Author: NBTC

Bitcoin’s mining sector spent 2025 rewriting the record books, powering the network from an already massive 801 exahashes per second at the start of the year into the historic zettahash era by September. Bitcoin’s Miners Powered Through Thin Fees This Year but Still Broke Into the Zettahash Era Bitcoin’s 2025 mining story begins with a number so large it barely fits in the mind: roughly 801 exahash per second (EH/s) on Jan. 1. That figure alone reflects a network humming at a scale unmatched in the digital world, performing 801 quintillion SHA256 computations every second. It was an early marker…

Four out of six large language models (LLMs) pitted against each other in the “Alpha Arena” crypto trading competition finished in the red, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT leading losses after losing 63% of its funds. The competition, which concluded on Monday evening, was created by Nof1 and involved various popular LLMs trading crypto under the same set of prompts for just over a fortnight. However, the final results were less than stellar. ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, X’s Grok, and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet all finished with less than the $10,000 they started with. Grok, ChatGPT, and Gemini were keen to short more than…

Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volume surged to almost $85.7 trillion in 2025, averaging about $264.5 billion a day, according to a report by liquidation data tracker CoinGlass. Binance led the market with roughly $25.09 trillion in cumulative derivatives volume, or about 29.3% of global trading, meaning nearly $30 of every $100 traded ran through the exchange, CoinGlass said. OKX, Bybit and Bitget followed, each posting $8.2 trillion to $10.8 trillion in yearly volume. These four exchanges accounted for about 62.3% of total market share. CoinGlass said institutional pathways expanded through spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), options and compliant futures, helping drive a…

Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: PLTR) is tumbling this morning even after the data analytics firm reported another blockbuster quarter and raised its guidance for the full year. Why? Primarily because of valuation concerns. At nearly 450 times forward earnings, PLTR shares are priced for perfection – and then some. Palantir has managed to defy valuation multiple in 2025, with the stock still up over 150% year-to-date. But can it retain that multiple over the long-term, or is it a time bomb set to go off next year? Let’s find out! Palantir stock vs Nvidia: a tale of two multiples Copy…

With only a few days left until the end of 2025, CoinGlass has released its year-end report for 2025. According to CoinGlass’ report, the total trading volume of the cryptocurrency derivatives market will be approximately $85.7 trillion in 2025, with an average daily trading volume of $264.5 billion. 2025 is the Year of DAT! The report highlighted that 2025 is the year of DATs (Depth of Activated Transactions). DAT companies increased their Bitcoin holdings from 600,000 BTC at the beginning of the year to 1.05 million BTC by November, acquiring approximately 5% of the total Bitcoin supply. The total trading…

Switzerland-regulated platform Fulcrum has announced the launch of its crypto-backed loans and lending platform, supporting top coins and stablecoins. Summary Fulcrum Lending is launching with full insurance for customer deposits. The platform will offer up to 12% APR on BTC, 13% on SOL and 14% on USDT. Switzerland-based crypto-backed loans platform also boasts a FNMA license Fulcrum Lending, the firm’s crypto-backed financial services business, will allow investors, individuals, and enterprises access to crypto lending products that pay interest on their idle digital assets. In an announcement, the firm said users will also be able to tap into the platform for…

While Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin prices continue to move sideways, the same is not true for whales. Although there is no movement in prices, large whales continue to trade. According to Lookonchain’s report, a newly created wallet deposited a total of $4 million worth of USDC into the platform over the past four days. It then opened transactions in Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, the whale is expecting a rise in one and a fall in the other. Specifically, the whale opened a long position in Bitcoin expecting an increase, while opening a short position in Ethereum. Accordingly, the whale opened…

IP Strategy (Nasdaq: IPST) — the first publicly-listed company built around the programmable IP economy — has released its first monthly validator report since launching on Story Protocol last month, giving investors a transparent look into its onchain revenue engine. And the numbers show a fast-scaling flywheel taking shape.—From Reserve Asset to Yield-Generating EngineIn October alone, IP Strategy earned 246,893 $IP tokens from self-staking and validator operations. Since going live on September 18, the company has accumulated 422,664 $IP tokens, equivalent to $3.49M in recognized revenue based on cost basis.The company has now staked 42.5M unlocked $IP tokens, operating with…

A wallet linked to crypto entrepreneur Erik Voorhees has moved another large tranche of Ethereum into THORChain. Where it was swapped for Bitcoin Cash. On-chain data shows the address deposited 1,635 ETH, valued at roughly $4.8 million, to execute the trade. Blockchain trackers flagged the transaction on December 25. The activity continues a pattern of ETH-to-BCH swaps tied to the same wallet over recent weeks. On-Chain Transfers Point to Continued ETH-to-BCH Rotation Data from Arkham and THORChain explorers indicates that ETH was transferred. From an address commonly associated with Erik Voorhees to a THORChain vault address. From there, the funds…

Zohran Mamdani’s victory over Andrew Cuomo to become New York City’s 111th mayor drew record voter turnout and $424 million in Polymarket betting volume, leaving one trader nursing heavy losses after wagering against him. One bettor by the handle ‘fuxfux007’ is down $969,169 after betting against Mamdani. The trader appears to be new to Polymarket, according to Polymarket Analytics, with only two bets: one against Mamdani worth $973,757 and one for him worth $42,973. On the other side, the biggest winner of the night was a trader known as ‘debased’ who pocketed $188,487 betting on Mamdani. In the end, Polymarket…