Author: NBTC

Have you ever noticed how the crypto world feels like high school? Everyone’s fixated on the popular crowd—Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin—while the real action is happening at the quieter tables. Sure, these big players get all the attention, but there are smaller Layer-1 platforms that are addressing challenges that established platforms struggle to solve. Layer-1 blockchains are the foundation of decentralized networks. Unlike Layer-2 solutions or applications built on Ethereum, they don’t rely on an existing infrastructure, they are the infrastructure. This independence allows them to innovate directly at the protocol level, addressing scalability, security, and accessibility in ways Layer-2s simply…

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) was yesterday’s most-traded stock on US stock markets — and will post similarly spectacular numbers today. Opening for trading 13% higher than yesterday’s close, within an hour MicroStrategy had turned over 30 million shares of volume, dwarfing its full-day average of 19 million. The company owns 331,200 bitcoins worth over $32 billion and could be buying more during today’s session. As of mid-morning, its market capitalization was $103 billion — a 3.3 multiple on its bitcoin holdings. The company has announced financing to purchase tens of billions of dollars more. Behind these numbers is a massive, non-public market…

DeFi is undergoing a fresh wave of innovation in 2025, and one of the most exciting trends right now is the merger of DeFi and AI—often referred to as DeFAI. This fusion of cutting-edge tech has the potential to shake up how we think about finance, offering better accessibility, streamlined automation, and more personalized tools for crypto users everywhere. However, do current DeFAI projects yet live up to the hype? What is DeFAI? In short, DeFAI combines DeFi’s decentralized financial ecosystem with AI-driven analytics and automation. The market for these solutions could skyrocket from around $1 billion to $10 billion…

Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun draws attention with his altcoin moves. At this point, Sun, who has invested in many altcoins, has accumulated Ethereum for a long time. After this accumulation, Sun, who sells ETH at regular intervals, made another sale. According to a Spot On Chain post, Justin Sun has deposited a significant amount of ETH to crypto exchange HTX. Accordingly, Sun moved an additional 96,591 ETH worth $320.4 million. On-chain data also shows that Sun has deposited 323,591 ETH worth $1.12 billion into HTX at around $3,472 since Nov. 10. He accumulated most of these ETH in the…

Chainlink has launched two new privacy-enhancing features to enhance its capabilities, enabling financial institutions to safeguard data confidentiality and integrity. This feature lets private chains connect to the public Chainlink Platform, allowing access to important off-chain data while keeping sensitive information secure. Chainlink, the decentralized oracle platform built on Ethereum, has introduced a suite of privacy tools designed to bolster financial institutions’ confidence in maintaining the security and confidentiality of their on-chain transactions. This new suite consists of two pivotal products: CCIP Private Transaction, a decentralized encryption protocol, and Blockchain Privacy Manager, an infrastructure that connects institutions to private chain…

Terminus today announced a collaboration with AIA Labs, AEON. As a major breakthrough towards creating new financial systems, this partnership seeks to combine the advanced blockchain solution with the existing payment gateways to connect crypto and traditional financial systems. We are excited to announce a partnership between Terminus @terminus_pos, in a technology collaboration @AEON_Community, and @AIA_Labs. This collaboration integrates AIA’s high-performance, EVM-compatible blockchain with our Universal Payment system, seamlessly bridging crypto… pic.twitter.com/StygyfrxB2 — Terminus (@terminus_pos) January 14, 2025 Bringing Blockchain to Everyday Payments This synergy will see AIA Labs employ its high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain in association with Terminus’ Universal Payment…

Bitcoin has outperformed gold by a large margin in the past month, rising more than 46% while gold prices have fallen more than 3%. This sharp divergence signals a growing shift in institutional investor sentiment, with analysts suggesting that Bitcoin is increasingly viewed as a high-growth investment and a modern alternative to traditional inflation hedges like gold. Gold is trading above $2,600 an ounce, down from a record high of $2,787 in late October, while bitcoin has risen from $68,000 to over $98,000 in the same time frame. Deenar co-founder Maruf Yusupov attributes Bitcoin’s rapid rise to the market’s reaction…

In December 2024, Base, a renowned layer-2 network, accomplished a tremendous milestone in DEX trading in the Uniswap decentralized exchange platform. For the first time, the Base chain saw its monthly decentralized trading volume transcend the $100 billion mark. That is according to the latest data released by Uniswap Labs on the X platform today. Base just became the second L2 to ever cross $100B in swap volume on the Uniswap Protocol👀 pic.twitter.com/DCeVCyrlee — Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) January 14, 2025 This accomplishment reflects Base’s rising influence in the decentralized trading sector. It also highlights its network’s competitive edge over…

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VeChain has continued to drive innovation in the tokenization and sustainability sector. The price project for VET is ambitious, showcasing the wide appeal of VeChain’s solutions. As the global demand for environmental sustainability and tokenization grows, the VeChain (VET) blockchain is emerging as a leader in this frontier. Since its launch in 2015, VeChain has persistently strived to fulfill its mission of upgrading the world with blockchain technology. VeChain and Outstanding Achievements in Tokenization VeChain’s vision is clear, “With Web3 for Better, VeChain is laying the foundations to advance a $26T sustainability and $16T tokenization market opportunity, creating meaningful change…