Author: NBTC

The US-Iran conflict is still ongoing, and tensions between the two countries are escalating. While uncertainty remains about what will happen next, new statements have come from the US Treasury Secretary. Speaking on Fox Business’s Kudlow program, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that approximately $500 million worth of crypto assets were seized from Iran. Scott Bessent announced that $500 million worth of cryptocurrency assets were seized during an economic pressure operation targeting Iran. Bessent stated that this seizure was part of President Donald Trump’s Operation Economic Rage, which aims to cut off Iran’s funding sources through seizure, bank account…

Miami, FL – The volume of payments made using stablecoin-linked debit and credit cards has grown by approximately 105% over the past year, according to John Timoni, head of partnerships at the stablecoin infrastructure firm Rain. Timoni shared the data during a panel discussion at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami, highlighting a rapid shift in how digital currencies are being used for everyday transactions. Stablecoin Cards: From Niche to Mainstream Stablecoin cards allow users to spend digital assets like $USDC or $USDT at any merchant that accepts traditional card payments. The card issuer converts the stablecoin into fiat currency…

Grvt, a self-custodial onchain trading and wealth platform built on ZKSync, announced Thursday that it is integrating the Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund into its earn products through a partnership with Centrifuge. The move marks the company’s expansion beyond perpetuals trading into broader wealth management products tied to tokenized real-world assets. Through the integration, Grvt users will gain access to yield generated by an onchain fund managed by Janus Henderson, one of the world’s largest asset managers. According to the company, the integration is the first in a series of planned partnerships aimed at transforming Grvt from a perpetual exchange…

Blockstream CEO and one of the pioneers of cryptography Adam Back has drawn investors’ attention by pointing to the formation of a new “impossible” price floor for Bitcoin. According to his analysis, the key technical indicator — the 200-week simple moving average (SMA) — has officially surpassed the $59,000 mark. Back’s view coincides with a period of increased activity from institutional players. While the retail sector shows caution, large companies such as Strategy continue to aggressively accumulate Bitcoin, holding more than 761,000 coins. How Adam Back’s latest 200WMA data is trapping Bitcoin bears The 200-week average is the most reliable…

An Ethereum wallet that participated in the network’s initial coin offering (ICO) in 2015 has reactivated after more than a decade of inactivity, moving 50 $ETH to a new address. The transaction, valued at approximately $113,000 at current prices, marks the first activity from the address in 3,940 days, according to Etherscan data. From $124 to Over $900,000: A Decade-Long Hold The address, which begins with 0xE0F, originally acquired 400 $ETH during the Ethereum ICO. At the time, the investment cost the participant just $124. Today, that same holding is worth approximately $906,000, representing a staggering 7,303-fold return on the…

$ETHFI’s KRW listing on Upbit drove a sharp 20% surge, showing how Korean market access can quickly boost liquidity and short-term price momentum. The rally cooled fast as profit-taking kicked in, highlighting a typical listing pattern: initial hype spike followed by stabilization once broader trading begins. Strong fundamentals and Arthur Hayes’ backing add credibility, but sustained upside now depends on continued trading volume beyond the initial listing buzz. Ether.fi’s $ETHFI token has been added to South Korea’s largest crypto exchange with a new $ETHFI/KRW pair, giving it direct access to a massive retail market. Trading started on March 19 at…

B.AI, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused Web3 platform building infrastructure for agent-driven finance for managing wallets, moving assets, and executing transactions, has unveiled its strategic partnership with Reveel, a universal stablecoin payment infrastructure and peer-to-peer (P2P) to simplify global money movement for users and businesses across various blockchains. The ultimate purpose of this partnership is to simplify cross-platform digital payments for instant growth. B.AI has shared this news on its official X account. https://t.co/JerjymcrIH 🤝 @r3vl_xyz Payments should be as simple as communication. We are partnering with Reveel to explore a new paradigm of AI-powered payment identity.By turning social identities…

Onchain vault provider Upshift is partnering with Superstate on the launch of Upshift Clear, a new redemption platform for tokenized real-world assets. Upshift Clear was launched to address the so-called “settlement gap” that has emerged in the tokenization sector by “applying the logic of traditional bridging capital onchain.” The platform will provide dedicated $USDC vaults to provide instant liquidity to RWA holders when they want to redeem through a kind of loan. When RWA holders redeem the vault “fronts” them ($USDC) instantly, moving the settlement process to “T+0 … regardless of market hours or banking holidays,” the announcement reads. This…

As the prolonged crypto market volatility continues to persist for several months, Bitcoin’s on-chain activity has also cooled massively over the period. Recent data shared by crypto analytics platform Cryptoquant shows that the number of active addresses on Bitcoin has dropped by over 30% from the peak levels it achieved in 2025. While the active address metric is significant in measuring the network participation of the concerned asset, it basically tracks the number of unique wallet addresses sending or receiving Bitcoin within a given period. It typically indicates Bitcoin network usage, allowing analysts to easily predict whether the asset is…

The cryptocurrency market is experiencing a general downturn. Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen below $80,000, while Ethereum ($ETH) has dropped to around $2,260. While the upward trend for $ETH continues, the CEO of an analytics company shared some important data regarding $ETH. Joao Wedson, CEO of crypto analytics company Alphractal, analyzed the long/short ratio for Ethereum. Noting that the long/short ratio has increased on the top 5 Ethereum exchanges, the renowned CEO analyzed whether this is a good or bad sign for $ETH. According to the analyst, the increase in the long/short ratio can be interpreted in many ways for $ETH.…