Author: NBTC

Bitcoin has accumulated five consecutive months of declines since October 2025, matching the historic negative streak of 2018-2019 if March closes in the red. The Long-Term Holder SOPR indicator has fallen below the 1.0 threshold, confirming that investors holding for more than 155 days are selling at a loss. Analysts project a potential bottom between $46,000 and $54,000, while the $BTC/Gold ratio shows a critical 70% correction from its peak. Bitcoin is falling once again. For the fifth consecutive time, the pioneer cryptocurrency faces a challenging period with a bearish trend that has driven it to trade near $67,800, representing…

Miami Beach — The stablecoin universe, dominated by Tether and Circle, hampers competition that could lead to better product-market fit for some important use cases, according to Ben O’Neill, Bridge’s head of money movement. “I think it’s a net bad for the growth of stablecoins as a whole, because you have two counterparties that have pros and cons to what they’ve built, and the design choices they’ve made. But they don’t work for every use case,” O’Neill said on a panel about stablecoin growth at Consensus Miami. Tether’s USDT, with its gargantuan market capitalization of approximately $189.5 billion, and Circle’s…

The Shibburn portal, which tracks transactions removing Shiba Inu meme coins from circulation, has shared an update about a substantial four-digit increase in the daily burn rate of the second-largest meme coin, Shiba Inu. Meanwhile, the $SHIB team has recently published an update, celebrating the recent surge in $SHIB holders around the world. Burn rate jumps by 1,086%, 23.7 million $SHIB gone The above-mentioned data source spread the word about a massive single-day increase in the $SHIB burn rate. Over the past 24 hours, this metric has surged by slightly over 1,086%. This became possible thanks to 23,729,119 $SHIB coins…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) warns that only a few companies will be granted stablecoin issuer licenses going forward. According to the HKMA’s Chief Executive Eddie Yue, future approvals will depend on the market’s performance based on the first two approved operations. HKMA warns of limited stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) granted its first two licenses for stablecoin issuers under Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August 2025. However, the regulator warned that future approvals will be “very limited.” The plan is to observe how the market develops before issuing any…

Shiba Inu completes hourly golden cross Shiba Inu reverses negative price trend as golden cross emerges on chart. According to CoinMarketCap data, $SHIB is currently trading at $0.0000060, following a 4.7% increase in price within 24 hours. Alongside the price rebound, the daily trading volume also increased by 43.8%, as investors renewed their commitment. Furthermore, $SHIB completed a golden cross on the hourly time frame, signaling the potential for a continued upside over the next few hours to a few days. It can attract momentum traders and buyers who use moving-average crossovers as entry triggers. A clean golden cross on…

In a recent discussion on X, Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz reflected on his early Ethereum exit. An X user had retold Schwartz’s story of selling his $ETH holdings for $1.05 each and that the Ripple CTO Emeritus wouldn’t have sold if he thought there was a 1% chance of $ETH hitting $2,368. Schwartz famously sold a total of 40,000 $ETH when the second largest cryptocurrency was trading at just $1.05. The Ripple CTO Emeritus initially bought the 40,000 $ETH tokens at $0.311 and sold because he thought the token had reached its top. The proceeds were used to purchase…

The 2026 Web3 Workforce Report shows a clear shift in web3 jobs: the market is moving from execution to supervision, as AI agents take on more routine work. The adoption tipping point For years, AI was a nice-to-have in crypto hiring. However, the report says 2026 marks a tipping point, based on about 2.000 job ads. AI mentions more than doubled in 12 months, rising from 23% in the first months of 2025 to 53,1% in March 2026. Today, more than half of web3 offers ask for AI skills outright. That shift is changing how teams define talent. In the…

Shiba Inu is showing steady growth beneath the surface, with on-chain data indicating a notable improvement in holders and a decline in exchange balance. This positive update comes even as its price consolidates, suggesting that holders are now looking beyond short-term price action and viewing Shiba Inu ($SHIB) from a long-term perspective. While it has dropped 13.7% since the start of the year, more people continue to buy, as reflected in the number of new wallets created each month. Key Points The total number of Shiba Inu holders has now reached 1,558,200, reflecting a consistent rise in user participation. Over…

Miami Beach, FL — Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple’s CEO, has been closely following the U.S. Senate’s progress on the crypto market structure bill, and he said it’s not a “done deal” as the next two weeks may be pivotal for the legislation’s chances. “If it doesn’t happen then, I think the likelihood is going to drop precipitously,” Garlinghouse said Tuesday at Consensus 2026 in Miami. But he said he still thinks it’s likely to happen, and the next moment will be the scheduling of the Senate Banking Committee’s long-awaited hearing to “mark up” the bill and advance it to the next…

Hut 8 (HUT) shares surged nearly 30% Wednesday as the company announced a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease tied to a large-scale AI data center project in Texas. Hut 8 also said the lease structure includes options that could increase total contract value to about $25.1 billion if all renewal terms are exercised. The Beacoin Point campus was originally intended for bitcoin mining but was repositioned for AI infrastructure as demand for high-performance computing capacity accelerated, Hut 8 said. The company’s pivot comes at a time when publicly listed bitcoin miners face increasingly challenging economics as they face losses of approximately…