Author: NBTC

The central question behind DeFi’s latest rebound is whether protocols gained fresh deployable liquidity or simply more valuable collateral. A Sept. 15 capture of DeFiLlama’s chain data showed Ethereum’s dollar-denominated DeFi total value locked up 21.38% over 30 days and Solana’s up 22.94%. Stablecoin growth trailed far behind. Ethereum’s stablecoin market cap increased 0.68%, Solana’s stablecoin market cap rose 5.51%, and the aggregate across chains gained 1.59%. Native assets moved faster than all of them. $ETH gained 32.80% over 30 days and $SOL rose 34.67%, according to CryptoSlate’s Ethereum market data and Solana market data. The relative moves make asset…

An unnamed institutional investor has drastically tightened its leash on $AVAX One, raising the Nasdaq-listed crypto firm’s minimum liquidity requirement 35-fold and strictly excluding its namesake Avalanche token from counting toward the new threshold. The stringent restructuring, detailed in an Aug. 5 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, follows the July departure of CEO Jolie Kahn. Her exit triggered a default on a key-person covenant, forcing the digital asset treasury company to renegotiate its debt. Kahn previously orchestrated the firm’s pivot from agriculture to digital assets under the AgriFORCE moniker. Since her exit, the company’s shares have fallen about 42%…

Aave has announced a significant governance proposal introducing Custodied Collateral Lending, which is set to enhance institutional borrowing capabilities. This initiative allows institutions to borrow stablecoins against assets held in custody at Anchorage, utilizing Chainlink’s infrastructure for synchronization. This proposal signals Aave’s commitment to innovating in the DeFi space and could attract more institutional participants in the market, as detailed in Aave’s tweet. Breaking It Down The broader cryptocurrency market is currently experiencing mixed signals, with volatility present across various assets. Aave’s latest move aims to solidify its position in the DeFi lending landscape by facilitating access to stablecoins, which…

Long-time $SHIB community member and Shiba Eternity advisor, Mazrael, has raised concerns about a Shiba Inu legacy website link that creates the false impression that the $SHIB project is dead. The Shiba Inu legacy domain in question is shibatoken.com, which was registered 3 days after $SHIB launched in August 2020. For years, this link for the Shiba Inu mainnet redirected to the shib.io website. Mazrael stated that this was why partners, listings, and directories pointed to it, as it redirected to the $SHIB ecosystem. This worked exactly as intended until April 2026, when the redirect was severed. Look at this…

Cryptocurrency exchange $HTX, formerly known as Huobi, has fully restored its services following a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, according to a statement from Tron founder Justin Sun. Sun confirmed that no user assets were compromised during the incident and that the exchange has taken legal steps to pursue the attackers. What Happened During the DDoS Attack? Justin Sun, who is closely associated with the exchange, revealed on social media that $HTX was targeted by a DDoS attack. This type of cyber assault overwhelms a platform with excessive traffic, temporarily disrupting access for users. Sun emphasized that the attack did not…

Traders balked on Bitcoin ($BTC) at $65,000 on Monday as crypto and risk-assets remained under pressure. Key points: Bitcoin staged several unsuccessful attempts to break and hold $65,000. US stocks face pressure from both the Iran war and an ongoing institutional tech sell-off. Bitcoin traders stay positive on the odds of $BTC/USD heading closer to $70,000 next. Crypto stocks face “record pace” of US tech-stock selling Data from TradingView showed $BTC price volatility returning around Monday’s Wall Street open. $BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView US equities faced multiple headwinds to start the week, with the US-Iran war quashing risk appetite…

Maple Finance recently addressed the concept of ‘trustless’ interactions in the crypto ecosystem. In a tweet, they clarified that being trustless does not imply a lack of trust in the counterparty; rather, it means that trust is not necessary for transactions. This distinction is crucial as it underpins the functionality of decentralized finance (DeFi), allowing direct interactions based on verified onchain data. For further details, you can view the full tweet here. Breaking It Down The broader crypto market currently reflects mixed signals, with several assets showing varying momentum. Maple’s explanation of ‘trustless’ interactions comes at a time when clarity…

Expectations that the Fed may raise interest rates at its September meeting have risen significantly following cautious remarks on inflation by Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. The probability of a rate hike in forecasting markets has approached its highest levels in recent times, while bond yields have also seen a sharp increase. Market expectations are rapidly changing ahead of the Fed’s monetary policy meeting on September 16th. According to data from the forecasting markets, the probability of the Fed maintaining current interest rates is around 55%, while a 25 basis point rate hike is priced at around 46%. A larger rate…

U.S. spot $XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) returned to positive territory, attracting $3.45 million in net inflows just one day after recording their first outflow in nearly a month. The rebound erased much of the previous session’s weakness, when $XRP ETFs lost $3.58 million, their first day of net outflows since July 8. Bitwise and Franklin Lead $XRP ETF Recovery The recovery was driven by two issuers. Yesterday, Bitwise’s $XRP ETF attracted $2.89 million in fresh capital, while Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ added another $561,560. No other $XRP ETF recorded net flows during the session. The inflows came just a day after…

The House killed eight voting days, Polymarket odds crashed from 82% to 16%, and the ethics clause nobody can agree on may bury the most important crypto bill in a generation. The CLARITY Act was supposed to be the easy one. After the $GENIUS Act cleared both chambers and became law in July 2025, the crypto industry expected the market structure companion bill to follow within months. Fourteen months later, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act sits in a procedural limbo that would have been unimaginable when prediction markets gave it an 82% chance of passage in February. Senate Majority…