Author: NBTC

Big money is betting against crypto equities like Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) and American crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN), new data compiled by Goldman Sachs Research shows. The firms find themselves ranked first and fourth in short interest as a percentage of market cap at 14% and 10%, respectively, among companies valued at $25 billion or greater. “Crypto is like cilantro: Some people love it and some people hate it,” Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan told Decrypt. “It’s not surprising to see it at the top of the short interest list,” he said of MSTR and COIN’s ranking.  While the…

The South Korean cryptocurrency market has seen remarkable activity in the last 24 hours. An analysis of data from the country’s two largest exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, reveals a significant increase in trading volumes, particularly in certain altcoins. When the 24-hour spot market data from both exchanges are combined, it becomes clear that the volume increase is not limited to major cryptocurrencies; gaming, NFTs, and next-generation layer-1/ecosystem projects are also prominent. Projects like Axie Infinity, Berachain, and Story, in particular, have seen a strong surge in demand in the Korean market. Here are the altcoins with the highest trading volume…

The platform’s first fully onchain athlete asset signals a shift toward decentralized tokenization of sports talent ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Tokenization has become one of the most discussed themes in crypto over the past two years. Most blockchain projects experimenting with the concept have focused on financial assets such as treasury securities, real estate, or private credit. Some platforms, however, are exploring a different direction. Royaltiz, a blockchain platform focused on tokenized talent, is launching a digital asset tied to French football star Eduardo Camavinga on Solana. The release represents the company’s first fully on-chain athlete token…

Ethereum price started a recovery wave from the $1,920 zone. $ETH is now back above $2,000 and might aim for more gains in the near term. Ethereum started a recovery wave above the $2,000 zone. The price is trading above $2,000 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $1,960 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $2,050 zone. Ethereum Price Aims Higher Ethereum price started a recovery wave after it found support near…

Chainlink adoption expanded this week with 11 new integrations across 2 services and 11 chains, including Base and Injective EVM. New integrations included $ADI Chain, Arc, DogeOS Chikyu, GIWA Sepolia, Monad, Perennial, Pharos, Seismic, and Stable. Chainlink recorded 11 new integrations this week across two services and 11 blockchain networks: $ADI Chain, Arc, Base, DogeOS Chikyu, GIWA Sepolia, Injective EVM, Monad, Perennial, Pharos, Seismic, and Stable. The integrations expanded Chainlink’s standard across multiple Web3 ecosystems, covering two of its services. The new additions covered a range of blockchain environments. Base and Injective EVM were among the named networks. $ADI Chain,…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm chaired by Fundstrat co-founder Thomas “Tom” Lee, moved 5,300 $ETH valued at approximately $11 million to Coinbase Prime today in a move that may signal plans to stake the funds, according to Arkham Intelligence data. A transfer to Coinbase Prime does not necessarily mean the assets are about to be sold. Coinbase Prime is an institutional platform that provides custody, trading, and staking services, meaning deposits can be tied to a variety of treasury or portfolio management strategies. Bitmine announced Monday total holdings of $10.3 billion across crypto assets, cash,…

Anchorage Digital, the first crypto firm to secure a U.S. banking charter, said Wednesday that its holding perpetual preferred stock in bitcoin treasury firm Strategy on its balance sheet. Anchorage’s CEO Nathan McCauley called it “conviction compounding.” “Institutions don’t just talk about Bitcoin, they structure around it. When the company that operationalizes Bitcoin infrastructure puts capital alongside the company that operationalized the Bitcoin treasury strategy…that’s a signal,” McCauley said on X. Saylor responded by saying that “conviction is contagious,” hinting at a possibility of other firms soon following Anchorage’s lead in buying Strategy’s yield-generating preferred stock. Anchorage’s investment is a…

The largest bank in the US, JPMorgan, admitted to de-banking Donald Trump following the 2021 Jan. 6 Capitol attack in a move that ultimately led the Trump family to start going down the crypto rabbit hole. Dan Wilkening, JPMorgan’s former chief administrative officer, acknowledged that the bank had decided to close accounts tied to Trump, marking the first time JPMorgan has admitted to doing so on record, according to court filings seen last week by outlets including Fortune and CNBC. “In February 2021, JPMorgan informed Plaintiffs that certain accounts maintained with JPMorgan’s CB [commercial bank] and PB [private bank] would…

Two new funding rounds for Corastone and Zcash Open Development Lab show blockchain infrastructure maturing for real‑world scale, private markets, and privacy‑first payments. Summary Corastone raised backing from Fidelity, Hamilton Lane and others to run a private, permissioned blockchain as shared infrastructure for private‑market workflows.​ Zcash Open Development Lab secured over $25m from Paradigm, a16z crypto, Winklevoss Capital and others to scale Zcash’s privacy ecosystem. ZODL’s wallet, rebranded from Zashi, helped expand Zcash’s Orchard shielded pool while $ZEC traded near $240.98 as investors assessed the new roadmap. Two very different rounds announced this week point in the same direction: blockchain…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has revealed the Ethereum Foundation used a simplified distributed validator technology called DVT-lite to stake 72,000 Ether in February, tech he says could make staking for institutions much easier. “My hope for this project is that in the process, we can make it maximally easy and one-click to do distributed staking for institutions,” said Buterin on X on Monday. Buterin explained that with DVT-lite, users can “choose which computers run their nodes, make a config file where they all have the same key, and then from there everything gets set up automatically.” DVT-lite is a simplified…