Author: NBTC

A DeFi protocol just proposed going private as its stewards believe the current DAO structure is creating a hurdle to close institutional deals. Across Protocol’s $ACX token jumped 80% to $0.06 on Thursday after the team behind the cross-chain bridging platform published a ‘temp-check’ proposal to dissolve its token structure and convert into a traditional U.S. C-corporation. “As Across deepens our work with institutional and enterprise partners, the token and DAO structure has materially impacted our ability to close partnerships and integrations,” the proposal reads. “Transitioning to a traditional legal entity would meaningfully improve our ability to enter enforceable contracts,…

TL;DR: SharpLink earned $28.1M in staking rewards (14,516 $ETH) after staking almost 100% of its treasury, but shows ~$1.39B unrealized losses. Bitmine reports 4.47M $ETH (3.71% supply) and stakes 68% for ~$172M annual revenue; SharpLink holds ~864,840 $ETH and targets a $3,588 cost basis. $ETH hovered near $1,981 as ETFs saw $10.8M outflows; SharpLink sold 10,975 $ETH ($33.54M) OTC in Nov 2025, signaling flexibility amid weaker crypto-linked stocks. SharpLink is drawing attention with a staking-heavy Ethereum treasury that is generating real yield while bleeding on paper. The firm reported about $28.1 million in staking rewards, equal to 14,516 $ETH, after…

Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi said the risk of a correction in global asset markets, including cryptocurrencies, has significantly increased. According to Zandi, despite recent price pullbacks, crypto assets, gold, and silver are still vulnerable to downside risks. Zandi pointed to the slowdown in the US economy, stating that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth remained below its potential level of 2.5 percent, employment growth stagnated, and the unemployment rate gradually increased. He also emphasized that the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, one of the inflation indicators closely monitored by the US Federal Reserve (Fed), continues to hover around…

Coinbase has denied lobbying against a de minimis tax exemption for bitcoin ($BTC), despite a vehement claim by podcaster and Ten31 managing partner Marty Bent that it has. Bent reported on March 11 that the exchange was quietly telling lawmakers that a de minimis tax exemption for $BTC payments was unnecessary. According to Bent and his “multiple” Capitol Hill sources, Coinbase lobbyists allegedly told legislators “no one is using $BTC as money” and that such a tax change would be “dead on arrival.” He also claimed that the company only wanted the exemption to apply to specifically regulated, dollar-pegged tokens…

Robinhood has unveiled several new products — including a Platinum Card, early dividend access, and family portfolio tools — as the retail trading platform pushes deeper into wealth management, payments, and crypto trading. — The announcements highlight Robinhood’s broader ambition to evolve beyond its origins as a commission-free stock trading app into what executives increasingly describe as a “financial super app.” Loading tweet… View Tweet The updates arrive as HOOD stock continues to attract investor attention, with some analysts pointing to a potential path toward $100 per share, despite the stock falling roughly 4% on March 5 during a broader…

Banks and financial institutions in the UAE are rapidly shifting from blockchain experimentation to real-world deployment, buoyed by the region’s early regulatory clarity, which experts believe has propelled the country into a leading hub for regulated digital finance The Result of a Clear Regulatory Approach According to Stephen Richardson, chief strategy officer and head of banking at Fireblocks, the UAE has a decisive regulatory approach that is lacking in many jurisdictions, which underpins its impressive advancement in digital asset and technological implementation. Richardson noted that establishing VARA provided the region with the required structure for supervised issuance, custody, and settlement…

Circle’s $EURC dominates a $1.06 billion euro stablecoin market that controls just 0.35% of total DeFi supply, while EUR swap volume sits at under 0.1% of the $3.2 trillion USD total. Despite years of integration into major protocols, euro stablecoins remain a marginal force in DeFi trading and liquidity pools, outpaced at every level by their USD counterparts. Why it matters: Circle issues regulated stablecoins, with $EURC holding the largest share of the euro-pegged market at $445 million, nearly seven times its nearest rival. DeFi’s near-total reliance on USD stablecoins for settlement creates systemic risk as the euro strengthens against…

It was my first ETHDenver. I’d only heard the legends, stories from yesteryear, when the place supposedly felt like a crypto music festival disguised as a conference. Chaos. Crowds. Infinite side events. Peak-cycle energy. This wasn’t that. The conference itself wasn’t overly packed, which I actually found refreshing. You could move. You could stop. Conversations didn’t collapse into five-second intros and Telegram scans. People finished sentences. That alone made it feel different from most conferences I’ve been to. The infrastructure, though, showed cracks. The internet was finicky enough to be distracting, especially for an event built around live demos and…

A packed stretch hits global markets this week, just as stocks, precious metals, and crypto continue to trade sideways. Now as Cryptopolitan reported last week, the Supreme Court blocked a large part of the old tariff system in a 6 to 3 ruling. That ruling said the IEEPA law does not give a president the power to place wide tariffs on other countries. Companies that depend on imports now prepare refund claims that could reach 175 billion dollars, and those cases head to trade courts in Washington. The White House then said it will use Section 122 of the Trade…

Key Highlights: Binance clarified that US federal courts dismissed two anti-terrorism and money laundering lawsuits filed against the firm and its founder Changpeng Zhao, citing insufficient legal grounds. The rulings came from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York and the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, rejecting claims brought by hundreds of plaintiffs. The development comes as Binance continues legal action against The Wall Street Journal over a report alleging sanctions evasion linked to Iran. Amid continuing controversies and its dispute with The Wall Street Journal, Binance clarifies two anti-money laundering lawsuits…