Author: NBTC
Cryptocurrency traders increasingly leaned on automated strategies in 2025 as volatile but largely range-bound markets made directional bets harder to sustain, according to a year-end recap from HTX. The Seychelles-based exchange, formerly known as Huobi, said the trend was most visible in the growing use of grid-based trading bots on its spot platform. According to HTX, grid trading volume rose 97% year over year in 2025, while capital allocated to grid strategies doubled. The increase was especially pronounced in stablecoin pairs, where grid trading volume rose 352% year over year, compared with 122% growth in major cryptocurrencies. HTX said the…
The CFTC Chair has established an innovation panel to address rapidly growing areas, including cryptocurrencies and prediction markets. This move signals the agency’s serious commitment to emerging financial technologies. The CFTC states that the new panel will enable it to understand better and oversee digital financial systems. Besides traditional markets for things like crops and metals, the CFTC is now increasingly involved in new spaces such as blockchain-based assets and platforms where people bet on future events. Recently, Michael Selig became the Chair of the CFTC. Shortly after taking charge, Selig announced that the CFTC would rename one of its…
An institutional-grade exchange executes trades at predictable prices, enforces clear limits, withstands traffic spikes and protects traders from accidentally moving the market with large orders. However, a truly good exchange is defined by how it behaves when markets break. In other words, what makes an exchange good is its ability to perform when markets get messy, not how polished it looks on the surface. Last year, CoinDesk released its November 2025 Exchange Benchmark, with 81 exchanges scored across governance, licensing, audits, KYC, proof of reserves, uptime and other metrics. It’s a helpful reference and shows progress across the board. The…
The U.S. labor market appears to have continued to soften in recent months as the government caught up to reports that had been delayed due to the shutdown in D.C. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 64,000 in November, according to a Tuesday morning report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economist estimates had been for jobs growth of 50,000. The November unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 4.6%, versus expectations of 4.4% and 4.4% in September. For October, the economy saw jobs decline by 105,000 versus 119,000 added in September. The negative October print, however, was surely influenced by…
US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden have introduced standalone legislation to ensure that blockchain developers and service providers who don’t directly handle user funds are exempt from money transmitter regulations. The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), introduced by Lummis and Wyden on Monday, aims to clarify that writing software or maintaining networks doesn’t trigger federal or state money-transfer requirements. There have been mounting concerns among crypto developers about being held criminally liable for the way people choose to use their software. Last year, Tornado Cash co-founders Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev were found guilty of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting…
Coinbase is accelerating its push to dominate global crypto trading, fueled by surging liquidity, expanding derivatives and spot markets, and growing institutional demand, as CEO Brian Armstrong signals confidence in the platform’s next phase of scale. Brian Armstrong Targets 2026 Growth as Coinbase Liquidity Deepens Across Global Markets Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) detailed strong momentum across its markets business, pointing to expanding scale, deeper liquidity, and rapid product innovation across spot and derivatives platforms. The publicly traded company outlined Coinbase Markets’ performance on Jan. 9, 2026, emphasizing global reach, infrastructure upgrades, and growing institutional participation. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong…
Frontera Labs, a blockchain development and research firm, has raised a $3 million seed round led by Maven 11 Capital, with Lightspeed Faction joining as a major investor, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Halo Capital, Heartcore Capital, Anchorage Digital Ventures, Nayt Technologies, Split Capital and a group of angel investors also participated in the round. Frontera Labs is building Strata, a generalized risk-tranching protocol that packages onchain and off-chain yield strategies into tokenized senior and junior tranches, each with distinct risk-return profiles. The design aims to give capital allocators more precise risk exposure while improving capital efficiency…
Momentum behind U.S. crypto reform stalled again this week, as lawmakers quietly stepped back from a long-anticipated vote. Summary Senate committees delayed the CLARITY Act markup due to insufficient bipartisan support. Disputes center on stablecoin rewards, DeFi oversight, and SEC–CFTC authority. Lawmakers aim to revive momentum with revised language later in January. The path to U.S. crypto regulation is stretching longer than many in Washington expected. The Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman confirmed his panel will delay its planned markup of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, pushing it to the final week of January to preserve bipartisan support.…
Uquid, a well-known web3 shopping infrastructure, proudly spotlights disposable crypto cards, offering smarter and secure solutions for online payments worldwide. Through this initiative, Uquid emphasizes that how disposable cards are the one of the best solutions to cope data leaks, unauthorized charges and misuse of cards in the growing digital and e-commerce space. Uquid has revealed this trailblazing news with the crypto community through its official social media platform, X account. https://t.co/5axOYmlTIP — UQUID – Web3 Shopping Infrastructure (@uquidcard) January 10, 2026 Uquid’s Disposable Crypto Cards Eliminates the Deficiencies of Traditional Payment Methods As Web3 shopping is expanding at the…
Hong Kong-based payments fintech RedotPay has raised a $107 million in a Series B round as it scales stablecoin-powered payments across more than 100 countries, betting that blockchain rails can compete directly with traditional cross-border finance. The oversubscribed round, led by Goodwater Capital with participation from Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, and Circle Ventures, brings RedotPay’s total capital raised in 2025 to $194 million, it said in a release. RedotPay said it now serves more than 6 million users globally, processes over $10 billion in annualized payment volume, and generates more than $150 million in annualized revenue as stablecoin adoption accelerates…