Author: NBTC

Vladimir Kalnitsky, a well-known developer who worked on the cardano-transaction-lib (CTL), announced recently that he was leaving the project, marking yet another major departure for the Cardano ecosystem. His exit exacerbates worries about the platform’s capacity to attract and retain talent in the quickly changing blockchain industry. Why leave Cardano? Despite having gained invaluable experience working with Cardano’s PureScript ecosystem, Kalnitsky stated that he no longer has a passion for functional programming, especially Haskell, which has been essential to Cardano’s development. This opinion highlights that despite Haskell’s elegance, there is a significant barrier to attracting new developers, which is in…

As part of a larger investigation into TD Bank’s transactions and adherence to anti-money laundering laws, a FinCEN investigation found that the traditional finance bank failed to disclose “suspicious activity” regarding crypto. A consent order alleges that the bank processed transactions for “Customer Group C,” which is an unknown entity, “including the facilitation of over $420 million to a financial institution offering cryptocurrency services in the high-risk jurisdiction of Colombia.” There was a pattern, FinCEN said, of Customer Group C doing over $100 million in wire transfers a month, “most of which facilitated apparent third-party cryptocurrency trading and involved high-risk…

Charles Hoskinson humorously reacts to the Herd proposal, a decentralized music and DJ battle game that integrates blockchain and NFTs. Cardano’s founder, Charles Hoskinson, recently reacted to a new gaming proposal within Project Catalyst, a hub for community innovation. The proposal, put forward by Pierre Aceituno, outlines the development of Herd, a decentralized music and DJ battle game. This game aims to integrate blockchain technology, NFTs, and community governance. A Unique Gaming Experience Herd allows players to mix sound packs in real time while engaging in DJ battles that are streamed live on Twitch. Notably, players can compete against AI…

Rumors concerning Coinbase and BlackRock were scuttled by industry experts this week. Crypto analyst Tyler Durden had accused the exchange of allowing BlackRock to borrow bitcoin without providing collateral, which would allow for market manipulation. Rumors alleging Coinbase (COIN) was issuing bitcoin IOUs to BlackRock were quickly shut down by industry experts as well as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on Monday. Over the weekend, well-followed X crypto analyst Tyler Durden accused Coinbase of allowing BlackRock – the issuer behind the largest spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund – to borrow bitcoin without providing collateral, which would allow manipulation of the market and…

The Trump family-backed crypto project, World Liberty Financial, is set to launch its WLFI token presale on Tuesday, with over 100,000 accredited U.S. investors whitelisted. The project aims to raise $300 million, valuing the venture at $1.5 billion. WLFI will serve as a governance token for the platform, which will allow users to engage in borrowing, lending, and other DeFi activities. The Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial has whitelisted over 100,000 accredited U.S. investors ahead of its Tuesday token launch, the project said in an X spaces on Monday. The presale of World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token goes live in…

The Brazilian Central Bank is opening the drex CBDC pilot to new entrants, aiming to test more advanced use cases and privacy solutions for the project’s second phase. Thirteen use cases have been confirmed, including carbon credits, agricultural bonds, and foreign trade platforms. Brazilian Central Banks Opens CBDC Pilot to New Consortiums Brazil is preparing to deepen the activities surrounding its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, drex. The Central Bank of Brazil announced the pilot project’s opening to more participants, aiming to expand the testing of more complex use cases in the platform. New consortiums will be able to…

Bitcoin (BTC) prices are in an upward correction and moving sideways at the same time. Price analysis by Coinidol.com. Long-term prediction of the Bitcoin price: fluctuating Bitcoin’s upward momentum has paused at a high of $60,730, with a retracement below the 50-day SMA. The largest cryptocurrency is trading above the 21-day SMA support but below the 50-day SMA resistance. The price of the cryptocurrency is trapped between the moving average lines with bulls and bears unable to make a breakout or breakout. Currently, Bitcoin price is rising as it approaches the 50-day SMA resistance level. Bitcoin will rise to $65,000…

The allure of tokenizing RWA is the promise to revolutionize the way we think about value, access and liquidity. As leading organizations such as McKinsey & Co. mark the potential of the industry at nearly $4 trillion by 2030, it’s important that we ensure investors are well informed of the benefits of RWA and how best to evaluate the merits of each offering. Tokenizing RWA is meant to be a solution that solves systemic problems, not a solution looking for a problem. The drawback with tokenizing anything and everything is that the market becomes saturated with tokenized assets that lack…

Bitcoin (BTC) rose 5% to $61,000 in early trading hours in the U.S. on Tuesday, as the overall cryptocurrency market surged ahead of the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated meeting. The central bank is expected to announce its first benchmark interest rate cut in four years, fueling optimism in the digital asset space. Bitcoin climbed to a three-week high of $61,330 before paring some of its gains and was trading just below $61,000 by midday. The asset is up more than 5% in the past 24 hours. “As we look ahead, a lot of the focus will be around positioning for…

Robert Kiyosaki is famous as an investor and the author of the popular book on asset management “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. Today, he addressed the millions of his X followers to discuss an important issue. Exposing “fake” US dollar Kiyosaki once again drew the attention of the community to the fact that the US dollar is no longer what it used to be. In 1971, he tweeted, US president Richard Nixon deprived the dollar of the gold backing and since then “the US dollar was propped up via US Treasuries and bonds,” Kiyosaki stated. Since then, he says, the US…