Author: NBTC

Coinbase boss Brian Armstrong shook up two prediction markets in the final seconds of Thursday’s third-quarter earnings call by dropping a list of crypto buzzwords that Kalshi and Polymarket users bet would be mentioned in the call, resolving all markets to a “yes.” Several Kalshi and Polymarket users were ecstatic that their bets paid off in the final seconds. In contrast, others were understandably rattled to hear that a prediction market could be so easily upended. “I was a little distracted because I was tracking the predictions market about what Coinbase will say in their next earnings call, and I…

Ukraine’s allies want to know what money goes in and out of the invaded country, including through cryptocurrency, according to a prominent former advisor to the presidential office in Kyiv. The financial investigation is allegedly part of Western pressure to end the bitter conflict in the Eastern European nation, which is now rising on Ukraine after it was recently ramped up against Russia. Ukraine’s partners to press Kyiv by probing its cash The West has commissioned an audit of funds sent to and withdrawn from Ukraine, Oleksii Arestovych, ex-advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, unveiled on social media. In a…

The cryptocurrency community is buzzing with excitement as a major player makes a significant move. Robinhood lists SEI, officially adding the Sei blockchain’s native token to its trading platform. This development marks an important moment for both Sei and the broader crypto market, opening up new avenues for investors and potentially reshaping how many interact with this specialized Layer 1 blockchain. What Does Robinhood Listing SEI Mean for Investors? Robinhood, known for its user-friendly interface and commission-free trading, boasts millions of users. The inclusion of SEI on such a widely adopted platform brings several immediate benefits: Increased Accessibility: Millions of…

How did a lone Bitcoin miner beat one-in-ten-million odds to find a block worth $347,000, and what does it reveal about solo mining in 2025? Summary A Reddit user claimed to have mined Bitcoin block 920440 solo using an Umbrel Mini, earning roughly $347,000 in rewards and fees. Blockchain data confirmed the claim, showing a unique Coinbase tag and no trace of any large mining pool involvement. At current network levels of over 1 zettahash per second, a solo miner’s chance of finding a block is about one in ten million. Industrial-scale pools now control roughly 75–85% of global block…

The HKMA’s latest e-HKD report reveals insights from 11 experimental pilots, among them a Chainlink-powered cross-chain initiative. Chainlink’s CCIP is being used in this pilot to bridge transactions between different blockchain networks securely. Hong Kong’s central banking authority (HKMA) is continuing its exploration of a digital version of the electronic Hong Kong dollar called e-HKD. The HKMA first launched the e-HKD pilot in 2023 to explore how a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could work in practice. In September 2024, the project expanded into Phase 2, renamed e-HKD+, to test more advanced scenarios involving tokenized assets, programmability, and interoperability. Just…

Maple Finance is advancing a new model for decentralized credit markets through its MIP-019 proposal. The proposal replaces staking with token buybacks and governance incentives. The move comes amid a surge in real-world asset (RWA) adoption and rising institutional interest in on-chain lending. Maple curbs token inflation and links rewards to actual financial performance, strengthening its position in the evolving RWA-driven credit ecosystem. Maple’s MIP-019: From Staking to Sustainable On-Chain Credit Maple Finance, a decentralized credit marketplace, has approved the MIP-019 proposal. The proposal formally ends Maple’s staking program and introduces a buyback-based mechanism for its governance token, SYRUP. The…

Strategy chairman Michael Saylor says his company isn’t interested in acquiring other Bitcoin treasury companies, as doing so is fraught with uncertainty, although he didn’t entirely rule it out. “Generally, we don’t have any plans to pursue M&A [merger and acquisition] activity, even if it would look to be potentially accretive,” Saylor told investors on Thursday during Strategy’s third-quarter earnings call. “There’s just a lot of uncertainty, and these things tend to stretch out six to nine months or a year,” he added. “An idea that looks good when you start might not still be a good idea six months…

Michael Selig has been picked as the 16th chairman of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a move that has sparked reactions from the crypto community. Selig was chief counsel for the CFTC’s crypto task force and has worked with Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins. Both Selig and David Sacks, the White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar, confirmed the selection in separate posts on X. Selig, in his X post, said he will work tirelessly to facilitate well-functioning commodity markets, promote freedom, competition and innovation and also help make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world. In…

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, made an important announcement regarding altcoins. Coinbase, posting from its X account, announced a partnership with online brokerage Webull to support Dogecoin (DOGE), XRP, Solana (SOL), and Litecoin (LTC) futures trading on its platform. Accordingly, Coinbase will support DOGE, XRP, SOL, and LTC futures on Webull. “Webull announced today that it has expanded its crypto futures portfolio through a partnership with Coinbase Derivatives, a futures exchange registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Webull users in the US will be able to trade Dogecoin, XRP, Solana, Litecoin futures contracts. “Webull…

Investment bank H.C. Wainwright upgraded bitcoin BTC$114,515.90 miner Core Scientific (CORZ) to buy with a new $25 price target, citing accelerating demand for AI-ready data center infrastructure. The shares were 1.2% higher in early trading, around $20.10. Core Scientific’s experience in developing large-scale facilities for both crypto and artificial intelligence gives it a critical edge in the high-performance computing (HPC) market, the bank said in the Tuesday report. On a $424 million estimate for fiscal 2026 revenue, the target implies an almost 19x market-cap-to-sales multiple, which H.C. Wainwright viewed as justified by strong growth potential through 2027. The bank noted…