Author: NBTC

BTC Inc, parent company of Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference, is putting Bitcoin to the ultimate test at this year’s Bitcoin 2025 conference with an official attempt to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the Most Bitcoin Point of Sale Transactions in 8 Hours. The attempt will take place live during the conference at the Venetian Conference Center in Las Vegas from May 27–29, 2025. To make this possible, BTC Inc will issue 4,000 Lightning-ready Bolt Cards to attendees. The cards use tap-to-pay functionality and feature four limited-edition designs, each honoring a major figure in Bitcoin history and…

Based on the most recent data, tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds continue their upward trajectory, notching a 6% gain since May 2, 2025. Tokenized Treasuries—$6.89B and Climbing Last Friday, May 2, the cumulative worth of tokenized Treasuries hit $6.5 billion—a historical milestone. In just one week, this figure grew by 6%, expanding to $6.89 billion and attracting approximately $390 million in new capital. Since Jan. 1, 2025, the tokenized Treasury bond sector has grown by 71%, increasing from $4.03 billion to its current $6.89 billion valuation. Blackrock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) saw an infusion of $36 million since May…

XRP spent April with sideways trading around $2.14. Ledger data, however, showed increased whale accumulation, with over 880M tokens sent to personally controlled wallets. XRP, the native token of Ripple’s ledger, is drawing the attention of whales despite its lackluster price performance. In April, active whale accumulation resumed, drawing out over 880M tokens out of exchanges and into personally controlled wallets. XRP wallets with balances over 10,000 coins have grown in the past month. According to Santiment data, the past month saw gradual inflows into whale wallets, awaiting more active price action for XRP. There are now over 300K addresses…

Bitcoin (BTC) has reached $97,000 on news of tariff talks between the US and China next week. While the rise is expected to continue, K33 analysts announced the new strategy in Bitcoin. K33 Research analysts recommend a ‘hold and hold’ strategy for Bitcoin in May. Stating that the situation is very different this time, K33 analysts stated that cryptocurrencies have moved away from the “sell and exit in May” strategy inherited from traditional markets and have switched to the “hold and stay in May” strategy. This phrase, known as a phrase rooted in traditional stock markets, indicates a possible decline…

The underperformance shown by ETH for a long time dragged the overall market capitalization by 17% this year. The community sentiment data from CoinMarketCap reveals that 80% of the traders are expecting short-term gains, and the market is still bullish. After so long, Ethereum (ETH) has witnessed significant gains of 29% between May 8 and May 9. Also, it ended a 10-week bear market that reached its lowest point at $1,385 on April 9. At the press time, ETH is trading at $2421, 3.12% up in the last 24 hours and 32.12% up in the past seven days. The overall…

Jump Crypto has acquired a significant equity stake in Securitize for an undisclosed price. Jump Crypto, the digital asset arm of Chicago quantitative trading firm Jump Trading, has acquired a significant equity stake in Securitize, which specializes in real-world asset tokenization. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. This partnership aims to enhance institutional access to tokenized assets, like Treasurys, private credit, and private equity, and improve collateral management solutions, especially as the demand for real-world asset tokenization grows. “We think that the market should be digesting this investment really as a signal that firms like Jump now have…

The Arbitrum Foundation took to X, formerly Twitter, earlier today to announce that the DAO is moving on to the next phase of its Stable Treasury Endowment Program (STEP), after an on-chain vote. As part of the new phase of the DAO’s initiative to diversify its treasury with investments in real-world assets (RWAs), it will allocate 35 million ARB, worth around $11.6 million at current prices, to tokenized U.S. Treasurys through leading institutional issuers Franklin Templeton, Spiko, and WisdomTree. It’s a massive day for RWAs! The ArbitrumDAO just approved 35M ARB via STEP 2 to accelerate RWA institutional adoption with…

Ripple CTO David Schwartz has sparked discussion about zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, predicting that the cryptographic advancement could bring a major shift in the blockchain space. An X user claimed that private ledgers were technically impossible and not part of XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) functionality. Another X user responded with a 2019 tweet from Ripple CTO David Schwartz describing a vision of interconnected private ledgers: “For example, imagine 100 groups who want private ledgers for low-cost transactions in the group. They can each run private ledgers with real XRP, but where txn fees are much lower. You can bridge to/from the public…

Asset Entities, a technology firm specializing in social media marketing and content delivery across platforms, announced today it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Strive Asset Management, backed by Vivek Ramaswamy, to create a public Bitcoin treasury Company. The combined entity, operating under the Strive brand and retaining its Nasdaq listing, will focus on maximizing Bitcoin exposure per share and aims to outperform Bitcoin over the long term. Structured as a reverse merger, the transaction is expected to provide the new entity with immediate access to an effective shelf registration statement, allowing it to begin raising capital promptly…

Ethereum’s (ETH) price has lagged behind Bitcoin over the last two years. However, over the past two days, ETH has outperformed BTC and other major coins. Ethereum’s recent price action against Bitcoin supports this bullish narrative. According to recent chart data, rare golden crosses have appeared on the ETH/BTC pair’s one-hour and four-hour charts, with short-term momentum building in Ethereum’s favor. A golden cross occurs when a shorter-term moving average, usually the 50-period, crosses above a longer-term moving average, like the 200-period. It is often regarded as a bullish signal that precedes sustained upward momentum. On the daily ETH/BTC chart,…