Author: NBTC
In early April 2023, Elon Musk amazed the crypto community when they saw a Dogecoin mascot (the image of the famous meme Shiba Inu dog Kabosu) instead of the habitual blue bird on Twitter when the tech mogul only started rebranding the social network as X. This Twitter logo change took place on April 3. DOGE briefly replaced Twitter’s blue bird logo Elon Musk is known to be one of the biggest Dogecoin supporters, who has often touted this meme cryptocurrency in his tweets long before he acquired Twitter for $44 billion. On that news, the original meme cryptocurrency skyrocketed…
Two major crypto policy efforts in the United States hit roadblocks last week, revealing a growing divide in how digital assets should be integrated into government operations. In Arizona, Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have allowed the state to hold Bitcoin in its reserves, calling the plan financially risky. Meanwhile, in Washington, a group of Senate Democrats who once supported a federal stablecoin framework have now withdrawn their backing, saying the proposed bill lacks sufficient safeguards. Democratic Dissent Threatens Progress on Landmark US Stablecoin Bill A coalition of Senate Democrats with a history of supporting the crypto…
Digital bank Revolut is working with Lightspark to roll out bitcoin (BTC) transactions on Lightning Network to customers in the U.K. and select countries in the European Economic Area (EEA). The feature aims to cut transaction fees and payments processing time for crypto users, Lightspark said in a blog post. When asked in an email, the company didn’t specify the timeline for when the feature will go live. Lightspark, led by former PayPal executive David Marcus, provides backend infrastructure for connecting to what it calls the “Money Grid” — a decentralized network for real-time global payments. The Lightning Network is…
Several bitcoiners are concerned about the direction bitcoin adoption has taken and how institutions are now dominating the narrative. This new breed of users, the “suitcoiners,” does not share the same vision as the crypto founding fathers. ‘Suitcoiners Are Not Led by Libertarian or Cypherpunk Ideologies’ Since its inception in 2009, when bitcoin was developed to address the deficiencies in the current fiat system, the narrative behind its main adoption drive has shifted several times. On social media, bitcoiners have expressed their worries about how the institutionalization of the space, driven by Wall Street, is changing the ideas behind crypto,…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s meme coin and other crypto businesses create “pathways” for corruption, according to short-lived White House Communications Director and founder of SkyBridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci. Speaking at the Financial Times Digital Asset Summit, Scaramucci argued that the Trump family’s involvement with crypto—which includes the president’s Solana meme coin, World Liberty Financial, a Trump Media tie-up with Crypto.com, and more—serves as a “distraction” that’s standing in the way of bipartisan consensus around crypto. “Let’s give them all the benefit of the doubt,” Scaramucci said of the Trumps and their crypto dealings. “But I do think that there’s pathways…
The price of WalletConnect’s token WCT has surged over 27% in the past 24 hours, following a series of high-profile exchange listings. WalletConnect (WCT) is up more than 27%, currently trading at $0.40, with a 24-hour trading volume exceeding $910 million, up by 1700% over this period. Launched on April 15, the project has made headlines with rapid listings by major exchanges, including Binance, Crypto.com, Upbit, Kraken, MEXC, Gate.io, KuCoin, OKX, Bybit, and Bithumb. The WCT token debuts on exchanges 7 years after the project’s launch in 2018. “WCT marks a significant milestone in the WalletConnect Network’s decentralization roadmap and…
Stuart Alderoty, chief legal officer at enterprise blockchain company Ripple, recently took aim at Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for opposing key stablecoin legislation. Alderoty claims that Warren’s “war on crypto” is “all-consuming” since she is advocating against the bill that he believes is supposed to protect stablecoin users. Warren, however, is convinced that the bill will facilitate corruption, arguing that the Senate should not pass it. “Right now, the Senate is going to greenlight the grift by passing the so-called GENIUS Act next week,” she said. As reported by U.Today, some pro-crypto Democrats have now changed their tune on the…
OKX Wallet, a well-known crypto wallet, is continuously expanding its stronghold in the Web3 landscape. This time, OKX Wallet has announced its latest integration with Lagrange, an advanced platform addressing the latest challenges in blockchain interoperability to enable participation in Turing Roulette Season 3. The platform disclosed this integration on its official social media account. We’re happy to announce that @lagrangedev has integrated #Wallet!You can now connect our Wallet to participate in Turing Roulette S3 and earn extra points. pic.twitter.com/2dvLYPozFx — OKX Wallet (@wallet) May 7, 2025 OKX Wallet Integrates Lagrange to Allow Seamless Turing Roulette Season 3 Participation OKX…
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley is adding new fuel to the conversation with a headline-grabbing projection: a $50 trillion valuation for Bitcoin (BTC), if the leading cryptocurrency steps fully into the role of a digital alternative to the U.S. dollar. The essence of Horsley’s message is that he sees Bitcoin not just as digital gold — a comparison that caps its market potential around $23 trillion — but also as a contender against global instruments like the U.S. Treasuries and the dollar itself, markets that combined hover around $50 trillion. That’s the scale Bitcoin could be playing at, if the world…
NewLimit, a biotechnology startup co-founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, has raised $130 million in a Series B funding round to bolster its ambitions to slow or even reverse aspects of human aging. The round, led by Kleiner Perkins, drew participation from prominent returning investors including Founders Fund, Dimension Capital, angel investor Elad Gil, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan, and Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison, according to a statement. New investors included former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Apple’s former machine learning director Daniel Gross, and Khosla Ventures. The raise brings the startup’s total funding to over $170 million following a $40…