Author: NBTC

The chorus of voices calling for a presidential pardon of Samourai wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill is growing, as Bitcoin advocates and policy groups call on US President Donald Trump to intervene before the pair report to prison next year. Rodriguez and Hill were sentenced in November to five and four years in prison, respectively, after pleading guilty to conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Under a plea deal, each admitted only to conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transmitting business, with the laundering charge dropped. Both are due to report to prison in early January 2026,…

Major prediction market firm Kalshi is now offering on-chain event contracts, allowing users to place their predictions on the Solana blockchain, the firm announced on Monday.  The move allows Kalshi to tap into the finances of the crypto economy and will aggregate its on-chain and off-chain liquidity into one major pool.  “The ultimate moat for any exchange is liquidity,” Kalshi Head of Crypto John Wang posted on X. “Kalshi is the only prediction market in the world that aggregates on-chain and off-chain, US and international into one giant liquidity pool. Tokenization is the endgame: non-custodial, instant, and crypto-native.” The firm…

Solana-based lending protocol Kamino is drawing criticism after preventing users from refinancing their positions through Jupiter Lend. The update, first flagged by Blockflow Labs founder Pradyuman Verma, blocks refinancing by blacklisting Jupiter Lend’s on-chain address for its recently launched Refinance tool, preventing users from unwinding positions through that address. In an X post on Tuesday, Dec. 2, Verma called the change “openly ignoring open-finance principles,” adding that Kamino is “essentially pushing users into negative APYs just to keep Kamino profitable.” Following Verma’s post, Jupiter core contributor Kash Dhanda wrote on X that a “major Solana DeFi team manually blacklisted Jupiter…

Imagine paying for your morning coffee with stablecoins in the heart of Central Asia. This futuristic vision becomes reality in 2026 as Uzbekistan prepares to launch its groundbreaking regulatory framework for stablecoin payments and security token trading. The nation’s forward-thinking approach positions it as a regional leader in cryptocurrency adoption. What Makes Uzbekistan’s Stablecoin Payments Plan So Revolutionary? Uzbekistan will officially recognize stablecoins as legitimate payment instruments starting January 1, 2026. This landmark decision creates a regulated environment where businesses and consumers can transact using digital assets pegged to stable values. The country’s National Agency of Perspective Projects (NAPP) will…

Washington state regulators have ordered Bitcoin ATM operator Coinme to halt business and move to repay more than $8 million in unclaimed customer funds, accusing the kiosk firm of treating unredeemed vouchers as income and flouting money-transmission rules. In a temporary cease-and-desist order and Statement of Charges dated last Tuesday, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) alleged Coinme’s voucher system for buying crypto violated the state’s Uniform Money Services Act. Between January 2023 and December 2024, Coinme reportedly claimed $8.37 million in unredeemed customer vouchers as company income, $2.2 million from Washington customers at year-end 2023, and $6.17…

Global financial institutions are set to access enhanced on-chain yield opportunities as the taurus everstake partnership strengthens institutional staking capabilities within regulated digital asset platforms. Strategic integration of staking and custody infrastructure Access for global banking and institutional clients Staking across leading Proof-of-Stake networks Compliance-focused design for institutions Executive views on institutional adoption Outlook for regulated staking in traditional finance Strategic integration of staking and custody infrastructure On 02 December 2025 in Switzerland, Taurus, a leading digital asset infrastructure provider, and Everstake, a global non-custodial staking company, announced a strategic collaboration targeting institutional and retail markets. The partnership will integrate…

Market maker Citadel Securities has recommended that the Securities and Exchange Commission tighten regulations on decentralized finance when it comes to tokenized stocks, causing backlash from crypto users. Citadel Securities told the SEC in a letter on Tuesday that DeFi developers, smart-contract coders, and self-custody wallet providers should not be given “broad exemptive relief” for offering trading of tokenized US equities. It argued that DeFi trading platforms likely fall under the definitions of an “exchange” or “broker-dealer” and should be regulated under securities laws if offering tokenized stocks. “Granting broad exemptive relief to facilitate the trading of a tokenized share…

Singularity Compute, a business arm of SingularityNET, launches its first-ever NVIDIA GPU cluster for enterprise use. Deployed in collaboration with Swedish data center operator Conapto, it leverages a state-of-the art hardware facility in Sweden. Singularity Compute announces Phase 1 release of its NVIDIA GPU cluster for enterprises According to the official statement by its team, SingilarityNET’s Singularity Compute arm just completed the inaugural phase of its first NVIDIA GPU cluster launch. Developed together with Swedish heavyweight Conapto, the new AI-governed cluster will fuel a variety of enterprise use cases. Our CEO, Dr. @bengoertzel, joined the @WhatisMoneyShow to discuss the transition…

Polygon’s Global Head of Payments and RWA, Aishwary Gupta, noted that the digital asset industry is in a “super cycle” that could see more than 100,000 stablecoins issuers emerge over the next five years. His projection follows governments, banks, and corporates reevaluating the role of tokenized money and its ability to shape the allocation of capital, as well as settlement processes and financial flows between countries. Banks battle liquidity shifts as atablecoin adoption expands Gupta cited developments in Japan as evidence that digital tokens can be used in formal economic systems without undermining the power of monetary authorities. By using…

Crypto exchange Bybit Ltd. has launched a fully regulated peer-to-peer trading platform in Kazakhstan, the company announced. Summary Bybit Kazakhstan has launched the country’s first licensed P2P crypto trading system. The regulated model requires full KYC, AML checks, and transaction supervision. The platform offers zero-commission P2P trades and a promotional campaign for new users. The launch represents the country’s first P2P system operating within a licensed framework, according to the company. The platform, a cryptocurrency exchange licensed by the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), is designed to provide a transparent and secure environment for buying and selling digital assets. The…