Author: NBTC

Imagine paying your monthly phone or internet bill not with a credit card or bank transfer, but with a digital currency that’s as stable as the UAE dirham. This futuristic vision is becoming a reality. In a groundbreaking move, UAE telecommunications powerhouse e& has announced a pilot program to explore using a stablecoin for bill payments. This initiative, developed in partnership with Al Maryah Community Bank, could redefine how millions manage their everyday expenses. What Exactly Is This Stablecoin Pilot Program? The core of this innovation is the AE Coin, a digital currency pegged 1:1 to the UAE dirham and…

Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi has sharpened his defense of Ethereum’s valuation, arguing that critics are using the wrong financial framework and that ETH should be analyzed more like an early-stage Amazon than a mature “value” stock. Speaking on the Milk Road Show on 9 December 2025, Qureshi revisited his now-viral valuation clash with investor Santiago “Santi” Santos, hosted by ThreadGuy, which reignited the debate over how to price layer 1 blockchains. At the core of Qureshi’s thesis is a simple but controversial claim: fee revenue on Ethereum is effectively pure margin and should be treated as profit, not as…

Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) minted $1 billion worth of tokens in the past 24 hours, according to blockchain data. This sudden increase highlights the growing demand for stablecoins in the crypto market. Particularly as traders look for safe-haven assets amid market volatility. USDT, pegged to the U.S. dollar, is widely used for trading, lending and transferring funds across exchanges. The minting of such a big amount indicates that investors and institutions are actively moving funds into stable assets to manage risk. Why Tether Is Minting More USDT Tether increases supply when the demand rises. In this case, the $1 billion…

The traditional banking industry has sought to slow down the surge of institutions seeking charters as trust banks that will serve digital assets customers, and Jonathan Gould, the chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said such a hesitancy would “risk reversing innovations.” “The OCC is hearing from existing national banks, on a near daily basis, about their own initiatives for exciting and innovative products and services,” he said at the Blockchain Association’s policy summit on Monday in Washington. “All of this reinforces my confidence in the OCC’s ability to effectively supervise new entrants as well as…

Lookonchain indicates that a crypto whale has made a significant asset rotation during the last 16 days. The whale exchanged 1,466 BTC, currently worth $132 million, with 43,649 ETH, currently worth $139 million. The transition provided the whale with a would-be payoff of approximately 7 million dollars as the ETH rose at the period of the swap. The transacted data was transferred via THORChain and intended timing and constant accumulation. The whale was precise in this action entirely spanning trades ensuring non-slippage and maintaining effectiveness of swaps between chains. The trend indicates an outlook of conviction rather than speculation and…

Cwallet announced a new integration with Kava and immediately added one of the fastest and most interoperable blockchains to its expanding Web3 finance ecosystem. With this partnership, users will now be able to send, receive, trade, swap, and buy or sell KAVA tokens all within Cwallet, without needing to leave the Cwallet platform. 🚀 Announcing Our Partnership with @KAVA_CHAIN !Kava (https://t.co/DivBSRUvzB) is a leading blockchain combining Cosmos speed with Ethereum’s dev power. Home to 125+ dApps, billions in transactions, and powered by its native AI platform.✅ Kava is Now Integrated into Cwallet!… pic.twitter.com/DnxzV8x5tY — Cwallet (@CwalletOfficial) December 8, 2025 The…

Ethereum price started a fresh increase above $3,350. ETH is now correcting gains from $3,450 and might decline further below $3,200. Ethereum started a downside correction from the $3,450 zone. The price is trading near $3,200 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $3,240 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it settles below the $3,200 zone. Ethereum Price Declines Heavily Ethereum price managed to stay above $3,200 and started a fresh increase, beating Bitcoin. ETH price gained…

The crypto market’s sustained downturn since mid-October has had a deep impact on digital asset treasury stocks and their holdings, with its latest slump triggering nearly $1 billion in liquidations in an hour as Bitcoin dipped below $82,000 Friday morning. The crypto market decline has had a two-fold impact on digital asset treasuries. The stock price of these major public companies has tanked as sentiment declines. Additionally, the unrealized losses from holding crypto have skyrocketed. The stock price of Strategy, the company that invented the digital asset treasury playbook, has spiraled over the past year. Still, its crypto hoard is…

Caroline Pham, Acting Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has taken a historic step toward expanding the use of digital assets in derivatives markets. Pham announced the new Digital Asset Collateral Pilot Program, which allows digital assets like BTC, ETH, and USDC to be used as collateral. New regulatory guidance for tokenized collateral was published under the program, and Staff Advisory 20-34, which contained outdated regulations related to digital assets, was repealed. According to the CFTC’s statement, this move is a continuation of Chairman Pham’s tokenized collateral initiative launched in September and is considered a key part…

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, has made a revolutionary new announcement. Accordingly, Coinbase announced that it is expanding Solana support, enabling trading of all Solana (SOL)-based tokens on the DEX without requiring listing. At its ‘Breakpoint 2025’ event held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, Coinbase introduced ‘On-Chain Trading,’ a feature that allows new tokens created on the Solana network to be traded instantly without the need for a separate listing process. Accordingly, Coinbase is rolling out a new feature that allows users to buy and sell any Solana-based token directly through a decentralized exchange (DEX)…