Author: NBTC

Donald Trump is officially the 47th President of the United States, and the U.S. government is going in some different directions from the last administration. The narrative U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday and quickly signed a flurry of executive orders. While it took him a few days to get to crypto-specific items, we’ve seen a number of actions from his administration already — not to mention the broader Republican Party. Why it matters These agencies and Congressional bodies’ initial actions set the tone for what we can expect as the new Congress and administration really…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States recorded their fourth consecutive day of outflows on Jan. 14, while Ethereum ETFs shifted to inflows. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs logged $209.82 million in net outflows on Tuesday, extending their outflow streak to four days, during which over $1.2 billion exited the funds. The majority of outflows on the day came from BlackRock’s IBIT, which logged an outflow of $219.48 million, followed by Bitwise’s BITB, which saw an outflow of $8.93 million. WidomTree’s BTCW managed to part of these outflows with an inflow of $10.24 million…

Lobby Finance — a decentralized organization priding itself on “binging lobbyism to DAO governance” — just became the top Arbitrum (ARB) delegate. In what Arbitrum delegate Paulo Fonseca described on X, formerly Twitter, as “the biggest governance move to date,” Lobby Finance suddenly became the top delegate in Arbitrum’s decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). With a single on-chain transaction, Lobby Finance gained control over the voting power of 20.54 million ARB tokens. Arbitrum’s governance data shows that this puts the decentralized lobby at the top spot among the DAO’s delegates. The organization now controls the votes of 20.65 million ARB, equivalent…

Lasting two days and starting on January 28, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting is always a potentially volatile time for the crypto world. This holds true even more so for this particular one since it will be the first meeting since Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. Regarding the meeting, while fixed income markets foresee potential interest rate cuts in 2025, the anticipated reduction is expected to be limited. Also, the U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers are likely to hold interest rates steady. However, considering Trump’s policies include raising import taxes and advocating for interest rate cuts by the…

A day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the U.S., whales took massive hits from Trump-backed meme coins MELANIA and TRUMP. Just two days before his inauguration as the 47th president of the U.S., Donald Trump launched his meme coin, Official TRUMP (TRUMP), on the Solana (SOL) blockchain on Jan. 18. On Jan. 19, the token skyrocketed to a peak of over $75, swelling its market cap to nearly $15 billion—an eye-popping 840% jump from its all-time low of $6.24. However, as of this writing on Jan. 21, the TRUMP token has experienced a sharp…

At the WAGMI conference held in Miami on Friday, Aaron R. Day, the Chairman and CEO of the Daylight Freedom Foundation, delivered a compelling address centered on Roger Ver’s troubles with the U.S. government. During his speech, Day emphasized to the audience the gravity of the matter, describing it as a “high stakes situation.” Miami Speech by Aaron Day Urges Support for Roger Ver in Fight Against Government Overreach This week, Blockchain Week in Miami featured the WAGMI event at the James L. Knight Center, where Aaron R. Day—an accomplished entrepreneur, seasoned investor, published author, and dedicated political activist—took center…

Prominent Bitcoin supporter and MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor recently said that Bitcoin is worth all the money in the world. Saylor continues to support his sentiment with action, regularly adding Bitcoin to MicroStrategy’s holdings whenever liquidity permits, despite the fact that such a statement may seem overly dramatic. Recent acquisitions show mixed performance when examining MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin purchase history. A total of 2,530 BTC were purchased on Jan. 13, 2025, at an average price of $95,972 per coin. Other recent acquisitions paint a different picture, even though the purchase currently shows a modest profit of $3.06 million (1.5%). An…

Base is growing its underlying app activity, even after the slowdown of memes and AI agents. The growth of Morpho lending and overall DeFi value locked is driving the expansion of Base. Base keeps growing based on DeFi lending, as its app activity is up by 129%. The chain carries more than 500 decentralized apps, though top DeFi hubs are trending in early 2025. Activity on the tokenless chain expanded to over 2M daily active users in January, as the chain increased its liveliness in the past three months. Base app-based volumes reached an all-time peak after a boost from…

Nvidia’s stock plunged Monday, losing $600 billion in market value—the largest single-day market cap loss in history—as global attention turned to Chinese AI startup DeepSeek. The tech giant’s stock began the day trading at $140 but fell 16% and closed at $118 as news of DeepSeek’s low-cost AI developments and high-performance spread. Its plunge reflects a broader trend, with the U.S. tech industry shedding an estimated $1 trillion in market capitalization and those concerns spreading to other areas of the economy, including crypto. DeepSeek’s ability to outperform OpenAI’s o1 while operating at a significantly lower cost, reportedly under $5 million,…

Virtuals Protocol, an AI agent platform, has experienced a staggering decline in daily revenue. The revenue plummeted from $1.58 million on January 2 to just $21,927 by January 21. This sharp drop of almost 99% has raised eyebrows in the crypto community, and speculation is mounting about its underlying causes. Is Meme Coin Mania to Blame for Virtuals Revenue Drop? According to data from Dune Analytics, Virtual Protocol’s daily trading revenue has dropped since hitting a peak on January 2. Daily Trading Revenue Chart of Virtuals Protocol. Source: Dune One significant factor behind the revenue decline appears to be the…