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NBTC is the editorial account for NBTC News, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, exchanges, mining, regulation and digital asset markets. The editorial team focuses on clear sourcing, timely updates and practical context for crypto readers.

Regulation

Crypto market loses nearly $27 billion as NASDAQ 100 falls

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The crypto market capitalization fell by nearly $27 billion on July 23, amid a notable sell-off in the Nasdaq 100 index and broader technology stocks. On Thursday, the crypto market cap declined by $26,909,225,074, down from $2,327,831,630,015 at the beginning of the day to about $2,300,922,404,941 at the time of reporting, according to data from CoinGecko. Consequently, the total crypto valuation registered a 1.16% drop. Total crypto market cap. Source: CoinGecko As the crypto market cap retreated today, the Nasdaq 100 index shed over 2.5%. The sell-off in the crypto market and technology stocks was influenced by the escalating Iran…

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Faces Institutional Demand Shortfall as Coinbase-Binance Gap Flashes Warning

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Institutional Buyers Stay on the Sidelines as Negative Coinbase Premium Deepens Concern Bitcoin continues to show signs of weak institutional participation, with one key market indicator now flashing a warning that has persisted for a record length of time. The Coinbase Premium Index, which measures the price difference between bitcoin on Coinbase Advanced and Binance, has remained predominantly negative in recent weeks. More notably, on-chain analyst Alex Bayarchyk explained on June 21 that the metric has recorded 44 consecutive days in negative territory, marking its longest streak on record. The analyst wrote on X: “The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium has been…

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Regulation

Tassat wants to help smaller banks tap the trillion-dollar stablecoin boom before Wall Street lock them out

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Tassat, the fintech firm behind Signature Bank's former Signet blockchain payments network, is building a stablecoin reserve management platform aimed at helping regional and midsize U.S. banks compete for stablecoin reserves as the sector is projected to grow into a multi-trillion-dollar market. The company unveiled Project NENYA — otherwise referred to as its Smart Reserve Management & Execution Engine — on Thursday alongside a white paper outlining the initiative. Tassat said it expects the platform to launch in early 2027 after pilot programs begin in the first half of the year. The project targets smaller banks that often lack the…

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Altcoins

One of Solana’s Most Prominent Developers Has Issued a Warning About These Altcoins – “There Is a Risk of Fake Tokens”

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Mert Mumtaz, a leading developer in the Solana ecosystem, made noteworthy statements regarding privacy-focused cryptocurrency projects amid discussions surrounding a security vulnerability in Zcash that could lead to the production of counterfeit ZEC. Mumtaz stated that not only Zcash, but all privacy protocols, including Monero, face similar risks. Following a user’s comment highlighting risks in Zcash’s current privacy pool, Mumtaz stated that significant security updates are included in Zcash’s development roadmap. According to Mumtaz, Zcash’s current architecture will soon become resilient against quantum attacks, and the officially validated Tachyon pool, scheduled for deployment later this year, will significantly mitigate these…

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Legal

The SEC plans to legalize token sales in July

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Everyone is watching a bill that may not pass. Meanwhile, the agency that spent seven years suing this industry has quietly scheduled a rule that would let startups sell tokens without registering them, and it does not need a single vote in Congress. The entire crypto policy conversation for the past month has been about a bill. Whether the Senate schedules CLARITY, whether seven Democrats can be found, whether the ethics provision survives, whether three working weeks is enough. It is a good story and it may end badly. It has also completely obscured the fact that while Congress argues,…

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin developers want to fix the 'replace this transaction with a higher fee' button. Here's why

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This optionality became the standard network policy recently. The network by default began treating every transaction as replaceable at a higher fee regardless of whether the user opted in for a replacement. Because the entire network now handles transaction replacements automatically, the explicit "replace later" signaling in Bitcoin wallets has become redundant — a vestigial piece of code that leaves unnecessary digital fingerprints of the wallet involved in the transaction. So, developers are proposing a code change to remove this signaling mechanism from the wallet software. "There is an intention in the bitcoin core wallet to remove the BIP 125…

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Regulation

What Will the Fed Do About Interest Rates This Month? A Journalist Nicknamed “Fed Spokesperson” Weighs In

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The Federal Reserve’s policy meeting on July 28-29 could be one of the most unpredictable interest rate decisions in recent years. According to Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos, who is referred to as the “Fed’s spokesperson,” the recovery in oil prices, the renewed risk regarding US tariffs, and some Fed officials giving more open signals about interest rate hikes are weakening the market consensus that interest rates will remain unchanged. According to CME Group data, market expectations for a rate hike at the July meeting have risen to about one-third, from approximately 10 percent at the end of last…

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Altcoins

Is It Over for Cardano? Analyst Outlines Five Reasons ADA Holders Are Worried

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Crypto commentator Our Crypto Talk has sparked fresh debate within the Cardano community after publishing a bearish assessment of Cardano and its native token, $ADA. The commentary presents a bearish outlook for $ADA by highlighting falling prices, weak ecosystem activity, governance challenges, and declining investor confidence. However, it also acknowledges several bullish developments that could eventually revive the network. Key Points Crypto media platform Our Crypto Talk released a strongly bearish assessment of Cardano and $ADA’s current market outlook. The criticism centers on $ADA’s prolonged price decline, weak ecosystem growth, low network activity, and ongoing governance concerns. Despite the negative…

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Legal

XRP is a commodity until the SEC changes its mind

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$XRP won. Seven years of legal limbo ended on a single Wednesday in March, when two agencies put it in writing. What almost nobody has noticed is what kind of writing it was, and how little it would take to unwrite. For most of a decade, the single most important fact about $XRP was a question: is it a security? The question survived a four-year lawsuit, a split ruling, a $125 million penalty, and the end of the case itself, because none of those resolved the underlying classification for anyone other than Ripple. Then, on March 17, 2026, it stopped…

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Exchanges

Binance’s USDC reserves fall 40% while USDT holds firm – Here’s why

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Binance continues holding deep stablecoin liquidity, yet its reserve mix has shifted noticeably in recent months. USD Coin [$USDC] reserves dropped 40.3% from $7.7 billion to $4.6 billion as of writing, reversing most gains recorded during early 2026. Meanwhile, Tether [$USDT] reserves remained steady at $38.5 billion, widening the gap between both assets to nearly $33.9 billion. Such a divergence suggests that users prefer $USDT over $USDC for exchange balances, rather than signaling broad liquidity contraction. Source: CryptoQuant More importantly, Binance still controls roughly $53 billion, or 57% of the $93 billion held across exchange stablecoin reserves. Since early 2025,…

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