Author: NBTC

On Saturday, May 16, 2026, the world’s newest physical Bitcoin space opened in Nairobi, Kenya. It’s called Node NBO (NBO is short for Nairobi), and it will serve as a co-working space for notable Bitcoin, freedom tech, compute, and energy companies and organizations in Africa, including Fedi, Gridless, and BTrust as well as the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). A screenshot from the homepage of the Node NBO website. The facility will also be home to three labs — an open-source energy lab, an open-source Bitcoin mining lab, and an AI compute lab. These labs will serve as places where teams…

A significant on-chain transaction has drawn the attention of the cryptocurrency community after 107,141 Ether ($ETH), valued at approximately $212 million, was moved from the Bitfinex exchange to an unidentified wallet address. The transfer was first flagged by Whale Alert, a blockchain tracking service that monitors large cryptocurrency movements. Details of the Transaction According to data from Whale Alert, the transfer occurred on [Date of transfer – e.g., October 26, 2023], originating from a wallet associated with the Bitfinex exchange. The destination wallet is a newly created address with no prior transaction history, which is a common pattern for large-scale…

Gemini, Bitget & Neyro lead agentic AI trading push as market forecast hits $139B by 2034, bringing autonomous agents into crypto & DeFi infrastructure. Agentic AI are systems that do not just classify data but monitor environments, make decisions and take actions, they are starting to move from back‑office automation into live financial markets. Agentic AI leaves the back office and hits trading screens According to a Fortune Business Insights report, the agentic AI market was valued at $7.29 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $139.19 billion by 2034, a compound annual growth rate of 40.5%. MarketsandMarkets, in…

The $XRP Ledger (XRPL), which uses $XRP as its native token, has recorded steady organic user growth over the past 30 days through May 4. The XRPL added 67,186 new addresses in the past 30 days, up from 8,198,608 on April 5 to 8,265,794 on May 4, according to data from CryptoQuant analyzed by Finbold on May 5. As such, the $XRP Ledger registered 0.82% month-over-month (MoM) growth in users, reaching a new all-time high (ATH) at press time. XRPL addresses on a 30-day chart. Source: CryptoQuant Notable adoption in Asia appears to have driven XRPL’s steady growth in the…

The federal government in Germany is now requiring crypto service providers to submit tax-related user information to the state. The data will be shared with other nations, both within the EU and beyond, to allegedly make taxable coin transactions more transparent. German authorities to receive tax reports from crypto platforms The executive power in Berlin has approved a new requirement for cryptocurrency firms to collect and file user info with the German tax authority. The data will be submitted annually to the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) and automatically exchanged with similar bodies in other countries. The new tax reporting…

Kraken has opened access to the upcoming SpaceX IPO through tokenized shares across more than 110 markets, bringing a traditionally exclusive Wall Street process to retail investors. According to an announcement from Kraken, SpaceX will become the first company offered through its new xStocks IPO Access program, a service that lets eligible retail investors apply for IPO allocations using tokenized equity instruments rather than traditional brokerage channels. We’re kicking off IPO Access on Kraken with one of the biggest IPOs ever.SpaceX available on xStocks (SPCXx). See the price range, review the details, and submit your interest in the Kraken app…

Bitcoin ($BTC), the leading cryptocurrency, which had risen above $82,000 in recent weeks, experienced a pullback in recent days, with the price falling to $77,000. While uncertainty persists regarding the $BTC price in the short term, one analyst predicts new $BTC purchases at $76,000 and considers $66,000 a healthy correction floor. Crypto analyst Murphy, using Glassnode’s UTXO Realized Price Dispersion (URPD) data, identified a healthy correction range for Bitcoin between $66,000 and $78,000. According to the data, the highest Bitcoin transaction volume among wallets was observed between $66,000 and $78,000. According to the analyst, this indicates strong interest from buyers…

Ethereum is trading near the $1,850 zone as analysts point to a possible final dip setup. The next key test sits near $1,750, where $ETH could sweep lows before any stronger recovery. Ethereum “Final Dip” Setup Points to Repeat Pattern Ethereum is trading near the marked final dip zone on the 3-day chart, according to Trader Tardigrade. The chart compares the current $ETH structure with a previous setup from early 2025, where price broke below a rising channel, formed a low, and then started a strong recovery. Ethereum Final Dip Pattern. Source: Trader Tardigrade on X The current structure shows…

France’s central bank deputy governor called Tuesday for the “mobilization of all relevant European players, public and private,” to develop tokenized money. Beau’s comments are in stark contrast with European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde’s recent speech in which she said that “the case for promoting euro-denominated stablecoins is far weaker than it appears.” While Lagarde described the $310 billion privately-issued stablecoin market, currently dominated by Tether’s $USDT and Circle’s $USDC, as instruments that “risk amplifying the very vulnerabilities we are trying to overcome,” Beau told CoinDesk that private sector solutions are necessary for the region’s economic development. The…

Shiba Inu’s layer 2 blockchain, Shibarium, has seen a quiet 24-hour period with transaction activity and network fees at relatively low levels. In the past day, the Shibarium network had a total of 1,002 transactions, generating $0.0017 in total transaction fees according to a recent tweet by Shibariumnet. Low transaction counts and near-zero fee generation suggest that activity is present but not yet translating into meaningful economic throughput. Shibarium Network transaction fees earned in the last 24 hours:.03 $BONE ($0.0017)Total transactions:1,002 — Shibarium Network (@ShibariumNet) May 5, 2026 Network fees for Shibarium came in at 0.03 BONE, a meager $0.0017…