Author: NBTC
The stablecoin market has surged to an unprecedented $228 billion, according to new research, a record high driven by a wave of adoption from major global banks and Fortune 500 companies who are increasingly turning to digital dollars for their efficiency and speed. This marks a $33 billion, or 17%, increase in the total stablecoin market cap since the start of 2025. According to Leon Waidmann, Head of Research at Onchain Foundation, this growth shows that the current market cycle “is far from over.” Stablecoin market cap hits an all-time high!🔸NOW at $228B.🔸Up $33B (+17%) this year alone. Centralized exchanges…
Crypto researcher SMQKE recently explained how XRP investors have an interest in Ripple’s success by simply holding the token. His latest disclosure was built on the findings of a recent legal report by James C. Spindler for William & Mary Law School, America’s oldest law school. The original report, released in May 2025, mentioned XRP as an economic proxy for Ripple’s future success. The company has always maintained that XRP is a utility token, not an investment contract. However, the report argued that XRP’s value is connected to the performance of Ripple’s payment network. Interestingly, Ripple has also mentioned that…
Kima Network has signed an alliance with 8lends, an open-source credit protocol designed to revolutionize access to real-life lending by using the blockchain. This partnership aims to resolve the inefficiencies of the current financial system and facilitate the smooth transfer of value and an enhanced lending process across various blockchain ecosystems. 🚨 New Partnership Alert! We’re teaming up with @eightlends to push the boundaries of what’s possible in decentralized finance! Real-world impact. Cross-chain power. The future of lending is here. Stay tuned. Big things ahead. 🔗https://t.co/qHhXa5oa9T pic.twitter.com/KFiGZccNWP — Kima Network (@KimaNetwork) July 1, 2025 In collaboration, Kima and 8lends will…
On-chain data agency Sentora (formerly known as IntoTheBlock) has published an article analysing potential threats that Michael Saylor’s company, Strategy, may run into as it continues accumulating large amounts of Bitcoin regularly. Strategy continues weekly Bitcoin accumulation Earlier this week, Bitcoin permabull, Michael Saylor, announced that his company Strategy made a substantial addition to its $40 billion BTC stash. That purchase took place as Bitcoin traded at the $106,237 level. Strategy bought 4,020 Bitcoins for roughly $427.1 million. This buy has propelled the overall Bitcoin holdings of the company to 580,250 coins valued approximately at $61.41 billion. Is Strategy’s Bitcoin…
Bitmine Immersion (BMNR), the ether treasury strategy firm helmed by Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee, is the latest red-hot crypto proxy play in town. The company’s shares more than doubled on Thursday topping $140, now rallying over 3,000% in less than a week since the firm announced the raising of $250 million by selling shares to acquire ETH. The private placement offering, priced at $4.50 per share and due to close today, attracted institutional investors including Founders Fund, Pantera, FalconX, Kraken, Galaxy Digital, DCG. At its core, Bitmine is positioning itself as a publicly traded proxy for ether exposure, similar to how…
Singapore-based Trident Digital (TDTH) is looking to raise up to $500 million to build what it says will be one of the world’s first corporate treasuries centered around XRP. The listed tech firm, which on Nasdaq, said in a press release that the fundraise will support long-term XRP holdings, yield-generating strategies via staking, and deeper involvement in Ripple’s ecosystem through partnerships with infrastructure and application developers. Trident plans to deploy the treasury in the second half of 2025, pending regulatory clarity. U.S.-based Chaince Securities will serve as strategic advisor on the initiative, which will be backed by a mix of…
Polkadot is enjoying a renaissance with its protocol ticking over smoothly thanks to the 2.0 upgrade. Faster, more feature-rich, and interoperable than ever, Polkadot is experiencing a second wind, the network now blessed with a better idea of what it stands for and what it’s capable of achieving. While Gavin Wood’s JAM proposal has been the catalyst for this, it hasn’t occurred in a vacuum. Polkadot projects also deserve credit for making the network great again.Across its parachains, the activity that for a long time felt slow and steady, with no real deliverables to show for it, has been replaced…
Robinhood is making its biggest bet on crypto yet, announcing on Monday that it’s developing an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network for trading digital representations of assets like stocks, while similar products exist already on competing networks like Solana. For Johann Kerbrat, Robinhood’s crypto general manager, the existence of multiple projects is frustrating. Tokenization becomes less beneficial when a digital version of the same stock is issued across multiple networks beneficial because activity is siloed across ecosystems, he told Decrypt. “I hate the idea of having a Tesla-Kraken token and a Tesla-Robinhood token,” he said. “Instead of actually moving forward and creating…
Analyst and trader Justin Bennett believes Bitcoin (BTC) has further room to fall after the crypto king broke down. Bennett tells his 115,400 followers on the social media platform X that Bitcoin has a “confirmed break” after falling below a support level at around $106,000. According to Bennett, Bitcoin could fall by up to around 13% from the current level to a price of about $91,790 if BTC loses support levels that are around $100,730 and then $97,762. “Those downside targets are in play as long as $106,000 holds as new resistance on the daily time frame.” Source: Justin Bennett/X…
Ether traded around $2,584.90 on July 3, registering a 0.55% gain over the past 24 hours as risk assets responded positively to robust U.S. labor market data, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The broader crypto market, as gauged by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), was up 0.08% during the same period. According to a report published by CNBC, the latest nonfarm payrolls report showed 147,000 jobs were added in June, beating expectations of 110,000 and exceeding the upwardly revised 144,000 from May. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, defying forecasts for a rise to 4.3%, according to…