Author: NBTC

Hedera is being used to track carbon credits and supply chains through two main tools: Hedera Guardian, which digitizes and verifies carbon credit issuance for registries like Verra and BCarbon, and TrackTrace, a platform built by The Hashgraph Group that records product origin, emissions, and compliance data for the European Union’s Digital Product Passport rules. Both tools run on Hedera’s public ledger, which uses a consensus method called hashgraph instead of a traditional blockchain structure. This lets companies record data that cannot be altered after the fact, while keeping transaction costs low and settlement fast. The result is a shared…

Japanese Bitcoin accumulation firm Remixpoint has announced that it may sell a portion of its Bitcoin ($BTC) holdings as part of a broader strategy to maximize corporate value. The company, which currently holds 1,491 $BTC according to Bitcoin Treasuries, made the disclosure in a post on X, outlining its rationale amid recent market volatility. Market Context and Rationale In its statement, Remixpoint acknowledged that Bitcoin briefly fell below $60,000 but emphasized that its fundamental value remains intact. The company cited limited supply, network robustness, growing institutional adoption, expanding infrastructure, and an increasing number of market participants as key factors supporting…

Iran’s top joint military command announced it would close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping for violating the ceasefire agreement with the United States and Israel. According to Iranian state media outlet Mehr, a statement from Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed to shipping. The statement described this step as a “first phase,” warning that further measures could be taken “if the attacks continue.” The Iranian side argued that the decision was taken due to the “malice” of the US and its failure to implement the first clause of the agreement to…

Something quietly significant is happening on Cardano. While broader crypto markets wrestle with mixed signals and uncertain sentiment, Cardano stablecoin growth has posted a number that commands attention: approximately 200% year-over-year, according to data from Token Terminal. That kind of expansion doesn’t happen by accident — and it raises a serious question about what Cardano is quietly becoming in the DeFi world. Key takeaways Cardano’s stablecoin market cap surged roughly 200% year-over-year, based on Token Terminal data. The growth is driven by three key assets: Circle’s $USDC, Moneta’s USDM, and Anzens’ USDA. Rising stablecoin adoption signals growing developer and user…

Zcash hides transaction details by using a cryptographic method called zk-SNARKs, which lets the network confirm a transaction is valid without showing who sent it, who received it, or how much moved. Bitcoin does the opposite. Every Bitcoin transaction, including the wallet addresses and the exact amount, sits on a public ledger that anyone can view with a block explorer. That single design choice is the biggest technical difference between the two oldest privacy-relevant cryptocurrencies in the market. Both networks share a lot of DNA. Zcash actually launched in 2016 as a fork of Bitcoin’s codebase, and it kept Bitcoin’s…

Bitcoin briefly fell below $59,000 late Thursday as selling pressure spread across the crypto market. The move pushed $BTC to an intraday low near $58,189 before a small rebound toward the $60,000 area. According to crypto.news market data, Bitcoin remains under pressure after losing the $60,000 level during the latest selloff. The move kept traders focused on whether the $59,000-$60,000 area can turn back into support. The selloff also came as major tokens weakened. Ether fell near $1,500, while altcoins saw larger losses as leveraged positions were forced out. The drop followed several days of weak ETF demand and poor…

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to 1% on June 16, the highest level the country has seen since September 1995 and the furthest point yet in a normalization campaign that has slowly dismantled three decades of near-free money. Going into the decision, the track record pointed one way: every one of Governor Kazuo Ueda’s rate increases since March 2024 had been followed by a Bitcoin drawdown of 18% to 33%, and the August 2024 surprise hike sent the price from roughly $64,000 to $49,000 inside 48 hours, erasing around $600 billion in crypto market value. This…

Ripple has received preliminary approval for a Crypto Asset Service Provider licence from Luxembourg’s financial regulator, opening the door to full-scale regulated payments services across all 30 countries of the European Economic Area. It is one of the most significant regulatory wins in the company’s history. And within hours, a familiar question was back on social media: what does any of this mean for $XRP holders? What Ripple Just Achieved The green light letter from Luxembourg’s CSSF, issued under the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets regulation, allows Ripple to offer its complete cryptoasset and stablecoin payments infrastructure to banks, fintechs…

In brief The EU’s MiCA transition period ends July 1, closing the window for crypto firms to operate under old national regimes without a bloc-wide license. Just 200 or so firms have secured full MiCA authorization, according to ESMA’s register—a small fraction of the pre-MiCA market. Binance is reportedly set to be denied an EU license, while Malta’s regulator is weighing how decentralized finance might fit within MiCA’s scope. Europe’s crypto industry is bracing for a shakeout. The transition period for the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, known as MiCA, ends July 1, closing the window in which firms…

Robinhood Chain is Robinhood’s (@RobinhoodApp) own Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, and its public mainnet went live on July 1, 2026. It is built to move tokenized stocks, DeFi products and AI-driven trading onto a network that connects straight into Robinhood’s app and self-custody wallet. The company switched it on at a London keynote called “The World is Flat,” and HOOD stock climbed more than 8% after the event. The more interesting part is what is not new here. Under the branding, Robinhood Chain is a fairly standard Layer 2. The story is less about the technology and more about who…