Author: NBTC

$AAVE extended its weekly gains after Aave founder Stani Kulechov dismissed claims that the decentralized finance protocol planned to sell tokens at a steep discount while also confirming that a new automated buyback mechanism is under development. The token traded at $83.88 at the time of writing, up nearly 16% over the past seven days. The latest comments from Kulechov came after reports suggested that cryptocurrency exchange Kraken was in talks to acquire a large stake in Aave at a significant discount. Those reports sparked debate within the crypto community over the potential impact on token holders and governance. But…

Ethereum Price Drops as Market Pressure Builds Ethereum is back under pressure as $ETH trades near $1,660, falling by more than 5% in the last 24 hours. The move comes during a wider crypto market selloff, with Bitcoin, Solana, XRP, BNB and Dogecoin also trading in the red. However, Ethereum now has an additional story weighing on sentiment: the Ethereum Foundation has reportedly cut around 20% of its workforce as part of a wider internal restructuring. For traders, this creates a difficult question. Is $ETH only falling because the entire market is weak, or is the Foundation’s shake-up adding extra…

A new survey from CoinShares has revealed a significant blind spot in the UK’s asset management industry: 52% of respondents in the United Kingdom believe their advisory firms are unaware of more than half of their clients’ cryptocurrency holdings. The finding underscores a growing disconnect between the rapid adoption of digital assets by individual investors and the preparedness of traditional financial institutions to track and advise on those assets. The survey, which polled 261 asset management professionals across five European countries — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland — found that the UK figure was more than double…

Asset manager Grayscale Investments has released a list of the top 15 on-chain applications ranked by protocol revenue. The list highlights projects such as $HYPE, $PUMP, $CAKE, $SKY, $JUP, $AAVE, $AERO, $WLFI, $LDO, $MET, $ETHFI, $LIT, $CARDS, $UNI, and $RAY. The report focuses on protocols that are generating meaningful revenue directly from user activity on-chain. Many Protocols Trading at Low Valuations According to Grayscale, several of the highest-earning crypto protocols are currently trading at relatively low valuation multiples. This is despite producing significant revenue. The firm noted that many of these projects are valued at single-digit trailing 12-month revenue multiples.…

A bill stuck on the Senate calendar in Washington would set rules far past the United States border. The reason is the same one that made European privacy law a global standard, and the dollar makes the reach wider still. The CLARITY Act is a United States market-structure bill, and most coverage treats it as a domestic fight over which agency regulates which token. That framing misses the larger consequence. If the bill clears the Senate floor and reaches President Trump’s desk, its effects will not stop at the American coastline. A company in Singapore, an exchange in the Cayman…

Yellow Card, a famous global stablecoin infrastructure and payments provider, has successfully secured regulatory AML affiliation in Switzerland as a supervised financial intermediary. This connection acts as a foundation for Swiss and other banking partners and institutional clients seeking to shift capital into high-growth emerging economies. Basically, the basic purpose is to provide a regulated and compliant stablecoin infrastructure. 🇨🇭We’ve secured regulatory AML affiliation in Switzerland and are opening permanently in Lugano.Institutional and corporate clients now have a regulated, supervised way to access our Stablecoin infrastructure across Switzerland, US, Africa & LATAM.More:https://t.co/rk4GGE9Ml9 pic.twitter.com/WJfcYAYnl2 — Yellow Card (@yellowcard_app) June 23, 2026…

Bitcoin’s [$BTC] Q2 recovery was cut short at around $83K. What followed was a 25% pullback to sub-$60K, effectively erasing this quarter’s entire recovery gains. Short sellers made a killing thanks to Fed rate hike fears, Strategy’s overhang, and geopolitical tensions. Now, the crypto asset has retested the 200-weekly MA (Moving Average, white), a key level that marked previous market cycle bottoms. While this could help kick off the next Bitcoin bull market cycle, analysts expect another sharp drawdown. Bitcoin market bottom: Close, but not there yet Renowned analyst Benjamin Cowen recently cautioned that there will likely be a scary…

Aave, one of the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocols, has announced plans to expand into real-world asset (RWA) lending, including tokenized stocks, through its forthcoming Aave V4 upgrade. The move signals a significant step toward bridging traditional financial instruments with on-chain lending markets. How Tokenized Stock Lending Would Work on Aave Under the proposed model, users would be able to deposit tokenized shares of major companies such as Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) directly onto the Aave protocol. These tokens could serve as collateral for loans or be lent out to other users, with interest accruing to the original…

Key takeaways: Negative $ETH futures funding rates and six weeks of spot ETF outflows highlight a fragile investment climate. Ethereum’s 53% market share in DeFi keeps it well-placed for a recovery, even as negative news continues to batter the network. Ether ($ETH) price faced a 5% correction on Tuesday, erasing gains from the previous 12 days. The move triggered $170 million in liquidations of bullish leveraged $ETH positions, putting traders on alert. Disconcerting news that the Ethereum Foundation was laying off 20% of its staff contrasts with optimism surrounding an upcoming network upgrade, but should $ETH traders be worried? $ETH…

The S&P 500 Index has surged more than 21% over the past 12 months and is up 7% year to date, adding trillions of dollars in market value. The rally has been fueled by the ongoing artificial intelligence boom, which has driven corporate earnings growth to multi-year highs. Top software stocks are plunging this year A closer look at its top gainers and laggards shows something unique. Software stocks like Intuit (INTU), Trade Desk (TTD), Adobe (ADBE), and Salesforce (CRM) are among the top laggards. They have all plunged by over 43% this year and by over 50% from their…