Author: NBTC

Bitcoin ($BTC) has this morning bounced back to over $71,000 after it lost $60 billion in total market capitalization over the weekend following US President Donald Trump’s threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the country’s military refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In the 15 minutes following Trump’s threat on Saturday, $BTC dropped from $70,100 to $68,200, a $37 billion wipeout for the world’s largest digital asset. Over $240 million in leveraged crypto trades were liquidated within the hour. By Sunday evening, total liquidations crossed $1 billion, with long positions accounting for 85% of the damage. $BTC failed…

A growing share of European investors may change banks to access better crypto services, according to a new study from Boerse Stuttgart Digital, signaling a shift in how digital assets are shaping retail finance across the region. The survey, conducted by market research firm Marketagent between August 2025 and January 2026, gathered responses from 6,000 individuals across Germany, Italy, Spain and France. It found that 35% of respondents would consider switching banks if another institution offered stronger crypto investment options. That figure rises to 40% in Spain, the highest among the countries surveyed, followed by Italy at 35%, France at…

Shiba Inu has continued to see sustained demand amid the broader flip in market sentiment that has launched the market into a series of bullish trends. While momentum has continued to build, Shiba Inu is seeing renewed market interest and surging demand from retail and institutional investors, causing its market supply to increasingly tighten. Over 374 billion $SHIB scooped in a week According to recent data shared by the $SHIB team on X, a total of over 374 billion $SHIB tokens were withdrawn from exchanges over the past seven days. Notably, this marks one of the largest exchange outflows Shiba…

Coins.ph, the leading crypto platform in the Philippines, has expanded its QR-code crypto payment network in the country, adding support for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The update continues the trend set by the platform’s earlier integration of Tether ($USDT) and brings further payment variety to around 700,000 merchants. At the core of the update is, of course, QRPH, the country’s standardized QR payment system developed under the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which automatically converts crypto into Philippine pesos at the point of sale. “The addition of new tokens to our QRPH crypto payments feature is a great achievement…

Tokenisation is getting a push in Asia, as Singapore-regulated DigiFT and Franklin Templeton have joined forces in a long-term strategic partnership to make the Benji Technology Platform and its related tokenisation products available to accredited and institutional investors. Bridging the Tokenisation Gap Announced today (Wednesday), the tokenised products will be available on DigiFT’s platform, a digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world assets, serving as a key distributor across Asia. Read more: “Tokenisation Isn’t About Technology” The Benji Technology Platform is Franklin Templeton’s blockchain-based system for managing and transferring tokenised investments, built to serve both retail investors and large institutions. “DigiFT…

For the first time since 2020, Bitcoin ($BTC) has experienced its longest decoupling from the S&P 500 index. Since September 2025 until March 23, Bitcoin price has been trapped in a falling trend fueled by high deleveraging. The flagship coin has dropped more than 45% since the October 11, 2025, crypto crash and is trading at about $68,471 at press time. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index has returned to the same point it was in early September last year. After an initial 8.7% spike during the fourth quarter of 2025 to reach an all-time high (ATH) of about 7,000, the…

When Customs launched the CAPE refund portal, it put administrative certainty behind an asset class that Wall Street had already begun pricing. As of Apr. 9, 56,497 importers had registered for electronic refunds totaling $127 billion, out of roughly $166 billion the government expects to be returned after the Supreme Court ruled in February that IEEPA did not authorize President Donald Trump’s tariffs. CBP says valid claims will generally be paid within 60 to 90 days. That timetable has brought a set of questions back into focus, including what Cantor Fitzgerald actually did with tariff-refund rights, and what Howard Lutnick…

An anonymous Solana whale address has withdrawn approximately 199 million $PENGU tokens, valued at roughly $2.04 million, from the Binance exchange in a series of three transactions that began roughly an hour ago. The wallet, identified by the prefix 8uAXw, executed the transfers in a relatively short window, a pattern often interpreted by market observers as a signal of intent to hold rather than trade. On-Chain Activity and Market Implications Large withdrawals from centralized exchanges to private wallets are commonly viewed as a bullish signal within the cryptocurrency community. The logic is straightforward: when tokens are moved off an exchange,…

Coinbase is preparing for a Coinbase system upgrade on Saturday, May 23, and the company says the maintenance should last about 30 minutes. Trading is expected to stay live throughout the window, although users may notice service delays as order updates and status notifications lag behind normal. That distinction matters for customers. Coinbase is describing the work as routine platform maintenance, not a trading halt or a wider shutdown. In practice, that means markets should remain open, but the usual feedback on an order may not appear right away. The notice arrives after Coinbase has already faced closer scrutiny over…

Pi Network is pushing deeper into AI-powered app development after rolling out a major update to Pi App Studio. Shortly after, its complex V23 node upgrade entered final deployment stages. The latest Pi Network news today centers on two major developments: widespread Mainnet node migration to protocol V23 and a new workflow allowing creators to connect AI-generated apps. That directly into Pi’s ecosystem of more than 60 million engaged users. Big kudos to Mainnet Node operators for upgrading to v23.Most major Nodes have now been upgraded, and the protocol is expected to move to v23 soon.This was one of the…