Author: NBTC

AI agents are becoming persistent, autonomous, and deeply embedded in everyday workflows. But as they gain the ability to act on our behalf, a harder question emerges: who controls the data, the execution, and the trust layer? — Today, $NEAR AI introduced its answer. Announced live at NEARCON 2026, IronClaw is a new open-source, verifiable AI agent runtime designed for a future where agents run continuously — without exposing sensitive data, credentials, or user intent. A Runtime Built for Autonomous AI — Without Blind Trust IronClaw builds on the original OpenClaw vision, but strengthens it with cryptographic guarantees from the…

RubberVerseX, a RWA tokenization platform that transforms rubber plantation resources into digital assets on-chain, today announced a strategic partnership with Rocket-IDO, a cutting-edge Web3 cross-chain launchpad platform that offers one-stop incubation and IDO (Initial DEX Offering) services for blockchain projects. This collaboration reflects a crucial step towards the two platforms’ mission of building a more innovative, effective, and scalable blockchain ecosystem. RubberVerseX is a Thailand-based blockchain platform with expertise in tokenizing rubber production into digital assets. Real-world rubber resources (ingredients) such as latex, caucho, and several others are tokenized under the Thailand regulatory framework. This ensures transparency, security, and compliance,…

More than 100 community bank leaders are urging U.S. senators to close what they describe as dangerous loopholes in stablecoin legislation, warning that trillions of dollars could migrate out of traditional bank deposits and undermine local lending across the country. But JPMorgan does not share the ABA’s fears. In a Jan. 5 letter sent to the Senate, members of the American Bankers Association’s (ABA) Community Bankers Council said stablecoin issuers are increasingly finding ways to offer yield-like incentives, despite a statutory ban on interest payments from issuers directly, threatening to siphon savings away from their vaults that rely on deposits…

SEC cuts payment stablecoin haircuts to 2%, boosting on‑chain settlement economics for broker‑dealers. Summary New SEC FAQ says staff “would not object” if broker‑dealers apply a 2% capital haircut to qualifying payment stablecoins, versus the prior de facto 100% deduction.​ The shift follows the GENIUS Act, aligning compliant stablecoins with conservative money market funds and enabling $100 of tokens to count as $98 toward net capital.​ $BTC trades near $68.1k on ~$33B volume, $ETH around $1.96k on ~$18B, while $USDT holds $1 with roughly $57B–$68B in 24h turnover as the largest dollar‑linked stablecoin. You might also like: XRP Binance reserves…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced it will list new pairs to expand its trading options on the spot market. According to the announcement, the $ADA/U, $DOGE/U, $PEPE/U, and $TAO/$USD1 trading pairs will be available for trading on February 25, 2026, at 11:00 AM. The exchange will also activate its Trading Bots services for these pairs at the same date and time. The Spot Algo Orders feature will be available for the $ADA/U, $DOGE/U, $PEPE/U, and $TAO/$USD1 pairs. This step aims to enable users to implement automated and algorithmic trading strategies more effectively. Binance will also…

Policymakers across North America are worrying about what the energy usage of crypto, artificial intelligence and other data centers might mean for the affordability of regular customers, but crypto investment firm Paradigm argues that the government should leave bitcoin mining operations out of it. Mining bitcoin does take a tremendous amount of electricity. But the business model only works when that energy is particularly cheap — such as when it’s provided by off-peak renewable sources — and can be given back at the times when it’s most needed by the public, according to a report produced by Paradigm, which has…

Flux ecosystem, a decentralized cloud infrastructure that provides advanced computational resources for developers to build Web3 applications, today announced a strategic partnership with CZR Exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange that simplifies and secures people’s crypto trading journey. The collaboration enabled CZR Exchange to integrate Flux’s cloud computing infrastructure into its crypto trading platform, a move that aims to support developers in the CZR network. CZR Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange and wallet whose headquarter is based in the Cayman Islands. The exchange combines cutting-edge financial products, powerful trading tools, and institutional-level security features into a single unified platform serving the interests…

When questions began swirling across social channels about whether Aave’s latest upgrade would force users and integrations off the current stack, Kolten, Aave Labs’ Marketing Director for DeFi, sought to put doubts to rest. In a measured thread on X, he laid out the company’s position that Aave V3 will continue to operate “for the foreseeable future,” even after V4 lands, and there is “no rush” to deprecate the existing version. The post reads like a careful reassurance to the protocol’s large ecosystem of builders, integrators and institutional partners, some of whom have voiced concern that a hard pivot to…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has pushed back against suggestions that the original Ethereum blockchain should be left to wither away in favor of a new, from-scratch network. Instead, Buterin has unveiled a highly ambitious strategy to rebuild the network from the inside out with the help of radical upgrades while keeping the existing system fully operational. An X user has argued that Buterin should allow the current iteration of Ethereum to “die a slow and painful death by fragmentation” with a highly sophisticated web of layer-2 rollups (L2s), app chains, and institutional involvement. The user claimed that Buterin should start…

The S&P 500 does not stay the same. It never has. Companies enter, companies leave. Some grow fast and earn a spot, while others shrink, merge, go private, or collapse. Stability is not how this index works. So perhaps this churn helps explain how the market behaves over time. Prices can rise while the lineup behind them shifts quietly. The S&P 500 today is not the same index from ten years ago. It is not even close. The market keeps replacing its own parts. Turnover changes leadership and investor outcomes Goldman Sachs analyst Ben Snider put numbers to this change.…