Author: NBTC

The cryptocurrency industry is nearing a major legislative milestone following the Senate Banking Committee’s advancement of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Proponents argue the bill is necessary for consumer protection and market innovation, but political analysts note that the industry’s success in Congress is largely driven by an unprecedented wave of campaign spending and targeted political lobbying. Prominent political analyst Brendan Pedersen claims that the sector has used substantial campaign finance to change electoral dynamics nationwide. Despite being a fraction of the size of traditional finance and lacking a broad public mandate, the crypto industry has successfully pushed for…

Today DMND and RootstockLabs announce a new feature rollout intending to further the decentralization of Bitcoin mining. The new feature uses Stratum V2 to enable miners at the pool engaging in their own block template construction to also handle the selection and inclusion of merge-mined block commitments from the Rootstock (RSK) sidechain as well. Merge-mining is a process by which multiple blockchains can share, or “reuse”, the same POW from the same set of miners. One blockchain, the child chain, structures its block headers to include the headers of the parent chain, i.e. the hash of the child chain’s block…

Arkham Intelligence announced it is removing support for the $TON blockchain from its on-chain analytics platform. The decision, posted on X on May 12, 2026, cites a periodic review of chain integrations with user demand and ecosystem importance as the key criteria. The timing is hard to ignore. $TON just had one of its biggest weeks in years. What Arkham Said Arkham cited user demand and the blockchain’s importance to the crypto ecosystem as the evaluation factors behind the decision, framing it as part of a regular review of which chains warrant continued maintenance and support. No specific data was…

Bitcoin (BTC) is entering a critical phase at the intersection of rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a massive options contract worth approximately $14 billion. This development, which stands out as the year’s biggest option expiration, occurs at a time when markets are searching for direction, and the uncertain peace talks between the US and Iran are directly affecting risk appetite. According to market data, approximately $14 billion worth of Bitcoin options, based on total open interest, will expire on Friday. This quarterly expiry will wipe out roughly 40% of open interest on Deribit, one of the largest…

Ethereum is still stuck below the $2,400 area, but higher time frame charts show a wider bullish setup forming. $ETH now needs to clear moving average resistance before the $4,900 target comes back into focus. Ethereum Struggles Below $2.4K as $ETH Range Stays in Play Ethereum remained below the $2,400 area on the weekly chart as price struggled to break above a major moving average zone, according to a TradingView chart shared by Daan Crypto Trades on X. The chart shows $ETH trading inside a wider range between about $2,100 and $2,800. Price has recovered from its earlier low near…

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, leaving markets with a widely expected pause while traders turned their attention to Chair Jerome Powell’s possible final FOMC press conference. The Federal Open Market Committee kept the federal funds rate target range at 3.5% to 3.75%, saying recent indicators suggest economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. The Fed said job gains have remained low on average, unemployment has been little changed in recent months, and inflation remains elevated, partly reflecting the recent increase in global energy prices. Bitcoin was trading near $76,000 at press time, trading flat…

A research paper cited by $XRP community researcher SMQKE is reinforcing a long-standing belief among supporters. Specifically, it stressed that Ripple is unlikely to abandon $XRP, as the asset remains deeply within its payment infrastructure. The document was published in Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research. It outlines how $XRP continues to play a central role in Ripple’s cross-border payment ecosystem, particularly through RippleNet. Key Points A research paper says $XRP remains central to Ripple’s payment infrastructure and long-term strategy. Ripple Payments relies on $XRP as a liquidity bridge for fast, efficient cross-border transfers. The study highlights $XRP’s role…

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) plans to release detailed tokenized securities rules in July as the country prepares to bring blockchain-based securities under its capital markets framework in 2027. The measures are expected to include a roadmap for tokenizing stocks, bonds and money market funds, possible changes to over-the-counter trading limits and rules allowing some fractional investment products to pool similar underlying assets, the FSC announced on Friday at the second meeting of its public-private tokenized securities council, which was launched in March to design issuance, trading, infrastructure and settlement rules before the framework takes effect in 2027. “The…

The Sui blockchain has announced support for trading XAGm, an institutional-grade tokenized silver product issued by real-world asset (RWA) platform Matrixdock. The token is fully backed 1:1 by physical silver bars certified by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), one of the world’s oldest and most respected precious metals market authorities. Bridging Traditional Silver Markets with DeFi Matrixdock, a Singapore-based RWA tokenization firm, designed XAGm to bring the liquidity and transparency of decentralized finance to the traditional silver market. Each XAGm token represents ownership of one troy ounce of LBMA-approved silver, stored in secure vaults and audited regularly. By listing…

Stretch (STRC), the perpetual preferred equity issued by Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin, reclaimed its $100 par value during Thursday’s trading session, giving the company the leeway to raise funds to add to its stash of the largest cryptocurrency. The recovery took nine trading days following the March 13 ex-dividend date, when buyers of the stock no longer qualify for the next payout. Prices of ex-dividend stocks typically drop to reflect the cash being distributed to the previous shareholders. At its core, STRC works by adjusting yield to steer price. If shares trade above $100, the…