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NBTC is the editorial account for NBTC News, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, exchanges, mining, regulation and digital asset markets. The editorial team focuses on clear sourcing, timely updates and practical context for crypto readers.

Aptos reached 16.7 million monthly active addresses in January 2025, with a daily peak of 1.7 million on January 29. Native USDC on Aptos hit $62.32 million, improving transaction efficiency and eliminating cross-chain bridge risks. The Aptos network now holds a new record. According to Artemis data, the network had 16.7 million monthly active addresses in January 2025, with a daily peak of 1.7 million active addresses on January 29. Native USDC and User Adoption Drive Aptos Network Growth Nowadays, more users and developers are turning to Aptos, making the network busier than ever. Quick and low-cost transactions matter more…

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Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is under intense pressure as fresh bearish headlines ripple through the crypto world. A major institutional sell-off reportedly triggered by new U.S. regulatory threats—paired with stagnating Ethereum ETF progress—has sparked panic across exchanges. Whales are unloading, retail is backing out, and analysts are now daring to ask: could Ethereum price actually crash to $600? With ETH price currently hovering around $1,810, all eyes are on whether the support zone will give way. To assess the real risk, we turned to the charts—both daily and hourly—and the signals are sobering. Ethereum Price Prediction:…

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Zodia Custody, a digital asset custody platform, and Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, have partnered up to promote institutional crypto security, according to the reports shared with Finbold on Thursday, April 3. The partnership will offer secure and segregated custody as well as off-venue settlement for Bybit’s institutional clients. Institutional crypto security As crypto becomes more prevalent in institutional investment circles, regulatory compliance and asset security become an increasingly important topic, especially in the light of growing scrutiny on the crypto industry. Zodia Custody’s Interchange solution addresses issues such as centralized control and counterparty exposure by…

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AI firm Sentient Labs, founded by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, is preparing to launch Open Deep Search (ODS), a new framework designed to rival closed-source AI search products such as Perplexity. ODS aims to boost Sentient Chat’s capabilities, with Sentient co-founder Himanshu Tyagi telling Blockworks that the “goal is to have all these different agents which are building on our models to be integrated there.” It’s currently limited to select testers, though a full public release is expected in the next few months. Sentient Chat is the platform in which users can “​​experience…

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Bitcoin is experiencing sharp movements in the face of the tariff discussions between the US and China. At this point, it first fell sharply and fell to $91,000. Then, it experienced a recovery yesterday evening and rose above $100,000 again. While BTC attracts attention with its sharp and volatile movements, blockchain analysis platform Lookonchain examined some indicators and analyzed whether Bitcoin is currently at its peak. Accordingly, Lookonchain, which first used the Rainbow chart, said that the Bitcoin Rainbow chart shows that BTC can still rise and rise above $250,000 in this cycle. Secondly, examining the frequently used RSI indicator,…

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s presidency has been characterized by a continuous stream of attention-grabbing statements and actions. Liberation Day is set to capture the attention of not just the people but nations and markets as well. Here is what you need to know about how this highly anticipated day may shape crypto markets. In This Guide: What is Trump’s Liberation Day? How did crypto respond to Trump’s Liberation Day? How will Liberation Day affect markets? Short-term pain, long-term potential? What is Trump’s Liberation Day? In case you missed it, President Trump plans to implement several import taxes on April 2,…

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Sol Strategies buys 40,300 SOL tokens, boosting its total holdings to 189,968 SOL. CIO Moe Adham resigns after six years but will continue advising the company. Solana’s price jumps 7%, trading around $207 with a market cap nearing $100 billion. Canadian publicly traded company Sol Strategies announced the purchase of an additional 40,300 SOL tokens. This latest purchase, valued at approximately CAD 14.3 million ($9.9 million), comes at an average price of CAD 355.77 ($246.53) per SOL. In the meantime, Solana native token Sol has seen a surge of 7% with a market cap of almost $100 billion. Sol Strategies…

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Ethereum developers set May 7 as the target date for the long-awaited Pectra upgrade on Thursday, beginning the countdown for the blockchain’s biggest changes since March 2024. Pectra contains a series of improvements aimed at making Ethereum more user-friendly and efficient. One such improvement is adding “smart contract” capabilities to wallets, which can make them easier to use and recover. The decision to schedule Pectra was made during a call between Ethereum’s core developers — just over a week after the upgrade went live on the Hoodi testnet without any hiccups. Pectra’s test on Hoodi was the third and final…

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Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has expanded its monitoring tags to include more crypto assets, which implies delisting risks. In an official blog post, Binance stated that, based on recent reviews, it will extend the Monitoring Tag to include more tokens and remove the Seed Tag for selected tokens on April 3, 2025. Binance has expanded monitoring tags to ARDR, BSW, FLM, LTO, NKN, PDA, PERP, VIB, VOXEL, and WING tokens, which means delisting risks. Binance has also removed seed tags for JUP, STRK, and TON. https://t.co/EEmh0N9EMI — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) April 3, 2025 Tokens to be…

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The partnership will provide Builder Marketplace, a smooth and completely composable application layer. The collaboration improves Dojima’s omnichain architecture and lowers friction between Web2 and Web3 applications. Linera, a Layer 1 that optimizes real-time applications, is collaborating with the Dojima Foundation, which is creating the Omnichain Web to bring web3 ecosystems together. In order to enable developers to grow and integrate Web3 applications across various networks, the partnership will provide Builder Marketplace, a smooth and completely composable application layer. Dojima will be able to provide fast decentralized apps on all of the major L1 and L2 blockchains thanks to the…

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