Author: NBTC

Bitcoin is closing out Q1 2026 on a sour note. The largest crypto is trading around $66.4k after a quarter that saw shedding nearly half its value from the October 2025 peak near $125k. With macro and geopolitical uncertainty still weighing on risk assets and no major structural level reclaimed, $BTC heads into Q2 without a clear bullish catalyst on the horizon. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, it is evident that the descending channel that has governed Bitcoin’s price action since late 2025 remains intact. Both the 100-day MA (~$77k) and 200-day MA (~$90k) are…

The path to mainstream crypto adoption runs through more visible, controllable product design, executives from PayPal, Robinhood, Public.com and 248 Ventures told CoinDesk’s Consensus Miami conference Tuesday. “It’s important to tell users with AI products what the underlying system is not doing in addition to what it is doing,” Public.com CFO Sruthi Lanka said. Public has built its agentic-investing product so that users review and approve a “deterministic recipe” before any trade is placed. “Make sure it’s not a black box,” she said. The result, according to Lanka, is an organization where everyone is now writing code: “I have accountants…

Filecoin Foundation and the GSR Foundation are backing five projects that use decentralized storage for things most crypto funding rounds don’t go near. War crime evidence. Refugee oral histories. Experimental art is at risk of disappearing. Geospatial data that researchers can’t reliably access. Ocean ecosystem records turned into sensory experiences. All five are already active within the Filecoin ecosystem. .@FilFoundation and @GSR_io Foundation support projects that store things like satellite data, historical records, and digital media on Filecoin. These systems don’t rely on trust in one provider. They can prove the data is still there and unchanged. pic.twitter.com/11T1REH9Ql — Filecoin…

Yellow Card, a crypto exchange and fintech platform that allows users and businesses to buy, sell, and use cryptocurrencies for payments, has announced its history-making partnership with MasterCard, a company integrating digital assets and distributed ledger technology that facilitates secure, fast, and compliant transactions. This binding purpose is based on compliant cross-border payments flow especially for stablecoins. Big news: We are officially partnering with @Mastercard!Together, we are accelerating stablecoin payment innovation across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA). We are building better ways for our clients to handle cross-border payments and B2B settlements.🧵 pic.twitter.com/zrgT6z0qGx — Yellow Card (@yellowcard_app)…

Instant Settlement: The $XRP Ledger has demonstrated the capacity to process bond redemptions in less than five seconds, compared to the two days required by the traditional system. Institutional Adoption: Ripple, JPMorgan, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance recently completed a cross-border pilot for tokenized Treasury bonds. RWA Growth: The total value of real-world assets (RWA) in the XRPL ecosystem surpassed $3 billion in May 2026. During his appearance on the program Crypto in America, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse described the current bond settlement system as an obsolete and fragmented infrastructure. The executive noted that the $XRP Ledger presents itself as the…

Today is the last day of March. Bitcoin is currently trading at $66,761, and the number that matters most right now is not the price, but the monthly close. According to CoinGlass data, Bitcoin has already posted 5 straight months of losses. October through February read like a slow bleed: -3.69%, -17.67%, -2.97%, -10.17%, -14.94%. March is currently sitting at +0.88%. One red close today and Bitcoin confirms 6 consecutive months of losses. Long-Term Holders Are Waving the White Flag While the monthly close grabs headlines, the more significant signal is happening on-chain. Data shows Bitcoin’s Long-Term Holder SOPR has…

A Fairshake poll finds 45% of Americans call crypto too risky as industry PACs deploy over $100 million into midterms. A Politico poll conducted by Public First in April 2026 found that 45% of Americans say investing in cryptocurrency is not worth the risk, even if potential returns are high. The survey of 2,035 adults also found 44% believe AI is developing too fast, and nearly two-thirds want Congress to impose strict regulations or broad oversight on artificial intelligence. The findings arrive as industry-backed super PACs pour unprecedented sums into the 2026 midterm cycle. Fairshake, the pro-crypto PAC backed by…

Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz recently explained the mechanics behind a spike in $XRP transaction fees during periods of peak performance. Notably, Schwartz discussed how validators manage the network and fee structure during increasing demand for network resources. His comments came as XRPL activity climbed toward levels rarely seen before, with sustained transactions nearing 200 per ledger. Key Points XRPL activity recently surged near 200 transactions per ledger, a threshold rarely reached in the network’s history. This increased network activity resulted in higher fees and load, leading to criticisms. Schwartz said fees increase when transaction demand exceeds network capacity, and…

Most voters in the U.S. aren’t comfortable with President Donald Trump’s hand on the wheel of crypto industry oversight, with 62% saying they don’t trust his administration on that point, according to a survey commissioned by CoinDesk. After the previous administration’s heavy hand on crypto, Trump’s promise to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world” reignited hopes in the sector. The president has deployed his White House to pave a wide road toward friendly crypto regulation. His administration named a high-profile crypto czar, issued executive orders to map out an industry agenda, named regulators who vowed to support…

eToro has added 19 cryptoassets to its trading platform, pushing its total digital asset menu past 200 names. The new listings include DoubleZero (2Z), Avantis (AVNT), Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL), MemeCore (M), Horizen (ZEN), Venice Token (VVV), Illuvium (ILV), Safe (SAFE) and ZetaChain (ZETA), the Nasdaq-listed company said today (Thursday). Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!) The Israeli fintech, which became publicly traded in May 2025, frames the rollout as part of its broader effort to widen retail investor access to digital assets within what it markets as a multi-asset platform sitting alongside…