Author: NBTC

The narrative that NFTs died sometime in 2023 makes for a clean headline, but it confuses a price correction in speculative art collectibles with the technology itself. Monthly trading volumes bottomed out in mid-2023 and then climbed back steadily. By October 2025, $NFT trading volume hit $546 million in a single month with 10.1 million individual sales, an annual high. The collapse was real for profile-picture speculation, yet the underlying standard, a way to record verifiable ownership of a unique asset on a public ledger, never stopped working. What changed is who uses NFTs and why. The buyer paying six…

A prominent Ethereum whale has transferred a total of 109,806 $ETH to major exchanges over the past three days, according to blockchain analytics firm EmberCN. This follows an initial deposit of 154,300 $ETH to exchanges on Aug. 31, signaling a potential large-scale sell-off that could impact the market. Whale’s Transaction History and Current Holdings The wallet in question currently holds 58,048 $ETH, bringing the estimated total sell volume to 167,864 $ETH, valued at approximately $406 million. The whale’s activity has drawn attention due to the sheer size of the transfers, which have been distributed across multiple exchanges over a short…

In India, SIPs and mutual funds are becoming increasingly popular, but crypto continues to remain an alien. Many Indians still consider cryptocurrencies complicated and feel too overwhelmed to deal with them. As Mudrex co-founder Edul Patel explained, this cautious stance towards crypto in India is basically a lack of knowledge. According to him, the problem is not that Indians don’t want crypto exposure; it is that they do not understand it enough to feel confident owning and trading digital assets. Why Indians Still Feel Crypto Is Complicated? Edul Patel, the co-founder of Mudrex, a prominent Indian-based digital asset trading platform,…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued 38 entities on Aug. 27, alleging they submitted false Forms ADV between 2025 and 2026 to present themselves as legitimate investment advisers. The SEC filed 38 separate civil complaints in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The regulator alleges that several defendants likely operated overseas and used official public filings to gain credibility with U.S. retail investors. The allegations have not been proven in court. The SEC did not report how much investors transferred to the entities, identify confirmed victims or disclose total losses. 🚨Today, the SEC charged 38 entities…

A Long-Term Bet, Restated Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor’s company touted its multiyear stock performance this week, telling followers that MSTR has delivered a 42% annualized return since the software firm pivoted to a bitcoin-based treasury strategy on Aug. 10, 2020. The figure beats bitcoin ($BTC), the so-called Magnificent Seven group of large-cap technology stocks, and the S&P 500 index over the same stretch. The comparison is one Saylor revives periodically, using MSTR’s five-year stock chart to argue that converting a mid-cap software company into a leveraged bitcoin holding vehicle has outperformed nearly every other asset class available to public…

Switchboard, an oracle provider that supplies price data to DeFi applications, said contributors halted its deployments on Aptos, Sui, $IOTA and Movement after reports of a potential Switchboard Move oracle compromise in its Move-language implementations. At least three applications reported losses, freezes or precautionary access restrictions as Switchboard advised users to migrate temporarily to alternatives. The provider said it had not received similar reports about its Solana implementation, but it has not published a root cause or a timetable for restoring the four Move deployments. Switchboard Move oracle compromise hits DeFi apps Sui-based exchange Full Sail confirmed that its vaults…

OpenSea has added Solana NFTs to OS2, allowing collectors to browse, buy and sell the network’s digital collectibles through the marketplace. The August 31 launch expands OpenSea’s Solana offering beyond fungible tokens. The company said collectors can use the platform without switching wallets or visiting multiple marketplaces, while Solana creators gain another venue for reaching buyers. OpenSea named Claynosaurz, Mad Lads, Collector Crypt and Phygitals among the collections available at launch. Solana NFTs now sit alongside assets from more than 25 blockchains supported by OpenSea. OS2 Moves Beyond Solana Tokens OpenSea’s OS2 release in May 2025 provided fungible-token trading across…

The Ethereum ($ETH) Rainbow Chart suggests $ETH could trade at approximately $2,551 by the end of September 2026, placing the cryptocurrency in the model’s Accumulate zone. With Ethereum trading around $2,400 as of press time, the projection implies a potential upside of about 6% over the remainder of the month. Notably, the outlook is based on BlockchainCenter’s Ethereum Rainbow Chart, a long-term valuation model that uses Ethereum’s price history since 2015 to assess whether $ETH is trading below, near, or above its historical growth trend. According to the September 2026 Rainbow Chart bands, ‘Basically a Fire Sale’ ($1,134) signals extreme…

According to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) research, Indian retail Futures & Options (F&O) traders recorded net losses in every financial year from FY22 to FY26. They accumulated losses of $40.36 billion (₹3.85 lakh crore), based on data from the top 15 brokers covering around 90% of retail/individual investors. Source: X This equates to approximately 9 of 10 (90-91%) individual traders losing money in a typical year. The losses peaked in FY25, but declined by nearly 18% in FY26 due to a reduction in participation of nearly 20% after SEBI measures like higher contract sizes, position limits, and…

Jure Karamarko, founder of Cardano-based token SongMarketCap, believes $ADA will eventually reclaim the $3 level. In a recent tweet, Karamarko said the possibility of Cardano surpassing $3 is a question of when, not if, highlighting his strongly bullish outlook for the coin. In his view, Cardano has the potential to reclaim and eventually exceed the key price level. Cardano Rebounds as Crypto Market Recovers Karamarko’s comment comes as Cardano attempts to recover from a prolonged period of weakness and return to levels last seen during the 2021 crypto bull market. Yesterday, $ADA surged more than 10% and briefly moved above…