Author: NBTC

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has criticized a New York lawsuit that seeks legal ownership of thousands of dormant Bitcoin wallets. The case has drawn attention because it tests whether inactivity in a self-custodied wallet can be treated as abandoned property under state law. New York lawsuit targets dormant Bitcoin wallets A plaintiff using the name Noah Doe filed the case in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on May 1, 2026. The lawsuit asks the court to declare ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallet addresses. According to reporting on the filing, the plaintiff claims he used an…

Robinhood, the U.S.-based stock and cryptocurrency trading platform, has officially added support for Flare ($FLR) and Starknet ($STRK) tokens. The announcement, made via the company’s official website, allows users to buy, sell, and hold both assets directly through the Robinhood app. Details of the Listing According to Robinhood’s listing page, $FLR and $STRK are now available for spot trading alongside other supported cryptocurrencies. The move expands Robinhood’s token offerings beyond more established assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, signaling a continued push into supporting emerging blockchain projects. No specific trading pairs or fee structures were detailed in the initial announcement, but…

The list keeps growing. Sui, zkSync, Polygon, and Solana were all built as fully transparent public networks, and all four are now adding confidential transactions. Cardano’s new Midnight sidechain is doing the same for that ecosystem. The goal is not anonymity. It is privacy that banks, auditors and regulators can sign off on. Why the sudden rush to hide transactions? Public blockchains were built on transparency; anyone can read every balance and every transfer. That was a selling point for years. It is now a barrier to the institutions that crypto spent 2025 courting. A bank will not run payroll,…

The biggest question facing bitcoin investors is whether the market bottom was set in early February, when the largest cryptocurrency briefly fell toward $60,000. While no indicator can assess that with certainty, a number of onchain and derivatives metrics suggest the worst of the current correction may be in the past, especially as bitcoin is now trading back above $77,000. The first metric is Realized Cap, which measures the total value of bitcoin based on the price each coin last moved onchain. It differs from market capitalization, which is based on the current market price, and reflects the aggregate cost…

Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, is warning investors that tokenized products claiming to offer access to its private shares may be invalid, escalating a fight over whether restricted pre-IPO stock can be repackaged for retail traders. In an updated investor-warning page first published in February, Anthropic said any unapproved sale or transfer of its stock, or any interest in its stock, is void and will not be recognized on its books. “We do not permit special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to acquire Anthropic stock and any transfer of shares to an SPV are void under our transfer restrictions. Offers to…

SBI Holdings is expanding its long-running Ripple strategy into a broader digital finance structure built around $XRP, $RLUSD, tokenized securities, crypto rewards, exchange operations and cross-border payments. The Japanese financial group has maintained close ties with Ripple since 2016 and remains one of its largest external shareholders, with an estimated 9% equity stake. In 2026, that relationship has moved beyond investment into practical financial products across banking, securities, stablecoins and payment infrastructure. SBI VC Trade began distributing Ripple’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, $RLUSD, in Japan on March 31, 2026. The rollout follows Japan’s revised Payment Services Act, with SBI VC Trade…

Ripple is no longer just asking for regulatory clarity. It is submitting specific technical proposals backed by statistical analysis. On May 22, 2026, Ripple sent a formal follow-up letter to the SEC Crypto Task Force addressing five regulatory gaps. That it argues are slowing stablecoin adoption and tokenized asset development in the United States. Ripple Pushes SEC On Stablecoin RulesRipple (@Ripple) has asked the SEC Crypto Task Force for clearer treatment of payment stablecoins and tokenized assets under broker dealer regulations.The company is reportedly pushing for a 0% haircut on qualifying payment stablecoins… pic.twitter.com/PTJj3QQXnd — BSCN (@BSCNews) May 28, 2026…

The foremost decentralized aggregator on the Solana blockchain, Jupiter, has launched a prediction market called forecast today, which introduces a model that allows users trade multiple competing providers instead of a single one. Forecast will start with short term crypto price predictions, and plans to expand into other market types after initial launch. The new market is also said to not be replacing Polymarket’s collaboration with the exchange. Jupiter’s Forecast works differently The product will integrate directly into Jupiter’s already existing prediction interface called Jup Predict, according to the project’s announcement on X. Introducing: Jupiter Forecast for MMs, Solana’s first…

Finding good apps in a decentralized app store is a bit like finding a good restaurant in a foreign city. Solana Mobile is betting on curation with its new dApp Spotlight feature, a curated discovery tool inside the Solana dApp Store designed to highlight quality applications that might otherwise get buried. The feature launches with its inaugural theme, “Onchain Games & Puzzles,” showcasing four selected apps to users of Solana’s Seeker smartphone. What dApp Spotlight actually does Solana Mobile’s team will curate rotating themed collections of dApps and present them prominently within the store. The first batch zeroes in on…

Bitcoin has shown a strong correlation with the 10-year US Treasury bond, and analysts suggest rising debt could trigger a major price move. The correlation dates back to Bitcoin’s early days, with a rise in US 10-year bond yields (US10Y) aligning with a notable price move in the asset. As debt security yields have started to tick up again, optimism of a consequent Bitcoin ($BTC) increase is making the rounds. Key Points Bitcoin has shown a strong correlation with the 10-year US Treasury bond. The largest $BTC moves have historically correlated with rising US 10-year bond yields. The alignment of…