Author: NBTC

The Friction of Foreign-Exchange Overhead For decades, the global financial plumbing that powers international commerce has operated on an increasingly outdated model. Correspondent banking networks, pre-funded Nostro and Vostro accounts, and structural time-zone mismatches impose a heavy toll on global trade. The model forces enterprises to contend with multiday settlement delays, restrictive banking hours, and significant foreign-exchange slippage. In Asia, these legacy inefficiencies amount to a multibillion-dollar tax on working capital. While U.S. dollar–pegged stablecoins such as $USDT and $USDC have demonstrated proof of concept for digital asset settlement, they solve only part of the puzzle. Global trade finance may…

Base’s recent tweet highlights a significant momentum shift within its ecosystem, announcing 25 new projects launched throughout July. This expansion showcases the platform’s commitment to enhancing decentralized finance (DeFi) use cases. As the ecosystem grows, it may attract more users and developers, driving further innovation and adoption. For more details, check the original announcement here. The Story So Far The Base ecosystem, an Ethereum layer-2 platform, has made waves by introducing various projects this July. Among these are the Morpho Midnight lending protocol, which enables users to lend and borrow at fixed rates, and the B20 launchpad, which simplifies token…

Bitcoin ($BTC) whales accumulated more than 30,000 $BTC over the past week, a development that has strengthened the bullish case for the cryptocurrency and prompted a new price prediction from ChatGPT. In particular, wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 $BTC increased their combined holdings from approximately 4.24 million $BTC to 4.27 million $BTC over the last seven days. The accumulation represents more than 30,000 Bitcoin purchased by large holders during the period, according to data shared by market analyst Ali Martinez using Santiment metrics in an X post on June 17. Bitcoin whale transaction chart. Source: Santiment The buying comes…

Goldman Sachs has increased its price target for Robinhood Markets to $137 from $121 while maintaining a Buy rating, showing a revised outlook as the brokerage continues to draw attention ahead of its next quarterly earnings report. The updated target comes after a series of operational changes and follows the firm’s earlier adjustments this year. At the same time, Robinhood shares have continued to outperform market benchmarks over the past month, while analysts remain focused on upcoming financial results and any further changes to earnings expectations. Goldman Sachs Revises Robinhood Outlook Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro raised the firm’s price…

Launched on August 1, 2020, by its pseudonymous founder “Ryoshi,” Shiba Inu is celebrating six years since its inception. The Shiba Inu community is celebrating this milestone, marking six years since the launch of the dog-themed cryptocurrency, which has now grown into one of the most recognized tokens in the digital asset space. Birthday wishes are pouring in for the dog coin from top community members to crypto exchanges. LBank exchange is celebrating Shiba Inu’s sixth anniversary with a $66,666 reward pool. Prizes include $SHIB, BTC, ETH, an iPhone 17 Pro, and futures bonuses. HTX crypto exchange offered birthday wishes…

Europe’s crypto industry is facing a defining compliance moment. On July 29, 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority published a new Q&A document designed to sharpen the edges of MiCA crypto regulations — and the questions it answers reveal just how much uncertainty has been building inside the sector. Key takeaways ESMA released a new Q&A on MiCA regulations on July 29, 2026, to clarify compliance requirements for crypto firms operating in the EU. The guidance addresses ESG ratings, MiFIR considerations, and MiCA-specific obligations relevant to crypto-asset service providers. Over 270 crypto-asset service providers are now registered under MiCA…

Digital Peso Stablecoins in Development in Argentina While dollar-pegged stablecoins, like USDC and USDT, are popular in Argentina as dollar proxies, local stablecoins are in the sights of fintech companies. A recent report from Iproup stresses that two banking holding groups are developing stablecoins pegged to the Argentine peso, focusing on offering programmable money services to institutions. BIND Group, a holding with over $2 billion in assets under management, which owns BIND Banco Industrial, would be developing a peso stablecoin through BEN, its in-house virtual asset service provider (VASP). The conglomerate also announced a partnership with Circle to provide institutional…

The number everyone cited in July was 288 percent. Tokenized stock trading volume nearly quadrupled month over month. The figure appeared in research notes, on crypto Twitter, and in three separate newsletter breakdowns. It was real. What nobody emphasized was the denominator. One product drove the surge. QQQB, a tokenized tracker mirroring the Nasdaq-100 index, accounted for the dominant share of July’s decentralized secondary-market volume in tokenized equities. The growth was genuine. The diversification was not. This is the pattern that has repeated across every tokenized-asset cycle since 2020. A single product finds traction. Volume surges. Headlines follow. Then the…

BlackRock announced that it had launched its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA). However, crypto research firm 10X Research is not so optimistic about the ETF’s chances of yielding absolute returns in nearly every market scenario. BITA, which began trading on the Nasdaq on June 16, holds a mix of spot Bitcoin and shares of BlackRock’s existing iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT). The fund then sells call options against roughly 25% to 35% of the portfolio each month, collecting premiums it distributes as income. Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock’s head of digital assets, reportedly stated that BITA is a “hybrid Bitcoin exposure…

Warren Buffett believes Alphabet shares could outperform 90% to 95% of the stocks commonly recommended by Wall Street analysts. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman shared his view during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Following the interview, Alphabet (GOOGL) shares rose 3.65% to $370.82, increasing the value of Berkshire’s stake to more than $31 billion. Alphabet is now one of the largest holdings in Berkshire’s portfolio, behind only Apple and American Express. Buffett Confirms He Initiated the Alphabet Investment Investors had previously linked Berkshire’s Alphabet purchase to Greg Abel, the company’s new CEO. Buffett dismissed that speculation when CNBC host Becky…