Author: NBTC

With 2026 on the horizon, uncertainty is mounting over whether the crypto market structure bill will sail through early in the year or become mired in a political fight that pushes its passage further down the calendar. Key unresolved issues continue to slow momentum, including how the bill should address stablecoin yield, conflict-of-interest language, and the treatment of decentralized finance under federal law. Path to Senate Vote Uncertain The CLARITY Act cleared the House in July with broad bipartisan support, marking the strongest move yet toward a federal digital asset framework. The bill now awaits action in the Senate, where…

Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF), Argentina’s state-controlled energy company, is reportedly considering allowing drivers to pay for gasoline and diesel with cryptocurrency, as digital assets continue to gain traction in everyday transactions across the country. The plan could rely on a third-party processor rather than direct wallet payments, including local and international platforms such as Lemon, Ripio or Binance to handle conversions, local news outlet La Nación reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The review comes two months after YPF began accepting US dollar payments at its stations, a step that made it the country’s first fuel chain…

Since taking office, US President Donald Trump and his family have dived headfirst into a wave of crypto-focused business ventures, briefly seeing their wealth surge on the back of these deals. But that momentum has faded. Today, both the Trump family’s gains —and those of their most devoted supporters— have been wiped out as market volatility intensifies. Family Crypto Empire Faces Reversal Trump’s crypto ventures have become recognizable fixtures across the industry. They began with the launch of a namesake meme coin, quickly followed by a nearly identical token from First Lady Melania Trump. Then came World Liberty Financial. Eric…

Ondo Finance urges U.S. regulators to accelerate tokenized securities growth by clarifying rules that could unlock innovation, strengthen investor control, and help the country catch up to faster-moving global markets. Ondo Finance Outlines Tokenization Blueprint for SEC Ondo Finance Inc. submitted on Dec. 4 written input to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force proposing a roadmap designed to accelerate the development of tokenized securities in the United States. The firm stated that unresolved regulatory questions have slowed domestic progress relative to other markets. “The purpose of this submission to the Commission is to describe what we…

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ushering in a new form of federally regulated crypto trading, having encouraged its regulated platforms to open up leveraged spot digital assets products, which is set to begin next week with Bitnomial. The Bitnomial exchange is regulated by the U.S. derivatives watchdog as a designated contract market (DCM), meaning this new activity will be launching in a fully regulated space, following strong encouragement from the federal agency — including direct meetings with Acting Chairman Caroline Pham to help the process along when the federal government was shut down for a prolonged period. “Recent…

Valereum Plc, a UK-based fintech company that specializes in regulated tokenization platforms, digital asset infrastructure, and payments technologies, has just announced it has secured a major investment partnership. The deal is structured as investment-grade asset-backed financing and is expected to yield $10.5 million annually to Valereum at a 5.25% coupon rate. Valereum unveils $100M funding deal According to an official report from the company, the partnership has seen the involved parties, Valereum and Valereum QGP-SP, agree to a $200 million investment partnership. The partnership will not only strengthen Valereum’s liquidity and balance sheet but also turbocharge growth and expedite the…

British tax officials have issued new rules that could make it easier for people to use cryptocurrency lending platforms without facing immediate tax bills, according to Aave founder Stani Kulechov. The tax authority HMRC has said that putting digital coins or stablecoins like USDC and USDT onto decentralised finance platforms won’t count as a taxable event at the moment of deposit. This means people who lend out their cryptocurrency, stake it, or borrow money against it won’t face capital gains charges just for placing their digital holdings onto these platforms. Stani Kulechov, who started the DeFi platform Aave, said the…

Ripple Senior Executive Officer/Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, Reece Merrick took the stage at the recently concluded Binance Blockchain Week to discuss financial payment rails. The Ripple executive shared his views on where Ripple is heading, discussing the benefits of XRP and RLUSD on the XRP Ledger in moving value. Merrick joined Christian Rau, SVP Digital Assets and Blockchain at Mastercard, and Nikola Plecas, VP of Payments at TON, in a thoughtful discussion on financial payment rails at the Binance event. Reece Merrick from @Ripple joins Christian Rau of @Mastercard and Nikola Plecas from @ton_blockchain for a thoughtful discussion…

MSCI is considering a new rule that would remove companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes if 50% or more of their assets are held in digital assets such as Bitcoin. The proposal appears simple, but the implications are far-reaching. It would affect companies like Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), Eric and Donald Trump Jr’s American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC), and dozens of others across global markets whose business models are fully legitimate, fully regulated, and fully aligned with long-standing corporate treasury practices. The purpose of this document is to explain what MSCI is proposing, why the concerns raised around Bitcoin…

Ramp Swaps (Ireland) Limited, operator of Ramp Network, has secured Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation authorization from the Central Bank of Ireland. A Single License for 27 Countries Ramp Swaps (Ireland) Limited, the company behind the financial technology (fintech) platform Ramp Network, has secured authorization as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) under the new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). The approval places Ramp Network among the first firms to be fully compliant and operational under the European Union (EU)’s unified regulatory framework for the crypto sector. The MiCAR authorization is critical because it functions…