Author: NBTC

Minnesota has become the latest state to grant banks and credit unions the legal authority to offer cryptocurrency custody services, a move that proponents say ends years of regulatory ambiguity that kept institutions on the sidelines of a market now worth trillions. Governor Tim Walz signed HF 3709 into law. The legislation takes effect August 1, 2026. The law permits state-chartered banks and credit unions to hold virtual currency and the cryptographic keys that control it on behalf of customers and members. Minnesota joins New York, Wyoming, and Virginia, which have established similar frameworks. According to the law, institutions seeking…

Hyperliquid whales now hold $4.039b in open interest with a near‑neutral long–short split, and both sides sitting on millions in unrealized losses after choppy price action. Whale traders on decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid (HYPE) currently hold a combined $4.039 billion in open positions, according to the latest Coinglass snapshots relayed by Asian market trackers. The book is almost perfectly balanced between directions, with $1.981 billion in longs (49.05%) and $2.058 billion in shorts (50.95%), producing a near‑neutral 0.96 long–short ratio that underscores how evenly matched the largest accounts are. Hyperliquid’s whale book is almost perfectly split Despite that symmetry, neither…

TLDR: Market vision: A Stripe report cited in the ecosystem projects that the Artificial Intelligence agent economy will require 1 billion transactions per second globally. Current infrastructure: No operational blockchain network in today’s market processes a volume anywhere near the demand estimated by the tech industry. Technical launch: Mysten Labs projects the release of a software development kit (SDK) designed to enable on-chain payments with no transaction costs. The co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Mysten Labs, Eman Abio, stated that the foundational economic design assumptions in the crypto industry have structural flaws and explained how the Sui network aims…

In the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin’s volatility has fallen to its lowest level in recent months, drawing attention. According to the latest data, Bitcoin’s 30-day Volatility Index (BVIV) has dropped to 38%, the lowest level seen since October 2025. Experts believe this development indicates a weakening of risk perception in the market and a more cautious outlook among investors. Silian Tang, a partner at Monarq Asset Management, said the decline in BVIV indicated a decrease in investor risk aversion. According to Tang, there are two main factors behind this situation: the easing of geopolitical tensions stemming from Iran and Strategy’s regular…

In a game-changing move to broaden its protocol accessibility and offer an advanced user experience, Solstice Finance, a DeFi asset management platform, today entered into a strategic coalition with BitMart, a global cryptocurrency exchange. This alliance enabled Solstice to integrate its native token ($SLX) on BitMart’s crypto trading platform, aiming to enhance the visibility and accessibility of the digital asset to global crypto investors. Solstice Finance is a DeFi protocol built on the Solana blockchain, offering institutional-grade yield strategies to both institutional and retail investors via its cutting-edge stablecoin ecosystem. This protocol goes beyond single-strategy DeFi yield, allowing users to…

A significant shift in the shareholder composition of Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, is being interpreted as a positive signal for a potential merger with Naver Financial. According to a report from ZDNet Korea, the departure of a key investor has removed a major obstacle to the deal. New Investors Replace Kakao Investment Hanwha Investment & Securities and Hana Bank have agreed to acquire a combined 3,645,050 shares from Kakao Investment. Hanwha will purchase 1,361,050 shares, representing 3.90% of Dunamu, while Hana Bank will acquire 2,284,000 shares, or 6.55%. This transaction reduces Kakao Investment’s stake…

A wallet address linked to Galaxy Digital, a prominent digital asset financial services firm, has purchased approximately 158,100 $HYPE tokens valued at roughly $8.8 million over the past two hours, according to blockchain tracking service Lookonchain. On-Chain Activity Reveals Institutional Interest The address, identified as beginning with 0xBED9, executed the series of purchases in a relatively short window, signaling active accumulation. This activity comes amid a broader pattern of significant token movements within the Hyperliquid ecosystem. Separately, a newly created wallet address, starting with 0x4CBB, withdrew 536,247 $HYPE tokens — worth approximately $29.87 million — from the Coinbase exchange over…

Revolut is pushing deeper into everyday spending with the Revolut physical crypto card, giving users a new way to pay from digital-asset balances without converting funds ahead of time. The fintech teased its first physical crypto card on X, extending a crypto-payments strategy that already existed inside its app but now moves into a format people recognize instantly: a card in the wallet. That matters because it makes crypto feel less like a separate corner of finance and more like another balance that can be tapped at checkout. Instead of asking merchants to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, or other tokens…

An order for two pizzas was paid with 10,000 $BTC on this date sixteen years ago, with this history etched in the sands of time. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made the first recorded commercial transaction with Bitcoin, buying two pizzas for 10,000 $BTC. Today, that same order is worth over $771 million, given Bitcoin’s current price of $77,173. Hanyecz took part in Bitcoin’s early technical development, creating the first MacOS client and discovering GPU mining. Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 🍕🟡 pic.twitter.com/kxEWLpQQ5g — Binance (@binance) May 22, 2026 Sixteen years ago, when the developer paid 10,000 $BTC for the…

A crypto whale who accumulated $62.83 million worth of Uniswap and Compound governance tokens in July 2025 has begun selling at sharply reduced prices, with losses exceeding $39.7 million and roughly half the original position still to be offloaded. Key Takeaways: Wallet 0xfa93 is offloading 5.41M $UNI and 228,704 $COMP bought for $62.83M in July 2025, down $39.7M. The whale deposited 2.705M $UNI ($9.23M) and 114,352 $COMP ($2.31M) into Binance on May 25, 2026. $UNI is trading close to $3.40 today, roughly 64% below the whale’s $9.52 entry price from 10 months ago. A $62 Million Bet That Went Wrong…