Author: NBTC

Jupiter reflected the Solana trading boom, locking in over $46M in revenues for Q3. The platform, mixing a native DEX with aggregation and other services, is one of the most widely used on Solana. Jupiter achieved $46M in revenues for Q3, securing a regular source of inflows without additional external funding. The app has become sustainable, as one of the go-to services for token trading on Solana. It saw 8.4M active wallets for the past quarter, up from 8M for Q2. Jupiter achieved a higher baseline of fees in Q3, underscoring its revenues. Perpetual futures were the biggest factor for…

Table of Contents What Is the x402 Protocol?How Does x402 Work?Why Do AI Agents Need x402?Key Benefits and FeaturesPractical ApplicationsWhat x402 Means for Digital CommerceMajor Participants and IntegrationSecurity and Open StandardsConclusionResources:Frequently Asked Questions The x402 protocol allows AI agents and applications to make autonomous payments directly over the web using stablecoins. It activates a dormant part of the internet’s core architecture — the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code — to enable real-time, blockchain-based payments for APIs and web services. In short, x402 lets machines pay other machines as easily as humans click “Buy Now.” It removes friction from digital…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has cautioned that the blockchain’s cryptographic guarantees stop where external trust begins. On October 26, Buterin explained that even a 51% attack cannot validate an invalid block. This means that even if a majority of validators collude or experience a software bug, they cannot seize users’ funds or forge transactions. Buterin Reignites Debate Over a Blockchain Validators This is because each blockchain node independently verifies new blocks and automatically rejects any that break the protocol’s rules. This decentralized verification protects Ethereum from false ledger entries, even under majority control. However, Buterin emphasized that this security guarantee…

Crypto finance platform Matrixport announced in its latest market assessment that investors are currently cautious in the short term, but there has been no significant change in the medium-term market outlook. Matrixport: “Wait-and-See Period in the Short Term, Market Structure Unchanged in the Medium Term” In its report, Matrixport noted that Bitcoin continues to trend sideways within a narrow price range, and that this situation is similar to the low volatility periods observed in the second half of 2024. The company noted that such periods typically result in “sudden directional breakouts following tight price movements.” While US stocks have been…

A federal judge in New York has ruled to postpone the release of assets on crypto wallets worth $63 million in stolen USD Coin (USDC), lending support to efforts by Singapore-based liquidators of collapsed crypto bridge Multichain, who are looking for recognition of their case in the United States. The temporary order was issued on Thursday by Judge David S. Jones of the Southern District of New York, mandating stablecoin issuer Circle to keep assets in three Ethereum wallets frozen and preserve the dollar reserves that back the stolen USDC. The court said the order was necessary to prevent the…

Institutional investors are pouring into CME Group’s regulated crypto derivatives markets, setting a series of records across futures and options tied to ether ETH$3,905.12, solana SOL$192.89 and XRP, CME told CoinDesk on Thursday. Since October 10, open interest across CME’s crypto futures and options has jumped 27%, a surge the exchange attributes to a shift away from offshore markets following a wave of liquidations last week. On Tuesday, open interest in ETH futures reached 48,600 contracts — the highest on record — with SOL and XRP futures also hitting all-time highs at 20,700 and 10,100 contracts, respectively. Options open interest…

In the final days of October 2025, Bware Labs confirmed what many developers feared: Blast API, one of the most widely used RPC providers in Web3, is shutting down. The announcement, coming right before its planned acquisition by Alchemy, sent a ripple through the developer community. What seemed like a routine business move has turned into something deeper, a sign of how fragile yet essential the backbone of Web3 really is. Centralization by Necessity, Not by Design The RPC (Remote Procedure Call) layer is what allows decentralized apps to “talk” to blockchains. It’s the middleware that handles billions of requests…

Ethereum on Sunday, Oct. 26, is standing at $4,070 per unit, moving within an intraday range of $3,926 to $4,081.90, while racking up $16.27 billion in trading volume and holding a market cap of $489 billion. The asset is testing overhead resistance with renewed momentum, though its long-term trend remains mixed across technical indicators. Ethereum Chart Outlook The daily chart (1D) offers a bird’s-eye view of a narrative pivot. After a grim descent from $4,759.9 to $3,379.5, ethereum began carving out a new chapter, printing higher lows and showing buyers clawing back control. The current bullish candles are flirting with…

Major study finds 61% of retail investors in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland plan to increase allocations to tokenized funds. A joint study by Aptos Labs and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), published October 28, 2025 in Hong Kong, finds 61% of retail fund investors in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland plan to double allocations to funds thanks to tokenization and digital‑money features tested under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Project e‑HKD+. The survey of over 500 retail investors follows a joint pilot with Hang Seng Bank in Phase 2 of the e‑HKD+ program. The finding matters because tokenized…

Major crypto exchange Coinbase has shared important information for its users. The crypto exchange has notified its client base that it will be going offline at a set date and time, which will be in about the next 24 hours. In a tweet, Coinbase stated it will be temporarily offline on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, on or about 7:00 a.m. PT. This, it says, is due to a systems upgrade scheduled for that date. The duration of the upgrade remains as of yet unknown, but it might last for a few hours, with Coinbase adding that it will be posting…