Author: NBTC

The 2025 financial reports recently positioned the crypto industry as the sector with the most significant deals, totaling approximately $8.6 billion. This substantial achievement has been attributed to US President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance, which has improved investor confidence in the sector and promoted mergers and acquisitions centered on the crypto ecosystem. The news followed a financial analysis conducted by Pitchbook, revealing that a total of 267 deals had been struck in the crypto industry as of December 23. This record marked a considerable 18% rise from 2024. The total deal value of $8.6 billion demonstrated an increase of approximately…

Alchemy Pay has added another feather to its cap. The fiat-crypto payments company announced it has been granted a Money Transmitter License by the Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner. The approval lets the company legally offer money transmission services to people and businesses in Kansas, a practical step that also signals how seriously the firm is taking U.S. regulatory requirements. With Kansas on the list, Alchemy Pay now holds licenses in eleven states, including Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wyoming, Arizona and South Carolina. It’s the third state license the company has picked up…

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb flagged over $200 million in customer assets dormant across 2.6 million accounts, offering a glimpse into how much retail capital remains untouched on centralized platforms. The disclosure came as part of the exchange’s dormant asset recovery campaign, which targets users who have not logged in or traded for over a year. According to Bithumb, dormant assets total about 291.6 billion Korean won (about $201.8 million), with some balances left inactive for over a decade. Bithumb said the largest dormant holding it had identified was worth about $2.84 million. Meanwhile, the longest period of inactivity stretched…

Argentina has delivered one of the most unexpected economic turnarounds in recent Western history. The country slashed its poverty rate from 52.9 percent to 27.5 percent in less than a year, following sweeping libertarian reforms under President Javier Milei. These changes disrupted decades of interventionist policy and forced a rapid adjustment across households, businesses, and financial markets. Despite early resistance, real economic behavior began shifting faster than most analysts anticipated. This transformation did not rely on external bailouts or short term stimulus spending. Instead, Argentines adapted through fiscal discipline, market pricing, and decentralized financial tools. Argentina crypto adoption accelerated as…

Hyperliquid didn’t rely on hype cycles or marketing blitzes to break into the spotlight—it engineered its way into relevance, forcing the crypto industry to reassess how far onchain trading infrastructure had come. What Hyperliquid Is At its core, Hyperliquid is a decentralized exchange ( DEX) built specifically for perpetual futures trading. Unlike earlier DEX platforms that relied on automated market makers or offchain order matching, Hyperliquid operates a fully onchain central limit order book, with trades, liquidations, and funding payments recorded directly on its blockchain. The design goal was straightforward but ambitious: deliver the execution quality, market depth, and responsiveness…

According to analysts, if the Fed keeps interest rates unchanged in the first quarter of 2026, Bitcoin could face a sharp correction. BTSE COO Jeff Mei predicts that in this scenario, Bitcoin could fall to $70,000 and Ethereum to $2,400. According to Mei, although the FED has ended its quantitative tightening (QT) process as of December 1, 2025, and launched its Reserve Management Purchases (RMP) program covering short-term Treasury bonds, the steps to be taken on the interest rate side will be decisive for the markets. This program, which involves monthly purchases of approximately $40 billion, is considered by some…

As on-chain liquidity deepens and decentralized exchanges quietly absorb market share once dominated by centralized platforms, the question is no longer whether DeFi can compete—but how far it can go. Rachel Lin, co-founder and CEO of SynFutures, sits at the center of that shift. A former Deutsche Bank global markets executive and founding partner of Matrixport, Lin brings a rare blend of TradFi rigor and DeFi-native execution to decentralized derivatives. In this Q&A, she breaks down why order-book DEXs are closing the gap with CEXs, what recent exchange failures have permanently changed about user trust, and how on-chain markets could…

Aave is preparing for a major governance vote, as the platform will explore sharing part of its off-protocol revenue with AAVE token holders and submit a formal proposal to the community. The update, posted on January 2, 2025, immediately lifted market sentiment. AAVE jumped more than 10% on the day as traders reacted to signs of improved alignment between the development team and the DAO. What the New Aave Proposal Will Cover According to Aave Labs founder, the upcoming proposal will explain how revenue made outside the core lending protocol could be shared with AAVE holders. This revenue usually comes…

Data suggests neobanks will expand from roughly $149b in 2024 to $4.4t by 2034 as more services run fully on-chain, replacing slow cross-border systems with software rails.​ Summary Market projections show neobanking scaling past $1t by 2029 and to $4.4t by 2034, with growth driven by digital, mobile-first and on-chain banking models.​ On-chain neobanks run core operations directly on blockchains, offering 24/7 global payments, transparent ledgers and software-based scaling instead of branches.​ Analysts say these platforms could become foundational for internet-native economies, extending into payments, savings and asset management as adoption climbs. The global neobanking industry is projected to experience…

ONTO Wallet slipped out a short, unassuming tweet that actually matters more than its length would suggest. It tweeted, “ONTO Wallet and Changelly are partnering. We’re expanding exchange options in ONTO by working with Changelly. The Changelly integration will go live in January, with campaigns launching alongside it. More details coming soon.” On the surface, it’s a tidy product update. Underneath, it’s the kind of practical change that users notice every day. If you’ve ever bought a token in one place and had to hop through three different apps to move, swap, or spend it, you know how little frictions…