Author: NBTC

If Congress fails to pass market structure legislation this year, the U.S. crypto market would not revert to the enforcement-heavy environment of 2022 and 2023, but it would remain structurally constrained at a moment when global adoption and institutional interest are accelerating, Wall Street broker Benchmark said. “The absence of legislation would cause a structural risk premium to persist across much of the digital asset ecosystem,” wrote analyst Mark Palmer in the Monday report, adding that this would cap valuation expansion for U.S.-exposed platforms. Palmer said failure to pass legislation would delay, not derail, crypto’s maturation, leaving the U.S. market…

Orbs, a Layer 3 blockchain, has announced Gryps has integrated its Perpetual Hub Ultra to bring institutional-grade onchain perpetual futures trading to the Sei Network, expanding access to advanced derivatives infrastructure designed for execution certainty, capital efficiency, and deterministic risk management. According to the announcement shared with Finbold on January 27, the integration allows Gryps to deploy a fully managed perpetuals stack on Sei using Orbs’ Layer-3 infrastructure alongside Symmio’s smart contract system. The setup provides core components such as hedging, liquidation, oracle pricing, and professional trading interfaces, without requiring Gryps to build its own complex backend infrastructure. Bringing the…

Ether hovered near $2,900–$2,950 after a pullback from $3,300, as two analysts highlighted the zone as key support. One chart framed the move as a possible Wyckoff last point of support, while another flagged $3,300 and $3,600 as the next resistance levels. Wyckoff chart flags $ETH support test near $2,900 A chart shared on X by analyst Bitcoinsensus shows Ether trading near $2,920 and labels the recent pullback as a possible “last point of support” in a Wyckoff accumulation setup. The TradingView-style graphic marks prior Wyckoff events on the left side of the cycle, including a selling climax (SC), an…

Cathie Wood’s $ARK Invest has filed with U.S. regulators to launch two crypto index exchange-traded funds tied to the CoinDesk 20 index, marking the firm’s first push into broad crypto exposure beyond Bitcoin. Summary Wood’s latest move marks her firm’s first push into broad crypto exposure beyond Bitcoin. The proposed ETFs would track the daily performance of the CoinDesk 20 index. WisdomTree filed its registration for a CoinDesk 20 Fund in Delaware on September 22. According to a regulatory filing, the proposed ETFs would track the daily performance of the CoinDesk 20 index using regulated futures contracts rather than holding…

The Senate Agriculture Committee postponed the markup hearing for its crypto market structure bill, previously planned for Tuesday afternoon, by two days. The committee intended to let lawmakers debate amendments and vote on its version of the bill, which aims to define how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can oversee crypto markets, but a once-in-a-decade winter storm struck the East Coast and much of the eastern half of the country over the weekend, canceling flights and changing the Senate’s schedule. The Senate had preemptively canceled votes planned for Monday afternoon on a funding package for the overall government. The U.S.…

Waves AI, an intelligent oracle platform that provides Web3 users with intelligence to optimize operations, improve decision-making, and scale applications faster, today announced a strategic partnership with Orexn, a decentralized cryptocurrency launchpad designed to offer a launch landscape for early-stage Web3 projects. This collaboration enabled Orexn to integrate Waves AI infrastructure into its Web3 launch engine platform, a tech upgrade that aims to create new opportunities for Web3 community engagement. Powered by its native OXN token, Orexn functions as a decentralized launchpad platform that focuses on enabling growth for early-stage Web3 projects. The platform provides tools to projects to connect…

One of the biggest crypto whales has swapped Bitcoin with Ethereum, which reveals a definite change of market position. The wallet (0xeA00) with 120 $BTC worth approximately $10.68 million was exchanged to 3,623 $ETH within the past two days. The trading flow was conducted over wrapped tokens via such platforms as Aave and Hyperliquid. The whale did not make a single order to carry out the trades. This was an anti-slippy tactic and did not promote excess attention on-chain. The relocation indicates a well-thought strategic action and belief in the potential of Ethereum in the short run. Another whale has…

A consortium of 10 European banks has established a company called Qivalis to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin, according to an announcement from the group. The initiative aims to provide an alternative to U.S. dollar-dominated digital payment systems. Summary Major European banks have formed a consortium called Qivalis to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin, aiming to counter U.S. dollar dominance in digital payments. The token is expected to launch in H2 2026, pending regulatory approval, with former Coinbase Germany CEO Jan-Oliver Sell as CEO and ex-NatWest chair Howard Davies as chair. The stablecoin will initially target crypto trading and payments, as regulators…

Jefferies, a Wall Street investment bank, said maturing blockchain infrastructure and incremental regulatory progress are laying the groundwork for a new wave of tokenization by institutions in traditional finance (TradFi). Broad adoption, however, depends on having clear U.S. market structure rules, it said. The bank pointed to the draft Digital Asset Market Clarity Act as the most detailed blueprint yet for how blockchain-based financial infrastructure could develop, even though hurdles remain in its path. “Although passage remains uncertain, implications across FIs, blockchain-natives, and tokens may emerge sooner than anticipated,” wrote analysts led by Andrew Moss, in the Sunday report. Tokenization…

A major security difference between the Ethereum ($ETH) and Cardano (ADA) blockchains has been highlighted amid a hack that led to the loss of $4.13 million. A Cardano DRep, known as “dori” on X, shared the security of Cardano over Ethereum in a post detailing how the compromise took place. Ethereum MEV design blamed for $4.13 million exploit According to dori, the hacker exploited a vulnerability on the DeFi protocol, Makinafi, on Ethereum. They argue that Ethereum’s transaction-ordering design allowed MEV bots to profit from the hack before the malicious actor did. Notably, due to Ethereum’s security structure, the MEV…