Author: NBTC

The recently released proposal to cap Ethereum staking rewards, EIP-8361, continues to elicit unanimous pushback. According to ETHVA data, out of the 83K staked $ETH amongst validators, 99.7% were signaling ‘No’ on the proposal. Although this is a non-binding check, it’s a community sentiment gauge that tracks the proposal support amongst key stakeholders. The overwhelming 99.7% ‘No’ is a clear indication that the proposal may stall due to limited support. Source: $ETH VA The proposal is currently at EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal) or draft phase. For it to be included in the upcoming Hegota network upgrade, it must clear the…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson addressed criticism from Director of Research of the Digital Asset team at Ark Invest, Lorenzo Valente, in an X post. Valente, in an X post, had questioned why Cardano continues to receive industry attention, criticizing its continued prominence in the space. He claimed that the crypto sector undermined its own credibility by continuing to invite Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson to conferences, accepting sponsorships, and featuring Cardano in podcasts. “It’s 2026, and we’re still talking about Cardano. We’re still inviting Charles to conferences, treating Cardano as newsworthy, accepting its sponsorship money, and giving it airtime on podcasts.…

Targeting Custody and Infrastructure Risks The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) will launch a wave of on-site visits and desk-based reviews targeting authorized crypto asset service providers (CASPs) as part of a broader European effort to strengthen operational resilience in digital asset custody. In a circular issued to regulated firms, CySEC chairperson George Theocharides said the regulator is preparing to audit a representative sample of local crypto entities under the Common Supervisory Action for 2026, coordinated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The enforcement initiative, scheduled to run from the second half of 2026 through the first…

Hana Financial Group has selected blockchain infrastructure firm Lambda256 as its technology partner for a new overseas remittance and payments project, developed in collaboration with Dunamu. The initiative, which began in earnest in June, aims to modernize cross-border payment processing using distributed ledger technology, according to The Herald Business. Project Scope and Technical Implementation Lambda256, the blockchain technology subsidiary of Dunamu, is serving as the technology provider for Hana Bank’s overseas trade remittance operations. The company is developing smart contracts to process and record remittance transactions on GIWA Chain, Dunamu’s enterprise blockchain platform. These contracts are being integrated with Hana…

Phong Le, President and CEO of Strategy, the largest institutional investor in the cryptocurrency world, put an end to speculation that the company might be forced to sell Bitcoin. Le stated that the company holds 845,000 Bitcoins, representing approximately 4% of the total supply, and argued that claims of “forced sales” in the market do not reflect the truth. In an interview with Scott Melker, MicroStrategy CEO Phong Le made important statements regarding the company’s financial structure, its recent small-scale Bitcoin sale, and its future strategies. Le stated that MicroStrategy was once neck and neck with BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF…

Aave founder Stani Kulechov and Sharplink have opposed EIP-8363, a draft Ethereum proposal that would burn validator rewards down to nothing as more $ETH is staked. The two DeFi stakeholders are standing against a group of Ethereum Foundation researchers over how the network should pay the people who secure it. Who is against the Tapered Issuance Burn? The proposal, named “Tapered Issuance Burn,” that calls for a system where the network would destroy a growing share of rewards given to validators, was posted on GitHub on August 4, 2026. When staking reaches about 60.25 million $ETH, which is close to…

A previously inactive Shiba Inu whale has resumed accumulating the token after spending more than seven months on the sidelines. According to on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence, the whale recently purchased 30.18 billion Shiba Inu in a single transaction valued at $125,270. The transaction quickly attracted the attention of the Shiba Inu community, as it marked the whale’s first significant purchase in months. Latest Purchase Lifts Holdings to 50.28 Billion $SHIB Before the latest acquisition, the whale had not bought any $SHIB for over seven months. The previous purchase occurred in December 2025, when the address acquired 70 million $SHIB.…

Corporate Limits and Illicit Flow Risks South Africa’s new proposed cross-border cryptocurrency framework risks severely damaging the domestic digital asset industry and driving financial activity underground unless key provisions are substantially revised, according to Farzam Ehsani, co-founder and chief executive officer of VALR. Commenting on the joint draft crypto asset manual released by the National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Ehsani cautioned that attempting to apply decades-old capital controls to modern technology threatens employment, local investment, and business innovation. While acknowledging positive adjustments in the draft—specifically that a reportable event is triggered upon withdrawing funds from a…

Alex Scoresby, founder and CEO of Kapcrew Gaming, the studio behind the multi-chain board game Pixudi, recently participated in NeoPod’s fifth community AMA. During the wide-ranging conversation, Scoresby revealed that Neo N3 and SKALE are now the only two blockchain integrations still active for Pixudi, down from roughly ten. The AMA, hosted on NeoPod’s Discord server, covered Pixudi’s development history, its use of NeoFS for decentralized storage, the game’s free-to-play philosophy, and plans for an expanded multiverse of game boards. The game and its builder Kapcrew Gaming has built products and campaigns that have reached more than 30 million users…

Bitcoin fell to 15th place among global assets as technology stocks and new listings dominated the market-cap leaderboard. CompaniesMarketCap data placed the asset below Samsung, Meta, Tesla, Saudi Aramco, and SpaceX. The move came as BTC traded around $63,500, with a market value of about $1.275 trillion. The ranking showed a clear shift in investor focus toward AI, chips, and large public listings. Bitcoin Falls Behind Tech Giants in Global Asset Rankings Gold remained the largest global asset with a market value above $29 trillion, far ahead of every company and cryptocurrency. NVIDIA ranked second at about $4.96 trillion, while…