Author: NBTC

According to analyst Shanaka Anslem Perera, the story everyone has been telling about Bitcoin ($BTC) this year, that big money fled to gold and left crypto behind, is wrong. He laid out the actual flow of data in a post on X, showing how the picture is considerably different from what the rotation narrative suggests. ETF Flows Tell a Different Story The analyst argued that, based on spot Bitcoin ETF data, investors have not abandoned the flagship cryptocurrency. Since their launch in January 2024, they have attracted more than $53 billion in net inflows, something that took gold ETFs some…

Black Lake Digital Markets, in collaboration with Nuva Labs, has successfully tokenized $25 million in institutional residential mortgages on the Provenance blockchain, an open-source Layer 1 network designed for financial services. The tokenized assets will serve as the underlying collateral for a dedicated Black Lake vault to be established on NuvaFinance, a decentralized finance platform. Expanding Real-World Asset Tokenization The move marks a significant step in the growing trend of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, where traditional financial instruments are represented on a blockchain to improve liquidity, transparency, and efficiency. The Provenance blockchain, which has already onboarded over $23 billion in…

Market commentator Ryker has reflected on Shiba Inu’s early success story and how he generated millions of dollars during $SHIB’s explosive 2021 rally. Notably, Ryker revealed that he made $2 million in profit from $SHIB during its historic rally. According to him, he entered the market early and eventually exited his position after the token surged above $0.00008. However, Ryker did not disclose the size of his initial investment or the entry price that enabled him to secure the multi-million-dollar gain. Nonetheless, his experience mirrors the stories of several early $SHIB investors who recorded extraordinary returns during the token’s formative…

Political action committees (PACs) backed by cryptocurrency companies and aligned interest groups have bet more than $8 million to support candidates in Tuesday’s primaries across three US states, which could impact the makeup of the country’s Congress in 2027. As of Monday, the Protect Progress PAC, an affiliate of Fairshake that supports Democratic candidates, reported spending more than $516,000 on media for April McClain Delaney, running in Maryland’s 6th congressional district. However, much of the PAC’s attention has been focused on two races in Maryland and New York, where it reported combined expenditures of more than $5.5 million and $1.4…

Major Japanese crypto exchange Rakuten Wallet continues to demonstrate support for the dog-themed cryptocurrency Shiba Inu. Rakuten Wallet announced the addition of Shiba Inu to its lineup in April, attracting attention in the crypto community. In a recent show of support with the Shiba Inu community, Rakuten Wallet announced it was launching dedicated content for $SHIB. 【予告】楽天ウォレットに新たな仲間…⁉️🐶SHIBコイン取扱い開始を記念して、楽天ウォレットシニアアナリスト松田による「SHIBを理解するための特別動画🎉」を準備中です‼️撮影に向けて、まずは松田がシバさんと仲良くなるために奮闘中…👍おっかなびっくりな松田と、余裕の表情のシバさん…… pic.twitter.com/2jov2Nld8E — 楽天ウォレット (@Rakuten_Wallet) June 23, 2026 In a tweet, it said that to celebrate the start of $SHIB coin handling, Rakuten Wallet was preparing a special video, “Understanding $SHIB.” This will be undertaken by Rakuten Wallet Senior Analyst Matsuda. In preparation for…

Benjamin Cowen, founder of the financial analysis platform Into The Cryptoverse and a renowned cryptocurrency strategist, made striking statements in his latest analysis that closely concern global markets and especially Bitcoin (BTC) investors. Cowen pointed out that the market’s expectations regarding the Fed’s interest rate policies may be based on a flawed premise. Cowen stated that traditional finance and cryptocurrency markets have entered a period of extreme sensitivity to the Fed’s actions, and that the interest rate path “considered certain” by the mainstream media and the majority of investors could take a turn for the worse. The analyst added that…

As billions of dollars continue flowing into proprietary AI companies, one organization is placing a major bet on a different future for artificial intelligence. Sentient Foundation has announced a $42 million Open Source AGI Grant and Investment Program, one of the largest funding initiatives dedicated exclusively to supporting developers, researchers, startups, and public-goods projects building open-source artificial general intelligence. The initiative reflects a growing belief among parts of the AI community that the future of intelligence should remain accessible rather than controlled by a handful of companies. And yes, the number was chosen intentionally. According to the Foundation, the $42…

Strobe Finance, the only native decentralized lending protocol on the $XRP Ledger’s EVM Sidechain, has announced that it is winding down and has given users until July 13 to repay their loans. The users also have until July 20 to withdraw their deposits before the front end closes permanently. That shutdown will leave the XRPL EVM Sidechain without a functioning lending market and has raised pointed questions about whether the network can support retail-focused DeFi projects at all. What Happened, and What Users Need to Know In a post on X published late Tuesday, the Strobe team bluntly laid out…

If you are an Illinois resident and hold crypto in a centralized exchange, a new cost is coming that most investors have not heard about yet. Starting January 1, 2027, Illinois will impose a 0.2% tax on crypto asset transfers under a law that has already been signed. Unlike federal capital gains taxes, this one hits you every time you move & withdraw crypto, not just when you sell. What Illinois’ 0.2% Crypto Transfer Tax Actually Does The new law imposes a 0.2% tax on transfers of crypto assets made by Illinois residents via centralized exchanges. The tax is collected…

Take the Lazarus Group’s exploitation of Tornado Cash and the Ronin Bridge. Sanctioned wallets? None detected. Prohibited tokens? All clear. Protocol compliance? Perfect. Yet $600 million vanished through wallet-hopping across jurisdictions, beyond the reach of previous systems to contextualize. FTX complied with regulations until customer funds were commingled. Mango Markets’ oracle was hacked while protocols remained compliant. The fraud happened in the context, not the code. Through my travels as a CEO in digital asset markets, I’ve witnessed tokenization transform global financial hubs. Real estate in Dubai, tokenized by a special-purpose vehicle in the Cayman Islands, sold on a Singapore…