Author: NBTC

A trader who welcomed the approval of the first-ever spot Bitcoin ($BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) by investing $1,000 in it would have, by press time on July 7, 2026, seen their position rise by $143.40 to $1,143.40. Specifically, Canada’s Purpose Bitcoin CAD ETF Currency Hedged (TSE: BTCC) was approved in early 2021 and launched on February 18 of the same year. On its first trading day, BTCC reached a price of 9.80 CAD ($6.89) while its latest – July 6 – price was 11.20 CAD ($7.88), meaning it had risen 14.34% over its lifetime so far. BTCC Bitcoin ETF price…

HashKey Capital has announced the upcoming launch of what it calls the industry’s first Bitcoin Hashrate Fund. The product is designed for global professional investors seeking exposure to Bitcoin mining-linked yield through a managed fund structure. Meanwhile, the fund will be denominated in $BTC and will use underlying computing power assets to target a market-competitive annualized return. HashKey Capital said the product will include flexible subscription and redemption options, along with transparent cash flows for investor planning. The launch brings together HashKey Capital’s asset management framework and BITMAIN’s mining infrastructure services. It also places Bitcoin hashrate inside a more formal…

General Updates World of Elements shared a progress update on the game’s transition from a single-player RPG to a fully multiplayer experience, reporting a working MMO foundation built in one month of development. The update, posted to the GrantShares proposal thread on July 1, follows the unanimous approval of 1,200 $GAS in funding for the project’s multiplayer expansion. BiFinance listed the NeoRedPill NRP/$USDT trading pair on the custodial exchange, marking the community project’s first centralized exchange listing. NeoRedPill submitted a GrantShares proposal for NeoVerse: Hero Defense, a community-driven mobile tower defense game built around the Neo ecosystem. Players defend against…

Robinhood Chain has quickly become one of the hottest topics in crypto, but not because of the fees it generates for Ethereum. Instead, many analysts believe its biggest contribution could be onboarding millions of traditional investors into on-chain finance. Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee recently described Robinhood Chain as one of the biggest crypto success stories of 2026. Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz also praised the project, saying Robinhood has “lit a fire” under the crypto market. He said that Robinhood Chain generated roughly three times more usage than Hyperliquid on its first day, adding that Robinhood’s large US customer base…

Vocal cryptocurrency critic and gold advocate Peter Schiff has labelled digital asset treasury Strategy company’s evolving business model a “mid-cycle Ponzi.” Schiff has slammed the company’s move to sell parts of its Bitcoin reserves in order to fund dividend payments and service corporate debt. A ‘completely different business model’ During the initial phases of the company’s Bitcoin accumulation, Michael Saylor’s firm issued convertible debt and sold stock to purchase the digital asset. Now, Schiff notes, the flow of capital has reversed. “Strategy now has a completely different business model,” Schiff stated. “Instead of selling common and preferred stock and issuing…

IREN stock is crashing this morning, and the sell-off is being attributed primarily to Meta Platforms’ reported plans to launch a commercial cloud infrastructure business. But a deeper dive reveals there’s actually more to the story that’s disappointing investors on Jul. 2 – adding to pressure on the name that’s now down an alarming 45% versus its high in late May. What’s really hurting IREN stock today IREN stock is tumbling at writing mostly because a regulatory filing late on Wednesday revealed a rather huge $800 million restricted stock unit (RSU) grant to its Co-CEOs – William and Daniel Roberts.…

Weather has always influenced financial markets. Now it could become a blockchain-native asset in its own right. Flare has partnered with South Korean weather data company Kweather to bring meteorological data onchain, laying the groundwork for a new generation of climate-focused financial products ranging from parametric insurance to weather derivatives and tokenized infrastructure. The collaboration, announced under a newly signed Letter of Intent, will use Flare’s decentralized oracle network to record and verify weather data directly onchain, creating tamper-proof datasets that can be trusted by financial institutions, insurers and blockchain applications. Building Trust in Climate Data At the center of…

Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has cast doubt on the sustainability of Bitcoin’s recent price recovery, characterizing the move as a ‘relief rally’ driven by shifting macroeconomic conditions rather than the start of a new structural bull market. What’s Driving the Rally? In a recent analysis, Wintermute attributed the crypto market’s rebound to a confluence of external factors: an easing macroeconomic environment, the Federal Reserve’s increasingly dovish policy stance, reduced geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and the launch of a dedicated organization to facilitate institutional engagement with Ethereum. According to the firm, these developments are sufficient to explain the recent…

Mizuho Securities just raised its Robinhood price target for the second time in roughly a year — and the reasoning says more about where the brokerage is headed than where it has been. On July 2, 2026, analyst Dan Dolev lifted his price target on Robinhood Markets from $115 to $130, maintaining an Outperform rating. The move reflects a broader reassessment on Wall Street of what Robinhood actually is today. Key takeaways Mizuho Securities raised its Robinhood price target from $115 to $130 on July 2, 2026, with analyst Dan Dolev maintaining an Outperform rating. International expansion and a deepening…

An investor who put $1,000 into the world’s first spot $XRP ETF when it launched in April 2025 would now have a loss of about $457. In this line, Brazil’s Hashdex Nasdaq $XRP Fundo de Índice (XRPH11) debuted on April 25, 2025, becoming the first regulated spot $XRP exchange-traded fund. The fund, which holds nearly all of its assets in physical $XRP and tracks the Nasdaq $XRP Reference Price Index, launched with roughly $40 million in assets under management. As of the July 3 market close, XRPH11 traded at 9.14 Brazilian reals ($1.74). Since launch, the fund has recorded an…