Author: NBTC

Over the past few days, investors have been re-engaging with the most simple criticism of Michael Saylor’s massive bitcoin treasury company, MicroStrategy (MSTR). On Reddit, YouTube, Nostr, and X, fans and skeptics are fighting over whether MicroStrategy is a Ponzi scheme. Andy Constan triggered the latest round of this multi-year debate when he earned hundreds of thousands of views across various claims that MSTR is “mostly a Ponzi scheme.” Within a day of his most popular post on the topic, Lyn Alden started to engage in a threaded debate. Their disagreements eventually left X and continued with a verbal debate.…

Thrive Protocol, a crypto start-up offering venture funding to drive innovation in the blockchain landscape, has introduced the ‘Thrive XION Investment Program’. Through this initiative, Thrive Protocol ensures efficient capital allocation flows to projects building the bridge between blockchain and mainstream users. Along with that, XION is all set to empower builders in creating real users, real revenue, and real mainstream adoption. https://t.co/0t4zjf5y4C — Thrive Protocol (@thriveprotocol) August 28, 2025 Basically, the motive behind this collaboration is to prepare the users and developers for bridging blockchain with mainstream adoption potential. XION already provides its services seamlessly and is compatible with…

USDC continues to strengthen its position as the leading regulated stablecoin with a native launch on XDC Network. Summary USDC is now live on XDC Network, enabling secure, bridge-free transfers backed 1:1 by Circle. Circle’s CCTP V2 powers cross-chain interoperability with a “burn and mint” mechanism. USDC goes live on XDC Network XDC Network (XDC) announced today that USD Coin (USDC), the stablecoin issued by Circle, is launching on its network. With this native launch, USDC on XDC is not a copy or derivative — it’s the same regulated, 1:1 redeemable digital dollar used on Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL).…

On-chain inflows continue to surge, and traditional rails are experiencing mass inflows. The trend is well illustrated by exchange-traded product (ETP) provider WisdomTree’s real-world asset (RWA) fund — the WisdomTree Government Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX) has exploded in value over the last three months, reaching new highs last week. WTGXX, which represents tokenized U.S. treasuries across several blockchain networks, added another $330 million to its total value locked in just one day last week, taking its total to over $931 million as of today, Aug. 18. The influx marks a 90% increase over the past month, and a 722%…

29 August 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, today announced an update to its transition plan for five legacy blockchains: Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand. More than a year ago, in July 2024, Tether announced plans to wind down support by ceasing redemptions and freezing USD₮ tokens on these legacy blockchains starting September 1, 2025. Following the feedback from the communities of these discontinued blockchains, Tether has revised this approach and will not freeze the smart contracts on these networks. While users will still be able to transfer the tokens between…

Ethereum has been climbing steadily since the beginning of the month, gaining strength as market momentum builds. At the time of writing, ETH is trading near $4,477, just shy of the $4,500 resistance. Despite failing to break past this barrier, investor sentiment suggests that the altcoin king may be gearing toward a run to $5,000. Ethereum Investors Are Bullish Ethereum’s sentiment index is currently below 2.00, a level that has historically indicated elevated fear, uncertainty, and doubt among retail investors. When traders lean heavily into FUD, the price often moves in the opposite direction, catching skeptics off guard. This pattern…

A recent Bank of America survey shows that most global fund managers are still hesitant to invest in crypto despite the recent bullish momentum observed in the sector. The study, which included 211 fund managers overseeing $504 billion in assets, found that about three-quarters of respondents have no crypto holdings at all. Meanwhile, crypto allocations among managers who hold these financial instruments are small. On average, these portfolios dedicate just 3.2% to digital assets. Breaking it down, 6% of managers have roughly 2% exposure, 2% hold 4%, and only 1% report allocations above 8%. When averaged across the full group,…

In the landscape of digital assets, a significant novelty is capturing the attention of investors and technology enthusiasts: the tokenization of physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain. An innovative project, born from the collaboration between TRIO, a native Bitcoin marketplace, and Swarm Markets, has given life to the “Gold on Bitcoin” collection, merging the millennial solidity of gold with the flexibility and accessibility of digital resources. How Gold Tokenization on Bitcoin Works Security and Compliance: The Role of KYC Verification TRIO and the Ordinals protocol: a new frontier for real assets The first steps: six tokenized bars and growth prospects…

The trend of publicly traded companies adopting crypto treasury strategies may have started with Bitcoin, but it has since expanded to a wide variety of digital assets—including the second-largest crypto asset by market cap, Ethereum.  Now the race to accumulate ETH is on, led by key figures like Fundstrat’s Tom Lee and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, who are championing public firms as they rally around Ethereum and its future.  Per StrategicETHReserve.xyz, public entities with Ethereum treasuries maintain more than 3.7 million ETH valued at nearly $17 billion, as of this writing, and more than 3% of the entire supply. These…

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the organization supporting the Stellar blockchain, invested in UK-based digital asset exchange and tokenization firm Archax as part of a broader partnership to boost tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), the firms said in a press release shared with CoinDesk.Archax has already started using Stellar, integrating the network into its in-house tokenization platform and launching a tokenized Aberdeen money market fund. The firms didn’t disclose the size of the investment. The deal comes as tokenization of traditional financial instruments like bonds, funds and stocks, often dubbed real-world assets (RWA), is gathering speed. Global banks and asset managers…