Author: NBTC

Texas regulators targeted an alleged crypto investment and MLM scheme that promised millionaire status, passive income, and high monthly returns through recruitment and trading codes. The order also cites withdrawal fees, investor lockups, and claims of low-risk, AI-assisted trading. Key Takeaways: Recruiters allegedly promised investors they could become millionaires within months through aggressive referral incentives. Regulators cited claims of 60% monthly returns, principal protection, and a 99.6% trading success rate. Investors faced withdrawal hurdles that included a 20% handling fee and a later 12% charge tied to taxes and account transfers. Texas Order Flags Crypto Returns, Recruitment, and Investor Lockups…

WalletConnect Pay has integrated Solana, enabling users to make payments with $SOL, $USDC, and $USDT through merchants connected to its payment network. The expansion strengthens WalletConnect’s multi-chain infrastructure, which already supports Ethereum, Polygon, Base, Optimism, and Arbitrum. By combining Solana’s high-speed transactions and low fees with WalletConnect’s extensive wallet ecosystem, the platform is advancing the practical use of crypto for everyday payments and digital commerce. WalletConnect is expanding its payment infrastructure with the addition of Solana, allowing users to spend $SOL, $USDC, and $USDT at merchants that support WalletConnect Pay. The integration enhances the protocol’s multi-chain approach and brings one…

Bitcoin price continued consolidating above the key $80,000 psychological support level this week as improving institutional sentiment and strengthening technical structure fueled speculation that bulls may soon attempt a breakout toward the long-awaited $100,000 mark. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin ($BTC) traded around $80,500 at press time on May 15 after briefly rallying above $81,800 earlier in the session. The asset remains nearly 32% above its February lows near $61,000 despite renewed volatility across broader financial markets, with buyers continuing to defend the broader uptrend structure that has remained intact since March. One of the biggest catalysts supporting sentiment…

ChimpX, a renowned AI-led blockchain network, has collaborated with Predict Protocol, a decentralized prediction platform. The partnership is set to broaden opportunities across prediction markets and decentralized finance (DeFi). As ChimpX revealed in its official X announcement, the development highlights a strategic move toward delving into the intersection of decentralized finance applications and AI. Hence, the joint effort focuses on investigating unique opportunities regarding the development of DeFi systems. Partnership 🤝Announcement We’re excited to welcome @PredictFDN to the ChimpX ecosystem. Predict Protocol is a permissionless prediction market infrastructure built on BNB Chain, enabling anyone to create and trade event markets…

Boston Fed President Susan Collins backed holding rates steady and urged the Fed to strip out language that implicitly points to cuts as the next move, reinforcing a higher‑for‑longer stance that has repeatedly whipsawed crypto when markets price in dovish pivots too early. Collins told reporters she backed the latest decision to keep rates on hold but “hopes to adjust the wording of the statement to avoid implying a rate cut,” according to a summary of her remarks carried by Jinshi and echoed in recent coverage of her speeches. She added that “an increasing number of officials” want the Federal…

Intesa Sanpaolo’s Ripple Custody Move Signals a New Backbone for Institutional Crypto A subtle but significant shift is reshaping global finance, and it’s accelerating under the radar. Market analyst ChartNerd reports that Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, is now leveraging Ripple Custody to anchor its digital asset strategy. While this may appear to be just another step into blockchain, the move signals something far more consequential, touching on a structural redefinition of how major institutions store, manage, and ultimately interact with value. Custody is the bedrock of finance, without secure asset storage, markets don’t scale. That’s where Ripple Custody is…

A group of Senate Republicans has urged US financial regulators to clarify the capital standards for companies engaged in crypto activities. Senator Cynthia Lummis said on Thursday that she led the group in sending a letter on May 27 to Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Miki Bowman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Travis Hill, and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould. The letter commended the agencies’ guidance in March that clarified the capital treatment of tokenized securities, but urged them “to build on that progress to move towards a clear and fair capital treatment for on-balance sheet treatment of…

A Delphi Consulting analysis of 652 CEX listings from January 2025 onward found that a user buying every new token across Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, Gate.io, and Kraken would have kept roughly 50 cents on the dollar. The win rate across all listings was 12%, 52% of tokens lost more than 80%, and the median return was -82%. Tokenized stocks appear to be the answer that exchanges are giving to failing token launches. Delphi Consulting’s analysis of 652 token listings across five major exchanges from January 2025 through May 2026 found a 12% win rate and a median return of -82%.…

Bitcoin ($BTC) fell below $80,000 at Friday’s Wall Street open as analysis tied risk-asset weakness to US bond markets. Key points: Bitcoin eyes its lowest levels of May as concerns over US bond yields spark a risk-asset rout. US 10-year treasury yields rise above levels that sparked a US tariff pause on China last year. Traders wait for new local lows for $BTC/USD as support stability is eroded. Bitcoin suffers as risk-asset “euphoria” turns sour Data from TradingView tracked 3% daily $BTC price losses, with downside intensifying as the US session began. $BTC/USD approached its lowest levels in May so…

In a bid to embrace the agentic economy and enhance its decentralized network’s efficiency, Liquify DAO, a DeFi platform, today announced a strategic partnership with PayGo, an HTTP-native payment infrastructure based on the x402 open standard. This collaboration enabled Liquify to integrate PayGo’s x402 infrastructure to embed its DeFi platform with the capability of enabling efficient, autonomous, and trustworthy payments between AI agents. Liquify is a DeFi ecosystem that allows users to access key financial activities, including digital asset management, staking, and diverse liquidity provision. Its multi-chain protocol lets users unlock liquidity, earn staking rewards, and DeFi yields across multiple…