Author: NBTC

Jesse Pollak, best known as the creator behind American crypto exchange Coinbase’s layer-2 network Base, has been seen as the person largely responsible for the network’s growth in popularity this year. Pollak, who began at Coinbase in 2017, launched Base in 2023. Designed to make onchain activity cheaper and easier and to support a new wave of decentralized applications, Base represented the first time a major crypto exchange had launched its own layer-2 network. This year, Base saw significant growth: crossing $15 billion in total value locked (TVL) in January and becoming one of the largest L2s by $10 billion…

Digital asset treasuries have recorded their strongest streak of inflows in seven weeks, notching over $2.6 billion in institutional capital inflows despite broad crypto market uncertainty. These treasuries saw $1.36 billion in net inflows between December 8 and 14, comprising $940 million into Bitcoin trusts, $423 million into Ethereum, and $724,000 into Bittensor, with a minor $2.55 million outflow from Solana products, according to DeFiLlama data. A closer look at the data shows that Bitcoin treasury company Strategy acquired BTC on two instances. On December 7, the company purchased 10,624 BTC, valued at $962.69 million. A week later, on December…

DAC8 brings crypto under full tax reporting in the EU. Private wallets remain legal, but transfers from exchanges are now tracked and reported. DAC8 is a new EU tax rule that started on January 1, 2026. It expands how cryptocurrency activities are reported to tax authorities across the European Union. Its main goal is tax transparency, and for the people who are living in the EU, this is a major turning point for them. The DAC8 actually forces automatic tax reporting. This means that the Crypto exchanges and brokers must collect your identity details, and they must report your Tax…

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that it has listed the VeChain (VET) token on its platform as of January 2, 2026. According to the announcement, users will be able to buy and sell VeChain via Kraken using the VET/USD and VET/EUR trading pairs. This step is seen as part of Kraken’s strategy to expand its range of traded assets, while also providing the VeChain ecosystem with the opportunity to reach a wider investor base. VET is known as the native crypto asset of the VeChainThor network. VeChainThor offers an infrastructure that aims to integrate blockchain technology with real-world applications. The network,…

Aionet Chain, a decentralized artificial intelligence (AI-Powered) blockchain network, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with InfiBlue, a Web3-native digital art and non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem. The mission behind this partnership is to build smarter, scalable, and community-driven Web3 art ecosystems. 💠 #Aionet_Chain x @InfiblueNFT⭐️ #InfiBlue — where digital art, NFTs, and community-driven creativity meet the power of Web3 innovation.⚡ Together, we’re enabling smarter, scalable NFT ecosystems by combining decentralized AI with next-gen creativity pic.twitter.com/mvxVfWSvn3 — AionetChain (@AionetChain_AI) January 8, 2026 The aim behind the creation of Aionet Chain was to unite with artificial intelligence (AI), on-chain automation, and…

While most countries attempting to experiment with tokenization get bogged down in regulatory indecision over tokenization, the United Arab Emirates focuses on the real-world application of tokenized assets. That distinction is what makes the UAE arguably the world’s most advanced living lab for tokenized economies. From policy experiment to economic engine Don’t get me wrong: laws and investor protection measures are necessary foundations for trust and participation, but they’re the scaffolding, not the structure, for successfully creating a tokenized economy. The UAE’s strategy goes further than rule-making. It sees tokenization not as a speculative financial niche, but as a foundation…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a US financial regulator, issued a no-action letter to crypto derivatives exchange Bitnomial on Thursday, clearing the way for the exchange to offer event contracts and prediction markets. The CFTC letter alleviates Bitnomial from the strict reporting requirements for asset swaps under current US rules, a hurdle that is impractical for fast-moving platforms like prediction markets, where tens of thousands of these swaps may occur in a day. Bitnomial must still provide transparent consumer-facing data on its website, including timestamps and sales data for contract markets, and provide relevant data to the CFTC when…

PumpSwap, the trading arm of the Pump ecosystem, is suddenly putting up eye-popping numbers as Solana’s memecoin market heats up again. The spike comes amid the broader “memecoin comeback” trade that’s been building since the turn of the year, especially on Solana. Traders have been rotating into high-beta corners of the market as bitcoin holds above key levels and liquidity improves post-holidays, lifting a basket of meme names across chains. Data tracked by DeFiLlama shows the Pump DEX ecosystem doing $1.28 billion in volume over the past 24 hours, pushing 7-day volume to $6.15 billion and 30-day volume to $19.69…

Blockchain observers are tracking a fresh Tether USDT issuance on Tron that could mark the start of a new liquidity phase for digital asset markets. New $1 billion USDT mint kicks off 2026 activity How the authorized mint on Tron was structured Why Tron is central to USDT activity Implications for crypto market sentiment Tether’s dominance in the stablecoin sector What the latest mint signals for the months ahead New $1 billion USDT mint kicks off 2026 activity On January 9, on-chain data showed that Tether minted $1 billion worth of USDT on the Tron network, marking the first major…

The rise of digital asset treasury (DAT) companies will go down as a meta-narrative of 2025, but the longevity of the movement will be decided by capital management and sound business strategies. According to Solmate CEO Marco Santori, all DATs have to contend with the value of the underlying token they hold on their balance sheets. This shouldn’t be a problem for revenue-generating businesses, but pure-play DATs will be in for a bumpy ride. The Solana DAT space might be the most competitive out there (besides Bitcoin 😏).But what differentiates them? The amount of $SOL they hold? mNAV? Yield on…