Author: NBTC

Visa’s WeFi pilot lets self‑custodied stablecoins fund everyday card payments across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Visa and WeFi have launched a collaboration to explore on‑chain banking and stablecoin‑based payment use cases in selected markets, expanding the card network’s stablecoin program beyond back‑end settlement into consumer‑facing financial services. In a joint announcement published via Chainwire and subsequent coverage, Visa said the initiative would focus on “how on‑chain value can interact with familiar payment experiences within the existing regulatory framework,” using WeFi’s infrastructure to connect DeFi‑native assets to Visa’s global acceptance network. Visa turns stablecoin rails into consumer banking infrastructure WeFi…

Bitcoin’s relationship with the Federal Reserve has gone through a real transformation over the past several years, and the shift now looks clear enough to treat as a market structure development rather than a passing observation. A familiar version of the idea shows up as a quick market stat. Bitcoin often falls after Fed meetings. The longer historical record adds far more value. Extending the review back to the Federal Reserve’s 2020 FOMC schedule, and carrying it forward through the current 2026 meeting calendar, shows a market that moved from uneven post-FOMC reactions into a far more recognizable downside bias…

Over the past week, institutional demand for Ethereum appears to have slowed significantly, as no influx of fresh capital was recorded on any day of the week. Data provided by SosoValue shows that the Ethereum ETFs have recorded a total weekly outflow of $65.65 million, marking the highest weekly withdrawal recorded since January. Ethereum sees slowed institutional demand While the last week has proven to be the poorest week the Ethereum ETFs have witnessed since January, the asset saw mixed price action. This suggests that the brief rally seen on some days of the week might have been driven by…

Galaxy Digital (GLXY) narrowed its first-quarter loss as a shift in business mix and tighter financial management outweighed a decline in cryptocurrency prices. The company lost $216 million, or 49 cents a share, less than the 59 cents estimated by analysts. Revenue dropped to $10.2 billion from $12.9 billion in the year-earlier quarter. The company is increasingly focusing on the growing demand for data centers, and this month delivered its first data hall at the Helios campus in Texas to CoreWeave (CRWV), marking the start of revenue under a long-term lease tied to artificial intelligence workloads. “Adjusted gross profit remained…

Ripple Prime’s DTCC Breakthrough Could Be the Market Shift Wall Street Is Missing According to decentralized news platform RippleXity, Ripple’s quiet expansion through Ripple Prime is emerging as one of the most overlooked shifts in modern market infrastructure, even as much of Wall Street continues to treat it as background noise. To put it simply, the global financial system runs on hidden plumbing that keeps trades, records, and settlements moving smoothly behind the scenes. At the center of that system is DTCC, which functions like the core coordinator of post-trade activity, ensuring assets are recorded, cleared, and settled without disruption.…

The Banking Committee of the U.S. Senate is holding a decisive vote today on the sweeping Clarity Act bill. While lobbyists are clashing on Capitol Hill and banking associations attempt to protect their deposits from competition with stablecoins, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong issued a conciliatory statement, calling the vote “a big opportunity” to move America’s financial system forward. While politicians debate the risks, Armstrong is redirecting attention to the fact that Wall Street has already de facto integrated digital assets to preserve its own business, with financial institutions urgently adopting stablecoins and tokenized funds to meet growing client demand. Today’s…

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has emerged as the dominant marketplace for $BILL, the native token of the Billions network. The BILLUSDT trading pair on Bybit Spot recorded a 24-hour trading volume of $1.69 billion as of May 15, 2026. According to CoinGecko data, Bybit accounts for 77.24% of all centralized exchange trading activity for the token. Source: CoinGecko (May 15, 2026) $BILL Logs Over $2.19B in Global 24-Hour Volume $BILL’s broader market activity has also drawn attention, with over $2.19 billion in 24-hour global trading volume recorded across all venues. Billions describes itself as a…

Ethereum has fallen to a new yearly low against Bitcoin, showing continued weakness on the $ETH/$BTC chart. However, negative exchange flows and positive spot $ETH ETF inflows suggest that accumulation is still building under the surface. $ETH/$BTC Hits New Yearly Low as Ethereum Weakness Extends Against Bitcoin $ETH/$BTC fell to a new yearly low on the daily Binance chart shared by TedPillows, showing Ethereum still losing strength against Bitcoin. The chart shows $ETH/$BTC trading below the 0.02995 support area after failing to reclaim the 200 day moving averages. The 200 day SMA sits near 0.03168, while the 200 day EMA…

In a significant development for the digital asset sector, the crypto derivatives exchange Liquid has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round. This investment marks a major milestone for the platform, which specializes in offering futures and options trading for cryptocurrencies. The funding round was led by prominent venture capital firms Neo and Left Lane Capital, with additional participation from Huan Ventures, K5 Global, and SV Angel. This latest injection of capital follows a previous $7.6 million seed round, which was led by Paradigm. Liquid Exchange Funding Details and Investor Profile The Series A funding for Liquid exchange…

Following the KelpDAO attack, the security of cross-chain infrastructures has once again become a topic of discussion in the cryptocurrency sector, and it has been reported that many protocols have moved away from the LayerZero infrastructure and switched to the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) system developed by Chainlink. According to recent industry data, approximately $4 billion worth of assets have either migrated or are in the process of migrating from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP. Following the $292 million loss resulting from the KelpDAO attack on May 16, scrutiny of cross-chain security has intensified, and the DeFi protocol Lombard has become…