Author: NBTC
In the first quarter of 2025, fourteen US states disclosed combined holdings of $632 million in Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) MSTR stock, held within public retirement and treasury funds. The move highlights a growing trend among states to gain indirect exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) through Strategy, a company known for its substantial BTC reserves. US States’ Combined MSTR Holdings Reach $632 Million Bitcoin Laws founder, Julian Fahrer, highlighted the disclosure on X (formerly Twitter). The states increased their MSTR exposure by approximately 91.5% compared to their reported holdings of $330 million in Q4 2024. “A collective increase of $302m in one…
Berachain’s price has plunged to a new all-time low after the breakdown of a key support level, with the looming $2.7 billion Boyco Vaults unlock on May 6 threatening to trigger further downside pressure. Berachain (BERA) recently plunged to a new all-time low of $2.82 on May 4, marking 80% decline from its post-launch all-time high of $14.83. This also reflects a drop of approximately 68% from the most recent local peak of $8.94 on March 29. That steep and sustained sell-off from March 29 peak found a temporary relief on April 9, when buyers came in around the $3.20…
Michigan has officially declared May 13 as Digital Asset Awareness Day, just months after it had joined 30+ U.S. states in the Bitcoin reserve race. The Michigan House of Representatives has officially adopted House Resolution 100, declaring May 13 as Digital Asset Awareness Day across the state. “Designating a day to recognize and promote awareness of digital assets will encourage informed dialogue, responsible innovation, and collaborative efforts among stakeholders across the state,” the resolution states. The bipartisan resolution was sponsored by Representatives Jaime Greene and Joseph Fox. It encourages academic institutions, government bodies, and private sector companies to organize initiatives…
While Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and altcoins have attracted attention with their increases in recent days, whales who wanted to take advantage of the rise have also become active. At this point, Whale Alert, a data analysis platform that tracks the movements of whales, shared that a Bitcoin wallet that had been inactive for 11 years transferred $31 million worth of BTC. Whale alert added that the wallet’s last transaction was in 2014, and at that time, the value of BTC2 was only $134,144. While it remains unclear who owns the wallet or for what purpose the transfer was made,…
The meme coin launchpad market on the Solana blockchain is undergoing a major change in May 2025. Newcomers like LetsBonk, Believe, and LaunchLab threaten Pump.fun’s dominance. With Pump.fun’s market share dropping from over 98% to just 57.5%, new platforms like LetsBonk and Believe are gaining traction. Is Pump.fun’s dominance in the sector coming to an end? Over 200,000 Solana Daily Transaction Addresses The competition among meme coin launchpads is heating the market and driving community participation. According to data from Dune Analytics, over 200,000 Solana addresses transact daily on meme coin launchpad platforms, reflecting the ecosystem’s dynamism. Number of Solana…
Over the past 24 hours, bitcoin has drifted between $103,133 and $104,841, while South Korea’s notorious premium quietly inverted, dipping into discount territory for several days this month. Bitcoin’s Comeback Inverts South Korea Premium to 0.76% Below Global Average Bitcoin has experienced an eventful week, buoyed by renewed appetite and reclaiming the $100,000 milestone for the first time since February. However, following these fresh price peaks, the premium on South Korean exchanges reversed into a discount. As of Sunday, May 11, 2025, rates on Bithumb and Upbit align almost identically with international exchanges. Data from cryptoquant.com show the inversion began…
Ethereum has surged past $2,700 with a 92% rally over the past 35 days. Will the rounding bottom pattern drive ETH to $4,000? Outperforming Bitcoin, Ethereum surpassed the $2,700 mark with a 7% surge on May 13. Currently, it is trading at $2,671, entering a breather phase with an intraday pullback of 0.33%. With the overnight recovery, Ethereum is inching closer to a potential rounding-bottom breakout rally. Could this breakout send the ETH price to the $4,000 mark? Ethereum Price Analysis Bouncing off the $1,383 low formed on April 9, Ethereum has risen by nearly 92% in just 35 days.…
Popular XRP community figure Eri claims that XRP’s use case has evolved beyond its niche role for cross-border settlement into a multi-dimensional asset. Yesterday, Eri took to X to assert that the number of top XRP influencers who only focus on Ripple initiatives without commenting on XRP finance is reducing drastically. According to her, most XRP holders now know that the token’s use case has changed due to new technologies, stablecoins, and the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). As expected, Eri’s assertions elicited mixed reactions, with some community members suggesting that the claims were false. This is absolutely false… it’s a…
An AI expert at Amazon-backed firm Anthropic has been accused of citing a fabricated academic article in a court filing meant to defend the company against claims that it trained its AI model on copyrighted song lyrics without permission. The filing, submitted by Anthropic data scientist Olivia Chen, was part of the company’s legal response to a $75 million lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group, Concord, ABKCO, and other major publishers. The publishers alleged in the 2023 lawsuit that Anthropic unlawfully used lyrics from hundreds of songs, including those by Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys, to train…
Meme coins launchpads on Solana are heating up again, with new contenders challenging the long-standing dominance of PumpFun. LetsBonk has surged in token deployments and nearly matched PumpFun in the number of tokens graduating in the last 24 hours. However, PumpFun still leads by a wide margin in daily active users, highlighting its deeper market grip. As past challengers like Moonshot have shown, short-term spikes aren’t enough—sustained growth across all metrics is what keeps PumpFun on top. PumpFun Maintains Lead as LetsBonk Surges Past LaunchLab PumpFun has maintained its position as the leading crypto launchpad for an extended period, generating…