Author: NBTC

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has estimated that the electricity that Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious co-founder of the leading cryptocurrency, paid to mine 1 million BTC would have been under $3,700 total. Hoskinson shared three different scenarios estimating how much electricity it would have cost Nakamoto to mine 1 million bitcoins between 2009–2010. The Bitcoin creator mined their coins during a time of extremely low mining difficulty, almost non-existent competition, and CPU mining. The scenarios in the table show various plausible ways Satoshi might have mined the coins with different assumptions about the number of mining machines, wattage, duty cycle, and…

SpoonOS and DBOS have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at supporting developers in building durable AI agentic applications. The partnership seeks to enable coordination between on-chain smart contracts and reliable off-chain workflows, offering a comprehensive infrastructure for production-ready AI agents. SpoonOS is an agentic operating system that supports LLM-powered agents in decentralized environments. The platform enables developers to build, coordinate, and scale on-chain applications using a standardized framework designed for Web3-native AI workflows. DBOS, or Durable By-Orchestration System, is an open-source library that offers workflow orchestration and execution durability in Python and TypeScript. With built-in checkpointing, DBOS ensures that workflow…

Sei Labs, the main contributor to the layer 1 blockchain Sei, has announced the release of the Sei Giga whitepaper that outlines the design of the industry’s first multi-proposer Ethereum Virtual Machine layer 1 blockchain. Sei Giga is Sei (SEI) blockchain network’s new path towards becoming the first multi-proposer Ethereum Virtual Machine L1. According to an announcement shared with crypto.news, the upgrade proposes a design of parallel blocks, powered by the Autobahn consensus protocol. It means Sei Giga brings a solution to network bottlenecks related to data availability, execution, and storage, among others. The whitepaper release is the latest major…

ADX lists MENA’s first blockchain bond, issued by FAB on HSBC Orion platform Blockchain bond enhances market efficiency, transparency, and investor access Strategic ADX, HSBC, FAB partnership signals shift toward digital capital markets The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) is preparing to list the first-ever blockchain-based digital bond in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Issued by First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the nation’s largest bank, and powered by HSBC’s Orion digital asset platform, the listing integrates distributed ledger technology (DLT) directly into capital markets infrastructure.. Partnership Forged for Innovation This milestone comes as a result of strategic collaboration…

Bitcoin price has pulled back from its all-time high as investors take profits following a 50% surge from its April lows. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $108,645 on Thursday, around $4,000 below its all-time high of $112,965. Analysts remain optimistic about further upside, citing ongoing demand and tightening supply dynamics. Speaking at a Bitcoin conference, Adam Back, the founder of Blockstream, noted the coin could climb to $1 million within the next five years. With Bitcoin trading at $108,645, a move to $1 million would represent an 825% gain from current levels. It would also give the cryptocurrency a fully…

As the crypto market currently moves in consolidation, smart investors see this as the ideal time to make big purchases. Today, a whale made a bold move by accumulating multiple altcoins he believes will surge in the long run – an indicator that whales see something that others don’t. 6 hours ago, a whale spent:– $1.5M to buy 1.14M $FARTCOIN– $1.49M to buy 1.48M $WIF– $682K to buy 33.8B $BONK– $681K to buy 200.1M $MEW– $680K to buy 1.45M $POPCATAddress: 8L8qZp9KGSCYNYChYCNJ8NNkB296r2U7N9d9JcLmYRuGData by @nansen_ai pic.twitter.com/yXrVY8wBQF — Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) May 19, 2025 The whale’s buying spree Onchain Lens shared data on…

BlockSec, a well-known platform for blockchain security, has announced its new partnership wth FinTax, a popular platform offering services and software dealing with crypto tax. The collaboration focuses on providing a unified solution to enable crypto security protection, compliance risk control, and tax management. The platform revealed the details of this development in a recent X post. BlockSec is proud to announce a strategic partnership with @FinTax_Official.As a cryptocurrency tax software and service provider, FinTax has developed comprehensive Crypto tax systems and professional tax teams, providing customized solutions for numerous industry institutions… pic.twitter.com/5Dmn38imoF — BlockSec (@BlockSecTeam) July 3, 2025 BlockSec…

Meta could be the first US corporation of its scale to place Bitcoin (BTC) on its balance sheet, according to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. In a May 28 post on X, Balchunas argued that a move by a “Big Boy” company would validate corporate treasury adoption of the asset. He added that “it feels inevitable” that a major public company will add Bitcoin in the current cycle. ‘Big Boy’ entry Blachunas also noted that a single entry by Meta or Microsoft could outweigh the combined signaling effect of smaller firms because institutional investors track the companies’ treasury policies.…

With a burn rate reaching 17,930% in just 24 hours, a whopping 49,046,845 Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens have been permanently removed from circulation, according to the SHIB burn website. The move is part of a major push to reduce the token’s supply and potentially increase its scarcity. Token burns are an important part of the network’s long-term strategy, where tokens are sent to inaccessible wallets deliberately, removing them from circulation forever. Shiba Inu token burn highlights community commitment As the burn rate increases, the supply reduces faster, which can lead to a rise in demand, provided there is plenty of…

Peaq, the layer-1 blockchain that will power the Machine Economy, has partnered with WalletConnect, which is one of the best on-chain user experience (UX) ecosystems. peaq x @WalletConnectWalletConnect is the gateway to 600+ popular wallet apps — and it’s now live on peaqIt’s never been easier to join the Machine Economy:https://t.co/93HrweP0T1 pic.twitter.com/fXcocKjqIG — peaq (@peaq) July 3, 2025 By having WalletConnect available on Peaq, users can connect any wallet application with more than 600 popular wallet apps easily, opening a new era of effortless engagement in real-world Web3 apps. The Release of Hassle-Free On-Chain Connections WalletConnect is the architect to…