Author: NBTC

Stablecoins are finally reaching product market fit in the West. While stablecoins have found considerable usage and impact throughout the developing world, the US, UK, and Europe have lagged behind in terms of true market adoption due to unclear regulations and the strength of the existing digital payments infrastructure, especially in Europe and the UK. Now, though, in 2025, Congress enacted the GENIUS Act in July, and Stripe and Paradigm introduced Tempo, a payments-focused chain, in early September. The new law installs the first federal license regime for dollar-pegged tokens, and Stripe’s partner Paradigm describes Tempo as a stablecoin-first network…

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) shares are experiencing a significant surge in premarket trading, jumping 7.56% to $108.90 as of 5:56 AM EDT on September 6, 2025. This dramatic uptick follows the announcement that the commission-free trading platform will join the prestigious S&P 500 index, replacing casino operator Caesars Entertainment. The inclusion represents a watershed moment for the fintech sector and reflects Robinhood’s transformation from a pandemic-era trading upstart to a company with sustained influence in U.S. financial markets. The move is expected to drive substantial demand for HOOD shares as index-tracking funds adjust their portfolios to accommodate the new addition.…

NASDAQ, the U.S. exchange where the tech sector’s biggest names list their stocks, is seeking to put stocks on the blockchain, asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to bless its effort even as others in the securities world are sprinting toward the same tokenization goal. If the SEC filing is approved, the exchange would let customers choose either the traditional route for trading equities or to do so on-chain with tokenized stocks — an option that would be treated with the same priority as the legacy method. “The Exchange believes the markets can use tokenization while continuing…

CoinShares, one of Europe’s largest digital asset managers, is heading to Wall Street. The company announced Monday that it will go public in the United States through a $1.2 billion merger with Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp (VCIC)., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC. The deal shifts CoinShares’ listing from Stockholm to New York, opening access to U.S. capital markets and investors. The firm manages about $10 billion in assets, including a suite of 32 crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) covering bitcoin, ether, solana and other tokens. CoinShares ranks as the fourth-largest global provider of digital asset ETPs, behind BlackRock, Grayscale and Fidelity, and…

Over the weekend, a Minecraft maestro performed a striking feat: embedding a working language-model inference engine inside the immensely popular sandbox game. The catch? All of the “wiring” was done with Minecraft’s redstone system—no command blocks, no mods (beyond rendering assistance), just circuit logic built from in-game materials. The result is quirky, painfully slow, but fascinating: a GPT-style chatbot inside a block world, built from digital redstone and analog logic. To understand the stunt, you need to know what redstone is. In Minecraft, redstone is the game’s analog to wiring and electronic components: power sources, repeaters, comparators, logic gates, signal…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors mostly green, SOL leads; BTC at $112,000 Forward Industries announces $1.65B SOL DAT led by Galaxy, Multicoin & Jump BMNR discloses 2.069M in ETH, first $20M ‘Moonshot’ investment in WLD DAT HOOD stock soars 9% pre-market after S&P 500 inclusion; MSTR left out Hyperliquid soars to ATH on back of USDH stablecoin announcement 📈 Robinhood Makes the S&P 500, MicroStrategy Gets Skipped Friday…

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has announced its cryptocurrency holdings now near $9 billion, which the firm says makes it the second-largest crypto treasury firm in the world behind Strategy (MSTR), which holds 638,460 BTC worth over $71 billion. It also fueled a 1,000% surge in a stock looking to accumulate WLD. The company according to a press release, holds 2.069 million ETH worth about $8.9 billion at current prices, in addition to 192 BTC and $266 million in unencumbered cash. That brings the company’s total crypto and cash holdings to more than $9.2 billion, it said. BMNR pivoted to an…

Bakkt Holdings (BKKT) is trying to reboot after a turbulent few years, Wall Street broker Benchmark said in a Monday report initiating coverage of the stock. Benchmark started coverage of the firm with a buy rating and a $13 price target. The shares climbed 1.3%, trading around $8.63 at publication time. Under new CEO Akshay Naheta, the firm has shed its custody arm and is selling off its legacy loyalty business, moves meant to streamline operations and reset investor confidence, the report noted. The company’s strategy now hinges on three initiatives: a “brokerage-in-a-box” platform that lets banks and fintechs plug…

Tetra Digital Group, a digital asset custodian based in Alberta, Canada, said on Monday it has raised around $10 million to develop and issue a regulated stablecoin pegged to the Canadian dollar. Backers of the project include Shopify, Wealthsimple, Purpose Unlimited, Shakepay, ATB Financial, National Bank and Urbana Corporation, which has held a majority stake in Tetra since April. The firm aims to roll out the stablecoin in early 2026, subject to regulatory approval. The token would be issued through Tetra Trust, regulated digital asset custody subsidiary, and would be backed 1:1 with Canadian dollar reserves held domestically, according to…

SLNH has an over 1 GW pipeline, on par with BITF, but a market cap just a fraction of the size. With an up to $100M credit facility for data center buildout, could Soluna be a baby IREN in the making? The following guest post comes from BitcoinMiningStock.io, a public markets intelligence platform delivering data on companies exposed to Bitcoin mining and crypto treasury strategies. Originally published on Sept. 24, 2025, by Cindy Feng. While I’ve covered a few major HPC/AI pivots and deals from public Bitcoin miners, quite a few followers have increasingly pointed me toward a lesser-known name:…