Author: NBTC

Global markets were hit with a violent liquidity whiplash today as conflicting central bank signals collided with a massive derivatives flush. While a cooler-than-expected 2.7% US CPI print triggered a risk-on rally that liquidated $60 million in crypto shorts, traders remain on edge as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) prepares to hike rates to a 30-year high, potentially draining the very liquidity the US just promised to inject. The Savior Print: 2.7% CPI Crushes Bears The catalyst for the rally was an undeniably bullish US inflation report. November headline CPI rose just 2.7%, significantly missing the 3.1% forecast. Crucially, the…

Binance has released its 38th Proof of Reserves report, sharing the current status of user assets on its platform. According to the report, users’ Bitcoin holdings have been verified at approximately 618,000 BTC. According to data released by the company, BTC reserves increased by 8,607 BTC, or 1.41%, compared to the previous report. On-chain wallet balances stood at 636,914 BTC, with 618,696 BTC held directly in exchange wallets and 18,218 BTC held in third-party custody services. Thus, the BTC coverage ratio remained at 100.06%, maintaining its fully collateralized appearance. On the Ethereum side, user holdings reached 4.17 million ETH, an…

Sentora, a Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) analytic platform, has announced its strategic partnership with Tria, a crypto neobank that brings spending, earning, and trading into one app, and Upshift, an infrastructure provider that enables institutional funds and asset issuers to tokenize their DeFi strategies. The primary purpose of this alliance is to launch a set of earn vaults to make on-chain DeFi yield access easy and productive for users. Sentora has released this news through its official social media X account. Tria Earn is Now Live!Sentora and @upshift_fi partnered with @useTria to bring DeFi yield to their users👇https://t.co/Z6FDvggdiz —…

Shares of Blink Charging Co. rose after the electric vehicle charging company disclosed that it has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments at a limited number of its U.S. fast-charging sites. Blink Charging’s common stock closed at $0.8066, up by 12.43% on the day, before extending gains in pre-market trading. By 9:27 a.m. EST, the shares were quoted at $0.8280, representing an additional 2.65% increase from the prior close, according to price data reflected in market charts. Crypto payments introduced at select U.S. charging sites The firm has introduced the initial step in cryptocurrency payments in some of the Blink-owned DC fast…

Uniswap news today just had one of its biggest days ever. On January 9, the decentralized exchange recorded more than $1.4 million in daily trading fees. It is setting a new all-time record. The data was shared by Wu Blockchain, based on a dashboard by on-chain analyst Marcov. But the reason behind this surge was not normal market growth. Instead, it came from panic trading after a major crypto hack. Uniswap Fees Surge After Token Hack According to on-chain data, most of Uniswap’s record fees came from heavy trading in the TRU token, linked to the Truebit Protocol. Just one…

United States President Donald Trump offered positive remarks about pro-crypto Fed chair nominee Chris Waller at a recent press conference, as speculation continues over his final choice. “I think he’s great. I mean, he’s been a man who’s been there a long time. Somebody that I was very involved with and sense of his career, and he’s a fantastic man,” Trump said during a press conference on Thursday. Waller has recently been perceived as relatively supportive of crypto, saying in an August speech at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2025 that there is “nothing to be afraid of” about crypto payments…

Block Earner, one of Australia’s biggest digital asset platforms, has recently collaborated with Worldpay to integrate their payment infrastructure. As a result of this, local investors in Australia will now be able to make instant AUD deposits as well as crypto purchases using any major credit or debit card or their mobile wallet. In simple terms, this means that users can buy crypto and fund their account directly using popular payment methods such as credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. One major advantage of the partnership comes from the fact that users will no longer need to…

In a landmark achievement for decentralized finance, the Meteora protocol generated a staggering $1.25 billion in fees during the last calendar year, securing its position as the premier fee-generating platform in the entire DeFi ecosystem. This remarkable financial milestone, first reported by Unfolded citing data from Cryptodiffer, not only highlights Meteora’s operational scale but also signals a potential shift in the competitive dynamics of on-chain finance. The protocol’s performance notably eclipsed that of established giants, with Jupiter ranking second at $1.11 billion and the venerable Uniswap following closely with $1.06 billion. Meteora’s DeFi Fee Dominance in Context Fee generation serves…

Hashed CEO Simon Seojoon Kim has developed a comprehensive valuation tool that calculates the fair value of Ethereum (ETH) using multiple indicators. According to data shared by Kim, there is a significant difference between the current market price and the model outputs. According to the current data in the tool, Ethereum’s market price is at $3,135.6. In contrast, the “Composite Fair Value,” calculated by averaging all 12 different models, is $4,895.6. This suggests that Ethereum may be approximately 56.1% undervalued compared to its current price, indicating an overall “undervalued” outlook. The valuation range between the models is quite wide. The…

Stablecoins roared back into the spotlight in 2025, with on-chain transaction volumes surging to levels not seen since the heady days of 2021. “2025 marked the year of the stablecoin resurgence,” analytics shop Sentora wrote on X, pointing to on-chain volumes that reached a multi-year high of $4.511 trillion in October, a spike that, while still shy of the 2021 peak, signals a very different, more institutionalized market than the one that collapsed amid turmoil four years ago. The rebound has been broad-based. Data aggregators and researchers tracking stablecoins show that activity across the major dollar-pegged tokens has accelerated throughout…