Author: NBTC

Ripple’s latest blog post about RLUSD’s use case in the Hidden Road setup has triggered concerns among XRP proponents, questioning the coin’s role in the deal. On Tuesday, Ripple published a blog post highlighting the use case of stablecoins like RLUSD. The San Francisco-based payments company emphasized that stablecoins bridge the gap between DeFi and TradFi. RLUSD’s Role in Hidden Road Setup The blog post further highlighted RLUSD’s role in the Hidden Road deal. Recall that Ripple reached an agreement with Hidden Road to acquire the prime broker for $1.25 billion. In its recent blog post, Ripple stated that Hidden…

A rare technical pattern that preceded a 69% rally in Bitcoin (BTC) last year has just made a comeback – and traders should take notice. The so-called golden cross, where the 23-day moving average crosses above the 200-day moving average, is about to be officially printed on Bitcoin’s daily chart. The last time this happened was October 2024. What followed was a surge from below $65,000 to over $108,000 in just a few months. Now, it is back. According to the latest observation, BTC’s 23-day price curve is striving to cross the 200-day one from below, triggering what many see…

Ethereum News: ETH Price Climbs to $2,660 with Bullish Momentum The Ethereum price has surged to $2,660, continuing a recovery trend supported by increasing market confidence. ETH is up 4.82% in the past 24 hours and 4.16% over the last 7 days, backed by growing trading volume and renewed investor interest. ETH/USD chart in the past 1-month – TradingView Ethereum now holds a market cap of $321 billion, with over $38 billion in 24-hour volume, signaling strong activity and momentum in the market. Ethereum Price Prediction: KEY Levels to Watch for Next Week According to the weekly chart, Ethereum has…

An academic report by Professor Daniel Broby of Ulster University has reintroduced discussions around Ripple’s involvement in the development of the digital euro CBDC. The report, titled “Central Bank Digital Currencies – Lessons from China,” presents a study of China’s digital yuan testing but also includes a comparison of transaction throughput among digital currency systems. This comparison connected Ripple’s private ledger to European CBDC experimentation. Ulster University Report Suggests Euro CBDC Testing on Ripple Ledger The paper, recently spotlighted by WrathofKahneman, a notable voice in the XRP community, mentions Ripple’s private ledger as one of the tested platforms for the…

Today, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed (215-214 vote) President Donald Trump’s comprehensive tax and spending legislation, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This now moves to the Senate, where it faces further deliberation. The bill contains many provisions as it seeks to make permanent the tax cuts introduced in 2017. It introduces exemptions for tips, overtime pay, and car loan interests, and raises the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 for incomes under $500,000. It also increases the child tax credit to $2,500 through 2028, which then reverts to $2,000, and…

Wall Street analysts are standing firmly behind Strategy’s (MSTR) aggressive escalation of its bitcoin (BTC) acquisition strategy after the company unveiled plans to double its capital-raising ambitions. “While the number of companies that have sought to replicate Strategy’s bitcoin acquisition strategy has continued to grow rapidly … MSTR yesterday issued a reminder of the extent of its first-mover advantage and how its ability to accelerate its accumulation of bitcoin has continued to increase as its platform has scaled,” wrote Benchmark’s Mark Palmer, reiterating his buy rating and $650 price target. Though MSTR trades at more than double the value of…

Whale nets $23.73M ETH profit via Wintermute OTC trades amid $222M transfer spree. 600 BTC bought for $56.94M remains unsold, now worth $66.5M in unrealized gains. Wintermute facilitates massive ETH, BTC, and USDC flows, signaling institutional moves. A crypto whale has executed many over-the-counter (OTC) trades involving Ethereum and Bitcoin, resulting in a realized profit of $23.73 million. The transactions were facilitated through the trading firm Wintermute, which recorded over $222 million in on-chain activity within the same 24-hour period. Blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence confirms that the Ethereum portion of the trade, 30,000 ETH, was sold just hours before…

Circle, the company issuing the stablecoin USD Coin, has announced that native USDC is now available on the Sonic blockchain. In practice, the bridged-to-native upgrade of both USDC and CCTP V2 has been completed, now unlocking new use cases for the stablecoin in the Sonic ecosystem. Circle: USDC and CCTP V2 are now native on Sonic blockchain Circle and Native USDC on Sonic: the new use cases unlocked The market cap of the stablecoin has decreased in the last month Circle: USDC and CCTP V2 are now native on Sonic blockchain Circle, the company issuing the second stablecoin by market…

The Supreme Court has officially placed a legal firewall around the Federal Reserve, blocking President Trump from removing its board members. In a major ruling issued Thursday, the court told the White House that the Fed is off-limits, even though Trump is currently allowed to fire officials from two other federal boards. This legal distinction came down in a 6–3 decision, clearly dividing which institutions the president can interfere with, and which ones he can’t. According to a full opinion published by the court, the ruling gave Trump the go-ahead to fire Gwynne Wilcox, a former board member at the…

Ethereum is trying to clean up its image just as it’s losing its grip. The Ethereum Foundation launched a campaign in 2025 called the “Trillion Dollar Security Initiative” to promote the blockchain as the only serious option for securing real-world value. But the effort comes at a time when the project is slipping across the board, from price performance to user attention and developer support, while Solana is gaining fast. The message coming from Ethereum’s leadership is all about stability, uptime, and security. But Ether, the token that runs on it, hasn’t kept up with Bitcoin since the Merge upgrade…