for the global economy amid US President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and seemingly unpredictable economic policies for the country. Speaking to CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, Dalio said the monetary order was “breaking down,” warning of a change in behavior of how central banks handled fiat. According to the hedge fund manager, both fiat holders and “those who need it” were concerned about each other, creating a “big issue” down the line. “Fiat currencies and debt as a storehold…
Strategy, SharpLink Gaming, and MARA Holdings took a dive with the rest of the crypto equities category as Bitcoin dipped below $90,000 on Tuesday morning. At the time of writing, Bitcoin has been hovering between the $90,000 and $91,000 marks after having lost 2.5% since this time yesterday, according to crypto price aggregator CoinGecko. The price of Bitcoin dropped as low as $89,929 on Tuesday before rebounding to $90,535 as of this writing. Bitcoin trading volume has gained 14% in the past day, rising to $68.6 billion, according to blockchain analytics platform CoinGlass. Most U.S. institutions—including the New York Stock…
Online entertainment has scaled faster than the financial infrastructure supporting it. Platforms now serve global audiences in real time, yet many still rely on banking rails built for slower, domestic commerce. That mismatch has become harder to ignore as user expectations around instant access and transparency continue to rise. For operators, the friction is structural. Payment delays, rejected transactions, and limited banking relationships constrain growth and complicate cash management. These pressures are pushing both users and investors to look more closely at blockchain-based payment rails as a practical alternative rather than a speculative side story. Payment Demand Shifts Online Traditional…
In a landmark move for both the insurance and digital asset industries, Delaware Life Insurance Company has unveiled a pioneering fixed indexed annuity product with direct exposure to Bitcoin. This strategic development, confirmed by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, leverages BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, to bridge the gap between conventional retirement planning and the evolving cryptocurrency market. The launch, announced in Wilmington, Delaware, in early 2025, signals a significant maturation in the integration of digital assets into regulated financial frameworks. Understanding the Bitcoin-Linked Annuity Structure Delaware Life’s new product represents a sophisticated fusion of traditional insurance mechanisms and modern…
Pump.fun memes have the highest graduation rate since the summer of 2025. More tokens are moving to DEX trading after a general revival of the Solana meme space. Tokens on Pump.fun are shifting their creation stories, with more projects graduating to PumpSwap or other DEXs. Pump.fun graduations have previously crashed to lows, and are used as a proxy indicator for the general mood of the crypto market. Pump.fun graduations spiked to the highest level since the summer of 2025, following a new wave of projects and more liquidity inflows. | Source: Dune Analytics In the past few weeks, more tokens…
On January 20, Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong said that tokenization can level the financial playing field and provide access to the world’s most lucrative markets for all people, regardless of location or income. He presented the argument on X, claiming that global wealth creation may finally become more equitable by converting assets into digital tokens. Armstrong cited a blog post released on Monday that highlighted the widening gap between labor and capital income in the U.S. The blog post revealed that real capital income per capita has increased by 136% since the 1990s. In comparison, labor income has…
SBI VC Trade, a crypto exchange and subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Group, keeps adding new coins to the list of assets on which users can make additional income on this platform. In today’s announcement, the crypto exchange stated that it has added several new coins, including $XRP and the major meme cryptocurrency, Shiba Inu. SBI VC Trade now accepts seven coins for staking According to the tweet published earlier today, SBI VC Trade now accepts the following large-cap cryptocurrencies for staking from its users: $BTC, $BCH, ZPG, $XRP, $LINK, $LTC and $SHIB. It will begin to accept these…
World Liberty Financial ($WLFI) has announced it will host the World Liberty Forum, a central forum aimed at bringing together leaders across sectors, including capital, technology, and regulation. According to Donald Trump Jr, the event will discuss the future of finance. According to the Trump-backed DeFi project, the invitation-only event will feature leaders from global sectors such as finance and technology. The event will take place at Mar-a-Lago, a private venue, and aims to discuss the future of finance, technology, and regulation. World Liberty Financial to set the stage for future revolutions in the global economy GM ☝️ family —…