Author: NBTC

Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 opens perpetual futures listing to anyone willing to stake $20 million. The question isn’t whether this democratizes the DeFi, but whether the safeguards can handle what comes next. Hyperliquid launched HIP-3 on mainnet in October 2025, introducing a model where any builder can deploy perpetual futures markets without committee approval. Deployers must stake 500,000 HYPE tokens, worth approximately $20 million at current prices, as collateral against any malicious behavior. Validators can slash part or all of the stake if a builder feeds manipulated prices, operates a market recklessly, or poses a threat to network solvency. Even during the…

The SEC has officially approved the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF to operate under new generic listing standards, giving it the greenlight to add XRP, SOL, and XLM to its existing portfolio of BTC and ETH. The ETF, listed as NASDAQ:NCIQ, made the change last Thursday after updating its trust structure to meet the new criteria. The revised setup, filed under Form 8-K on Wednesday, includes a “Third Amended and Restated Trust Agreement” signed by Hashdex Asset Management Ltd. and CSC Delaware Trust Company, replacing the previous second agreement. The ETF, built in Delaware, is tagged as an “emerging…

Blockchain data showed stablecoin issuer Paxos both minted and burned about $300 trillion worth of the PayPal USD stablecoin within 30 minutes, leaving many crypto users scratching their heads. In a Wednesday X post following the mint and burn, Chaos Labs founder Omer Goldberg said Aave would be temporarily freezing trades for PayPal USD (PYUSD) after an “unexpected high-magnitude transaction” of minting and burning the stablecoin. Ethereum blockchain data showed Paxos minting 300 trillion of the US dollar-pegged stablecoin at 7:12 pm UTC and then burning the entire amount 22 minutes later by sending it to an inaccessible wallet. The…

A government shutdown is on the agenda in the US, effective midnight on September 30, if Congress and the White House fail to reach an agreement on the federal budget. That possibility puts the economy under new pressure eight months into President Donald Trump’s second term. The Trump administration’s tariffs imposed as part of its global trade war have driven up prices, while widespread public sector layoffs and mass deportations have squeezed the labor market. Now, a looming budget crisis could bring federal agencies to a standstill. “The economy is quite fragile right now. In a more resilient era, even…

WhiteBridg, renowned AI Agents for in-depth research, has announced its strategic partnership with Maiga AI, a decentralized AI platform on BNB Chain for DeFi trading and management. This landmark collaboration aims to merge decentralized identity trust with intelligent AI agents for a more secure, transparent, and verifiable AI-Powered Web3 ecosystem. WhiteBridge Network x MAIGA AIWe’re excited to announce our partnership with @Maiga_AI , a decentralized AI ecosystem driving the agentic and digital asset economy!🔹 Advancing AI-powered trust and transparency🔹 Integrating agentic intelligence with verified identities🔹… pic.twitter.com/aRd8QEpK6V — WhiteBridge: AI Agents Network (@AiWhitebridge) October 11, 2025 Both platforms are built on…

Nine major european banks have joined forces to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin regulated under the trading block’s Markets in Crypto Assets regime (MiCA). The banking giants involved are: ING, Banca Sella, KBC, Danske Bank, DekaBank, UniCredit, SEB, CaixaBank and Raiffeisen Bank International. Earlier this year, CoinDesk reported that Dutch bank ING was working on a stablecoin project with some other financial institutions. This digital payment instrument, leveraging blockchain technology, aims to become a trusted European payment standard in the digital ecosystem, according to a press release on Thursday. The initiative will provide a real European alternative to the US-dominated stablecoin…

Ripple CTO David Schwartz recently participated in an X discussion, which wasn’t based on cryptocurrencies per se, but a topic with a likely inclination: the internet. Schools of thought refer to Web3 as the next iteration of the internet, albeit decentralized, with blockchain being the key technology behind it. The discussion began when Nikita Bier, the head of product at X and advisor at Solana, threw a question at his 616,600 X followers, asking them what their earliest memory of the internet was. The tweet caught the attention of the Ripple CTO, who shared his earliest memory of the internet…

The crypto wallet used to be no more than a key to store coins. Now, the wallet is evolving into a full-fledged identity container, holding reusable credentials such as KYC checks, diplomas, and licenses that can accompany users across apps and chains. This shift is coming at a timely moment. The European Union’s Digital Identity Wallet is slated for rollout in 2026, requiring EU countries to issue interoperable digital IDs. In parallel, projects like Moca Chain, launched under the umbrella of Animoca Brands, are building blockchains purpose-built for decentralized identities, holding the promise of user ownership, interoperability, and privacy through…

Zero Knowledge Podcast (zeroknowledgefm) released a video where the co-founders of ZKPassport, @madztheo and @michaelelliot, talked about what was going on in the Noir ecosystem and other projects such as Obsidion. The episode emphasizes the role of community contributions in making the evolution of Noir, which is a zero-knowledge domain-specific language (zkDSL), created by Aztec Network, faster. The @ZKPassport founding team @madztheo & @michaelelliot share how the @NoirLang ecosystem has been developing and how they and others have been contributing pic.twitter.com/CTWLXcgezk — Zero Knowledge Podcast (@zeroknowledgefm) October 13, 2025 Community Contributions and Development Noir (v0.10) was not user-friendly initially, however,…

M2 Capital Limited, the investment arm of UAE-based M2 Holdings, has invested $20 million in Ethena’s governance token, ENA. The move underscores a push to connect Middle Eastern investors with new digital asset infrastructure at a time when the region is seeking a larger role in global finance. Ethena is best known for its crypto-native synthetic dollar, USDe, and its reward-bearing version, sUSDe. Both are backed by crypto collateral and maintained through hedging strategies designed to reduce volatility. The protocol has attracted more than $14 billion in deposits since launching in 2024, reflecting appetite for stablecoin-like products that also generate…