Author: NBTC

As Europe builds the regulatory foundations for digital assets, the companies developing the underlying infrastructure are increasingly looking to shape the conversation. $REAL, an institutional-focused Layer 1 blockchain designed for real-world assets (RWAs), has joined Blockchain for Europe (BC4EU), the Brussels-based industry association that works with policymakers, regulators and industry leaders on blockchain legislation across the European Union. The membership gives $REAL a seat at the table as Europe continues refining its approach to tokenization, stablecoins and blockchain-based financial markets. Bringing Infrastructure Experience to Policy Blockchain for Europe has become one of the region’s leading industry voices on digital asset…

June delivered the worst month in the history of United States spot Bitcoin ETFs, with more than $4 billion pulled and 2026 flows turning negative for the first time. Over the same 2 weeks, the largest wallets on the network absorbed 270,000 $BTC. One of these cohorts is going to be wrong, and the last 3 cycles say which one it usually is. Two things happened in the Bitcoin market in the second half of June, and they cannot both be right. The first happened in brokerage accounts. United States spot Bitcoin ETFs bled $4.06 billion in June, the worst…

Ethereum is holding a major Fibonacci level while compressing inside a long-term triangle. A confirmed breakout could first send $ETH back toward $4,865-$4,900, with $8,300-$10,000 becoming possible later. Ethereum Triangle Breakout Could Put $4,900 Back in Play Ethereum is compressing between a long-term rising support line and the downtrend that began near its previous record high. A confirmed breakout could reopen the path toward $4,900, followed by the chart’s more ambitious $8,300 and $10,000 targets. $ETH three-day chart. Source: Ray/X The structure resembles a large multi-year triangle, with buyers repeatedly defending the rising trendline while each recovery forms a lower…

Key Takeaways Mathematics provides strong evidence for a universe structured by words, reflecting its foundational role in understanding reality. The biological revolution, particularly the human genome, reveals biology as word-based, similar to mathematics. Artificial general intelligence (AGI) development raises essential questions about human identity and humanity’s future. Transhumanism suggests a future merger between humans and machines, posing ethical and existential challenges. The 21st century’s major goals include solving physical death and enhancing human happiness through bioengineering. Engineering humanity into a superintelligent being has significant implications for Western civilization’s foundational teachings. Narrow AI focuses on specific problems, while AGI aims to…

US President Donald Trump has urged the nation’s Senate to pass the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. Trump to Senate: pass the CLARITY Act In a Truth post dated today, Trump insisted that America should get ahead of China and “many other countries” in the race towards becoming global leaders in both the crypto ecosystem and artificial intelligence (AI). He was backed by Senator Cynthia Lummis and Chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mike Selig. .@POTUS is exactly right: America MUST lead in the race for AI, crypto, and financial…

Binance’s futures market volume is hitting a new 2026 high even as cryptocurrency spot trading remains stuck at its weakest levels in two years. Binance, the world’s largest centralized exchange (CEX) by trading volume, recorded $1.6 trillion in futures trading volume in June, its highest level of 2026, according to CryptoQuant analyst Maarten Regterschot, who posts under the moniker “Maartuun.” “That might seem unexpected,” Maartunn wrote in a post on Friday, noting that Bitcoin remains in the mid-$60,000 range as many cautious traders continue to describe the market as bearish. The surge marks a sharp turnaround for Binance’s futures market…

Lloyds Banking Group, asset manager Aberdeen, and digital asset exchange Archax have completed the United Kingdom’s first foreign exchange (FX) trades backed by tokenized real-world assets as collateral. These transactions were conducted on the Hedera blockchain, using a regulated digital asset framework. Tokenized collateral supports institutional FX trades The pilot project leveraged tokenized shares in Aberdeen’s money market fund and digitized UK government bonds, also known as gilts, as collateral for the FX trades between Lloyds and Aberdeen. Both assets were created in digital form and managed on-chain, representing a new method for handling transaction guarantees in financial markets. The…

The list spans staking infrastructure, a token wrapping contract, five exchange wallets, two layer two ( L2) bridges, and one address unlabeled on Etherscan but identified through Arkham Intelligence. Together, they show where concentrated $ETH sits across the network, and why two of the top spots are not “holders” in the traditional sense. Beacon Contract Tops the List, But It Is Not a Whale As of this weekend, the Ethereum Beacon Deposit Contract holds 88,289,814 $ETH, equal to 73.16% of the top 12 wallets combined. The contract does not belong to a person, fund, or company. Every validator staking $ETH…

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence firm, has selected Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as lead underwriters for its anticipated initial public offering (IPO), according to reports from Bloomberg. This development comes as the company was recently valued at $965 billion, surpassing OpenAI’s valuation for the first time. The decision to enlist these high-profile financial institutions indicates Anthropic’s strategic move toward a significant market debut. Market participants appear to interpret this choice as supportive of a high-valuation IPO, potentially diminishing the likelihood of a market cap under $100 billion at close. Key Takeaways The selection of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs suggests…

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act has secured support from a second law enforcement organization before a Senate push. The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association said it supports H.R. 3633 but wants lawmakers to revise several provisions before passage. In a July 10 statement, FLEOA said the bill “represents meaningful progress” toward balancing digital asset development with public safety. The group represents more than 34,000 active and retired federal officers across over 65 agencies. FLEOA backs the bill but seeks DeFi changes FLEOA asked the Senate Banking Committee to make accountability clearer in decentralized finance, or DeFi. It also wants…