Author: NBTC

Under loosened regulations from the Trump administration in the United States, both decentralized finance (DeFi) and centralized platforms are rushing to bring real-world assets (RWAs) onchain, with tokenized stocks being one of this year’s breakout products. According to TokenTerminal, the market capitalization of tokenized stocks stands at $831 million as of this week, compared to just $32 million at the beginning of 2025, a 2496% increase. Tokenized Asset Growth – TokenTerminal Major traditional finance (TradFi) and DeFi companies are piling in to win the tokenized equity race, with popular retail platforms such as Robinhood diving headfirst into tokenized equity trading.…

The dominant narrative driving investor interest in Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has changed at least a dozen times over the past two years. However, in addition to a being financial reality for millions of investors, its rollercoaster journey followed a narrative arc and its story swung wildly over the years. Founder Michael Saylor pitched the company as a BTC-gobbling corporate debtor, an accretive dilutor, a beneficiary of passive flows, a financial black hole, digital credit credit issuer, and even a competitor to high-yield bank accounts. Strategy investors told many stories about why 2024’s high should have been just the beginning. Click…

Korean investors shifted about $110 billion offshore in 2025 without reducing trading. Offshore exchanges earned far more from Korean traders than South Korea’s top platforms. Spot-only rules and delayed laws pushed Korean demand toward offshore futures trading. More than ₩160 trillion, about $110 billion, left South Korea’s crypto exchanges in 2025, according to CoinGecko and Tiger Research. The transfers moved from domestic platforms to overseas exchanges, mainly Binance and Bybit, during the year. The shift involved millions of Korean investors, unfolded nationwide, and stemmed from strict local trading limits and delayed regulation. Capital Flight Shows Regulatory Gaps As per the…

Crypto bulls are again watching from the sidelines as the debasement trade continues and risk assets generally move broadly higher during the U.S. trading session. The standout performer on Monday is gold, which has surged 2% to a new record high of $4,475 per ounce. Silver is higher by 1.6% and earlier hit its own fresh record at just below $70 per ounce. Just after the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are each ahead by 0.6% and the U.S. dollar index is lower by 0.3%. After racing above $90,000 during the Asian/European trading sessions,…

South Korea has announced major anti-money laundering penalties on crypto exchange Bithumb as the country continues a crackdown on defaulters. Bithumb underwent its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) inspection in March 2025 and has now been found culpable by the authorities. According to reports from local media, the crypto exchange has now been fined heavily for violating domestic regulations. In its statement, the FIU claimed that it discovered several compliance failures at Bithumb, including cases where the exchange breached AML protocols, had inadequate know-your-customer (KYC) processes, and a lapse in suspicious transfer reporting. The exchange could face significant penalties similar to…

Asdrubal Oliveros, a local economist, claims that nearly 80% of all the crude sold by Venezuela is being paid for using stablecoins, specifically USDT. He stressed that cryptocurrency has become a main part of the Venezuelan oil policy, but that the nation is facing difficulties in liquidating these funds. Analyst: Most Venezuelan Oil Sales Are Settled Using USDT The Facts Venezuela has integrated stablecoins and USDT as a pivotal part of its oil strategy, according to local reports. Asdrubal Oliveros, a local economist, referred to the relevant place that these digital assets play in the current Venezuelan oil economy, given…

Crypto exchange Coinbase has paused its local fiat operations in Argentina less than a year after formally entering the market, scaling back peso-based services while keeping its crypto functionality. According to a report by Forbes Argentina, Coinbase informed users that it is temporarily stepping back from maintaining local services following a review of its operations. The company described the move as a “deliberate pause” aimed at reassessing its approach and returning with a more sustainable product offering. The change primarily affects fiat rails. From Jan. 31, 2026, users will no longer be able to buy or sell USDC (USDC) using…

Recent speculation suggests that the Venezuelan regime could hold a secret stash of bitcoin, potentially valued at upwards of $60 billion. But the claim appears to be rooted in conjecture and secondhand reporting, lacking credible onchain evidence tying those funds to state-controlled wallets.As a born and raised Venezuelan who mined bitcoin in the country for years, I don’t believe the Venezuelan regime holds a massive secret stash of bitcoin, and I’ll explain why. First, let’s break down the allegations. The claims from several articles suggest that the sources for the regime’s bitcoin stash were: 1) A large gold sale, swapped…

Tokenized US Treasurys have emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of the real-world asset (RWA) market, with data pointing to 50x growth in less than two years amid rising institutional demand for on-chain yield. Data from Token Terminal shows that the combined market capitalization of tokenized US Treasury products has exploded from well under $200 million in January 2024 to almost $7 billion in late 2025. The growth underscores the rapid acceleration of onchain adoption for government-backed debt instruments. Source: Token Terminal At the center of this expansion is BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), which is widely…

Binance has announced it will support the planned network upgrade for the Moonriver (MOVR) network. According to the official statement from the exchange, in order to maintain the highest level of user experience and ensure the smooth progress of the technical process, deposit and withdrawal transactions for tokens on the Moonriver network will be temporarily suspended on January 6, 2026. According to the announcement, deposit and withdrawal operations for tokens connected to the Moonriver (MOVR) network will be suspended as of January 6, 2026, at 3:00 PM. The network upgrade is expected to take place at a block height of…