Author: NBTC

The third quarter of 2026 is shaping up to be one of the busiest periods for crypto presales in recent years. Instead of chasing short-lived hype, investors are increasingly comparing projects based on utility, development progress, and the problems they aim to solve after launch. AI, Layer-2 scaling, payments, and blockchain infrastructure have become the dominant themes as capital continues rotating into early-stage opportunities. Among the projects attracting the most attention are MemeToro ($MT), Bitcoin Hyper, Little Pepe, Remittix, and Maxi Doge. Although all five remain in their presale phases, each targets a completely different segment of the crypto market.…

South Korea has advanced a three-part digital-finance program covering crypto accounts for about 3,500 companies, legal recognition for tokenized securities, and deposit-token trials involving nine banks. FACTBLOCK CEO and Korea Blockchain Week organizer Andrew Park said South Korea’s crypto market is moving away from its long reliance on retail trading as financial institutions focus on custody, tokenization, stablecoins, settlement systems and regulatory compliance. The change covers three connected areas of financial activity. Corporate investors are preparing to enter the crypto market under Financial Services Commission rules, securities firms are building systems for tokenized assets, and the Bank of Korea is…

Coinbase has launched more than 170 derivatives contracts for professional investors in the UK, offering perpetuals with up to 50x leverage alongside dated futures and crypto options. In a statement shared with crypto.news on Tuesday, Coinbase said eligible professional clients will progressively gain access to contracts covering cryptocurrencies, commodities, equities and foreign exchange over the coming weeks and months. Perpetual futures will make up the largest part of the new offering, with more than 170 supported assets and 24/7 trading. Investors will be able to take long or short positions, use the contracts for delta-neutral hedges and trade with leverage…

A wallet that had sat completely untouched for seven months suddenly came alive on August 3, moving its entire balance of 16,400 $BTC — worth roughly $1.04 billion — to a brand-new address. This kind of large Bitcoin transaction always grabs attention, not because of the transfer itself, but because of what usually happens next: does the money sit quietly, or does it end up on an exchange order book? Key takeaways A dormant wallet moved 16,400 $BTC, worth about $1.04 billion, on August 3 after seven months of inactivity. The sum equals roughly 0.0781% of Bitcoin’s total 21 million…

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley has stated that artificial intelligence (AI) agents are poised to become independent economic actors, capable of executing financial transactions using a variety of payment methods, including cash, cards, and cryptocurrencies. The remarks were reported by The Block and highlight a future where autonomous software participates in the economy. Agentic Banking and the ‘KYA’ Framework To support this emerging transaction environment, Anchorage Digital, a crypto custody and banking firm, is developing what McCauley describes as an “agentic banking” platform. A core component of this platform is a system called “KYA,” short for “Know Your Agent.” This…

A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts hard data behind a controversy that has trailed Trump’s second term. The survey found that even half of Republicans believe his business interests are shaping presidential decisions. Congress returns in September to vote on the CLARITY Act, and the ethics provision that could restrict sitting officials from launching tokens is the fight most likely to kill it. The number arrived on a Monday, two days before the Senate returned from recess, and it landed on the one question Congress has been unable to resolve since the CLARITY Act negotiations began. Reuters and Ipsos polled 1,166 American…

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, continues to make altcoin announcements. This time, Binance stated that it has added five more altcoins to its watchlist. Binance announced it will expand its Watch Tag to include the altcoins Moonbeam (GLMR), ICON (ICX), Moonriver (MOVR), SuperRare (RARE), and Sophon (SOPH). “Based on recent assessments, Binance will expand its Tracking Tag to include more tokens and will introduce Tracking Tags for select tokens on August 11, 2026.” The following altcoins will be added to the Izeme Tag list: GLMR, MOVR, ICX, RARE, and SOPH. Binance recently issued a warning to investors: “Tokens with…

Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus, who goes by “Shibetoshi Nakamoto” on X, tweeted a one-word reaction to recent bearish calls on Bitcoin, with some predicting it might fall below $60,000 this month of August. Markus engaged with an X post by prediction market platform Polymarket that showed Bitcoin had a 59% chance of dropping below $60,000 by the end of the month, according to the odds on its market. sigh — Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) A “Bitcoin projected to crash below $60,000 by the end of the month. 59% chance,” Polymarket posted alongside a screenshot backing this claim. Markus commented on this…

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), at their 2022 peak, created a multi-billion dollar market. Since then, however, even the blue-chip projects have, with few exceptions, plummeted in value, backed away from promises, or been abandoned. Indeed, looking back now and it all feels like a fever dream in which huge swaths of the industry imagined futures that never even partially materialized. Protos looked back at 32 predictions about NFTs from various individuals to see how accurate they were. An actual $NFT success story? Tascha Labs’ shattered diamond ]]> Do NFTs still have a major role to play? Tyler Winklevoss, founder and chief…

Life-insurance is a multi-trillion dollar asset class that almost nobody thinks of as an asset. That didn’t stop Jay Rogers, cofounder and director of infineo, who pooled half a billion dollars of institutional policies, convinced banks to lend against them, and is putting the whole structure on a blockchain. He sat down with TheStreet Roundtable to explain how infineo is transforming this industry. Rogers’ firm merged with the tokenization platform at the end of 2024 and has tokenized roughly $622 million in policies since then, among the largest real world asset (RWA) digitizations anywhere. “Our plan was to go out…