Author: NBTC

Institutional investors appear unfazed by ethereum’s sharp slide from its 2025 peak, as resilient ETP holdings, rising staking participation, and steady accumulation signal that major capital may still be positioning for a longer-term rebound. Ethereum Bear Market May Mask Massive Repricing Setup as Institutions Accumulate Institutional investors continue to maintain exposure to ethereum despite significant market pressure, as Bitwise Europe shared analysis on social media platform X on March 11, highlighting resilient institutional positioning even after a steep decline from the asset’s 2025 peak. Bitwise detailed that ethereum has declined about 58% from its all-time highs reached in late August…

River.Inc, a DeFi protocol that aims to unify liquidity across multiple blockchain networks through its native stablecoin (satUSD), today announced the launch of its stable asset on Stargate Finance, a cross-chain native asset transfer protocol built on LayerZero, a cross-chain interoperability infrastructure that enables users to seamlessly transfer native assets across different chains. With this collaboration, River leverages Stargate Finance’s cross-chain infrastructure (LayerZero) to advance its satUSD stablecoin’s interoperability, to make the stable asset a more capital-efficient, omnichain stablecoin with deep multichain liquidity on the DeFi market. River.Inc, formally known as Satoshi Protocol, is a chain-abstraction stablecoin system that connects…

Ethereum price is drawing renewed attention after a fresh lifetime record quietly appeared in the derivatives market. On the surface, the development may look like growing trader confidence. But when combined with Ethereum’s recent price structure and momentum signals, the picture becomes less bullish. Several indicators are now pointing to a weakening setup that could determine whether Ethereum price stabilizes here or reopens the path toward $1,800. Record Leverage Ratio Shows Speculation Is Intensifying Ethereum price is currently trading in one of the most speculative derivatives environments in its recent history. The estimated leverage ratio across exchanges has surged to…

SafePal, a comprehensive cryptocurrency wallet suite built to secure, manage, and trade digital assets on more than 200 blockchains, has announced its landmark collaboration with Uniswap, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing users to trade crypto assets directly from their wallet. .@Uniswap is now live as one of our swap providers 🦄More liquidity. Better experience.Start swapping via Uniswap in SafePal pic.twitter.com/rcC8pjjR3e — SafePal – Crypto Wallet (@SafePal) March 18, 2026 The primary purpose is to enhance in-wallet token swapping by facilitating deeper liquidity and a smooth Decentralized Finance (DeFi) trading experience. Uniswap reduces the dependency of…

Ethereum price today trades near $2,030, up 0.31%, as buyers hold the Bollinger Band midline at $2,029 on the 4-hour chart following two days of steady recovery from the March 9 lows near $1,920. 4-Hour Chart: OBV Confirms Buying Pressure As Trendline Holds $ETH 4-Hour Price Action (Source: TradingView) The 4-hour chart shows Ethereum respecting an ascending trendline from the February lows near $1,750, with price currently pressing against the BB midline at $2,029 and upper band at $2,084. OBV has been trending higher alongside each price recovery, confirming that volume is flowing into rather than out of the market…

Global investors are rotating into FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 as stretched US equity valuations, sector mix, yields, and FX stability make UK stocks look undervalued. Summary International investors are reallocating from expensive US mega-caps into FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 as valuation spreads widen. UK indices offer lower price-to-earnings ratios, higher dividends, diversified sectors, and global revenue exposure versus concentrated US tech. Stable pound dynamics and a gradual Bank of England policy path support UK equity appeal amid broader portfolio rebalancing. The FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices are drawing increased international capital as investors reassess elevated US equity…

On Wednesday, Coinshares announced a new onchain asset management strategy that blends decentralized finance ( DeFi) yields with tokenized real-world assets within a regulated framework. Coinshares Launches Onchain Strategy Combining DeFi and Tokenized Asset Yields The Jersey-based digital asset manager said the strategy is built in partnership with infrastructure provider Kiln and powered by its Railnet orchestration layer, marking what the firm describes as the first time a regulated European asset manager has combined DeFi lending, institutional secured lending, and tokenized asset yields into a single product. The offering introduces a third pillar to Coinshares’ platform, alongside its crypto exchange-traded…

Ethereum remained under pressure below major trend levels, while heavy trading activity still failed to confirm a rebound. Ethereum ($ETH) trades at $2,025.67, up just 0.12% on the day, after an intraday rally toward the $2,080 area faded into a retreat back near $2,020. This reversal matters more than the small daily gain because it suggests buyers could lift the price temporarily but could not defend higher levels. The more unusual angle is in the market structure behind the move: futures volume stands at $44.94 billion, while spot volume is just $2.94 billion. That gap suggests Ethereum is seeing far…

United States Representative Lisa McClain from Michigan and chair of the House Republican Conference, is facing renewed scrutiny over a family investment in Elon Musk’s xAI. The investment occurred shortly before announcements revealed expanded U.S. military involvement with the company. Details of the trade indicate that on January 8, 2026, McClain disclosed that her husband purchased between $100,001 and $250,000 in private xAI stock on December 15, 2025. The Congress trade became public shortly thereafter, highlighting the transaction in non-public shares of the artificial intelligence firm behind the Grok chatbot. McClain serves on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber,…

Metaverse land never recovered. The numbers now show how far it fell The biggest metaverse land deals of the 2021 and 2022 boom now map to four- and five-digit values when priced against current collection floors, rather than the six- and seven-figure valuations buyers once paid. The decline runs through the entire metaverse land trade. A CoinGecko study found that average metaverse land prices were already down 72% from their highs by June 2024, with Sandbox off 95%, Decentraland off 89%, and Otherdeed for Otherside off 85% from peak-cycle average floor levels. The famous parcels that once stood in for…