Author: NBTC

NBTC is the editorial account for NBTC News, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, exchanges, mining, regulation and digital asset markets. The editorial team focuses on clear sourcing, timely updates and practical context for crypto readers.

$STONK, the native token of StonkFun, recovered from its recent dip and rose to new highs. The token rose on a mix of regular burns and fee distribution, as well as the general market recovery. $STONK was among the day’s top gainers, just as BTC regained the $81,000 level. The increased optimism immediately boosted the launch platform, as well as the native token. $STONK trading volumes hover around $43M daily, with more upside as the token gains wider adoption. $STONK climbed as high as $0.37 during the early European trading hours. To date, $STONK rose more than 13,000%, with most…

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Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate have stalled ahead of a critical vote on the CLARITY Act, which includes comprehensive regulations for the cryptocurrency market. With Republicans in the Senate rejecting the Democrats’ latest counter-proposal, it remains unclear whether the bill can secure the 60 votes needed to move forward. The procedural vote on the Clarity Act is scheduled for Tuesday at 9:15 PM Turkish time. For the bill to proceed to the formal debate phase in the Senate, at least 60 senators must vote to limit debate and move the vote forward. Reaching this stage comes…

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Binance’s CEO Richard Teng has reinforced the company’s unwavering commitment to compliance and security in light of recent scrutiny. He stated that no case has been filed against Binance, asserting that the exchange maintains a zero-tolerance policy for sanctions violations. This statement is crucial as it highlights Binance’s proactive approach to regulatory challenges, signaling a potential boost in investor confidence moving forward. Breaking It Down The cryptocurrency market is currently facing mixed signals, which may impact investor sentiment. In response to inquiries about compliance, Richard Teng clarified that Binance has never permitted transactions with sanctioned individuals, emphasizing their cooperative stance…

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In brief FutureBit’s HashFly uses 2,914 simulated neural traces to perform simplified Bitcoin hashing. The browser experiment runs on conventional hardware and is not competitive with an ASIC miner. A separate project, FlyMiner, uses simulated neural activity to decide when a standard hashing engine runs. As Bitcoin miners turn to increasingly specialized chips for greater speed and energy efficiency, hardware maker FutureBit says it has tested a different approach: using a simulated fruit fly brain to perform mining calculations in a web browser. The HashFly demonstration simulates activity across 2,914 neural pathways taken from MaleCNS v1.0, a digital wiring diagram…

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As of September 16, 2026, the Bitcoin price today sits at $75,926.01, caught between a daily structure that is still technically constructive and an hourly chart that has already turned bearish. The broader crypto market is bleeding, with total market capitalization down 4.70% over the past 24 hours. $BTC/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways Bitcoin trades at $75,926.01 on September 16, 2026, above the daily EMA50 and EMA200 but below the EMA20. Total crypto market cap fell 4.70% in 24 hours, while $BTC dominance rose to 58.49%. The Fear & Greed Index reads 51 (Neutral),…

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Copper, the cryptocurrency custody firm that was once valued at as much as $2.5 billion, is attracting interest from potential buyers, but at a price tag way below the $500 million Cantor Fitzgerald was marketing the firm at only a few months ago, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The London-based company, which also operates a Swiss entity and is known for its institution-focused ClearLoop trading system, has two or three offers at around $200 million, according to one of the people who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Copper did not respond to requests for comment.…

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The agent economy just got a Cardano rail, according to a recent major update. In an X post, the Cardano Foundation shared that Cardano is now part of the official x402 SDK, opening the door for applications and AI agents to make payments using $ADA and Cardano Native Tokens (CNTs). “JUST IN: Cardano is now part of the official x402 SDK. Any app or AI agent can pay for an API call in $ADA or any CNT over a web request,” Cardano Foundation posted. Being part of the official x402 SDK, API calls can be paid for in $ADA by…

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two engineers working for Robinhood Markets have been charged with using the company’s confidential listing information to trade Hyperliquid. According to a statement from the Southern District of New York Attorney’s Office, Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang, also known as “Jerry Xiang,” face charges of commodity fraud and fraud via electronic communications. The prosecution alleges that the two employees used non-public information belonging to Robinhood for personal gain. According to the indictment, Chai and Xiang, due to their roles at Robinhood, had access to undisclosed information regarding which cryptocurrencies would be listed…

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Bitget Wallet will list tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds issued by Reality from Sept. 15, adding a third tokenized-equity issuer to a wallet that already carries Ondo and xStocks. Reality is part of the Bitget ecosystem, so the wallet is distributing an asset its own group issues. The tokens, called rTokens, go live on Arbitrum and Morph. Bitget Wallet puts its user base at more than 100 million, which would make the listing one of the widest retail distribution channels yet for tokenized equities. Seventeen Hundred The integration brings more than 1,700 tokenized stocks and ETFs, accordig to the…

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Some Bitcoin mining vardiff (variable difficulty) controllers can keep demanding work calibrated for a machine’s former speed after it cuts hashrate. The miner can keep hashing and consuming electricity while accepted shares become vanishingly rare. Bitcoin Optech highlighted the failure mode on Sept. 18, drawing wider attention to an analysis that mining engineer Eric Price published in July. The finding concerns pool-assigned share difficulty, not Bitcoin’s network difficulty, and it describes a testable controller weakness rather than evidence of widespread miner losses. How Bitcoin mining vardiff gets stuck Pools assign each connection a share difficulty that is easier than Bitcoin’s…

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