Author: NBTC

Tempo, the payments-focused Layer 1 blockchain, on Wednesday introduced Tempo Zones, a new feature that lets enterprises run private stablecoin transactions on parallel blockchains connected to Tempo’s mainnet. The product targets a core friction point for institutions exploring stablecoin rails: public blockchains broadcast every transaction by default. A company processing payroll, for example, would expose individual salary data on-chain, while a payment processor would leak confidential merchant volume with every settlement. “The parties to a transaction should see the details, the broad public should not, all while retaining the usability and interoperability of stablecoin rails,” the Tempo team wrote in…

Brad Garlinghouse marked his 11th anniversary at Ripple this week with a day in Washington that left him more positive than he has been in years. After meetings with Senators Hagerty, Bernie Moreno, Tim Scott, John Boozman, and Patrick Witt, and an appearance at the Semafor World Economic Summit, the Ripple CEO came away with a clear message for the crypto industry: the window for the CLARITY Act is open and now is the moment to act. Yesterday, I celebrated 11 years at Ripple. Back then, I couldn’t have predicted that we’d still be fighting for regulatory clarity.The fight has…

Publicly traded Bitcoin ($BTC) mining companies sold more $BTC in Q1 2026 than in all four quarters of 2025, as business conditions tighten for the mining industry. Publicly listed $BTC miners, including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific and Bitdeer, have collectively sold more than 32,000 $BTC in Q1 2026, according to TheEnergyMag. The Q1 sales surpassed the 20,000 $BTC sold in Q2 2022 during the crypto bear market triggered by the collapse of the Terra-Luna ecosystem, setting a “new record” for $BTC miner sales in a single quarter, TheMinerMag said. Quarterly $BTC liquidations by publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies,…

Bank and crypto lobbyists have both relayed concerns over the latest proposal to end the stalemate on stablecoin yields in the Senate’s crypto market structure bill, legislation that has been in limbo since the House passed the CLARITY Act in July. Senator Thom Tillis told Politico on Monday that he plans to publicly release a draft agreement this week that aims to end a fight over a provision in the Senate’s crypto policing bill that would ban third parties, such as crypto exchanges, from offering stablecoin yield payments. The draft had already been seen by banking and crypto representatives earlier…

Eight web3 games have either shuttered, paused operations, or pivoted to web2 this year as the space continues to struggle amid a major funding drought. The latest web3 games to be hit, 77-Bit and Pixel Heroes Adventure, delivered their bad news on Wednesday. Pixel Heroes Adventure says it laid off its entire team due to “unavoidable circumstances,” while 77-Bit paused its development, citing infrastructure issues “built with corners we cut trying to win time that couldn’t hold the scale we grew into.” Before the dust from those two announcements had had time to settle, XOCIETY revealed on Thursday that it…

HIVE Digital is raising $75m in 0% exchangeable notes to fund GPUs and data centers as it pivots from pure bitcoin mining toward AI cloud and eyes a TSX up‑listing. HIVE Digital Technologies is raising $75 million via a private offering of 0% exchangeable senior notes due 2031, doubling down on artificial intelligence infrastructure and data centers as it prepares to move its listing to the Toronto Stock Exchange. The notes will be issued by HIVE Bermuda 2026 Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, to qualified investors in a deal that also includes a 13‑day option for an additional $15 million…

The Senate Banking Committee’s schedule for the week of April 20 contains one item: a nomination hearing for Federal Reserve Chairman candidate Kevin Warsh. The CLARITY Act is absent. Chairman Tim Scott, who controls the committee calendar, has not announced a markup date for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act despite the Senate returning from Easter recess on April 13 and broad expectations that a committee vote would be called this month. Three Hurdles Remain Speaking on Fox Business, Scott cited three unresolved issues: the stablecoin rewards dispute between banks and crypto firms, outstanding DeFi provisions, and the need to…

Virginia has passed a new law that could quietly fix one of crypto industry’s biggest long-standing issues: what happens when digital assets are left unclaimed. Governor Abigail Spanberger signed House Bill 798 into law, creating a formal framework for handling dormant crypto accounts. The change allows the preservation of assets like Bitcoin (BTC) instead of selling them off at potentially unfavorable prices. Under the new law, the state will consider digital assets in inactive accounts abandoned after five years. At that point, they move to state custody, but crucially, the state holds them ‘in kind,’ which means it will preserve…

The Reserve Bank of Pakistan has implemented a significant regulation that closely affects the cryptocurrency sector. According to Reuters, the bank lifted a ban that had been in place for nearly eight years, allowing Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to open bank accounts. This decision is seen as a critical step towards integrating crypto assets into the formal financial system in the country. According to the new regulation, banks in Pakistan will be able to accept cryptocurrency companies as clients after completing the necessary license verifications. This will require VASPs (Variable Rate Subsidies for Businesses) to possess valid licenses issued…

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Wednesday it is consulting on guidance for the country’s future crypto regime, in the latest step toward a broader framework that is expected to take effect on Oct. 25, 2027. In a statement published Wednesday, the FCA said it is seeking industry feedback on the guidance to help companies understand how they might be affected by the regime. The full consultation text is available on the FCA website, with the feedback window closing on June 3, 2026. The regulator said the guidance will clarify requirements for areas such as stablecoin issuance, crypto…