Author: NBTC

Bitcoin’s return above $60,000 has once again shifted attention back to cryptocurrency markets. Predictably, much of the discussion has focused on price forecasts, market volatility, and whether the latest rally can be sustained. Yet according to Varun Datta, Founder and CEO of Truth Ventures, the real story is not Bitcoin’s price action, but the broader shift in Web3 value toward the infrastructure beneath it. For Varun Datta, Bitcoin’s recovery in recent weeks is less important than what it represents, as it certainly has not been the first story of its kind. Datta believes the Web3 industry is entering a more…

The firm is not interested in buying rivals, Domingo said. “They’re not going to bring anything to me that I don’t have in terms of tech.” Instead, Domingo said Securitize is looking at businesses that complement its institutional tokenization offering, aiming to build a broader “one-stop shop” for customers. “We’re going to look at what things are adjacent to tokenization that either our existing customers from the tokenization space,” he said. Tokenization of public markets The broader tokenization market has grown rapidly as banks, asset managers and exchanges embrace blockchain-based financial infrastructure. Tokenized real-world assets now exceed $32 billion, RWA.xyz…

A tectonic shift is brewing in global markets, and Tokyo could become its catalyst, according to well-known portfolio manager and The Lead-Lag Report founder Michael Gayed, CFA, who has once again reminded investors of the inevitability of a liquidity crisis. In this context, the expert again tied together the yen, gold, oil, $XRP, and Treasuries, saying the system is close to the point where regulators will have to “crash stocks to save bonds”. They will crash stocks to save bonds.And Japan is the mother fucking catalyst.The reverse carry trade.Watch this.Yen, Gold, Oil, $XRP, and Treasuries.Like and repost if you understand…

In brief A 21-year-old American man has been indicted in Israel on espionage charges—the first such case involving a U.S. citizen amid a broader wave of Iran-linked spying prosecutions. Prosecutors say Lavon was recruited via Telegram, filmed sensitive sites and left hidden items with coded messages for Iranian handlers, and was paid in cryptocurrency. Lavon faces charges of contact with a foreign agent and communicating information useful to an enemy; his lawyer disputes that the conduct amounts to espionage. An American citizen studying at an ultra-Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem has been indicted on espionage charges, in what authorities say is…

OKX Opens Airdrop for Venezuelan Earthquake Victims OKX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by volume, has taken action to help Venezuelan users affected by the twin earthquakes that left over 2,000 dead and hundreds of buildings collapsed. On social media, using its Latam account, OKX referred to the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela on June 24, 2026, and how the cryptocurrency community has responded to this event in one of the Latam countries with growing crypto adoption. “We know that these days have been difficult. But we have also seen something extraordinary: the solidarity of Venezuela and the entire…

SingularityNET has announced a partnership with the AGI Society to host the BGI Open Build, a 10-day virtual event that aims to unite researchers and developers globally in advancing AGI research tools. This initiative is part of a broader trend toward collaboration in AI development, as highlighted in their official tweet. What Happened The broader crypto market is showing mixed signals, but SingularityNET’s recent partnership emphasizes the growing interest in artificial general intelligence (AGI). The BGI Open Build event is set to bring together developers and researchers to innovate using open-source tools like OmegaClaw and FabricPC. This move signifies a…

One-Hour Chart Shows Buyers Losing the Short-Term Fight The one-hour chart shows Bitcoin printing in the $62,040 to $62,065 range, with lower highs and weaker candles forming as volume thins out. Buyers have not reclaimed the $62,800 to $63,000 zone that would flip the short-term structure back toward bullish. $BTC/USD 1-hour chart via Bitstamp on July 8, 2026. A one-hour close above that band opens a path toward $63,800, then $64,200 to $64,650, with a stop below $62,200 keeping risk contained. A more aggressive entry near $61,700 to $62,000 depends on that zone holding and volume picking up, with $62,800…

Bitcoin miner TeraWulf, moving deeper into AI infrastructure, signed a 20-year data center lease with Anthropic expected to generate about $19 billion in contract revenue. The company also announced Monday that it is selling a majority stake in a separate AI data center joint venture to reinvest in wholly owned projects. The company’s shares rose about 12% in Monday morning trading following the announcement, extending a roughly 107% year-to-date gain, according to Yahoo Finance data at the time of writing. TeraWulf stock price. Source: Yahoo Finance Under the agreement, Anthropic will lease a purpose-built AI data center campus at TeraWulf’s…

New wallet creation on the $XRP Ledger reached its highest level since March during the final week of June. The increase adds to signs of rising network activity alongside growing institutional adoption and tokenized asset issuance. According to on-chain data shared by Evernorth, about 26,000 new $XRP wallets were created in the week ending June 29. That was up roughly 40% from around 18,400 the previous week. It marked the strongest weekly wallet growth since March and suggests renewed interest in the $XRP ecosystem. XRPL Network Activity Notably, new wallet creation trended higher throughout June. Weekly additions rose from 18,100…

The U.S. state of New Hampshire is considering new legislation to explicitly protect the use of cryptocurrency for payments and the right to self-custody digital assets. House Bill 639 (HB639), introduced in the state’s General Court, seeks to prohibit state and local government entities from restricting these activities, marking another step in the ongoing debate over digital asset regulation at the state level. What HB639 Proposes HB639 is a straightforward piece of legislation. Its core provision would prevent any state or municipal agency in New Hampshire from enacting laws, rules, or ordinances that limit or prohibit an individual’s ability to…