Author: NBTC

In a small real estate office in Dongtan, South Korea, agent Mark Yoon spends his days tracing laser lines across two wall-size maps, answering questions about apartment prices, school districts and commute times. But after eight years running the shop, he has noticed something curious: almost every conversation, no matter how it starts, eventually turns to semiconductors. That small detail says a lot about the AI impact South Korea is now living through, from who gets rich to how neighborhoods get built. Key takeaways South Korea’s chip industry produces roughly 80% of the world’s high-bandwidth memory chips used to power…

In brief The World Foundation, steward of Sam Altman’s World, raised $52.5 million in a token sale led by Pantera Capital to expand its World ID “proof of human” network. Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, and Susquehanna Crypto also joined; the $WLD sold is locked for 12 months. World says 39 million people have joined its network and 18 million have been verified in person via its iris-scanning Orb. The World Foundation has raised $52.5 million to expand World ID—the “proof of human” system from Sam Altman’s World—betting that verifying who is human will only grow more critical…

Justin Slaughter, Paradigm’s vice president of regulatory affairs and a former senior adviser at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is confident that the much-talked-about Clarity Act should not be completely written off despite the US Senate recently deciding to delay the bill’s consideration until September. Slaughter recently took to the X social media network to state that the legislation “isn’t dead,” though he acknowledged that its odds of passage have become considerably longer following the delay. An unfortunate delay The Senate was initially expected to hold a procedural vote on the crypto market structure bill before lawmakers departed…

The Cypher wind-down, after payments company Nium acquired the crypto card and self-custody wallet provider, will end purchases on all active Cypher Cards at 00:00 UTC on Aug. 8. That makes Aug. 7 the final spending day, while users have until Sept. 6 to withdraw balances, claim rewards and preserve wallet access before Cypher’s app, dApp, and business platform go offline. Cypher’s broader termination notice says the card will be deactivated on Sept. 6, conflicting with its operational timeline. That timeline and an Osmosis Pay reminder both set Aug. 7 as the last spending day, so cardholders should treat the…

Bitcoin rebounded 2.3% on June 11, 2026, climbing from a session low of $60,914 to a high of $63,200, but technical indicators present a divided picture that traders are watching closely. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin’s RSI (14) hit 30 on June 11, 2026, the lowest reading since November 2018, signaling deep oversold conditions. $BTC rebounded 2.3% from a $60,914 session low, but 13 of 15 moving averages still show bearish signals. Traders watch a 4-hour close above $64,000 as the trigger for a potential move toward $66,000–$68,000 resistance. Intraday Recovery Holds Above $62K The 24-hour gain brought bitcoin’s price to approximately…

The Bitwise Solana ETF, formally named the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, recorded a net $267.1 million increase from share transactions in the first half of 2026. Yet it finished June with $592.3 million of net assets, about $49.0 million less than at the end of December. Authorized participants handle those creations and redemptions. Bitwise’s filing does not identify the beneficial owners, so it does not show whether institutions or another holder class drove the increase. The explanation sits in the fund’s Aug. 7 quarterly filing. BSOL reported a $316.0 million decline from operations during the six months. That exceeded the…

The $XRP ecosystem has welcomed over $800 million worth of distributed real-world assets this year amid the growing tokenization trend on the network. The tokenization market has continued to grow in 2026, with its total value now exceeding $410 billion. Current data puts the market at $410.70 billion, made up of $36.72 billion in distributed asset value and $373.98 billion in represented asset value. Growth has been especially strong in the distributed asset segment. At the beginning of the year, distributed asset value, excluding stablecoins, stood at $25.39 billion. It has since risen to $36.72 billion, as interest in tokenization…

Asian regulators have not yet established a clear classification framework for prediction markets, leaving the sector in a regulatory gray zone, according to a new report from Tiger Research, a Web3-focused research and consulting firm. The report, titled ‘Regulatory Analysis of Asia’s Prediction Markets Missing Out on 60 Billion Won,’ highlights that despite the absence of formal rules, user inflows cannot be fundamentally blocked, leading to missed tax revenue opportunities and gaps in consumer protection. What Are Prediction Markets? Prediction markets are platforms where participants trade contracts whose payouts are tied to the outcome of future events, such as elections,…

Flash Trade said on Friday it will wind down operations unless it finds a party to acquire the Solana perpetuals exchange, and that the decision was not driven by money. “This decision is not calculated based on monetary reasons,” the team wrote on X, citing “direction, shrinking market participants, and our own honest read on the crypto market as a whole and where it is heading.” The exchange said it is now pursuing a sale of its tech stack, brand and intellectual property, and that whatever the sale brings will be distributed to FAF token holders pro rata. The team…

Bitcoin advocate and Strategy founder Michael Saylor argued in a panel discussion that confidence in Ethereum has significantly decreased. Saylor, while evaluating the overall picture in the crypto market, drew attention to the long-standing competition among assets such as Ethereum, Solana, and BNB. He noted that these projects have suffered a loss of “monetary premium” following hype cycles and liquidity explosions, and that many tokens are no longer considered money, with their survival entirely dependent on use value and competition among themselves. Related News Another Nasdaq-Listed Company Has Announced the Sale of a Large Amount of Bitcoin ($BTC) Continuing his…