Author: NBTC

The team behind popular Ethereum farming game Pixels announced Monday that it will publish a new spinoff game called Pixel Dungeons, which serves up dungeon-based combat and lets players earn the same familiar PIXEL token. The new game, developed in partnership with Crack and Stack, introduces a fast-paced competitive setting where players navigate dangerous dungeons, collect crypto rewards, and battle opponents. Players have two minutes to mine PIXEL tokens, use TNT to defeat goblins, and avoid lava while potentially sabotaging other players to claim their treasures. Pixel Dungeons represents a new phase for the Pixels team, with its first publishing…

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The NEAR Protocol has unveiled NEAR Intents, a cutting-edge project for cross-chain transactions. The launch of NEAR Intents aims to reshape how consumers interact across diverse blockchains with the provision of secure and seamless cross-chain transfers. The platform disclosed this groundbreaking development on social media, X. 🔥🔥🔥 NEAR Intents, introduced by @NEARProtocol last month, revolutionize blockchain transactions by enabling seamless, secure cross-chain interactions. It emphasizes speed and decentralization, supporting over 30 tokens across 8 blockchains.Recent data reveals cumulative… pic.twitter.com/XSUAGX57XS — Near Insider (@near_insider) December 15, 2024 NEAR Intents Targets to Enhance Cross-Chain Transfers The NEAR Protocol mentioned that NEAR Intents…

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Samson Mow, prominent Bitcoin advocate and CEO at the BTC-focused firm JAN3, has addressed the cryptocurrency community with a Bitcoin price forecast that may change everything quite soon. This bullish warning came as the world’s leading cryptocurrency has declined by 3.09% today, dropping from above the $100,000 level. At the time of this writing, the pioneer cryptocurrency is trading at $98,670. In his traditional Bitcoin maxi and bullish manner, Mow tweeted that he expects Bitcoin to trade below $100,000 for a very short time. Therefore, he said, there is still a chance to buy BTC “for less than $0.1 million.”…

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Bitcoin (BTC) started the new week strongly, reaching a new ATH by surpassing $106,000. While there was a subsequent pullback in the BTC price, whales continue to buy altcoins. According to Lookonchain’s post, a giant whale purchased Chainlink (LINK) and Ethereum (ETH). Accordingly, a whale with $134 million worth of altcoins purchased 429,999 LINK worth $12.55 million and 1,600 ETH worth $6.3 million from exchanges in the last 48 hours. Apart from this whale, another whale also withdrew 4.58M ACT worth $2.46 million and 753,472 WIF worth $2.17 million from Binance. This whale also purchased other altcoins. Accordingly, the whale…

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Bitcoin’s rise to over $100,000 has captivated investors worldwide and turned attention to crypto once again. But what if you could profit when the market takes a nosedive? Welcome to the world of shorting Bitcoin ETFs, a strategy for those looking to turn price declines into opportunities. With tools like the ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITI), you don’t need to manage complex futures contracts or deal directly with volatile cryptocurrency exchanges. You can just use the simplicity of ETFs to bet against Bitcoin’s price. Ready to learn how to profit from Bitcoin’s downturns? Let’s get started. Key highlights: Use…

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Hedera has announced an integration with Chainlink’s decentralized data infrastructure, bringing advanced capabilities to its network. This collaboration aims to enhance decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and the adoption of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). Developers on Hedera now have seamless access to on-chain data essential for building secure and scalable applications. Hedera Leverages Chainlink Data Feeds Hedera’s integration of Chainlink data feeds equips its developers with reliable, tamper-proof market data. Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network (DON) aggregates and verifies data from multiple high-quality sources, ensuring accurate and manipulation-resistant pricing for digital assets. This functionality is critical for DeFi protocols, which require real-time…

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Amid the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) by nation-states as a form of hedge factor against fiat currency devaluations, the Royal Government of Bhutan has been a major supporter. According to on-chain data analysis provided by Arkham Intelligence, the Royal Government of Bhutan has purchased nearly 14k Bitcoins since early 2021. However, the Royal Government of Bhutan has significantly slowed down the Bitcoin adoption rate. In the past two months, the Bitcoin addresses associated with the Royal Government of Bhutan have offloaded more than 1k Bitcoins. Earlier today, the Royal Government of Bhutan transferred 406 Bitcoins to QCP Capital, worth…

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The native token of Virtuals Protocol, the artificial intelligence and metaverse project that’s among hottest in the market amid rise of AI agents, rose to a new all-time high on Dec. 16. Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) price hit $2.96 across major crypto exchanges to record a new all-time. The project, which offers an AI agent Launchpad on layer-2 platform Base, spiked as Bitcoin (BTC) smashed past $106,000. However, its gains came as the market continued to pay attention to AI-powered autonomous software. AI agents are the new buzz since Terminal of Truths hit millionaire status as the first agentic account on…

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Jetking Infotrain, a 77-year-old Indian company, has just become the first publicly listed company in India to adopt the Bitcoin Treasury Strategy. The company’s CEO, Avinash Bharwani, announced that the company has added 12 Bitcoin (BTC) to its balance sheet, with a current market capitalization of INR 37.8 crore, amounting to INR 10 crore in Bitcoin holdings. This move shows growing interest in Bitcoin among businesses, signaling a shift toward using cryptocurrency as a reserve asset. BREAKING: 🇮🇳 Jetking Infotrain, Indian public company, adopts #Bitcoin treasury strategy.pic.twitter.com/N3SeJk8uMi — Sapna Singh (@earnwithsapna) December 9, 2024 What is the Bitcoin Treasury Strategy?…

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Ethereum’s leveraged short position on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has reached an all-time high, indicating a strong bearish sentiment in the market. The record leveraged shorts happened as open interest in Ethereum futures on the CME reached a record high of over one million ETH. Overall, open interest in Ethereum has increased over the past few weeks, setting a new record high of 6.91 million ETH ($27 billion) across all exchanges. While the heightened open interest indicates more speculative activity, the short positions raise concerns about the ETH price. ETH shorts reach new highs on the CME. Source: Zerohedge…

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