Author: NBTC

A noteworthy analysis regarding the recovery process in cryptocurrency markets has been published. Data and analysis platform Ecoinometrics revealed that declines in Bitcoin price are directly related to the recovery period. According to an analysis shared by the platform via X, the deeper the decline in Bitcoin, the longer it takes to return to its previous peak levels. The analysis suggests that each additional 10% increase in the rate of decline adds an average of 80 days to the recovery period. Calculations based on this model predict that, given Bitcoin’s current low level, it could take approximately 300 days for…

Blockchain.com crypto-backed loans are now live globally, giving digital asset holders a way to borrow without selling their coins. The new product lets users borrow against $USDC, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, with rates starting as low as 1.9% per year. For many crypto investors, that solves a familiar problem: needing cash while wanting to keep long-term exposure to assets they expect to hold. Instead of exiting positions, borrowers can use their holdings as collateral and unlock liquidity. In practice, that puts Blockchain.com crypto-backed loans into a fast-growing corner of the market where convenience, borrowing costs, and access matter most. For Blockchain.com,…

Ethereum price slipped lower on Monday as weakening momentum indicators and slowing institutional accumulation raised concerns that $ETH could retest the key $2,200 support zone in the near term. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price was trading around $2,288 at press time on May 12 after failing to sustain recent gains above the $2,400 region. The token has gradually lost momentum over the past several sessions despite broader crypto market strength earlier this month. One of the biggest warning signs now emerging on the daily chart is a developing bearish divergence on the RSI indicator. While Ethereum price…

Through Proposed Mergers to Drive Long-term Value 29 April 2026 – Tether Investments, S.A. de C.V. (“Tether Investments”), today announced its proposals for the next phase of Twenty-One Capital’s (XXI) journey through a series of proposed transactions aimed at strengthening XXI’s structure, capital allocation, and long-term trajectory. As part of this initiative, Tether Investments intends to vote its shares in favor of a proposed merger between XXI and Strike, a leading Bitcoin financial services company, and a proposed merger of the combined entities with Elektron Energy, a large-scale Bitcoin mining platform. If consummated, the transactions would allow the combined entity…

Network News ETHEREUM COMMUNITY DEBATES FOUNDATIONS NEW MANDATE DOCUMENT: The Ethereum Foundation’s new mandate — a sweeping document released to clarify the organization’s role and principles — sparked a torrent of reactions, with supporters praising it as a long-overdue articulation of the blockchain’s ethos and critics saying it reinforces the foundation’s hands-off approach at a time when Ethereum needs stronger leadership to meet the growing needs of institutions. The 38-page document lays out what the foundation described as a constitutional guide to its mission, emphasizing its role as a neutral steward rather than a centralized authority. The mandate frames the…

Switzerland has launched its first live municipal blockchain project through a biodiversity reward voucher system built on the Hedera network and backed by a Swiss franc-linked digital payment instrument. According to an announcement shared with crypto.news by the Municipality of Muri bei Bern, the Canton of Bern municipality partnered with Swiss Web3 engineering firm The Hashgraph Group, blockchain developer Swisscoast, and digital transformation company Apps with Love to roll out BIDI, a blockchain-based biodiversity voucher designed to reward residents for participating in conservation work. Built on the Hedera distributed ledger network, the system issues on-chain vouchers pegged to the Swiss…

Ukraine has complicated President Donald Trump’s efforts to stabilize oil markets amid the Iran war, amplifying risks for financial markets, including cryptocurrencies. For nearly a month, markets have been gripped by a single concern: the Iran war. Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz – a critical oil chokepoint – have driven prices sharply higher, stoking fears of sticky inflation, a risk-off shift, and renewed Fed rate hikes. To cool things down, the Trump administration quickly lifted sanctions on Russian crude for the short term, opening the tap to compensate for oil supply disruptions caused by the Iran war. It came…

Most companies move payroll funds into a wallet or bank account and let them sit. For distributed teams running global payroll, that can mean tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in $USDC sitting idle for days or weeks between funding and disbursement, earning nothing. At the same time, DeFi protocols like Aave have been generating meaningful yield on stablecoin deposits for years. The problem is that accessing that yield has historically required crypto-native knowledge: self-custody wallets, bridging between networks, managing gas fees, and navigating protocol interfaces that weren’t built for business operators. Rise Earn closes that gap. It lets…

SoFi Technologies reported strong first-quarter results, with profit and revenue surpassing expectations, but its shares fell sharply after the company issued a slightly weaker-than-expected outlook for the current quarter. The financial services firm said it expects adjusted revenue growth of around 30% in the second quarter, just below analyst estimates of 31%. The cautious guidance appeared to dampen investor sentiment, sending shares down by over 12% in early trading on Wednesday. While the company reaffirmed its full-year outlook, it stopped short of raising its forecast despite the upbeat quarterly performance, which some investors had anticipated. Strong growth in lending and…

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has turned the spotlight on a very different corner of artificial intelligence: translation that happens entirely on-device, without sending sensitive text to the cloud. In a recent post, Ardoino framed the issue around privacy, speed, and practicality. His point was simple enough, but it touches a problem that millions of users encounter every day. When someone translates a medical note, a private message, a legal contract, or even a personal journal entry through a cloud service, that text leaves the device and enters someone else’s infrastructure. In many cases, users do not fully know where the…