Author: NBTC

NBTC is the editorial account for NBTC News, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, exchanges, mining, regulation and digital asset markets. The editorial team focuses on clear sourcing, timely updates and practical context for crypto readers.

The most traded altcoins in the last 24 hours on South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges Upbit and Bithumb have been revealed. WalletConnect Token (WCT) and Mask Network (MASK) have taken the top spot on the list, attracting intense investor attention. Particularly on Upbit, WCT attracted attention with a trading volume exceeding $239.9 million, while MASK followed with a volume of $120.9 million. On the Bithumb side, the altcoin called FLOCK came in first with a trading volume of $92.4 million. Major crypto assets such as XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum also remained on the list, but this time they were at…

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CoinGecko shared a list of the top blockchains by Total Value Locked (TVL), a key DeFi metric showing assets staked in protocols. Ethereum maintains its dominance with a TVL of $62.4 billion, followed by Solana at $8.6 billion, and Bitcoin at $6.1 billion. Other notable platforms include BNB Chain ($5.9 billion), Tron ($4.8 billion), Base ($3.7 billion), Arbitrum ($2.4 billion), Sui Network ($1.7 billion), Avalanche ($1.5 billion), Aptos ($1.1 billion), Berachain ($1.0 billion), Polygon ($0.9 billion), and Sonic Labs ($0.8 billion). Looking at the list, it’s easy to notice a few interesting tidbits. For starters, Solana has experienced a big…

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America’s biggest crypto exchange Coinbase introduced two new “wrapped” tokens this week, allowing traders to use XRP and Dogecoin on DeFi protocols. By introducing  cbDOGE and cbXRP, Coinbase is hoping to address surging demand for cross-chain functionality in the complex DeFi world, the company and industry observers told Decrypt.  The exchange is making the new offerings available on its own Ethereum layer-2 Base network. Coinbase holds 1:1 reserves of the underlying assets that back Coinbase Wrapped tokens. Proof of Reserves ↓ https://t.co/Y7DatHdHEehttps://t.co/WgC9jv2qjH — Coinbase Assets 🛡️ (@CoinbaseAssets) June 4, 2025 “Bringing cbDOGE and cbXRP into the ecosystem is a smart…

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WisdomTree’s WTGXX digital fund, which runs on Ethereum and tracks government money market funds, has reached $300 million in AUM, according to data from Token Terminal. This shows that the value of the fund has grown enormously over just a few months. It shows that combining traditional methods with advanced blockchain technology can bring big rewards. All the WTGXX funds are secured by U.S. government securities and use the Ethereum blockchain. Unlike many regular savings accounts, this fund is decentralized and usually gives higher payouts for its customers. The increase in its AUM from a tiny fraction to $300 million…

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Dogecoin tanked 10% today, with its weeklong losses now sitting at 22%, after Elon Musk officially walked away from Donald Trump’s administration and cut ties with the Department of Government Efficiency, known by its ironic acronym, DOGE. The crash unfolded alongside a brutal political brawl between Elon and the sitting US president, and it dragged the once-beloved meme coin deep into the red. The drama kicked off earlier this week when Elon took shots at Trump’s latest spending bill. Trump didn’t stay quiet. He hit back by pulling the NASA nomination of Jared Isaacman, Elon’s longtime business ally and the…

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With the cryptocurrency sector maturing, it continues to offer investors several opportunities to build substantial wealth. While the market is trading near all-time highs, select assets still have the potential to turn modest investments into seven-figure returns. With that in mind, Finbold turned to OpenAI’s ChatGPT for insights into two promising cryptocurrencies that could make investors millionaires by 2030. Kaspa (KAS) ChatGPT highlighted Kaspa (KAS) as more than another Bitcoin (BTC) alternative; it’s a project with serious upside potential over the next five years. Currently trading at $0.08, Kaspa is designed to scale efficiently without sacrificing decentralization, a long-standing challenge…

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Eric Trump has threatened to legally challenge the unauthorized crypto wallet project that surfaced yesterday and claimed to be the “Official $TRUMP Wallet,” The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing a series of text messages from the president’s son. “There is no deal for this product,” he wrote in a text to The Times. “There is no agreement for this product. It has not been approved.” The controversy intensified following the discovery of a new website that branded itself as “The Official $TRUMP Wallet” by President Trump. Operating separately from GetTrumpMemes.com, the Official Trump meme coin’s domain, the site stated…

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Hong Kong-based RedotPay, a crypto payment fintech serving over four million users, has partnered with stablecoin issuer Circle’s new payment network (CPN), to take the headache out of Brazil’s cross-border transactions. The CPN collaboration means RedotPay users can now send cryptocurrency directly to Brazilian bank accounts, with funds automatically converted into Brazilian Real (BRL) upon arrival, the companies said on Monday. Stablecoins for payments are growing rapidly, with various estimates about the potential market size for blockchain rails and dollar-pegged tokens. Circle, issuer of the second-largest stablecoin, USDC, introduced the CPN in April, to capture some of the cross-border payments…

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SoonChain, a prominent AI-driven gaming layer-2, has commenced an exclusive collaboration with REI Network, a blockchain-powered decentralized data exchange. The partnership endeavors to advance the Web3 gaming sphere. The platform mentioned this exclusive initiative in a recent post shared on its X account. 🚨 Partnership Announcement 🚨Hey everybody! We’re thrilled to team up with @GXChainGlobal to level up Web3 gaming! 🎮✨REI Network is developed for the evolution trend of the blockchain, to achieve a lightweight, EVM compatible, higher performance, and no fee blockchain… pic.twitter.com/PAyh1ROGW9 — SoonChain 🟦 Testnet🔛 (@soonchain_ai) June 4, 2025 SoonChain and REI Network Collaborate to Boost Web3…

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Despite a steep drop in the price of its native token, PancakeSwap is quietly dominating the decentralized exchange (DEX) landscape. The Binance-backed platform has leapfrogged rivals like Uniswap (UNI) and Raydium (RAY), processing over $116 billion in monthly volume and racking up millions in fees and revenue. But even as the DEX sees explosive growth in usage, CAKE — its governance and utility token — has slipped from a late-May high of $2.95 to around $2.30, raising questions about whether market sentiment is out of sync with protocol fundamentals. This retreat brought its market valuation to about $745 million. Still,…

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