Author: NBTC

While the government shutdown and its possible effects were the main agenda item in the US, a surprising bill came from the state of New York. Accordingly, a bill introduced in New York state proposes a graduated electricity tax on cryptocurrency miners. At this point, New York State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Anna Kelles introduced Bill S8518, which would impose an electricity consumption tax on Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies that use significant amounts of energy. According to the bill, miners using up to 2.25 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually will not be taxed. BTC mining companies with consumption above…

As of September 30, 2025, the capitalization of stablecoin approaches $280 billion, while the tokenized Treasuries amount to “a few billion” in AUM, as indicated by RWA.xyz. In this context, the push is driving real assets on‑chain out of the pilot phase and towards true operational scale. In the last 24 months, our team has followed over twenty institutional tokenization projects, participating in implementation discussions with banks, asset managers, and infrastructure providers. According to analyses published by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey, institutional interest has grown rapidly: tokenized money market funds exceeded $1 billion in the first quarter of…

Popular investment platform Robinhood has officially listed the native token of Optimism (OP), Ethereum’s Layer-2 scaling solution. Robinhood Lists Optimism’s Native Token OP The development, announced on the company’s social media accounts, is considered an important step for both the Optimism ecosystem and Robinhood users. Optimism is one of the leading Layer-2 solutions that aims to address the high transaction costs and speed issues of the Ethereum network. Offering users a faster transaction experience with lower fees, the project has recently been gaining attention for its growing ecosystem. The OP token plays a key role in the network’s governance mechanism;…

Bitcoin BTC$111,480.33 miner CleanSpark (CLSK) ended September with record production and a growing BTC treasury as it wrapped up a transformative fiscal year, the company said in a press release Friday. The Las Vegas-based mining firm produced 629 bitcoin during the month, averaging nearly 21 coins a day, and sold 445 BTC for about $49 million at an average price of $109,568. Its operational hashrate averaged 45.6 EH/s with fleet efficiency reaching 16.07 J/Th. The company’s holdings rose to more than 13,000 self-mined BTC, underscoring its strategy of using bitcoin as a core treasury asset. Over the past year, CleanSpark…

Ethereum gaming metaverse The Sandbox will soon have its own creator-focused blockchain called SANDChain, an Ethereum layer-2 network built with the ZK Stack.  SANDChain aims to become the home for creators on-chain, enabling them to own their content, generate money from their identities, and manage their communities without losing out to the platforms they create on.  “By leveraging The Sandbox’s existing ecosystem, which includes over 8 million users, 400+ brand partnerships, and the SAND token, we’re laying the foundation for the ‘Creator Nation’: a decentralized economy designed to empower creativity at scale,” The Sandbox co-founder and SANDChain ambassador Sébastian Borget…

Decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap set a new quarterly record in Q3 with $749 billion in trading volumes, marking a 42% increase from Q2. In Q2, the platform recorded $529 billion, following $205.3 billion in Q1, marking the first time since its 2020 launch that PancakeSwap has posted three consecutive quarters of record growth, according to data from Dune. PancakeSwap Quarterly Volume The PancakeSwap team told The Defiant that the top token pairs by volume for Q3 included BR-USDT ($80.72 billion), USDT-WLFI ($72.20 billion), and KOGE-USDT ($66.52 billion). The DEX also reached a new all-time high of 11.8 million users in…

Starlynk, Changer.ae, and Quantoz Payments are partnering to launch cross-border stablecoin payment corridors, with Shanghai Tang joining the initiative as the first international retailer to accept EURQ and USDQ for in-store and online purchases. Summary New payment corridors span Europe, Asia, and the UAE for both retail and corporate clients. Changer.ae and Quantoz create the first regulated UAE-Europe stablecoin corridor with custody, conversion, and escrow services. Shanghai Tang becomes the first international retailer to accept EURQ and USDQ for physical and online purchases. Starlynk Group, Changer.ae, and Quantoz Payments have announced a series of strategic partnerships aimed at expanding global…

Fresh report recognizes KiteAI’s role in establishing synergy between Web3, blockchain and AI agent ecosystems. With $33 million in funding from PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst, KiteAI pushes the barriers of AI agents’ performance and interoperability. KiteAI builds an L1 for agentic economy: Report KiteAI, an EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain, is building the next generation of infrastructure solutions for agentic payments. Its primary focus is enabling secure, high-throughput agentic payments using stablecoins, aiming to become a foundational financial rail for the machine-to-machine economy. We’re excited to share that @MessariCrypto just released their in-depth report on Kite AI: Building the Agentic Economy.Huge…

Pendle Finance is integrating with Plasma’s digital bank to bring its DeFi yield products to global users, including the unbanked, unlocking new opportunities for earning on stablecoins. Summary Five yield markets will launch on Plasma, with APYs ranging from 12.67% (USDe) to 649% (sUSDai). $900,000 in weekly XPL token incentives will support Yield Token holders and liquidity providers. Pendle Finance (PENDLE) has announced its integration with Plasma Foundation’s digital bank, giving global users direct access to its DeFi yield products. At launch, five yield markets will go live on Plasma, with start dates and indicative APYs as follows: sUSDe Pool…

In volatile markets, traders often find themselves caught between patience and impulse. Placing a single limit order at one “perfect” price is often more of a gamble than a strategy. Markets rarely align with exact levels, and a single missed entry can mean lost opportunity or forced decisions at unfavorable prices. Instead of relying on guesswork, professional traders build structured systems that account for multiple scenarios and adapt to volatility. Multi-limit orders offer such a system. By placing a series of limit orders at predefined levels, traders create a ladder of potential entries or exits. This approach distributes risk, reduces…