Author: NBTC

A crypto exchange letting you buy real stocks with stablecoins sounds like something from a 2021 pitch deck that never shipped. MEXC just shipped it. The exchange launched RealStocks on June 1, a product that gives eligible users the ability to purchase and hold actual equity shares of companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Not tokenized approximations, not synthetic exposure, not perpetual contracts that track stock prices. Real shares, held through a broker, with full shareholder rights including dividends. How RealStocks actually works Users stay within the MEXC interface they already know, transact in USDT, and buy shares of…

Bitfufu, the cloud mining platform owned by Bitmain, disclosed in its first-quarter earnings report that it holds 1,794 Bitcoin on its balance sheet. The company reported total revenue of $72.7 million for the quarter, a decline of 6.8% compared to the same period last year. Revenue Breakdown and Core Operations The company’s revenue was primarily generated through two segments. Self-mining operations contributed $11.4 million, while hosting and other services brought in $3.8 million. The remainder of the revenue came from its cloud mining subscription sales, which remain the core of Bitfufu’s business model. The decline in overall revenue reflects broader…

A bug inside Coinbase’s Base froze a critical part of the network’s infrastructure. It has raised fresh questions around the resilience of Ethereum’s growing Layer-2 ecosystem. However, the issue did not stop users from sending transactions or interacting with applications on Base. Blocks reportedly continued to be produced and the network appeared to function normally. But behind the scenes, a key component which aws responsible for updating Base’s state on Ether stalled for more than 30 hours. This event came to notice after developers flagged that the state updates and withdrawals to Ether were stopped. Base’s 30-hour glitch raised layer-2…

A credible Iran–US peace memorandum that ends the current war and reopens the Strait of Hormuz would likely bleed some “war hedge” premium out of Bitcoin in the short term, while strengthening the longer term case for $BTC as states quietly diversify away from the dollar in a more multipolar Gulf. Axios reports that US and Iranian negotiators are closing in on a one page memorandum that would end the current war, per Axios, reopen the Strait of Hormuz to normal shipping, and launch thirty to sixty days of talks on nuclear limits and phased sanctions relief. Reuters says Tehran…

In brief Bitcoin Depot has issued a “going concern” warning, signaling severe uncertainty over its ability to survive the next 12 months. The company’s preliminary Q1 financial results revealed a 49% year-over-year revenue drop and a $9.5 million net loss. The kiosk operator is actively fighting consumer protection lawsuits from state attorneys general in Iowa and Massachusetts. Bitcoin Depot issued a “going concern” warning on Tuesday, flagging substantial doubt over whether the world’s largest crypto ATM operator can survive the next 12 months. Founded a decade ago, the crypto kiosk giant is currently battling a wave of lawsuits from state…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has hinted that $XRP holders could receive “something special” if Ripple eventually becomes a public company. This revelation came during a recent interview on the Crypto In America podcast with journalist Eleanor Terrett. Garlinghouse discussed Ripple’s stance on an IPO and explained why the company is currently in no rush to go public. Key Points Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse hinted $XRP holders could receive “something special” if Ripple goes public. Garlinghouse said Ripple is not rushing into an IPO, citing weak performance from crypto public listings. The Ripple CEO said $XRP adoption and ecosystem growth remain…

Georgia is intensifying its fight against unauthorized cryptocurrency mining by rolling out new electricity meters across villages in the northwestern Mestia region, according to local reports. The initiative, backed by law enforcement, aims to curb energy theft that has placed an outsized burden on the national power grid. Massive energy consumption gap in Mestia Data from 2025 reveals that Mestia consumed 133 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, a figure more than 13 times higher than that of other municipalities of comparable size. Officials attribute this extreme discrepancy to widespread, unregulated cryptocurrency mining operations that draw significant power without proper metering…

Asset manager Bitwise has entered the tokenization market, taking over management of the Bitwise Crypto Carry Fund (USCC), a $259 million fund and the first on-chain product in the structure’s history. Interestingly, $XRP was included in the basket of the fund’s underlying assets on absolutely equal terms with BTC, ETH and SOL. Commenting on the launch, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley confirmed the fund’s on-chain launch and reported its first results: AUM exceeded $250 million, while the current 30-day yield remains at around 4% annualized. Bitwise deploys $XRP into on-chain DeFi Unlike traditional models, the fund does not bet on price…

The Royal Government of Bhutan has gradually sold approximately 9,180 Bitcoin ($BTC) over the past 11 months, generating around $900 million in proceeds, according to on-chain data tracked by blockchain analytics firm EmberCN. The average selling price across these transactions was calculated to be roughly $98,067 per Bitcoin. Timeline of Bhutan’s Bitcoin Sales Data from EmberCN reveals that Bhutan’s Bitcoin holdings peaked at roughly 12,200 $BTC in early 2025, coinciding with the cessation of the country’s state-backed mining operations. The government reportedly began its divestment process in earnest in June of the same year, executing a series of transactions over…

State Street is wiring its Luxembourg fund stack so tokenized fund units run on the same custody, NAV and TA rails as traditional funds, turning RWAs from brochure‑ware into production infrastructure. State Street is wiring its Luxembourg fund stack to treat tokenized fund units as first‑class citizens, not side projects, and that’s a much bigger deal than another “bank experiments with RWAs” headline suggests. State Street heads into 2026 with a buzz State Street Corporation has said it intends to deliver a “tokenized fund servicing capability” from Luxembourg by the end of 2026 through State Street Investment Services, extending its…