Author: NBTC

Since last week, all licensed Bitcoin miners in Oman are required to join Omanhash.om, a newly launched government-backed Bitcoin mining pool. The project kicked off on June 17 under the supervision of the country’s Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (MTCIT). Under the new framework, all licensed Bitcoin miners must channel their hashrate through what is now the country’s official mining pool. Frontier Technologies manages the operations, and Enegix Global handles the tech and liquidity. With this, Oman’s government has a clear view of most of the country’s mining activity. It’s worth noting that the government doesn’t directly own…

US-based equipment finance platform Trad.Fi announced plans to bring up to $650 million in private credit onchain over the next 48 months. The initiative targets one of the largest and least digitized credit markets in the US, the trillion-dollar industry funding manufacturing equipment, industrial systems and residential solar installations, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. Trad.Fi said the $650 million is not deployed capital but a credit pipeline that will be minted onchain, backed by committed senior credit facilities and signed Letters of Intent from anchor borrowers. The company said it currently has about $85 million in signed term…

On-chain analytics firm Santiment has reported a sharp increase in Uniswap ($UNI) network activity following a $100 price target issued by Standard Chartered, a traditional financial institution. The data, cited by BeInCrypto, reveals that active Uniswap addresses have climbed to a four-month high, while whale transactions—large transfers typically associated with institutional investors—have reached a seven-month peak. Network Activity Metrics Signal Renewed Interest Santiment’s analysis shows that the creation of new $UNI wallet addresses also recorded its largest single-day increase since late December. This combination of rising active addresses, whale transactions, and new wallet creation suggests a broad-based uptick in engagement…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are urging victims of the infamous OneCoin international crypto fraud scheme to submit their claims. Victims whose investments resulted in a net loss must apply for compensation via the DOJ’s specialized remissions program by June 30. The DOJ officially opened the remissions process and launched its dedicated portal to allow individuals who purchased OneCoin between 2014 and 2019 to formally file petitions. Filing a petition does not guarantee financial compensation. The ancient OneCoin scam The notorious scam saga originated in Bulgaria all the way back in 2014. It…

Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, has announced its intention to list the spot market for CAP, a digital asset that has been gaining attention among traders. The exchange confirmed the development but did not provide a specific timeline for when trading will begin. What the Listing Means for CAP The announcement marks a significant milestone for CAP, as listings on major regulated exchanges like Coinbase often lead to increased liquidity, broader investor access, and greater market visibility. For Coinbase users, the addition of a spot CAP trading pair provides a direct way to buy…

GoMining mines first Stratum V2 Bitcoin block with DMND pool. Stratum V2 enables miners to choose block transactions directly. New system shifts power from pools to miners in Bitcoin mining. GoMining has mined the first known Bitcoin block produced using the Stratum V2 protocol with the DMND Bitcoin mining pool. The process demonstrates miner-controlled block creation in a live mining environment. The block was created using Stratum V2’s Job Declaration functionality through the DMND pool. The approach allowed GoMining to construct and declare its own block template rather than relying on a mining pool to select transactions. Pool-controlled transaction selection…

Manadia, a decentralized Web3 infrastructure network built to coordinate data, has announced a strategic partnership with Origins Network, a modular Layer-1 blockchain specifically designed for AI and autonomous agents. The basic purpose of this collaboration is to combine scalable blockchain infrastructure, decentralized computing, and AI-driven coordination within Web3 ecosystems. manadia × @OriginsNetwork_Scalability isn’t just about speed.It requires coordination, compute, and settlement.@paywithmana is partnering with #OriginsNetwork to explore how modular blockchain infrastructure, decentralized compute resources, and real-time settlement can work… pic.twitter.com/mJ4LeYbe3u — manadia (@paywithmana) June 22, 2026 Manadia contributes AI-native computing coordination, AI agents, trusted prediction models, low-trust settlement mechanisms, and…

The rotation into risk assets is unfolding at uneven momentum across markets. In crypto, Bitcoin [$BTC] has rallied 17% in Q2. However, the price structure still reflects consolidation rather than expansion. From a technical view, $BTC remains 35% below its $126k peak, with persistent resistance in the $80k-$85k range preventing a transition into price discovery despite improving broader risk sentiment. In contrast, U.S. equities are demonstrating stronger capital absorption. From a technical standpoint, the NASDAQ index has gained over 22% so far in Q2, while the S&P 500 reached a record high of 7,400 on the 8th of May. This…

Robinhood Securities says it has secured approval to act as an IPO underwriter, moving from a distribution role into the main underwriting group alongside Wall Street banks. Chief executive Vlad Tenev said in a Tuesday X post that Robinhood Securities is “now approved to serve as an underwriter,” without specifying which regulator granted the approval, a process that typically involves oversight from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Framing the move as the “natural next step” after launching IPO Access in 2021, Tenev said the question in equity capital markets had shifted from…

A public company put $406 million behind it, OpenAI filed to go public, and a token built to prove you are human in a world of AI machines surged. The Worldcoin rally is a bet on one idea: that proving humanity becomes valuable precisely as artificial intelligence makes it scarce. Worldcoin’s token, $WLD, surged more than 120% from its late-May lows near $0.27 to trade around $0.59 to $0.67 in mid-June 2026, including a 20% jump in a single day on June 15. The immediate trigger was a disclosure: Eightco Holdings, a public company, revealed it holds 283.45 million $WLD,…