Author: NBTC

Congress is poised to make a historic move in US crypto regulation as Senator Cynthia Lummis’s bipartisan market structure bill approaches a January 2026 markup. After a decade of uncertainty, the legislation promises to bring clarity for innovators, protect consumers, and ensure that digital asset growth happens on American soil rather than overseas. Regulatory Momentum Grows as Lummis Steps Back Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a longtime champion of digital asset clarity, announced on December 19 that she will not seek reelection. Despite stepping back, she reaffirmed her commitment to advancing her bipartisan bill. “Our digital asset market structure bill provides…

Decentralized perpetuals exchange and Layer 1 blockchain Hyperliquid has unveiled two new features in pre-alpha: portfolio margin and its BLP Earn vaults. Founder Jeff Yan announced the change in the Hyperliquid Discord, and says the “initial rollout has intentionally low caps as safeguards, with HYPE as the only collateral asset and USDC as the only borrowable asset. USDH will be added as borrowable, and BTC will be added as collateral in a future upgrade.” Portfolio margin unifies users’ spot and perpetuals trading accounts for greater capital efficiency. The pre-alpha phase is gated to accounts with more than $5 million in…

Ethereum’s 2026 roadmap centers on two tracks: expanding rollup data capacity through blobs while pushing base-layer execution higher through gas limit changes. Those gas limit changes depend on validators moving from re-executing blocks to verifying ZK execution proofs. The first track is already anchored by Fusaka, which shipped Dec. 3, 2025. Fusaka It sets up PeerDAS plus blob parameter only (BPO) changes that can raise blob throughput in measured steps, according to ethereum.org. The second track is less mechanized because it relies on draft EIPs, client implementation, and validator operations that have to stay within decentralization constraints, including bandwidth, block…

A proposed 5% tax on billionaires’ wealth in California has drawn a strong response from crypto executives, who argue it would trigger an exodus of entrepreneurs, capital flight, and would be wasted anyway. The initiative, known as the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, seeks to add a ballot proposal for a 5% tax on net wealth above $1 billion to help fund the health care system and state assistance programs, according to the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West union.As the proposed wealth tax is partly assessed against unrealized gains, some billionaires may need to sell stock or parts of their businesses…

Despite launching in 2020, Polymarket really put itself on the map in November 2024 following the U.S. presidential election; however, 2025 brought unprecedented growth for a crypto-native app, as the decentralized prediction market has evolved into an international information resource often cited by the world’s top media outlets. Just 18 months ago, Polymarket was well into its fourth year of operations, processing between $10 million and $30 million in volume per week. In November 2024, however, the platform shattered expectations, processing more volume in a 5-day period than it did throughout all of 2023. For context, the prediction market’s volumes…

Ethereum price today trades near $2,940 after another failed attempt to reclaim short-term resistance. The market remains compressed below key moving averages as spot flows stay negative and volatility fades. At the same time, a wave of large-scale staking activity is quietly removing supply, creating tension between weak price structure and strengthening long-term positioning. Price Trapped Below EMAs As Momentum Stalls ETH Price Action (Source: TradingView) On the daily chart, Ethereum continues to trade below its 20, 50, 100, and 200-day EMAs. The 20-day EMA near $2,985 has capped recent rebounds, while the 50-day EMA around $3,138 remains the first…

The financial world is buzzing with a groundbreaking concept that promises to redefine how we invest, trade, and interact with assets. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently put a spotlight on this transformative force: tokenization. He believes it’s not just a trend but potentially the most crucial development for the future of global finance. What Exactly is Tokenization and Why Does it Matter? Larry Fink’s vision, shared at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, paints a vivid picture. Imagine a world where all Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), currently valued at a staggering $5.3 trillion, are transformed into digital tokens. This process, known…

A U.S. federal court has stepped into a growing dispute over fairness in the Solana memecoin market, drawing sharp attention to Pump.fun. The platform, known for rapid and open token launches, now sits at the center of a class-action lawsuit focused on transaction ordering and MEV tools. Significantly, the court recently allowed thousands of internal messages from a whistleblower into the record, signaling that the claims warrant serious examination. While the ruling does not establish wrongdoing, it pushes the case beyond speculation and into formal legal scrutiny, with potential consequences for the wider crypto ecosystem. How MEV Shifted the Fair…

Shift4, a U.S. payments giant handling over $200 billion in annual volume for more than 200,000 businesses, has launched a stablecoin settlement platform for its merchants. In a Dec. 22 press release, the Pennsylvania-headquartered public company said merchants can now choose to be paid in stablecoins such as USDC, USDT, EURC, or even DAI. As Shift4 explained, these currencies “are already used globally for cross-border commerce, remittances, payroll, B2B settlement, and treasury management.” Merchants can also choose from networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Plasma, Stellar, Polygon, TON, and Base, with additional networks “added over time,” the firm said. “As Shift4 becomes…

Ethereum price was stuck below the psychological point at $3,000 as exchange-traded fund inflows slowed and transaction fees in the network plunged. Summary Ethereum price has formed several bearish patterns on the daily chart. The network fees have slumped by 57% in the last 30 days. The ETH ETF inflows have also slumped in the past two months. Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $2,945, down by 40% from its highest point this year. It has also formed a risky pattern, pointing to more downside in the near term. SoSoValue data shows that demand for Ethereum ETFs has largely waned in…