Author: NBTC

The United States joined Japan’s effort to support the yen after preliminary central-bank data indicated Tokyo may have deployed almost $96 billion over two days, putting Bitcoin traders on alert for a possible unwind of positions financed with cheap Japanese capital. On Aug. 3, Japan’s Ministry of Finance confirmed that it purchased yen in coordination with the US Treasury on July 31 to counter months of “excessive volatility and disorderly movements.” According to Reuters, the Bank of Japan may have spent as much as $58.97 billion during an initial intervention last Thursday and another $36.58 billion during last Friday’s coordinated…

Vitalik Buterin has published the last post in his series on indistinguishability obfuscation, this time looking at a method called local mixing. The Ethereum co-founder describes how the method can alter the way a computer program is structured without changing what it does. Local mixing takes a different route from the techniques discussed in his earlier posts and uses ideas from symmetric cryptography. My third (and last) post in my series on obfuscation (iO): local mixinghttps://t.co/Du1c052w1ZLocal mixing is a very different philosophy from the other two, no prior background in lattices required, and very different tradeoffs (eg. in terms of…

The FIFA World Cup quarterfinals are concentrating crypto attention around a smaller group of teams and projects. Chiliz, Avalanche, national-team fan tokens, Solana, and Chainlink offer the clearest links between tournament activity and the digital asset market. France and Spain have already reached the semifinals. Norway would face England on July 11, followed by Argentina against Switzerland, leaving two quarterfinals that could still influence football-linked trading. Bitcoin Stability Shapes Sports-Linked Token Activity Bitcoin continues to be the first major crypto asset that needs to be tracked during the quarterfinal window. This crypto asset has no connection with football, but it…

Investment bank TD Securities has said that the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act has a slim chance of getting passed in a Monday note, citing last week’s delay and potential stalling from the Democrats. The bank said that now the bill won’t be passed before the summer, it only has a 25% of getting passed in September. Lawmakers were hoping a crucial vote on the long-awaited crypto market structure bill was to go ahead before a five-week recess but news dropped last week that there was a delay and now the Senate will vote on the bill in September. “The bill…

Binance Web3 Wallet has expanded its meme coin launchpad, Meme Rush, to support Pools Trade, a new launchpad platform built on Uniswap and operating on the Robinhood Chain. The integration enables Binance Wallet users to discover and trade new meme coin projects launched through Pools Trade directly within the Robinhood Chain ecosystem. What Does the Integration Mean for Users? For users of Binance Web3 Wallet, the addition of Pools Trade means a broader selection of early-stage meme coin tokens. Previously, Meme Rush supported projects on other networks, but the Robinhood Chain has been gaining traction among retail traders due to…

History has a way of repeating itself, and right now, that’s exactly what the market seems to be pricing in. Of course, there’s no guarantee that past events will play out the same way again. But in trading, investors often look at historical patterns and previous cycles to guide their decisions. This sometimes creates the illusion of “history repeating itself,” when in reality, it could simply be a market coincidence. Now, with the latest PMI data, a similar setup appears to be forming. As the chart below shows, the U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI came in at 55.6, above the expected…

As Ethereum ($ETH) added more than $12.4 billion to its market capitalization over the past 24 hours, its United States spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) recorded their highest daily inflow since October 28, 2025, on August 20. The U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs registered a daily total net inflow of $220.77 million on Thursday, according to metrics from SoSoValue, as analyzed by Finbold on August 21. The last time these funds closed their daily cash flow with over $220 million was nine months and 24 days ago, when they attracted $246.02 million. Spot $ETH ETF daily flow. Source: SoSoValue These spot $ETH…

Grayscale Identifies $XRP as the Global Payments Blockchain Leading digital asset manager Grayscale has mapped out the core investment narratives driving the crypto market, positioning $XRP as the leading blockchain for global payments. Rather than treating cryptocurrencies as competing versions of the same technology, Grayscale argues that each major network has a distinct role built around real-world utility. Thanks to this analysis, Bitcoin represents digital money, Ethereum powers the world’s programmable computer, $XRP leads global payments, and Solana focuses on high-performance applications. On the other hand, Hyperliquid enables 24/7 on-chain trading, Chainlink provides tokenization and oracle infrastructure, Sui is building…

A federal judge ordered that a civil case initiated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) be stayed pending the outcome of a criminal case against a US soldier who is alleged to have used nonpublic information to profit from a Polymarket event contract on the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a Monday ruling in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, District Judge Andrew Carter granted a motion filed by prosecutors in July to stay the CFTC’s civil case “pending the outcome of the criminal proceeding.” The cases against Gannon Ken Van…

Revolut is removing $USDT from its trading list for customers in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Purchases have been unavailable since July 6, 2026, and deposits have been blocked since July 30, 2026. The deadline expires for good on August 31, 2026: anyone who has not sold or transferred by then will have their remaining $USDT balance converted automatically into their account currency at the prevailing market rate. This goes beyond the question of where you keep your stablecoins. Under German tax law the forced conversion is itself a disposal, one the platform triggers without any action on your…