Author: NBTC

21bitcoin operator FIOR Digital GmbH has launched a Europe‑first pilot project with Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Bayern Mitte eG and Sopra Financial Technology GmbH to develop a regulatory-compliant bitcoin-backed lending white‑label solution, announced October 20, 2025. The consortium will run the pilot from Salzburg and partner banks’ sites, combining 21bitcoin’s custody and user-experience capabilities with VR Bank Bayern Mitte’s retail banking experience and Sopra’s integration technology. The initiative aims to let customers use bitcoin as collateral without selling it, opening new liquidity access while preserving potential price gains and tax treatment; 21bitcoin reports about 100,000 European customers and roughly Ꞓ500 million in…

Aster DEX, the BNB chain-based decentralized exchange, announced an adjustment to its ARUSDT perpetual contract tick size that went live at 09:00 UTC Monday. According to the perpetual and spot crypto trading platform’ statement on X, the minimum price increment that was previously set at 0.01 will now change to 0.001. The DEX also confirmed the adjustment “will not affect existing open orders.” Dear Aster users, Aster will adjust the tick size (i.e., the minimum change in the unit price) of the ARUSDT Perpetual contract from 0.01 to 0.001, effective at 09:00 UTC, 10 Nov 2025. Existing orders will not…

Australians appear to be trading on curiosity and culture as much as conviction, according to a new analysis by crypto exchange Kraken. The company’s latest wallet report, based on an anonymized dataset covering millions of wallets between August 2024 and August 2025, shows Australians leaning heavily toward Ethereum and smaller tokens while reducing exposure to Bitcoin and older altcoins. For the average Australian wallet, Ethereum takes up roughly 33% of the cache, nearly double the global ratio of 19%. Bitcoin remains the most commonly held digital asset, with more than 36% of Australian users holding some BTC compared to about…

Kraken has released an anonymized, aggregate analysis of millions of wallets on its platform showing Australian clients’ holdings and trading activity from August 2024–2025, comparing local trends with global averages. The report finds bitcoin held by 36.70% of Australian users (average AU BTC balance $17,409 vs $29,830 globally) and ethereum comprising 33.17% of the average Australian wallet versus 19.08% globally. The analysis highlights stronger Australian adoption of solana (13.79% AU) and memecoins such as PEPE and BONK, alongside lower local holdings of older altcoins like XRP and cardano, and notes high BTC/USD and SOL/AUD trade volumes in Australia; Kraken says…

Exodus Movement (EXOD), a publicly-traded crypto wallet firm, said on Monday it is acquiring Uruguay-based Grateful, a startup offering stablecoin-based payments for merchants. The move aims to expand Exodus’ presence in Latin America and deepen its foothold in commerce, particularly among gig workers and small businesses looking for faster, cheaper ways to get paid, Exodus CEO JP Richardson said in a press release. Grateful’s software lets merchants accept stablecoins through tools like wallet-to-wallet payments, QR point-of-sale checkout and onchain invoicing. The company also offers a dashboard to manage transactions and convert crypto into local currencies. Exodus plans to integrate these…

Major crypto exchange Binance is set to list two new USDC trading pairs on Nov. 11, or 11/11. In an announcement, Binance issued a notice on new trading pairs to be added to the platform, a move it says will increase the list of trading choices offered on Binance Spot and improve users’ trading experience. According to the announcement, Binance will open trading for MINA/USDC and XVG/USDC trading pairs on Nov. 11 (11-11-25 at 8:00 a.m. (UTC) and will also enable Trading Bot services as applicable. In line with its current campaign, users will enjoy discounted taker fees on all…

Yuga Labs launches Koda Nexus in Otherside metaverse as a central, evolving social and onchain hub. Yuga Labs opens the Koda Nexus in its Otherside metaverse on Nov. 12, 2025, unveiling a persistent city‑style hub with districts, an ancient temple core and recurring challenges, announced by co‑founder Greg Solano. Summit features let users log in with X or email while receiving a self‑custodied wallet behind the scenes, and the Nexus links to Apechain and Apecoin for native onchain ownership of items, avatars, badges and rewards. The Nexus is designed as a return point between adventures across Otherside’s constellation of worlds,…

Bitcoin was trading below $108,000 at 9:20 a.m. UTC as $320 million in liquidations and spot crypto ETF outflows hit a market down 3.2%. BTC was trading at $107,779 during the European morning, 2.8% lower in the last 24 hours, according to CoinDesk data. Ether ETH$3,876.90 and solana SOL$185.15 have both fallen more than 3.5%, while numerous other altcoins nursed losses in excess of 4%. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), which offers a weighted measure of the digital asset market, is about 3.5% lower. CoinGlass data shows 122,919 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours, totaling $320.32 million, including…

Binance is introducing the Crypto Trade Analyzer, an innovative utility that allows traders to analyze trading costs in real-time across the most well-known exchanges. The utility, which was announced in early November 2025, allows users to customize their fees, and will quickly permit users to find the most efficient platform to trade on. The launch of the utility will be useful to both retailers and institutional investors, as trading costs are increasingly becoming a deciding factor and should address a legitimate gap in the market by minimizing charges that collectively can save traders thousands of dollars annually. Significance of Trading…

Decentralized finance protocol Curve Finance saw a notable increase in platform revenue in the third quarter of 2025, with trading volume also surging among other core metrics. Summary Curve Finance revenue rose in strong Q3, with trading volume hitting $29 billion. Revenue rose from $3.9 million to $7.3 million, and was fully redistributed to veCRV holders. Data shows the protocol’s DEX trading volume hit $11 billion in October. Curve Finance announced its third-quarter (Q3) 2025 growth report on Tuesday, November 11, highlighting a more than double increase in protocol revenue over the quarter. With a strong second half of the…