Author: NBTC

A seasoned crypto trader has defied October’s market turmoil, pocketing roughly $17 million in profit from long positions on Bitcoin and Ethereum. Data from Arkham Intelligence shows that the trader, identified as “0xc2a,” opened long positions shortly before last week’s market rebound. Bitcoin and Ethereum subsequently gained 4% and 2%, respectively. The Crypto Whale Holds Nearly $300 Million in Long Position The trader’s precision came after one of the crypto market’s most volatile stretches, when more than $20 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out on October 10. The market chaos began after President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff…

Modular oracle network RedStone launched Credora, a decentralized finance (DeFi)-native risk ratings platform aiming to bring transparency and credit analytics to lending protocols. RedStone said on Thursday that it had expanded beyond price feeds into the broader domain of credit, collateral and risk intelligence through its Credora acquisition in September. At launch, Credora by RedStone integrates with DeFi lending markets Morpho and Sparks to offer dynamic risk scores and default-probability analytics, accessible through an API. RedStone co-founder Marcin Kaźmierczak said the launch marked a pivotal step toward the “Low-Risk DeFi” movement, which aims to strike a balance between yield generation…

Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is preparing to return to the spotlight after receiving a pardon from US President Donald Trump. Just hours after the pardon was announced, Zhao posted a statement on social media platform X, saying, “I am grateful to President Trump for today’s pardon and for upholding America’s commitment to justice, innovation, and fairness. We will do everything we can to make America the capital of cryptocurrencies.” The pardon marks a remarkable comeback for Zhao, who resigned as Binance CEO nearly two years ago after pleading guilty to charges of failing to prevent money…

Stream Finance, a yield-optimization focused DeFi project that issued a synthetic dollar token called xUSD, told users on Nov. 4 that an “external fund manager” had lost about $93 million in assets tied to the project. Staked Stream USD (xUSD) 7-day price chart. SourceL CoinGecko Within a day, xUSD lost over 85% of its value, collapsing from $1.26 to as low as $0.16 by press time. Withdrawals from the platform were frozen, and a dense web of interconnected yield vaults began to unwind, raising questions about how much of DeFi’s apparent growth was built on what are known as circular…

One whale took out $114.9M from Aave, taking most of the liquidity in its USDT vault. The loan increased the vault utilization to 92.83%, breaking above the preferred limit of 92%. The whale’s outsized loan broke the balance of vault utilization on Aave, above the maximum threshold of 92%, showing the potential fragility of DeFi lending and threatening to block the funds of lenders. Crypto lending has grown in the past year, becoming one of the main sources of yield. Lending protocols competed on their yield, and the top platforms were usually conservative. Aave remained solvent and had normal loan…

United States Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that the US and China have made “substantial” progress on a trade deal framework, sparking investor hopes of reigniting the bull market. The proposed trade framework will likely remove the need for the 100% additional tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on October 10, Bessent said. He added: “President Trump gave me a great deal of negotiating leverage with the threat of 100% tariffs on November 1, and I believe we have reached a very substantial framework that will avoid that and allow us to discuss many other things with…

In October 2025, blockchain gaming emerged as the sole growth sector, as the broader Web3 ecosystem experienced a notable decline in activity. This drop highlights a shift toward utility-driven applications, as users prioritize value and experience amid economic and regulatory headwinds. Blockchain Gaming Sector Gains as Broader Market Contracts According to DappRadar’s latest industry report, October brought a clear slowdown in the decentralized application (dApp) market. The number of daily unique active wallets dropped to 16 million, a 3% decrease from September. This followed a weak close to Q3, when overall dApp activity had already fallen 22.4% compared to the…

On Tuesday, Georgia voters shifted control of two seats on the five-member Public Service Commission (PSC), the agency responsible for setting power rates. Once entirely Republican, the commission now holds just a one-seat GOP majority.​ The result has raised concerns among Bitcoin miners over what this might mean for electricity costs and rates. Georgia’s Rate Freeze Faces New Scrutiny Until now, the all-Republican PSC had approved a deal to freeze base electric rates for Georgia Power customers through 2028. The move was seen as pro-business, aimed at stabilizing bills during a period of rapid growth. Large loads, defined as users…

Lava, a lender of USD and stablecoins that accepts bitcoin (BTC) as collateral and that heavily advertised its affinity with the Bitcoin community, is at the center of a social media firestorm. In fact, it’s facing a flurry of allegations so numerous that counting the number of claims is almost impossible. These allegations include: The involuntary transfers of its customers’ funds The use of centralized services like single–party oracles for ostensibly non-custodial services Downplaying its use of Solana while advertising its Bitcoin alignment A forced migration away from Bitcoin’s Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) Displaying stablecoin balances as though they were…

Nobel Prize winner in economics Paul Krugman stated that the US economy is “in an abnormal state in many respects.” “The US economy is currently moving away from normal functioning on many levels,” Krugman wrote in a post on his personal blog, Substack. Krugman said the government shutdown delayed the release of the September employment report, leaving policymakers in a state of “partial blindness.” According to the renowned economist, economic data that appears positive on the surface can, upon closer inspection, raise alarming signals. Krugman said that this “abnormal” situation in the economy manifests itself under three main headings: Sharp…