Author: NBTC

There is a growing demand for decentralized applications (dApps) that are easy to use, and that can scale with businesses. This has led to a lot of group attempts to make it easier for developers to make and use dApps. For instance, Creditlink and other companies that focus on Decentralized Identity are working together with InitVerse and other companies that offer automatic dApp platform development solutions to build enterprise-grade infrastructure across the Web3 ecosystem. This has resulted in a combined capability of on-chain credit systems and the automation of infrastructures necessary to build and monetize dApps to set the standard…

Ether held on crypto exchanges has declined over the last six months as the price of Ether has held steady, while holders are continuing to participate in staking, according to Santiment. In an X post on Tuesday, Santiment shared data from Sanbase showing that after July saw the highest amount of Ether ($ETH) on exchanges with 12.31 million tokens, the amount has steadily declined to 8.15 million. Santiment analysts predict that the amount of Ether on exchanges could continue to decline as price movements remain muted and more $ETH is sent for staking. Ether has been drifting between $2,801 and…

European leaders facing a Greenland-linked dispute with Washington could treat U.S. Treasurys as a leverage point. That would test not just the headline size of foreign holdings, but the market’s capacity to absorb speed, and how quickly higher yields would filter into the dollar, U.S. credit conditions, and crypto liquidity. The Financial Times has framed Greenland as a plausible flashpoint for U.S.-Europe tensions and argued that Treasurys could sit on the menu of countermeasures. That framing places the focus on execution mechanics and timing rather than a single “EU sells X” headline. According to the U.S. Treasury’s Treasury International Capital…

White-collar crime convict Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to convince the internet that he has been a GOP supporter since the Biden administration. The holder of the former FTX chief’s X account wrote a thread late Thursday, in which he explained the reasons for backing Republicans in 2022. Before the fall of FTX in late 2022, Bankman-Fried attended a dinner in Washington’s Wharf district. He met Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell during a fundraising period ahead of the midterm elections. McConnell was seeking financial support as Republicans fought for Senate control, and Bankman-Fried supposedly wanted to expand his influence as the…

The government of São Paulo, Brazil prohibited the registration of documents linking tokens to real‑estate properties at the request of a group of registrars. The action halts a market operating in a gray zone, which must now wait for proper regulation. Registration of Real Estate Tokenization Projects Stopped by the São Paolo Government The city of São Paulo in Brazil will have to stop registering tokenized real estate properties. According to Valor Econômico, the General Inspector of São Paulo, Francisco Eduardo Loeiro, decided to prohibit the registration of any property linked to a blockchain token, a decision considered a victory for…

The Ethereum record contract deployments in Q4 2025 signal growth, but key resistance and support levels will determine its next move. Notably, Ethereum ($ETH) has experienced a 1.7% decline in the past 24 hours, erasing some of this week’s gains. The price has ranged between a low of $2,937.74 and a high of $3,036.85 during this period, showing a trend towards the lower end of this range. Despite some volatility, Ethereum remains above the $2,900 mark, making it a crucial support level. Over the past 7 days, $ETH has faced a more significant 2% decline, and in the last 14…

Nomura-backed crypto trading firm Laser Digital introduced a bitcoin $BTC$89,931.57 diversified yield fund to provide long-term holders of the largest cryptocurrency with a return on their assets via carry-like trading strategies and market-neutral arbitrages, lending and options. Operating under the auspices of Laser Digital’s asset management arm, the fund will be the first natively tokenized bitcoin yield fund, done through tokenization specialists KAIO (formerly Libre Capital), the company said in a press release on Thursday. The fund is an upgrade of Laser’s 2023-launched Bitcoin Adoption Fund, and will be custodied by Komainu, a joint venture between Nomura, digital asset manager…

Hong Kong authorities have unveiled comprehensive plans to establish a stablecoin licensing regime and implement a groundbreaking cryptocurrency tax framework, positioning the financial hub as a global leader in digital asset regulation for 2025. The government will submit legislation to the Legislative Council this year to regulate digital asset custody while creating mechanisms for automatic international tax information exchange starting in 2028. This regulatory framework represents a significant evolution in Hong Kong’s approach to virtual assets, building upon previous initiatives while addressing emerging global standards. Hong Kong Stablecoin Licensing Framework Details The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will implement a…

On January 30, Lighter announced a collaboration with Axiom to build Lighter EVM, an Ethereum-compatible rollup. The platform will enable developers to create general-purpose apps that use Lighter’s advantages and detect market liquidity with ZK-verified security. According to Lighter, the system will function as the current Lighter custom circuit system without any changes, enabling the platform to add additional customizable capabilities while retaining its high-performance trade verification. Axiom, on the other hand, revealed that OpenVM 2.0, which offers real-time performance and proven soundness, will be used to verify the Lighter EVM and help consumers achieve lower costs without sacrificing security.…

Vitalik’s simple multisig check revives the “walkaway test,” exposing fragile Ethereum wallet UX just as spot $ETH ETFs deepen flows and raise the cost of bad design. Summary Vitalik Buterin used Etherscan’s “read contract” to inspect his multisig from a phone without the Safe app, calling it a quiet win for open, walkaway‑compliant infrastructure.​ He warns this pattern will “eventually have to break” for privacy, floating viewing keys and client‑side block explorer integrations while conceding that pasting secrets into URLs is risky.​ Experimental tools like swissknifexyz and Microchain’s zk signers emerge just as spot $ETH ETFs pull in sustained flows,…