Author: NBTC

The VTI stock price rarely makes headlines the way individual stocks do — and that’s precisely the point. Vanguard’s Total Stock Market ETF is designed for investors who want to own the entire U.S. equity market in a single ticker, without making bets on any one company, sector, or trend. As of May 5, 2026, VTI trades at $357.47, sitting near its 52-week high after gaining close to 30% over the past year. For long-term investors, VTI is one of the most discussed ETFs in the market. Understanding what it holds, how it has performed, and where it fits in…

Artificial Intelligence and Decentralized Finance are starting to create real-world applications instead of merely being hypothetical or speculation. As part of this effort to develop real applications for AI and DeFi, Virtuals Protocol, a leading provider of AI agents for gaming and consumer applications, has announced its expansion into Arbitrum, one of most active and efficient Layer-2 (L2) networks. This represents a huge step forward in agent commerce, which now allows AI agents acting autonomously to perform transactions, trade, and render services directly on-chain in a decentralized manner. The Rise of the AI Commerce Layer Virtuals Protocol aims to be…

From 1974-1986, the Golden State Killer committed 13 known murders, upwards of 67 sexual assaults and 120 burglaries in 11 different jurisdictions in California, but then he suddenly stopped. He simply disappeared, and his identity remained a secret for over 30 years, until we finally caught him using a new innovative technology. Utilizing Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG), which combines forensic DNA analysis and genealogical research, we cracked the case, and I led the prosecution team that brought the Golden State Killer to justice. Since we first used IGG to solve this case, law enforcement around the world has solved over…

Historical data from past Bitcoin bear markets has identified what could be the best Bitcoin buy zone in relation to the Realized Price. Bitcoin has stayed under pressure in recent months, posting a 22.92% drop this year while trading around $67,300. The broader decline began in October 2025 and has now resulted in a 41% price drop for Bitcoin. Amid the ongoing downturn, investors who believe a rebound is imminent have continued to anticipate an attractive buy zone, seeking out when the price could find a bottom. Historical data shows the Bitcoin Realized Price metric could offer reliable signals. Key…

Institutional investors are increasingly treating crypto as a portfolio diversification tool rather than a speculative trade, according to a quarterly survey published by CoinShares Research on May 6. The survey, which cut across 26 fund managers overseeing a combined $1.3 trillion in assets under management (AUM). It found that diversification and client demand now account for 63% of the reasons institutions allocate funds to digital assets. Just two years ago, that figure stood at 36%. Two years ago, speculation was the leading reason fund managers held digital assets. Today it sits at 15%. – CoinShares head of research, James Butterfill.…

The Solana Foundation is positioning the network as core infrastructure for an emerging “agentic” internet, where AI systems—not humans—initiate and execute economic activity. “AI is not really a vertical. It’s a platform shift… affecting everything across every industry, including crypto,” said Vibhu Norby, chief product officer of the Solana Foundation, during a panel at the Digital Asset Summit (DAS) in New York. At the center of Solana’s strategy is payments. Norby said the network has already “processed 15 million payments onchain from agents,” largely tied to machine-to-machine commerce. “The programmatic aspect of crypto payments is what is making it interesting…

In brief Senators unveiled a Clarity Act compromise on the subject of stablecoin rewards. The language would ban rewards on stablecoin deposits but allow rewards tied to staking or governance. While Coinbase supports the plan, banks remain silent and are expected to oppose loopholes that mimic yield. Crypto industry leaders mostly celebrated over the weekend as lawmakers unveiled a solution to a dispute that has plagued the Clarity Act, a major crypto bill, for months—but questions abound about whether the proposed compromise will be seen as such by the banking industry. On Friday, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Angela Alsobrooks…

While the crypto market closes the first quarter of 2026 in total uncertainty, one of the world’s largest asset managers, Franklin Templeton, worth $1.7 trillion AUM, is sending a strong bullish signal. Tony Pecore, the fund’s director of digital assets, stated that he expects Bitcoin to conquer new all-time highs already this year. Franklin Templeton’s roadmap for Bitcoin in 2026 His core thesis is built on the continuation of the institutional rally. Pecore emphasizes that the adoption of Bitcoin by large capital has not only failed to slow down, despite the asset’s price drop from as high as $126,500 to…

BNY, the world’s largest custodian overseeing $59 trillion of assets, is expanding its digital asset custody business to the United Arab Emirates through local partners. According to a Thursday press release, the global financial services giant is working with Finstreet and ADI Foundation to build regulated digital asset infrastructure anchored in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the financial free zone in Abu Dhabi that has become a hub for crypto firms and blockchain projects entering the Middle East region. The initiative will initially focus on custody services for cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ether (ETH), with plans to later expand into…

Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson announced that they have signed one of the biggest deals ever for the Cardano and Midnight ecosystem. Hoskinson argued that the collaboration could attract hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in total locked value (TVL). According to a statement by the Midnight Foundation, a strategic partnership has been established with UK-based Monument Bank. Under this partnership, Monument Bank is poised to become the first UK-regulated bank to tokenize individual customer deposits on a public blockchain. The tokenized deposits will be represented as interest-bearing digital assets, fully backed by British pounds (GBP), and will be…