Author: NBTC

Uzbekistan has established a special crypto mining zone across Karakalpakstan, introducing tax incentives, expanded power options, and a dedicated regulatory framework to attract licensed mining companies. Under a presidential resolution that took effect on April 20, Uzbekistan has designated the entire Republic of Karakalpakstan as the Beshkala Mining Valley, creating a regulated environment for cryptocurrency mining while linking the initiative to the region’s economic development plans. The resolution allows licensed mining companies operating within the zone to use electricity from the national grid, renewable energy sources such as solar power, and hydrogen-based power generation. It also creates a legal pathway…

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again shared the company’s chart data tracking Bitcoin purchases, giving a new buy signal. In his post, Saylor stated, “It looks better with more points.” In the shared graph, each point represents a Bitcoin purchase. Given Saylor’s past posts, Strategy is known to typically announce new Bitcoin purchases the day after such posts. Therefore, the latest post has been interpreted as a sign that the company may announce a new $BTC purchase soon. According to the data, Strategy’s Bitcoin reserve value currently stands at $54.26 billion. The company’s total Bitcoin holdings are recorded as…

In brief Cypherpunk Technologies shares tumbled 37% on Friday as jitters tied to a Zcash bug knocked the Winklevoss-backed firm. The company, which owns $102 million worth of Zcash, saw its holdings suddenly plunge underwater as the privacy coin fell. Cameron Winklevoss has been an outspoken supporter of Zcash, saying he believes “strong privacy is an essential property of sound money.” Fallout from a major bug that could’ve flooded the Zcash market with counterfeit coins hit Wall Street on Friday as investors unloaded shares in Cypherpunk Technologies, putting pressure on the firm backed months ago by tech moguls Cameron and…

Most of the public feedback filed on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to let companies report earnings twice a year instead of four times is not in support of the change. There is also a dispute over a mistyped email address that now threatens the process the agency must follow before it can finalize any change. The SEC floated the rule on May 5, 2026, in Release No. 33-11414. The rule would give public companies the option to file a semiannual report on a new Form 10-S in place of three quarterly Form 10-Q filings, keeping the annual 10-K.…

Play-to-earn gaming is evolving beyond crypto rewards as developers prioritize sustainable economies, stronger gameplay, and long-term player retention. The play-to-earn (P2E) genre of games has witnessed a lot of popularity since the 2021–2022 crypto boom. The concept was pretty straightforward: spend time playing a game but get something valuable in return. The use of NFTs, crypto tokens, and the whole blockchain technology has become one of the biggest selling points for the genre. With the rise in popularity of crypto, numerous P2E games emerged. While some were able to form a strong community around themselves, most of them faced challenges…

The discussion happened 16 years ago today, on June 21, 2010, in a Bitcointalk thread called “Dying bitcoins.” A user had asked whether forgotten wallets meant the network would shrink over time. After replies from Laszlo Hanyecz and Gavin Andresen, Satoshi answered at 17:48:26 UTC with a line that still circulates today: “Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.” Satoshi’s lost-coins quote is less a prediction that bitcoin’s price would rise and more an observation that scarcity intensifies as coins disappear from circulation. Still, the premise ultimately relies on…

Africa could very well become one of, if not the most important, crypto growth markets. The reason is not due to speculative activity, but because crypto actually solves real problems on the continent. With mobile payments taking off, lots of people without bank accounts, high cross-border transfer fees, and unstable local currencies, cryptocurrencies (especially stablecoins) are proving genuinely useful. For instance, according to Chainalysis, between July 2024 and June 2025, Sub-Saharan Africa received more than $205 billion in on-chain value, representing 52% year-over-year growth. This makes it the third-fastest-growing crypto region globally. Unlike a lot of more developed markets, Africa’s…

In brief The price of Zcash crashed more than 40% following the discovery of a vulnerability that could have led to counterfeit $ZEC minting. Whether or not the vulnerability was exploited remains unknown—a variable impacting the price according to analysts. Even with its fall, Zcash remains one of the top performing assets of the last year, up more than 580% in that time. A four-year-old vulnerability that could have fueled unlimited minting of $ZEC was discovered in one of Zcash’s private transaction pools—a core feature of the privacy-focused network—fueling investor panic and sending $ZEC down more than 40% in a…

On July 16, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule, Regulation E-Delivery, to expand the electronic delivery of required financial information. Notably, the proposal aims to make disclosures more accessible and useful for investors while retaining the option for paper delivery on request. Expanded Electronic Delivery Framework According to the SEC press release, Regulation E-Delivery would allow issuers, broker-dealers, investment advisers, and other market intermediaries to deliver required information electronically without first obtaining affirmative consent. Notably, this approach is intended to replace the Commission’s decades-old guidance-based e-delivery system. The range of information eligible for electronic…

Bitcoin’s weekend rebound is running into a familiar problem: several TradingView analysts are still treating the move as a retest rather than a confirmed reversal. TradingView chart shared by SHAY_ANALYTICS. TL;DR Three TradingView ideas point to Bitcoin struggling beneath important resistance after a recent breakdown. SHAY_ANALYTICS says $BTC remains bearish while it trades below the former triangle support and Ichimoku cloud. Milad_sangari flags a channel breakdown and retest near the $63,600–$63,980 resistance area. DomicChaina says the $64,000–$65,000 zone remains the key ceiling unless buyers show stronger follow-through. Bitcoin Rebound Faces A Resistance Test The common thread across the bearish TradingView…