Author: NBTC

Wall Street analysts are standing firmly behind Strategy’s (MSTR) aggressive escalation of its bitcoin (BTC) acquisition strategy after the company unveiled plans to double its capital-raising ambitions. “While the number of companies that have sought to replicate Strategy’s bitcoin acquisition strategy has continued to grow rapidly … MSTR yesterday issued a reminder of the extent of its first-mover advantage and how its ability to accelerate its accumulation of bitcoin has continued to increase as its platform has scaled,” wrote Benchmark’s Mark Palmer, reiterating his buy rating and $650 price target. Though MSTR trades at more than double the value of…

Whale nets $23.73M ETH profit via Wintermute OTC trades amid $222M transfer spree. 600 BTC bought for $56.94M remains unsold, now worth $66.5M in unrealized gains. Wintermute facilitates massive ETH, BTC, and USDC flows, signaling institutional moves. A crypto whale has executed many over-the-counter (OTC) trades involving Ethereum and Bitcoin, resulting in a realized profit of $23.73 million. The transactions were facilitated through the trading firm Wintermute, which recorded over $222 million in on-chain activity within the same 24-hour period. Blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence confirms that the Ethereum portion of the trade, 30,000 ETH, was sold just hours before…

Circle, the company issuing the stablecoin USD Coin, has announced that native USDC is now available on the Sonic blockchain. In practice, the bridged-to-native upgrade of both USDC and CCTP V2 has been completed, now unlocking new use cases for the stablecoin in the Sonic ecosystem. Circle: USDC and CCTP V2 are now native on Sonic blockchain Circle and Native USDC on Sonic: the new use cases unlocked The market cap of the stablecoin has decreased in the last month Circle: USDC and CCTP V2 are now native on Sonic blockchain Circle, the company issuing the second stablecoin by market…

The Supreme Court has officially placed a legal firewall around the Federal Reserve, blocking President Trump from removing its board members. In a major ruling issued Thursday, the court told the White House that the Fed is off-limits, even though Trump is currently allowed to fire officials from two other federal boards. This legal distinction came down in a 6–3 decision, clearly dividing which institutions the president can interfere with, and which ones he can’t. According to a full opinion published by the court, the ruling gave Trump the go-ahead to fire Gwynne Wilcox, a former board member at the…

Ethereum is trying to clean up its image just as it’s losing its grip. The Ethereum Foundation launched a campaign in 2025 called the “Trillion Dollar Security Initiative” to promote the blockchain as the only serious option for securing real-world value. But the effort comes at a time when the project is slipping across the board, from price performance to user attention and developer support, while Solana is gaining fast. The message coming from Ethereum’s leadership is all about stability, uptime, and security. But Ether, the token that runs on it, hasn’t kept up with Bitcoin since the Merge upgrade…

A recent report suggests that Shiba Inu outpaced the weekly gains of the TRUMP meme coin despite President Trump offering a black-tie dinner and White House tour for its largest holders. In a tweet, Coinpedia Markets highlighted that Shiba Inu surged 36% in the past week. However, the report claimed TRUMP reported a lower percentage weekly gain. Notably, on-chain data shows that SHIB’s price rallied from around $0.00001260 to $0.00001720 in the past period. This performance saw Shiba Inu rival other crypto assets, including Donald Trump’s meme coin. According to Coinpedia Markets, the Official Trump coin price only spiked by…

Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley plan to add an anti-corruption amendment to the GENIUS Act. These amendments tackle President Donald Trump’s ties to the cryptocurrency world. Senator Jeff Merkley shared an X post stating that passing the GENIUS Act without including their anti-corruption amendment would show that Congress was okay with Trump selling influence and access to those who can pay the most. Chuck Schumer is expected to support changes to the stablecoin bill to limit the president’s connections to cryptocurrency. Senators propose a new amendment to the GENIUS Act…

Bitcoin traded between $96,869 and $97,057 over the last hour, maintaining a tight range near recent highs. With a 24-hour intraday range of $95,925 to $97,341, the leading cryptocurrency boasts a $1.92 trillion market capitalization and a 24-hour trading volume of $27.81 billion, signaling sustained investor interest. Bitcoin The daily BTC/USD chart reflects a strong bullish breakout from the earlier $74,000 to $84,000 consolidation zone. This breakout, followed by a surge to $97,470, is reinforced by increased buying volume, indicating robust market support. Price action shows potential for a continuation pattern, possibly an ascending triangle that predated the breakout. Current…

NEAR Protocol now delivers 600ms block times and 1.2s finality for faster and safer transactions. NEAR enhances blockchain performance without sacrificing decentralization or user confidence. NEAR Protocol doesn’t just give sweet promises about speed, but real evidence on the mainnet: a new block appears every 600 milliseconds and transaction finality is achieved in just 1.2 seconds. What does that mean? Transactions can be confirmed and completed almost as fast as the blink of an eye—and that’s not a figure of speech. If you’ve ever been annoyed by having to wait several minutes for a crypto transfer to be completely completed,…

The Senate voted 66–22 to advance the GENIUS Act, showing strong support from both Democrats and Republicans and signaling that the U.S. government is finally ready to take crypto regulation seriously. The Act still raises concerns about whether it goes too far or not far enough in protecting consumers and whether it will hurt innovation. Supporters say the bill will open doors for more businesses to safely enter the market and build better tools for payments and finance. Still, critics warn that the GENIUS Act may either be too soft on risky players or too harsh on small startups and…