Author: NBTC

Activision Blizzard’s high-profile Overwatch League franchise competition collapsed late last year after pandemic-related setbacks and teams’ economic struggles cut short its ambitions. Now, a new Overwatch competitive league is spinning up around popular hero shooter Overwatch 2—but it’s taking an anti-crypto stance. The Overwatch Champions Series, a more open competitive format overseen by prominent esports tournament operator ESL FACEIT Group, was revealed last week. On Wednesday, the league revealed its official rulebook, which put some restrictions on team sponsors. Teams competing in the official new Overwatch esports league cannot have sponsors that are associated with “cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency exchanges,” as…

Ethereum, the leader in altcoins, is showing positive price movements, prompting hopes about a potential start of the much-anticipated altseason. Additionally, the price of ETH has seen a solid retest of $2,686, signaling a lack of selling momentum in the market for the coin. This might lure buyers to accumulate more in the coming hours and initiate a fresh surge for above the resistance channel. Ethereum’s Chopfest Trading Pattern According to the latest analysis by the noted crypto analyst Skew, Ethereum is currently navigating through a period of consolidation, often referred to as a “chopfest.” Ethereum’s price has been oscillating…

It’s been a little over a month since the bitcoin ETFs received regulatory approval to launch in the US. It was a rocky start at first, with outflows from Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF — which was converted from a bitcoin trust — outpacing inflows. To add to that, former exchange FTX also unloaded shares of the ETF. However, last week’s inflows came in at $1.1 billion, which is much higher than the $415 million of outflows from GBTC. Read more: A month after launch, spot bitcoin ETF weekly net inflows hit new high “US-based spot Bitcoin ETF net flows are…

Shiba Inu’s Layer-2 scaling solution, Shibarium, has integrated with two prominent crypto platforms, CoinMarketCap (CMC) and CoinGecko. The news was shared by K9 Finance, a liquid staking and derivatives platform, which recently became the latest partner of the Shibarium ecosystem. “We are proud that Shibarium is now on CMC and CoinGecko. Another great stride is being made for Shibarium, which will help the growth of K9,” the K9 Finance team remarked. K9 Finance stated that the integration with CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap will help put all Shibarium-based projects in the spotlight, including its upcoming native token, KNINE. KNINE Token to Launch…

Barstool Sports kingpin Dave Portnoy is experiencing a serious case of crypto regret, wishing that he hadn’t sold his bitcoin. He also wishes that his company, Barstool, had invested $10 million in the crypto. “I’m so mad at myself about bitcoin. I should be up like 75% in bitcoin,” he stressed. However, Portnoy revealed to Microstrategy’s executive chairman, Michael Saylor, that he didn’t mean to sell his crypto. “I was testing to make sure my exchange was liquid and forgot to switch it back,” he claimed. Dave Portnoy Laments Over Missed Bitcoin Gains Barstool Sports creator and owner of Davey…

Sui’s Navi Protocol has become a significant player as the protocol recently announced a major milestone, securing $2 million in funding. This infusion of capital is set to boost Navi’s ambitions to expand its DeFi platform and complete its recent acquisition, marking a robust moment for the company and its users. Navi Protocol Aims To Expand Lending And Borrowing Services NAVI Protocol, a one-stop liquidity protocol to Sui, recently announced a successful $2 million funding round. This significant financial injection is set to boost the expansion of its unique all-in-one lending, borrowing, and LSDeFi platform. The funding round saw a…

Bitcoin-loving NFT collectors will have to wait a little longer to mint a Quantum Cats, organizers said in a tweet Wednesday night. The highly anticipated collection from Bitcoin Ordinals startup Taproot Wizards was initially meant to drop on January 30, but technical difficulties led to the event being pushed back to February 1. Today, Taproot Wizards says the “unique minting experience” isn’t quite ready. “We tried to build a custom, unique minting experience that solves issues like fee/gas wars, mempool sniping, et cetera, and gives everyone an instant guaranteed mint,” Taproot Wizards CEO Udi Wertheimer said. “It was new and…

Steven Nerayoff, previously an advisor to Ethereum, has publicly accused Gary Gensler, the Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), of having undisclosed ties with Ethereum, particularly in the context of the expected launch of an Ethereum Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). Nerayoff’s statements have reignited the “ETH Gate” conspiracy theory, suggesting deeper involvement of the SEC Chair with Ethereum. The theory alleges that Ethereum unfairly avoided regulatory scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which has consistently maintained that ETH is not a security. With growing speculation around an Ethereum ETF, it’s evident that the SEC, led by…

Based on the current outlook of the stock market, leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm NVIDIA Corp. has subtly outranked e-commerce company Amazon.com Inc. NVIDIA Hits $1.83T in Market Capitalization NVIDIA has hit a milestone with its recent 2.9% rise to a market value of about $1.83 trillion. With this value, the AI giant is now stretching over Amazon by 30 billion as the latter currently has a market value of $1.80 trillion. NVIDIA now ranks as the fourth most valuable United States-listed company. Markedly, the company is superseded by Alphabet at a $1.85 trillion market capitalization, Microsoft Corp. at $3.11…

In an exciting turn of events, Ethereum, Blur, and Shiba Inu, tokens functioning atop the Ethereum blockchain, garnered noteworthy interest among crypto market enthusiasts globally as these cryptos emerged among the top 5 tokens on the smart money token inflow list. Data revealed by Nanasen.AI suggested immense confidence among crypto market traders and investors for these tokens as of writing. In the meantime, Blur came in second and Ethereum emerged as the list’s leader. On the list, Shiba Inu comes in at number five, though. Remarkably, in contrast to the confidence of investors, the prices of ETH, BLUR, and SHIB…