Author: NBTC

Bitcoin’s August price recovery coincided with a sharp improvement in mining revenue, but the network is preparing to reclaim part of that gain. A mempool.space difficulty reading preserved at 20:24:22 UTC on Sept. 14 projected a 4.6976% increase at the next adjustment, with 661 blocks remaining and the retarget expected around 05:42 UTC on Sept. 19. Against the current difficulty of 127.4508 trillion, that would imply a new level near 133.44 trillion if the estimate holds. The immediate hurdle is simple. With Bitcoin at $79,158 in the same mempool.space reading, fees and other inputs held flat, $BTC would need to…

Deribit’s July 31 options board shows more than 20,000 Bitcoin call contracts open at both the $70,000 and $72,000 strikes. The two strikes represent the largest call concentrations for that expiry, with roughly 27,000 contracts at $70,000 and 21,000 at $72,000, according to the exchange’s data as of press time. Bitcoin sits near $64,289, placing the lower strike about 8.9% above spot. Deribit Chief Commercial Officer Jean-David Péquignot told CoinDesk that one large block involved buying 20,000 July 31 calls at $70,000 and selling the same number at $72,000. The exchange data concentration independently confirms substantial positioning at the strikes…

Ethereum ($ETH) began the week near important technical levels after falling approximately 1.5% during the previous week. Bitcoin is consolidating above its major daily moving averages, while Ethereum is approaching resistance at $2,550. Technical indicators suggest that the bulls are still in control, with rising futures volume also painting a bullish picture. Ethereum futures volume reaches $36.45 billion Ethereum climbed above $2,500 on Monday as derivatives traders increased their activity, with futures turnover substantially outpacing spot-market volume. Data obtained from CoinGlass shows that Ethereum futures generated $36.45 billion in trading volume during the 24 hours, representing a 74% increase. It…

Stablecoin demand is becoming consequential in the U.S. government debt market, but the maturity of that demand matters more than the headline total. Washington now has two debt-market stories running at once. The federal framework for permitted payment stablecoins channels reserves into cash-like instruments and Treasuries with no more than 93 days remaining. Farther out on the curve, the Treasury Department said on Aug. 19 that it would at least double the maximum size of liquidity-support buybacks in the 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year nominal sectors beginning Sept. 9. Together, those developments test a broad claim about digital…

Cardano’s $ADA is entering a key week for its U.S. ETF. CME’s regulated $ADA futures are set to complete six months of trading on 9 August, potentially opening a faster SEC review path for Grayscale’s pending spot Cardano ETF. Perhaps the milestone comes as $ADA also leads major altcoins with a strong 20% weekly rally. What 9 August Means for the $ADA ETF CME Group launched $ADA futures on 9 February, 2026, giving Cardano a regulated futures market under a CFTC-supervised venue. That launch is now becoming important because the SEC’s generic listing standards allow a crypto asset to qualify…

Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger similarly said in a statement that Illinois would not be able to use any of the funds it is projected to raise during the litigation, so “the State loses very little by waiting. Everyone else loses a great deal by forging ahead.” Much of Wednesday’s filing reiterates arguments that the crypto industry has already brought: That the Internet Tax Freedom Act and the U.S. Constitution both preempt Illinois’ state tax on digital asset transactions. It also argued that the state would be treating digital assets differently from other financial services. “Illinois generally does not tax…

Large-scale Bitcoin and Ethereum transfers by institutional investors are attracting attention in the cryptocurrency market. On-chain data shows that one institution sent approximately $129 million worth of Ethereum to centralized exchanges in the last two days, while hundreds of millions of dollars worth of transactions also took place on Cumberland and Metaplanet. According to shared data, an unnamed entity has transferred a total of 52,739 $ETH to six centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance and OKX, since yesterday. The current value of these Ethereum tokens is approximately $129 million. It is stated that 101,561 $ETH, or approximately $249 million worth of…

Bitcoin ended June at $58,400 against average ex-tax cash production costs of roughly $75,500 per $BTC across the listed sector. Yet the industry’s response is increasingly about reallocating power rather than simply installing more efficient mining machines. AI developers need enormous quantities of electricity, and miners already control sites connected to grids where new data centers can wait years for access. Miners Are Paying to Remove Hashrate Bitcoin mining economics deteriorated sharply during the quarter. June hashprice reached a record low of $27.70 per PH/s/day, while transaction fees contributed less than 1% of block rewards. The response from some operators…

Strive, the asset management firm founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, has added 21 Bitcoin to its corporate treasury, spending approximately $1.3 million. The purchase brings Strive’s total Bitcoin holdings to 19,921 $BTC, reinforcing its position as one of the largest publicly disclosed corporate holders of the digital asset. Institutional Accumulation Continues The latest acquisition, confirmed by the company on Wednesday, follows a pattern of consistent Bitcoin accumulation by Strive since it first announced its treasury strategy. At current market prices, Strive’s total Bitcoin holdings are valued at roughly $1.24 billion, based on Bitcoin trading near $62,500. Strive has positioned Bitcoin as…

Trading at $2,513.61 on September 14, 2026, the Ethereum price today sits comfortably above key moving averages, yet momentum signals are sending a mixed message that traders should not ignore. $ETH/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways $ETH trades at $2,513.61 above the 20, 50, and 200-day EMAs, confirming a bullish daily structure Daily MACD histogram flipped negative at -16.4 while price remains elevated, signaling divergent momentum Fear & Greed Index at 57 points to cooling risk appetite across the crypto market Total crypto market cap fell 1.71% in 24 hours as Bitcoin dominance rose to…