Author: NBTC

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…

Crypto analyst Ali Martinez shared critical technical levels for Bitcoin, Hyperliquid, and $XRP, noting that the amount of $BTC being moved to exchanges and miner sales could increase selling pressure in the market. According to Martinez, Bitcoin is testing the upper boundary of a descending channel formation. Therefore, the $64,300 level stands out as a critical threshold for short-term price movements. The analyst stated that a four-hour candle close above $64,300 would confirm a breakout from the descending channel. In such a scenario, the $BTC price could initially reach $65,500, and if the uptrend continues, it could advance further to…

Lido has confirmed a major milestone in institutional Ethereum staking, revealing that more than 1 million wstETH is now supplied on SparkFinance, a total worth over $3 billion. The disclosure marks one of the clearest signs yet that this year’s Ethereum staking growth is being driven less by retail wallets and more by large, strategic capital looking for yield-bearing exposure to $ETH. Key takeaways Lido confirmed that over 1 million wstETH is now supplied on SparkFinance, up from roughly 500,000 wstETH at the start of 2026. The total value of staked $ETH on SparkFinance now exceeds $3 billion. The wstETH…

Vet (Hussein Zangana), who is the Director of Community at the XRPL Foundation, urges the $XRP community to shift away from false narratives about a potential Swift integration and instead focus on the real developments taking place across the $XRP ecosystem. “A lot is happening with $XRP and the $XRP Ledger, we don’t need to make up this nonsense,” Vet said in a recent X post outlining various developments on the $XRP Ledger. These include “security improvements, on-chain loans, stablecoins and FX market to compliant trading capabilities with permissioned Domains.” Vet also highlighted ongoing work to bring onchain privacy to…

Community Bankers Rise Against CLARITY Act On Stablecoin Rewards While the issue of stablecoin rewards in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, commonly known as the CLARITY Act, seemed to have been pacted a long time ago, it has resurfaced recently with the help of community bankers. Community banks, which are locally owned institutions that typically hold less capital than their national counterparts, have raised the alarm about the effects that passing CLARITY as it is today would have on their ability to attract deposits and, consequently, on their credit capabilities. Punchbowl News reported that weeks of heavy lobbying from…

A new regulatory approval is giving Deribit something it has wanted for its spot market, access to Coinbase Exchange liquidity. Deribit, now a Coinbase company, has received a Broker Dealer Licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), allowing spot orders on its platform to be routed to Coinbase Exchange for execution. Deribit’s Spot Market Gets A Serious Upgrade Deribit has already offered spot trading under its VARA Exchange Service licence since January 2025. The new broker dealer approval changes the equation by connecting that offering to Coinbase’s centralized orderbook, potentially giving clients deeper liquidity, tighter spreads and broader execution.…