Author: NBTC

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market will continue to grow in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging market economies, according to Jesse Knutson, head of operations at crypto exchange Bitfinex. Emerging market economies experience “friction” in capital formation and attracting foreign investment, Knutson told Cointelegraph Tokenizing real-world assets, the process of representing physical or traditional assets on blockchain networks, fixes this by enabling onchain capital formation and bypassing traditional financial intermediaries, he said. Kunston added: “Emerging markets also tend to ‘leapfrog’ infrastructure that holds back developed markets, adopting digital rails, including stablecoin settlement, faster than markets with entrenched legacy plumbing.”…

Key Takeaways BitVentures has officially launched its Digital Assets segment and entered the crypto mining industry. In building its new segment, the company has acquired multiple fleets of Bitmain mining machines. BitVentures, a Nasdaq-listed tech company, today announced the official launch of its Digital Assets segment, a unit focused on crypto mining and digital asset operations, including staking, node services, and ecosystem partnerships. As part of the expansion, the company has entered into purchase and hosting agreements to acquire multiple fleets of Bitmain mining machines with approximately 0.5 MW of power capacity. Deployment will begin in phases from January 2026,…

Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder of Solana, has outlined a set of projections for 2026 that place stablecoins at the center of several structural shifts underway across digital asset markets. His comments were shared in a public post on X and referenced a future in which the global stablecoin supply exceeds $1 trillion, alongside advances in artificial intelligence and robotics that extend beyond the crypto sector. My 2026 predictions:* $1t+ stables * qc and fusion will be as elusive as today * ai will solve a millennium problem * 100k humanoid robots shipped — toly 🇺🇸 (@toly) December 26, 2025 Yakovenko’s…

Unibase and blazpay have forged a partnership to serve the crypto community by powering decentralized finance (DeFi) with artificial intelligence (AI). Unibase is set to merge its decentralized memory AI layer with the conversational DeFi experience to enable AI agents to understand, remember and evolve onchain. Unibase has updated the crypto community regarding this newly forged partnership through its official social media platform, X account. We are excited to partner with @blazpaylabs, the AI-powered DeFi copilot making crypto truly accessible for everyone.By combining Unibase’s decentralized AI memory layer with Blazpay AI’s conversational DeFi experience, we’re enabling AI agents that can:→…

2025 showed no mercy, with bitcoin and crypto-linked equities ping-ponging between dizzying swings, extended snoozes, and moments that demanded a double take. What follows is a snapshot report of the year’s top and bottom digital asset stocks—and exactly how each one fared along the way. 2025’s Crypto Stock Scorecard This year, crypto-related stocks zigzagged through sharp swings and wildly different outcomes during a tough stretch for cryptocurrencies. The crypto economy kicked off Jan. 1, 2025, at $3.26 trillion and now enters 2026 about $290 billion lighter, hovering near $2.97 trillion. Bitcoin finished the 12-month run down 5%, while ethereum fared…

Folks Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that offers permissionless lending, borrowing, trading, and cross-chain management across various blockchains, is excited to announce its groundbreaking partnership with AEON Community, a crypto payment and settlement protocol. AEON Community has its native flagship product called AEON Pay, a Web3 mobile payment solution. Folks Finance is excited to announce a partnership with @AEON_Community, expanding real-world utility for $FOLKS and extending it beyond DeFi into everyday commerce and AI-native payments.Learn more ↓ https://t.co/KpegTcxupC — Folks Finance (@FolksFinance) December 31, 2025 The main purpose of this partnership is to expand the utility of $FOLKS in…

Hong Kong-based investment firm Trend Research has continued accumulating Ether even as one of the largest corporate ETH holders expects a sharp drawdown during the first quarter of 2026. Trend Research acquired $35 million in Ether (ETH), pushing its holdings above 601,000 ETH worth around $1.83 billion, according to blockchain data platform Lookonchain. The company has borrowed a total of $958 million in stablecoins from decentralized lending protocol Aave and has an average purchasing price of around $3,265 per ETH, wrote Lookonchain in a Monday X post. Trend’s founder, Jack Yi, said he was “bullish” on crypto for the first…

This year, exchange-traded funds opened several doors to crypto on Wall Street, as the SEC forged a fresh approach to the products. Although asset managers had previously fought tooth and nail to offer products tracking Bitcoin and Ethereum’s spot price, many foresaw opportunities in 2025, as the regulatory environment started to shift with President Donald Trump’s return to power in January. As of Dec. 15, spot Bitcoin ETFs had generated $57.7 billion in net inflows since their historic debut in January 2024, according to Farside Investors. That represented a 59% increase compared to $36.2 billion at the start of this…

Between the end of 2025 and up to July 2026, the European Union’s MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) regulation will go into full effect. Specifically, crypto exchanges, self-custody wallet providers, custodians, asset transfer providers, stablecoin issuers and portfolio managers will have to obtain formal authorization to continue operating. Notably, out of the 27 EU member states, only Poland is delaying the national implementation of this strict crypto framework. Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed the MiCA-compliant bill this month because it would “threaten the freedoms of Poles, their property and the stability of the state.” Moving forward, the Polish parliament would have…

Token Terminal data revealed that smart contracts deployed on Ethereum hit an all-time high of 8.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2025. The surge was partly driven by the approval of ETH ETFs, which boosted DeFi adoption and increased the number of active addresses. According to Token Terminal, the surge in smart contract deployment also marks a significant increase in developer activity. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, recently claimed the rising deployment on Ethereum has become easy as anyone “can just build on the L1.” The rise also coincides with growing institutional interest and regulatory clarity. Token Terminal also…