Author: NBTC

Gen Z is much more likely than baby boomers to trade more crypto in 2026, according to a new OKX survey. A January 2026 survey of 1,000 Americans found that 40% of Gen Z plan to increase their crypto trading this year. That compares with 36% of millennials and 11% of baby boomers, OKX said. Younger users also said they trust crypto platforms more, with OKX finding that 40% of Gen Z and 41% of millennials gave crypto platforms high trust scores, compared with 9% of boomers. “Tokenization can make markets more open and efficient,” an OKX spokesperson told The…

Ethereum shows improving momentum, holding above key support levels, with traders eyeing potential upside. Ethereum (ETH) has seen a 1.1% pump in the past 24 hours, trading between $3,281 and $3,386, a somewhat healthy price action. The token is currently showing positive momentum, as the price has recently surged after testing lower levels, and is now consolidating around the higher end of its 24-hour range. Notably, over the past 7 days, Ethereum has gained 8.1%, showing sustained upward momentum. Looking at the 30-day performance, ETH is up 15.0%, signaling strong investor confidence. The price action shows Ethereum’s v-shaped rebound, with…

US investors are not considering buying crypto as much as they used to, as risk-taking behavior has dropped, according to a study from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The percentage of crypto investors was unchanged between 2021 and 2024 at 27%, but the number of investors considering either purchasing more or buying for the first time dropped to 26% in 2024 from 33% in 2021, FINRA reported on Thursday. The industry regulator found that those with “high levels of investment risk” dropped four percentage points to 8% between 2021 and 2024. The biggest drop was among investors under 35, which…

Chainlink has expanded its Data Streams product to include 24/5 U.S. stock and exchange-traded fund coverage, a move meant to enable decentralized trading platforms to price equities during pre-market, post-market and overnight sessions. The upgrade, according to the firm, addresses a liquidity gap in the on-chain trading of real-world assets (RWAs). Historically, U.S. stock feeds only covered regular market hours, leaving decentralized exchanges unable to maintain accurate pricing overnight or during pre-market sessions. That meant developers either paused trading or took on unnecessary risk and helped keep U.S. equities “significantly underrepresented on-chain.” Chainlink’s move, distinct from its Price Feeds offering,…

Pendle’s plan to move away from vote-escrow (ve) tokenomics is sparking debate within the decentralized finance (DeFi) community, with some builders calling it a needed upgrade and others warning it could hurt long-term alignment. Pendle, which boasts a total value locked (TVL) of over $3.5 billion, said it will replace vePENDLE with sPENDLE, a new token that removes multi-year locks and instead uses a 14-day withdrawal period. The protocol also said it will switch from manual voting to an algorithm-based emissions model, which aims to cut overall emissions by about 30%. The change is a major shift for Pendle, and…

Ethereum has entered a pivotal phase after breaking out of a bullish pattern that constrained price action for nearly two months. ETH pushed decisively above a key resistance zone, confirming renewed upside momentum. This technical breakout coincided with a historic surge in network participation, marking a significant moment for Ethereum’s recovery narrative. Ethereum Breaks 7 Year Record Ethereum recorded an unprecedented 447,000 new investors onboarding within a single 24-hour period. New addresses represent wallets interacting with ETH for the first time. This milestone reflects a sharp acceleration from recent trends, where daily new addresses had already surpassed 300,000 during the…

Strategy’s (MSTR) senior perpetual preferred stock, STRF, is increasingly standing out as the company’s most successful credit instrument since its launch in March. Trading at $110, STRF has risen 36% from issuance and has rebounded 20% from its Nov. 21 low of $92. That date also marked bitcoin’s local bottom near $80,000, highlighting the strong correlation between STRF and bitcoin. STRF occupies the top tier of Strategy’s preferred structure. It pays a fixed 10% annual cash dividend and features governance rights plus penalty based step ups if payments are missed. Even with its premium pricing pushing the effective yield down…

Blockchain oracle provider RedStone has acquired Security Token Market (STM) and its TokenizeThis conference, adding a large dataset on tokenized real-world assets to its existing oracle business. According to an announcement, the acquisition brings STM’s historical data, covering more than 800 tokenized products across equities, real estate, debt and fund structures, under RedStone’s ownership, along with control of the TokenizeThis conference brand. STM founder Herwig Konings will join RedStone as an adviser and head of TokenizeThis, while STM chief operating officer Jason Barraza will take on an institutional business development role focused on asset managers, banks and tokenization platforms. RedStone…

Ethereum price rally has reached a major $3,400 resistance zone, where multiple technical confluence levels raise the probability of rejection unless buyers reclaim the area with volume. Summary ETH is testing $3,400 high-time-frame resistance Confluence includes bearish order block + VAH + 0.618 Fibonacci Rejection increases downside odds toward value area low support Ethereum’s (ETH) latest price action has been notably impulsive, with buyers driving a strong rally into a key high-time-frame resistance near $3,400. This level is now acting as a major inflection point, where the market must either break through and confirm bullish continuation, or reject and rotate…

Stablecoins have had their ups and downs, but it’s clear they’re one of crypto’s biggest success stories so far. While Bitcoin may garner more of the headlines thanks to its constant ups and downs, stablecoins have emerged as the chief workhorse of the decentralized finance ecosystem, helping to shift more than $275 trillion worth of value across the globe. However, there are signs that the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency is being eroded, and that could lead to some major consequences for the stablecoin economy, given that its top tokens are pegged to its value. This year,…