Author: NBTC

Bull Bitcoin has obtained a MiCA license in France, ensuring users in European Union member states can continue accessing its Bitcoin exchange and payment services without interruption or any reduction in functionality. Founder Francis Pouliot announced the development on June 23, 2026, via X, marking the end of a nearly three-year, self-financed effort to enter the European market. “We are particularly excited to have obtained our MICA license without needing to compromise on our cypherpunk approach to self-custody and privacy,” Pouliot stated. “All features of our website and wallet will remain exactly the same as they have been for the…

AI agents can now access 0x Protocol’s Swap API by paying $0.01 per request in $USDC from their own wallets, with no API key or account setup required. The integration, built with Alchemy AgentPay, runs on the HTTP 402 standard and extends the protocol’s DeFi liquidity aggregation to autonomous software agents for the first time. The mechanism follows the x402 protocol flow: an agent sends an HTTP request to the 0x endpoint, the server returns a 402 Payment Required response, the agent signs a $USDC payment on-chain, and a proxy verifies the transaction before releasing swap data. Payment is accepted…

China’s largest homegrown DRAM chipmaker just got the green light for what could be one of the country’s most consequential tech IPOs in years. ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, has received approval from the Shanghai Stock Exchange to list on the STAR Market, targeting a raise of approximately 29.5 billion yuan, roughly $4.2 billion, through the issuance of 10.6 billion shares. CXMT posted Q1 2026 revenue of 50.8 billion yuan, a more than sevenfold increase year-over-year. Profits jumped nearly 17-fold over the same period, powered by a global DRAM shortage that has lifted both memory chip prices and shipment volumes…

The cryptocurrency market is ending a turbulent week as the leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ($BTC), fell below the critical $60,000 support level. According to data from the analytics platform Santiment, Bitcoin is struggling to hold just above this psychological threshold, having experienced a weekly drop of approximately 4.6%. However, the price occasionally falling below $60,000 has fueled bearish sentiment on social media. Following the sharp market downturn, the community is targeting Michael Saylor and his company MicroStrategy (now Strategy), who hold a massive amount of Bitcoin. The fact that Bitcoin’s price has lost more than 50% of its value since its…

Trading activity across the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem on Shiba Inu’s L2 blockchain, Shibarium, has disappeared, as DEX volume currently sits at zero. At press time, Shibarium DEX volume stood at zero, according to data from DeFiLlama, reflecting extremely weak on-chain participation. Zero Trades Since June 23 Decentralized exchanges operating on Shibarium, including WoofSwap and ShibaSwap, have recorded no trading activity since June 23. The last recorded DEX transaction on the network occurred on June 22, when traders exchanged just $60 worth of assets. Furthermore, throughout most of June, daily trading volumes on these platforms remained below $100, underscoring the…

On-chain analytics firm Onchain Lens has flagged a significant movement of Ethereum from centralized exchange wallets. Two newly created addresses, which the firm suspects are linked to the mining entity Bitmine, collectively withdrew 35,138 $ETH — valued at approximately $58.39 million — from the custody platforms BitGo and Kraken. Details of the Transaction According to data published by Onchain Lens on social media, the two wallets were activated shortly before executing the withdrawals. The funds were moved in a series of transactions, with one wallet drawing a substantial portion from BitGo, a major institutional custody provider, while the other pulled…

apxUSD, a synthetic stablecoin developed by Apyx Finance, has moved significantly away from the dollar peg due to increasing concerns about its collateral structure. apxUSD, primarily backed by Strategy’s preferred stock product STRC, lost up to 36% of its value during the day, falling from the $1 level. The token is currently trading just under $0.76. The chart shows the decline in the apxUSD price. According to information on Apyx Finance’s website, the project is described as a “dividend-backed dollar protocol” that converts preferred stock assets issued by Digital Asset Treasury companies into digital dollars. The project states that it…

Tether briefly overtook Ethereum by market capitalization on June 26, according to the validated discovery pack, as $ETH sold off into the $1,500 to $1,600 range and stablecoin supply remained comparatively steady. The crossover was temporary, but the symbolism was hard to ignore: during one of the market’s sharpest risk-off sessions, crypto’s largest stablecoin briefly moved ahead of Ethereum. TL;DR Tether briefly flipped Ethereum by market capitalization during the June 26 sell-off. $USDT’s market cap was cited around $186.06 billion, while $ETH fell near $185.66 billion during the intraday crossover. Ethereum later recovered above the level, so the flip should…

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a final, unequivocal directive to unauthorized crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) operating within the European Union: wind down operations immediately or face severe enforcement actions. With the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation’s 18-month transitional period officially expiring on July 1, 2026, the EU’s top financial markets regulator is definitively closing the door on the fragmented national frameworks that have historically governed the digital asset sector. Industry data underscores the scale of the impending purge. Out of more than 1,200 firms previously operating under various national regimes, an estimated 75% to 83% remain…

Virtuals Protocol recently announced insights from their AI trading competition, Arena, conducted earlier this year. This competition aimed to explore whether autonomous trading agents could effectively operate in live markets. Their findings, shared on social media, highlight two significant structural issues that emerged during the event, emphasizing the impact of competition cadence on agent behavior. What Happened The broader crypto market is currently exhibiting mixed signals, with various assets showing differing momentum. In this context, Virtuals Protocol’s Arena competition, which involved copy-trading among AI agents, attracted attention for its potential implications. The competition not only tested the capabilities of autonomous…