Author: NBTC

A California court on Wednesday dismissed a Coinbase user’s attempt to block an IRS summons for his financial records, in at least the second such case in the past year to fail to reach trial. Roger Metz filed a petition in the Northern District of California in May 2025 to quash an IRS summons ordering Coinbase to hand over his financial records in connection with an audit of his 2022 federal tax return. His lawyers argued the summons violated his privacy rights, was overbroad and failed to meet basic administrative requirements. Metz’s lawyers also contended that by the time the…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved on Wednesday Nasdaq’s proposal to allow certain securities to trade in tokenized form, a significant milestone to integrate blockchain tech into U.S. equity markets. Nasdaq’s tokenization plan ties into a pilot run by the Depository Trust Company (DTC), which will handle clearing and settlement of tokenized trades. Nasdaq filed for regulatory permission in September, Under the framework, eligible Nasdaq participants can choose to have trades settled as blockchain-based tokens rather than through standard book-entry systems. Tokenized shares will trade alongside traditional shares on the same order book and at the same price.…

Key takeaways Open source payment systems present a transformative opportunity for the financial landscape. The integration of blockchain technology can significantly enhance payment systems. There’s a notable lack of infrastructure for stablecoin integration within fintech. Future payment systems are expected to shift towards open source models. Blockchain is anticipated to play a crucial role in the evolution of payments. Startups have significant opportunities in B2B payments and payroll via stablecoins. Stablecoins facilitate easier global expansion by reducing compliance burdens. Payment systems typically begin as neutral entities, which is key to their longevity. Blockchain governance structures mirror historical decentralized governance models.…

RealGo, an innovative Web3 gaming platform where global meme IPs are turned into real-world interactive experiences, today announced a strategic partnership with Ant.Fun, a decentralized trading platform that provides users with DeFi trading solutions. This collaboration enabled RealGo to become a network partner in Ant.Fun’s DeFi trading ecosystem to strengthen its gaming network’s competitive advantages in the Web3 landscape. RealGo is a Web3 gaming platform that combines gaming, memes, and socialFi (social Finance) experiences, turning them into interactive AR (augmented reality) and AI (artificial intelligence)-powered exploration games and real-world in-game assets. By using Web3 location-based services (LBS), this platform enables…

Key takeaways Fossil improves transaction inclusion guarantees by allowing validators to enforce transaction inclusion in Ethereum blocks. The design of Fossil aims to prevent MEV from compromising censorship resistance. MEV introduces a centralization force among validators, challenging decentralization. Block building on Ethereum is currently dominated by a few builders, undermining decentralization. MEV refers to the context in which a transaction is placed in a block, affecting transaction ordering. The extractable value from MEV dwarfs the transactions themselves, previously estimated to be around 1% of the transaction volume. Block construction involves searchers creating transaction bundles and builders compiling them into full…

A cryptocurrency trader on the popular prediction market Polymarket appears to have managed to turn his hobby into a staggering source of wealth, having made approximately $118,000 in just one month. What makes the success of the trader, designated xdd07070 on the platform, even more remarkable is that their original stake was just $170. This means that, between mid-January and February 16, they achieved a nearly 70,000% return on the investment. The Polymarket esports strategy that generated 70,000% return Additionally, the strategy itself appears not to rely on any complex model or lightning-fast trading bots, such as some of the…

The March 2026 joint framework from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission represents the most significant regulatory development in U.S. crypto history. While most of my peers see this as “good”, I view this moment with cautious optimism. The classification of 16 major digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, as digital commodities under primary CFTC jurisdiction finally provides the legal certainty that institutional capital has demanded. Clarity, however welcome, does not equate to perfection. The framework’s very structure reveals tensions that could undermine its stated goal of fostering innovation while protecting investors. After…

AEON Pay has taken the $SUN token as part of its worldwide payment infrastructure, which is a significant step toward connecting ordinary consumers to the decentralized finance (DeFi). This month, AEON Community announced that this development serves as a crucial catalyst for the entire TRON ecosystem. $SUN.io holders can easily spend $SUN tokens at one of the 50 million retail locations around the world, in-store or online. With this partnership, the goal is to use the AEON payments infrastructure to shift $SUN from primarily speculating and yield farming to a viable currency that can flourish in both the AI economy…

AIW3 has declared a new ecosystem integration with OpenClaw which is a major move towards strategy-oriented decentralized finance. The project will seek to merge the liquidity infrastructure of AIW3 with the ecosystems of OpenClaw to build a more productive and intelligent on chain trading platform. AIW3 × OpenClaw Ecosystem Integration 🚀We’re excited to announce the ecosystem integration between AIW3 and OpenClaw.AIW3 is a strategy-centric Web3 perpetual market infrastructure, focused on transforming fragmented trading logic and capital into composable, auditable… pic.twitter.com/XCnlleCyZi — AIW3.ai｜Vault & Liquid (@AIW3_official) March 20, 2026 The release of the statement indicates that the two platforms have a…

Key takeaways Quantum computing could break cryptographic keys in minutes, posing a major threat to crypto security. Current cryptographic systems in crypto are vulnerable to quantum computing advancements. Three specific cryptographic components in crypto are at risk: ECDSA, BLS signatures, and KCG. Quantum computers could significantly threaten cryptography within the next 10 to 15 years. The timeline for a cryptographically relevant quantum computer is estimated to be around 2031. Improvements in quantum algorithms are reducing qubit requirements to break Ethereum cryptography. Quantum computing requires error correction to form reliable logical qubits from physical qubits. A cryptographically relevant quantum computer could…