Author: NBTC
Michael Saylor’s bitcoin buying strategy had both believers and skeptics. But a new rival just emerged, already holding nearly $4 billion BTC on its balance sheet—and it’s a bullish sign, according to at least one Wall Street analyst. When SoftBank, Tether, and Cantor Fitzgerald unveiled plans to launch a new bitcoin investment company called Twenty One, structured explicitly around holding bitcoin as its primary business, many called it a significant rival to Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR). Its day-one bitcoin balance sheet holding would rank it as the third-largest publicly held bitcoin treasury on day one. In traditional finance, one could argue…
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. More than a year after its initial announcement, Arbitrum launched Timeboost yesterday. Timeboost is a new way of ordering transactions on Arbitrum. That seems pretty boring and unexciting on the surface, but hopefully we can show you why it’s a pretty big deal. Transactions today on Arbitrum are ordered on a simple first come, first serve (FCFS) basis. Seems fair! But it’s problematic in practice: Financial systems need a way to efficiently process transactions. When markets crash, a lending application like Aave needs a way to quickly…
The Acting Comptroller of the Currency gave a green light for banks to offer specific crypto-related services. Banks received a major green light from a key U.S. banking regulator. On Tuesday, April 22, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency clarified its stance on crypto services. Specifically, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood stated that banks are permitted to engage in certain crypto-related activities. The OCC has confirmed certain crypto-related activities are legally permissible and expects banks conducting these activities do so with appropriate risk management processes in place. https://t.co/ifOdvjzEYJ pic.twitter.com/9hw3IyXMz3 — OCC (@USOCC) April 22, 2025 “Digital…
Burrito Wallet, a prominent Web3 wallet, has announced its latest partnership with ButterSwap, a cross-chain swap tool run by MAP Protocol. The collaboration aims to provide unmatched decentralized swaps across chains. The platform revealed this endeavor on its official social media account. 🚀 Cross-Chain Swaps Just Got Easier!More than 280K+ @BurritoWallet users can now swap assets across EVM chains with ButterSwap—powered by @MapProtocol !🔄 Seamless, trustless swaps⚡ Fast execution speeds🌉 No centralized bridges—fully decentralized!💡 Full Details:… pic.twitter.com/jayMvLmRbO — ButterNetwork (@ButterNetworkio) April 24, 2025 Burrito Wallet Announces Integration with ButterSwap for Streamlined Cross-Chain Swaps As a part of this collaboration, Burrito…
Financial commentator Peter Schiff has predicted that the U.S. will not be buying any Bitcoin. “The U.S. will not buy any Bitcoin, and neither will other nations. Their leaders are not that dumb,” Schiff commented. The U.S. established a strategic Bitcoin reserve in early March. However, there is a catch: the reserve will be initially focused on holding the forfeited coins. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the government could explore avenues for purchasing Bitcoin, but he stressed that the initial focus would be on halting the sales of the tokens that are already in the government’s possession. The odds…
Dolomite, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending and borrowing protocol, is launching its token generation event (TGE), as per the reports shared with Finbold on Thursday, April 24. DOLO, the platform’s native token, will be available 9:00 AM EST on major centralized exchanges (CEX), including Bybit, Binance Alpha, Bitget, KuCoin, and Kraken, as well as on decentralized exchanges (DEX) like Kodiak and Uniswap. DOLO airdrop A successful airdrop has already distributed 20% of the total DOLO supply to Dolomite users and Minerals Program participants. The distributed supply is split 50:50 between liquid DOLO and a locked, governance-enabled version known as veDOLO.…
Real estate tokenization—once a niche experiment—may soon become a core pillar of how property is financed, owned and traded, according to a Thursday report by Deloitte Center for Financial Services.The market of tokenized real estate could reach $4 trillion by 2035, growing at a compound annual rate of 27% from the current size of under $300 billion, the firm forecasted. Tokenized real estate market growth projection (Deloitte) Tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) is a red-hot sector at the intersection of crypto tech and traditional finance. It consists of creating digital versions of assets like bonds, funds and real estate, that…
This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Crypto marketplace Magic Eden’s Season 2 campaign launched on Thursday to reward users for engaging with its platform. Staking Magic Eden ME tokens; trading NFTs, Runes, Ordinals or coins; and linking your crypto wallets on Magic Eden will all help you climb the season’s leaderboard to ultimately earn rewards in a few months. Runes are fungible tokens on the bitcoin blockchain, and Ordinals are like NFTs, but on bitcoin. Swapping tokens on Magic Eden will also help traders climb the leaderboard, according to a post from the…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has a new chairman, and many prominent figures in the industry are rushing to weigh in on the new sheriff in town. Paul Atkins, who officially took office on April 22, opened his speech with a message of direction and reform. But it wasn’t just the political tone that drew attention — it was the language. Just days before Atkins made his first public comments, Ripple’s chief legal officer, Stuart Alderoty, reacted to the potential leadership change. He was laconic but eloquent, calling what’s coming “a new day.” What’s surprising is that Atkins used the…
Zypher Network is excited to officially announce its strategic partnership with DeAgent AI to redefine the future of decentralized intelligence. This alliance aims to evolve verifiable and autonomous AI systems in the decentralized landscape of Web3. This advanced move ensures transparency, trust, and interoperability at an unmatched pace. Zypher Network x DeAgent AI Partnership Announcement!🤖We’re thrilled to partner with @DeAgentAI, the leading framework for distributed decision-making in AI agents. By combining Zypher’s ZK-powered trust infrastructure with DeAgent’s on-chain governance and consensus layer,… pic.twitter.com/netMlkwLiS — Zypher Network (Hiring) (@Zypher_Network) April 24, 2025 Zypher Network, a ZK-based decentralized trust infrastructure, witnesses this…