Author: NBTC

China just delivered a strong message to global markets this week. Authorities injected ¥668.5 billion into the financial system within days. This move grabbed investor attention across equities, commodities, and digital assets. Market participants now reassess risk as liquidity conditions improve. The China liquidity injection arrived during a sensitive economic phase. Growth momentum slowed while confidence showed visible cracks. Beijing responded with speed and scale, aiming to stabilize funding costs. Investors quickly interpreted the move as a supportive policy stance. Liquidity actions often reveal policy priorities before official statements appear. This injection suggests Chinese officials want smoother credit flows. It…

NOYA AI has now opened the door to a significant advancement in hands-free interaction on the Web3, declaring that LI.FI is now serving as the powerhouse behind its infrastructure of AI agents. The integration enables the user to perform cross-chain token swaps and connect with decentralized finance and prediction markets with simple voice commands. NOYA is a project that is at the crossroads of artificial intelligence, DeFi automation, and natural language interfaces, with the tagline of Your voice is now action. Your voice is now action 🎙⚡️Swap any token, cross-chain, just by speaking.Powered by @lifiprotocol.Say it.It happens.Soon you’ll be betting…

Ethereum continues to trade within a narrow range after rebounding strongly from late-December lows. Price action around the $3,100 level reflects consolidation rather than exhaustion. Market data shows ETH holding above key moving averages, suggesting balance between buyers and sellers. Short-Term Structure Holds Above Critical Support On the 4-hour chart, ETH remains capped below the $3,300 swing high. However, higher lows from the $2,700 region continue to support the broader recovery structure. Consequently, the market still respects the prior upside impulse. Immediate resistance sits between $3,130 and $3,150, where short-term averages converge. A sustained move above this band could expose…

AI-powered trading hasn’t yet reached an “iPhone moment,” when everyone is carrying around an algorithmic, reinforcement learning portfolio manager in their pocket, but something like that is coming, experts say. In fact, the power of AI meets its match when faced with the dynamic, adversarial arena of trading markets. Unlike an AI agent informed by endless circuits of self-driving cars learning to accurately recognize traffic signals, no amount of data and modeling will ever be able to tell the future. This makes refining AI trading models a complex, demanding process. The measure of success has typically been gauging profit and…

Confidence is building across the XRP community that 2026 could mark a turning point for the XRP Ledger’s decentralized exchange (DEX). Developers, validators, and Ripple executives are highlighting the network’s accelerating progress in DeFi. In a tweet, XRPL validator Vet stirred fresh discussion about XRP DeFi, stating, “2026 is the year of the XRP Ledger DEX.” Key Data Points XRP Ledger insiders say 2026 could be the breakout year for the network’s built-in DEX Validators and influencers argue XRPL’s native DEX is fast, cheap, and still underestimated XRPL’s Layer-1 DeFi design avoids smart contract risks seen on many newer chains…

Ethereum’s (ETH) long-term valuation model, the Rainbow Chart, points to a broad but structured price range by January 31, 2026, based on its historical growth curve and logarithmic trend bands. Notably, the chart maps Ethereum’s price action across color-coded valuation zones designed to capture market psychology rather than provide precise price forecasts. Indeed, the model’s outlook comes as Ethereum trades just above the $3,000 support level. As of press time, the asset was valued at $3,102, down less than 0.1% in the past 24 hours, while on the weekly timeline, ETH was down over 2%. This price range places the…

The news that MSCI — one of the world’s “Big Three” index providers — is looking to potentially exclude digital asset treasuries (DATs) from its indexes has absolutely scandalized the crypto community. JP Morgan mentioning this in their research note on Strategy only added fuel to the fire, with the term “Operation Chokepoint” coming back into the Crypto Twitter lexicon. However, MSCI may have a valid point when it comes to DATs. MSCI is one of the largest index providers in the world, with over $18 trillion in ETFs and institutional assets following its benchmarks. As such, investor protection is…

Investment bank Standard Chartered (STAN) said ether ETH$3,113.37 is positioned to outperform bitcoin BTC$91,150.26 despite weaker-than-expected performance across digital assets this cycle. Bitcoin’s weaker performance has weighed on the broader crypto market, but ether’s relative outlook has improved and the bank expects the ETH-BTC ratio to climb back toward its 2021 highs over time. Even so, Standard Chartered trimmed its ether forecasts for 2026 through 2028 to reflect ongoing weakness tied to bitcoin’s performance. At the same time, it raised its longer-term outlook, forecasting ether to reach $40,000 by the end of 2030 as the crypto’s structural advantages play out.…

Laura Katherine Mann, a partner at global law firm White & Case, sees 2025 as the “test-case year” for crypto initial public offerings, but says 2026 is the real proof point: the year the market finds out whether digital asset IPOs are a “durable asset class” or just a cyclical trade that only works when prices are ripping. 2025 was a busy year for crypto companies going public. Stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) listed in June, followed by CoinDesk’s owner Bullish (BLSH) in August and crypto exchange Gemini (GEMI) in September. Potential candidates for next year include South Korean crypto exchange…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum-focused crypto treasury company, continued to buy ether ETH$3,125.91 through last week, but has warned that the pace may not last. The firm added 24,266 ether ETH$3,125.91 last week, lifting its holdings to 4,167,768 tokens as of Sunday. The purchase pushes BitMine’s share of ether’s circulating supply to 3.45%, with a goal to ultimately corner 5% of all tokens. Chairman Thomas Lee, in a statement on Monday, said that BitMine’s ability to continue accumulating ETH depends on shareholder approval to authorize new equity issuance. Without it, the firm could be forced to slow its…