Author: NBTC

India’s position as the global leader in crypto adoption is being fueled by its younger generation. Gen Z investors are now embracing cryptocurrencies like never before. This group has started to consider digital assets as a part of their small investment portfolio along with stocks, mutual funds, and SIPs. A recent report highlights this growing trend in the evolving Indian crypto market, where young investors are choosing to invest in different digital assets. While Bitcoin remains the most chosen asset, some are also including cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Solana into their stash. How India’s Gen Z Investors are Driving Crypto…

A cryptocurrency wallet allegedly linked to Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) made millions of dollars in sales during the sharp drop in $HYPE price. According to HyperInsight data, the wallet in question processed transactions worth approximately $6.48 million, selling 105,400 $HYPE tokens at an average price of $61.49. An additional 190,000 $HYPE tokens were transferred from the wallet via collection addresses linked to various cryptocurrency exchanges, including Bybit. However, it is not yet clear whether all of these tokens have been sold on the market. The address facilitated a total movement of 315,000 $HYPE throughout the day. The wallet’s current balance on…

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has publicly denied recent reports suggesting that the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin, $USDT, is developing its own blockchain. The denial comes in response to a market analysis report that claimed Tether was working on a so-called ‘stablechain.’ Background: The ‘Stablechain’ Speculation The speculation began when a market analysis report, cited by BeInCrypto, suggested that Tether was exploring the creation of its own blockchain network. Such a move would have been significant, as Tether currently operates primarily on multiple existing blockchains, including Ethereum, Tron, and Solana, among others. A proprietary blockchain could potentially reduce transaction…

In brief The initiative says it has scanned about 150 Bitcoin repositories and made more than a dozen vulnerability disclosures. The team is developing an open-source AI platform for auditing Bitcoin software. Developers say the effort is uncovering critical vulnerabilities across wallets, cryptographic libraries, and infrastructure. A volunteer security initiative says it used frontier AI models to scan 150 Bitcoin repositories and found more than a dozen vulnerabilities as developers increasingly use artificial intelligence to audit blockchains. In a post on X earlier this week, AnchorWatch CEO Rob Hamilton said the group has spent about $20,000 on AI services while…

Brokerage platform Robinhood remains atop Shiba Inu’s holder list with more than 39.27 trillion $SHIB currently held in a wallet related to the trading platform. According to Etherscan data, 39,273,242,865,360.9000 $SHIB currently sits in a Robinhood-named wallet, or 3.9274% of Shiba Inu’s supply, currently worth $161,805,760.61. While this figure seems significant, Robinhood isn’t the biggest holder of $SHIB. Another wallet contains a far larger $SHIB balance, accounting for 41.0441% of its supply. Shiba Inu’s burn address surprisingly holds the largest amount of $SHIB, with Etherscan giving this quantity as 410,433,377,893,806 $SHIB worth $1,695,089,850. A burn address is a wallet address…

What Happened? The BIP-110 faction broke from the main Bitcoin network and managed to grind out a microscopic four-block chain tip. That would normally kill a fork cold, but BIP-110 proponents have another escape route: ditch the minority chain’s crushing SHA-256 difficulty by replacing its PoW cryptographic hash function entirely. Word on the street is that the PoW switch could land in September. The four blocks mined by Roughnecks. As of today, Roughnecks had dragged the minority chain to block 961635, only for it to stall again after that block was mined three days ago on Aug. 12. Block 961636…

Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 entered its mandatory-signaling phase at block 961,632 on Saturday, with miners signaling support in just 51 of the preceding 2,016 blocks, or 2.53%, well below the 55% threshold required for early activation, according to the BIP-110 monitor. Starting at block 961,632, nodes enforcing BIP-110 began rejecting blocks that did not set version bit 4, while ordinary Bitcoin nodes continued accepting both signaling and non-signaling blocks. A minority BIP-110 branch subsequently emerged, but quickly fell behind the dominant chain. The low signaling rate makes a sustained rival chain unlikely without substantially greater miner participation. With relatively little…

That has changed. The same structure is now applied well outside crypto. Traders can hold perpetual positions on gold, major currency pairs, and equities and stock indexes, settled onchain, on venues that did not exist three years ago. Decentralized platforms list synthetic exposure to individual large-cap stocks alongside bitcoin and ether, and centralized exchanges are extending perpetual products into commodities and indices. The growth is not incremental. According to CoinDesk Research, real-world-asset perpetual volumes reached a record $211 billion in May 2026, roughly sixteen times their level of about $12 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, with equity perps…

With the number of active users on the network once again surpassing the crucial 140,000 mark, the $XRP Ledger is exhibiting fresh indications of activity. The most recent XRPL data shows that active users recently reached about 141,800 addresses, which is one of the highest readings over the previous month. Engagement around $XRP grows The timing is especially significant because, as trading volumes and transaction counts decrease throughout the larger cryptocurrency market, blockchain activity frequently slows down before weekends. Rather, despite the customarily slower trading period, $XRP Ledger participation has managed to stay high, indicating that user engagement is still…

Bitcoin [$BTC] trended higher after rebounding from $62,000 a few days ago. It remained inside a broader descending channel, although upside pressure strengthened. At press time, Bitcoin traded near $64,903, up 1.6% daily and 3% over the past week. Are Bitcoin whales buying $BTC? Bitcoin hovered near $64,000 as it searched for a breakout. Whales appeared to offer support. CryptoQuant’s Spot Average Order Size showed large whale orders between $63,000 and $64,000. That made these prices key whale zones. Source: CryptoQuant Lookonchain reported that a newly created wallet received 1,346 $BTC, worth $87.28 million. Of those holdings, 614.95 $BTC came…