Author: NBTC
A prominent historian who wrote the book about Ethereum’s creation cannot find an answer to a simple question. No matter how many times she’s asked — as recently as yesterday — no one will tell her how many votes Vitalik Buterin controls over the Ethereum Foundation and its $400 million treasury. It’s a question that impacts millions of ETH tokenholders around the world, including hundreds of thousands of wallets that transact on any given day. Laura Shin, author of the book The Cryptopians about the formation and early years of Ethereum, has asked one question for years. Does Vitalik Buterin…
US President Donald Trump has been widely talked about for his Bitcoin and cryptocurrency steps since he officially took office in January. Among his most notable moves to date, Trump’s launch of his own memecoin, TRUMP, and signing an executive order for the US Strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve on March 7 have been the most notable. Trump also created an internal working group to focus on making the US the “world capital of crypto” through an executive order. The order also banned the “establishment, issuance, circulation and use” of a US central bank digital currency (CBDC). While Trump has made…
Berachain Governance Guardians approved one of the largest Reward Vault Request batches to date, enhancing user access and liquidity depth. SX.Bet and other vaults highlight how Proof-of-Liquidity can reward real user activity beyond just providing liquidity. Berachain has announced some important news from their governance kitchen. After several weeks of evaluation, the fifth batch of Reward Vault Requests (RFRV) has finally been approved by all members of the Governance Guardians. This is not a random batch. The number of proposals passed this time is quite large, even called one of the densest in Berachain’s history. Not only does this decision…
Swiss-based fintech company Tangem aims to launch Tangem Pay in 2025, a Visa card embedded with a cold wallet chip that enables self-custodial crypto spending without intermediaries. Tangem Pay Targets Crypto Users Seeking Direct Spending Control Tangem, a Zug-based hardware wallet manufacturer, announced the product at Paris Blockchain Week. According to the firm, the card stores private keys on a secure microchip, allowing users to authorize transactions directly via smart contracts while leveraging Visa’s global payment network. The fintech business reports that it will be compatible with over 130 million merchants, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Unlike custodial crypto cards,…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have been pulling back from AI data center investment, suggesting problems with the centralized model. Analysts are taking this latest development to reiterate why decentralized blockchain-based infrastructure could be the solution. Kai Wawrzinek, co-founder of Impossible Cloud Network, discussed these looming questions in an exclusive interview with BeInCrypto. AI Data Centers Hit a Wall A few months ago, AI seemed like one of the global tech industry’s most promising sectors. However, with firms like AWS and Microsoft announcing pauses in AI data center construction, the picture looks very different. What happened? What does the…
Max Keiser, a former financial journalist and currently the Bitcoin advisor to El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele, has once again reaffirmed his bullish BTC stance. Keiser posted a tweet, saying that he expects the world’s pioneer cryptocurrency to start pumping soon. Key reason for Bitcoin to pump from Max Keiser Keiser shared a tweet by X user “Chicken Genius” with more than 216,000 followers. The tweet features a chart that shows “Cumulative total spending since Trump’s inauguration compared with the same periods in 2023 and 2024.” So far, the chart shows, the level of spending has reached $150 billion, with…
On-chain data shows smart money flowing into Ethereum (ETH) as whales/ institutions accumulating the asset. Today, a major whale whose wallet address identified to belong to Cumberland withdrew 27,632 ETH (worth $50.24 million) from trading platforms including Copper, Binance, and Coinbase. This market activity shows renewing interest among large investors on Ether. It seems that whales/institutions are accumulating $ETH!Over the past 3 hours, a wallet linked to #Cumberland has withdrawn 27,632 $ETH($50.24M) from #Copper, #Binance, and #Coinbase.https://t.co/2CNtRUpICk pic.twitter.com/FK0A68w1vT — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 29, 2025 Whale activity shows confidence in Ether This prominent whale’s move into the Ethereum market with such…
The Bank of Italy has warned that President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to normalize crypto could wreck the global financial system. In a financial stability report published on Tuesday, officials in Rome said the United States’ growing support for crypto assets risks making them so important that a future collapse would hammer banks, bond markets, and the real economy. According to the Bank’s report: “The strong growth of Bitcoin and of other crypto assets with high price volatility means risks not only for investors but also potentially for financial stability, given the growing interconnections between the digital asset ecosystem, the…
A SHIB whale who accumulated nearly 198.17 billion tokens over the past month appears to have exited its position, sending the full amount back to Coinbase just 16 hours ago. The tokens, now worth approximately $2.71 million, were sent to a Coinbase hot wallet in a single transaction – likely signaling a sale or preparation to sell. Looking at on-chain data by Arkham Intelligence, the same wallet received three incoming transfers from Coinbase between one month and three weeks ago, totaling roughly the same amount: 87.28 billion, 32.20 billion and 78.67 billion SHIB. At the time of those transfers, the…
Currency.com, a platform operating at the intersection of crypto, trading, and payments, is in talks with N7 Capital. The firm has signed a Letter of Intent with an investor linked to CXNEST LTD, Currency.com’s parent company, for a potential stake acquisition. Although the financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed, N7 Capital aims to support the aspects of traditional finance with the evolving digital asset economy. The investment aligns with a broader trend of fintech-focused capital moving into more institutionally-minded crypto ventures. Currency.com, which offers trading services, asset custody, and payment solutions, has recently undergone strategic repositioning. Positioning for Institutional…