Author: NBTC

This week, traders enter a holiday-shortened session with fewer catalysts but a handful of meaningful macro data points. The U.S. stock markets will pause early for Christmas, yet the upcoming GDP release, consumer confidence survey, and jobless claims still carry enough weight to influence crypto market. In such low-volume conditions, even small shifts in risk appetite could nudge Ethereum price direction before the year ends. Ethereum Price Prediction: Current Market Structure ETH/USD Daily Chart- TradingView Ethereum price is trading around $3,019, up about 1.3% on the day. The chart shows ETH consolidating near the lower Bollinger Band in early December…

Rumble (NASDAQ: RUM) shares are surging in pre-market trading after the video-sharing platform reported third-quarter results showing sharp improvement in profitability despite a modest dip in revenue. By press time, the stock was trading at $5.89, up 17% in pre-market activity. Even with this rally, Rumble remains down more than 50% year to date, reflecting a volatile 2025 performance. Why Rumble stock is rallying The company reported a net loss of $16.3 million, or $0.06 per share, for the quarter, matching Wall Street expectations and marking a notable improvement from the $31.5 million loss recorded a year earlier. Revenue came…

Pudgy Party delivers a premium mobile gaming experience that the Pudgy Penguins team intends to make one of the franchise’s core pillars moving forward—and it is GG’s 2025 Game of the Year. Mythical Games, the studio behind Pudgy Party and other crypto games like NFL Rivals and FIFA Rivals, said that Pudgy Party has reached 1 million installs since its September release, while maintaining a 4.9-star rating on the Apple App Store. In doing this, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz told Decrypt that the game has acted as an onboarding tool for the popular crypto-native IP that started as an…

VetKeys (verifiable encrypted threshold keys), has announced the beneficial news for users and developers regarding the security of their data while bringing applications fully on-chain. VetKeys is a cryptographic tool that protects data privacy while bringing the application fully onchain. VetKeys is introduced by DFINITY Foundation for the Internet Computer (IC). The main purpose is to protect the users’ sensitive data and, at the same time, bring applications fully on-chain without trusting third parties or off-chain infrastructure for security. VetKeys transform what’s possible on blockchain.Before: Private communications, sealed auctions, secure data storage required trusted third parties or specialized hardware.Now: These…

In a move that sent ripples through the crypto community, a veteran Ethereum holder just made a powerful statement. An Ethereum OG stakes a staggering 3,598 ETH, worth approximately $10.8 million, on the liquid staking platform Ether.fi. This isn’t just another transaction; it’s a monumental vote of confidence from an address that held its assets silently for nine long years. Why Is This Ethereum OG Staking ETH Such a Big Deal? When an early adopter, often called an ‘OG,’ makes a move, the market pays attention. This particular address, starting with ‘0xccc,’ had remained dormant since the early days of…

Tether, the issuer of the widely used USDT stablecoin, has announced it will spend $100 million over two years on advertising for Rumble, signalling a deepening partnership that has caused the RUM stock to soar. This development comes amid Rumble’s broader strategy to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure, including a significant acquisition of Germany’s Northern Data AG. Rumble secures strategic advertising support Copy link to section The $100 million advertising commitment from Tether is structured as $50 million per year beginning in the first quarter of 2026. The campaign is designed to promote Rumble Wallet, the platform’s integrated payment…

MARBLEX, the blockchain division of Netmarble, a popular gaming giant, has invested in the $OPEN token of OpenLedger, a blockchain infrastructure firm. The strategic investment aims to advance AI transparency as well as the decentralized gaming landscape. As OpenLedger mentioned in its official social media announcement, the collaboration is a key step to advance institutional confidence in its long-term vision. Hence, the move indicates the rising trend of aligning blockchain infrastructure with gaming. We’re thrilled to announce Korean public company Netmarble’s @MARBLEXofficial , has made a strategic investment in $OPEN.By holding $OPEN, MARBLEX signals its confidence in OpenLedger’s role as…

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the ether treasury firm helmed by Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee, crossed the 4 million ether ETH$3,060.70 milestone after acquiring 98,852 tokens last week, according to its Monday update. The purchase, valued at roughly $300 million at Monday prices, brings BitMine’s total ETH holdings to 4,066,062 tokens, or 3.37% of the current ETH supply. The firm also kept $1 billion in cash, unchanged over the week despite the purchases. Its ETH treasury alone is worth just over $12 billion, making it the largest known ETH reserve among publicly traded companies While many digital asset treasuries stopped buying or…

Wall Street cynic Jim Chanos has closed out his widely publicized and controversial bet against Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), likely doubling his money through short-selling the company’s MSTR common stock. To be exact, the short-seller constructed a pair trade of short MSTR and long bitcoin (BTC). Rather than betting that the price of MSTR would decline on an absolute USD basis, Chanos simply bet that the premium of MSTR would decline against BTC. Strategy is the world’s largest digital asset treasury (DAT) company, a category of publicly-traded companies that acquire crypto tokens using financial leverage rather than focusing on…

Key Takeaways Vivek Ramaswamy purchased 15,625 shares of Strive Inc.’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock at $80 per share. Strive Asset Management, co-founded by Ramaswamy, positions itself as ‘anti-woke’ and focuses on maximizing shareholder value. Strive, backed by Vivek Ramaswamy, announced Monday it had successfully closed its oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO) of its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (SATA Stock) on Nasdaq, raising the number of shares from 1.25 million to 2 million due to high demand. Ramaswamy purchased 15,625 shares of Strive’s SATA Stock, according to a recent SEC filing. He also owns 113.9…