Author: NBTC

Chainlink’s Zach Rynes sparked backlash after calling $XRP Ledger an “obsolete ghost chain,” criticizing its small RWA and stablecoin market share. $XRP supporters including David Schwartz pushed back strongly, defending $XRP’s role in payments while accusing Chainlink critics of spreading misleading narratives. Despite the heated social media clash, $XRP and Chainlink operate in different sectors—payments vs. oracle infrastructure—while their communities continue the rivalry. The latest $XRP vs $LINK clash erupted after Zach Rynes took direct aim at the $XRP Ledger, calling it an “obsolete ghost chain.” His remarks didn’t stop there; he dismissed $XRP’s long-standing role as a global bridge…

The US Senate Banking Committee advanced a long-awaited digital asset market structure bill with bipartisan support, but Republicans still need Senate Democrats’ votes to pass the bill in the full chamber. On Thursday, Democratic Senators Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks sided with 13 Republicans to vote for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) after months of delays in the banking committee. With the US Senate Agriculture Committee having already voted to advance the bill in January, addressing laws and regulations affecting commodities markets, the legislation is expected to head to the full Senate for a vote soon. “The momentum…

InitVerse, a next-generation Web3 layer-1 blockchain infrastructure and a rapid decentralized application (DApp) deployment, has made its history-making partnership with d.id. The purpose of this partnership is to empower decentralized identity infrastructure for scalable cross-chain digital identity solutions. d.id is a decentralized identifier (DID), a new, unique, cryptographically verifiable identifier. 🚀 PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 🚀We’re excited to welcome https://t.co/Fx5TifQ7yy into the InitVerse ecosystem! 🌐🤝As a blockchain-based, open-source, decentralized DID system, https://t.co/Fx5TifQ7yy is redefining digital identity by enabling anyone to register and manage… pic.twitter.com/I5X7pqEL5H — InitVerse (@InitVerse) May 12, 2026 InitVerse focuses on combining artificial intelligence (AI) assisted blockchain development, privacy-focused infrastructure,…

In a groundbreaking 2025 market analysis, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has documented Bitcoin’s remarkable resilience, demonstrating superior stability compared to traditional safe-haven assets like gold and silver. The investment bank’s comprehensive report reveals significant insights about cryptocurrency behavior during periods of market stress. According to JPMorgan’s research team, Bitcoin has maintained its position within the high $60,000 to low $70,000 range despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and volatile energy markets. This stability contrasts sharply with gold’s recent performance, which shows weakening due to capital outflows and deteriorating liquidity conditions. The analysis provides crucial evidence about Bitcoin’s evolving role in global financial…

Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) became clear once again this week when the company reclaimed its $5 trillion market cap status and saw its shares hit a new all-time high. At the same time, the chipmaker now accounts for nearly 5% of the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), surpassing national markets as big as Japan, Germany, and France. This month’s steady growth has thus made up for the losses incurred in March, when Nvidia shares hit their lowest point of the year, ending the quarter at $165. If you’d invested $1,000 in Nvidia on January 1,…

The number of whale wallets holding more than one million of US President Donald Trump’s memecoin has surged to a five-month high after announcing a luncheon at his Florida home for top holders last week. There are now 83 wallets holding more than 1 million $TRUMP ($TRUMP) (equating to $3.7 million), making it the highest showing for the memecoin since Oct. 8 last year, Santiment said in an X post on Monday. The luncheon with Trump is set for April 25 at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, according to the Trump team. The top 297 token holders are invited, with…

Law firm Gerstein Harrow LLP filed a new motion on Thursday in a miscellaneous enforcement lawsuit, asking the court to compel stablecoin company Tether to hand over more than $344 million in frozen USDt linked to Iranian entities. The motion claims that the plaintiffs are owed more than $532 million in compensatory damages and more than $1.8 billion in punitive damages from acts of “terrorism committed or sponsored by Iran,” stretching back more than 25 years. The latest filing is part of a broader lawsuit against North Korea (DPRK) and Iran, attempting to claim and redistribute digital assets as compensation…

Stables has partnered with T-0 Network to strengthen $USDT settlement corridors across Asia. Key Takeaways: Stables partnered with T-0 Network on May 12, 2026, to scale institutional $USDT settlements across Asia. Infrastructure gaps persist in Asia, where 60% of global stablecoin flows face fragmented banking access. Stables targets the $300B market, routing $USDT until local coins mature alongside Mansa and eStable. Navigating Regulatory Moats Stables, a stablecoin infrastructure platform, announced a strategic partnership with t-0 Network to enhance settlement capabilities for its $USDT corridors across Asia. The collaboration establishes T-0 Network as a dedicated settlement partner, providing the liquidity necessary…

Metaplanet’s March 25 program in Yokohama felt more like a company attempting to define a new moment rather than holding a simple investor relations exercise. On paper, the Japan Bitcoin Future Forum was a half-day conference built around themes like “Japan’s Bitcoin Moment,” corporate treasury strategy, regulation, and Japan’s economic future. Metaplanet Addresses Investors as Digital Asset Treasury Company’s $BTC per Share Reaches New High The event was held at Yokohama’s Pia Arena MM, a modern venue with great scale, and Metaplanet described the event as part of a broader effort to move the conversation from a single company case…

FOCIL, Verkle Trees and account‑abstraction upgrades have moved to Hegotá, turning it into a late‑2026 “cleanup and hardening” fork while leadership changes in Ethereum’s Protocol Cluster steer the longer Strawmap roadmap. The Ethereum Foundation has published a new protocol update confirming that the Glamsterdam development network is now online and that work on the Hegotá scalability roadmap is advancing in parallel. In a blog post summarizing an interoperability meeting held in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, core developers outlined how execution-layer changes like enshrined proposer-builder separation (ePBS), gas repricing via EIP‑8037 and censorship-resistance features such as FOCIL are being staged across the…