Author: NBTC

Significant progress is being made in negotiations regarding the Clarity Act, which aims to regulate the cryptocurrency market in the US. According to cryptocurrency reporter Eleanor Terrett, discussions are ongoing in Congress between Republican and Democratic senators on ethical guidelines and decentralized finance provisions. Terrett stated that DeFi regulations were also discussed between the parties, but the biggest obstacle to the bill was the ethical provisions. A spokesperson for Senator Cynthia Lummis said that last week’s meeting with the White House was positive and that the ethics document, expected to be released in the coming days, would reflect these discussions.…

Kalshi is seeking regulatory approval to expand perpetual futures beyond crypto with new contracts tied to gold, silver and platinum. The company filed the products with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under a review process that gives the regulator 45 days to approve or reject them, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The contracts would have no expiration date, allowing traders to maintain exposure without regularly rolling positions into new futures contracts. Kalshi plans to initially offer trading 24 hours a day from Monday through Friday, matching the operating hours of the underlying precious metals markets. Chief Risk Officer Udesh Jha said the…

Bitcoin and altcoins may have become healthier following the correction experienced in recent weeks. At this point, cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute noted that the recent correction has largely cleared excessive leverage from the crypto market. According to Wintermute’s analysis, the recent market correction liquidated most leveraged positions and left the market structure healthier than before. At this point, the problem of excessive leverage in the crypto market has been largely resolved. Strategy, led by Michael Saylor, stated that its continued Bitcoin purchases helped alleviate concerns about potential selling pressure. However, analysts note that capital inflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs and…

Ethereum [$ETH] appears to be following a familiar seasonal pattern this July. According to CoinGlass data, July has historically been one of $ETH’s strongest months, with an average return of over 10%. Bitcoin [BTC], meanwhile, has averaged around 7% over the same period, giving $ETH a clear seasonal edge. Against this backdrop, Token Terminal’s latest report adds another layer to the bullish setup. As the chart below shows, Ethereum’s weekly transaction count has climbed to a record 18.7 million, while median transaction fees have dropped to an all-time low of just $0.008. Record-high usage paired with record-low fees is a…

IREN shares rose 4% in pre-market trading after the company entered a $1.6 billion purchase agreement with Dell Technologies for air-cooled Blackwell systems, a major step in scaling its artificial intelligence infrastructure, the company said on Wednesday. The new systems will support IREN’s previously announced five-year, $3.4 billion managed services AI cloud contract and are expected to be deployed across the company’s existing data centers in Childress, Texas. Commissioning is targeted for early 2027. Once operational, the AI cloud contract is projected to increase IREN’s annualized run-rate revenue from $3.7 billion to $4.4 billion, reinforcing the company’s position as a…

Cardano DEX aggregator DexHunter has dismissed claims that Cardano is losing relevance, arguing instead that activity across the network’s DeFi ecosystem paints a very different picture. In a recent commentary, DexHunter responded to the increasingly common criticism that “Cardano is dead.” The platform pushed back against that narrative, insisting that Cardano is “more alive than ever” and pointing to growing ecosystem activity as evidence. Cardano Ecosystem is Exploding To support its position, DexHunter shared TradingView charts highlighting the performance of several Cardano-native assets against $ADA. Notably, ATLAS led the gains with an 18.55% surge in a single day, while STRIKE…

Newly filed federal election records show Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss gave $10.018 million in Bitcoin to MAGA Inc., the super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump, on June 19, 2026. The gifts came 23 days after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it had joined the brothers’ crypto exchange, Gemini, in seeking relief from a 2025 judgment. The FEC filing shows that the committee sold the donated Bitcoin through Gemini. The donation came 23 days after the CFTC joined Gemini’s effort to undo parts of its 2025 judgment, although the filing offers no evidence linking the two events. The…

Uphold launches U.S. equities trading, giving users access to 4,000+ stocks and ETFs alongside crypto. San Francisco, CA – Uphold, the infrastructure provider for on-chain finance, today announces the launch of a new equities service that gives U.S. customers access to more than 4,000 leading U.S. stocks and ETFs directly within the Uphold platform. Users can trade seamlessly between supported crypto assets and U.S. stocks and ETFs in one step within the same app – a user journey in stark contrast to the friction experienced on other platforms where users are required to convert funds between fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies or…

A cryptocurrency address that had remained inactive for three months has reemerged, executing a significant purchase of Ethereum ($ETH) worth approximately $52.03 million. On-chain analytics firm Lookonchain reported that the anonymous wallet, beginning with the identifier 0x8c58, acquired 27,000 $ETH through an over-the-counter (OTC) transaction facilitated by Galaxy Digital about four hours prior to the report. Details of the Transaction The purchase was executed via an OTC desk, a method often used by large investors—commonly referred to as ‘whales’—to buy or sell substantial amounts of cryptocurrency without causing significant price slippage on public exchanges. Galaxy Digital, a prominent financial services…

In brief Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox unveiled a proposal for an upgrade designed to restore confidence in the privacy coin’s supply. Dubbed “Ironwood,” the proposal’s release coincided with a recovery in Zcash’s price, which still remained below Friday’s peak. One of Zcash’s most vocal supporters told Decrypt the upgrade is “bullish,” addressing a core tradeoff between privacy and auditability. Zcash recouped losses this weekend after its founder, Zooko Wilcox, unveiled a proposal for an upgrade aimed at restoring faith in the digital asset’s scarcity. The price of Zcash (ZEC) plummeted late last week after Shielded Labs, an organization dedicated to…