Author: NBTC

NBTC is the editorial account for NBTC News, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, exchanges, mining, regulation and digital asset markets. The editorial team focuses on clear sourcing, timely updates and practical context for crypto readers.

CryptoPunks has reclaimed the top spot in daily sales on Monday, generating over US$1.6 million. The collection witnessed a total of 17 transactions, involving 14 unique buyers and 15 sellers, with an average sale price of approximately US$94,825. The second-ranking collection for the day is Solana Monkey Business, which belongs to the Solana blockchain. It recorded daily sales of US$953,143. with 91 unique buyers and 89 sellers across 216 transactions. This performance is a notable increase from the previous day’s sales of US$371,874. In third place, DMarket, operating on the Mythos Chain, generated US$663,200 in sales from 29,613 transactions. Other…

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Vitalik Buterin has likely provided financial support to ethOS, a project promoted as the world’s first Ethereum mobile operating system. According to Arkham data, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin sent 199.9 ETH, valued at over $517,000, to a Gnosis Safe multi-signature contract. The leading speculation is that Buterin’s transfer was a donation to the Ethereum phone project called ethOS. Built by pseudonymous developers at Freedom Factory, this open-source initiative was initially launched on select Android devices in late 2022 and redeployed the following year. ethOS is an Ethereum-native mobile operating system that allows users to write blockchain code and deploy…

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Analytics account @lookonchain has published a Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF update for Aug. 21, showing that both on that day and over the past week, BlackRock’s ETFs have seen the largest inflows of Bitcoin and Ethereum. BlackRock beats rival crypto ETFs in BTC and ETH On Wednesday, BlackRock’s iShares’ Bitcoin ETF scooped up 933 BTC worth almost $56 million and currently holds a mind-blowing $21 billion in Bitcoin, which is 351,454 BTC. Positive inflows of the other spot Bitcoin ETFs constituted zero BTC, except for Bitwise, Invesco Galaxy and Grayscale. These ETFs saw outflows of 109 BTC, 214 BTC and…

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Decentralized social media platform Friend.tech has decided to keep its token and liquidity on Coinbase-incubated layer-2 network Base. It was just last month, on June 10, that the team announced it would leave Base and start its own chain. But news of the reversal has been even worse for its FRIEND token price than the initial migration announcement. FRIEND plummeted to a new all-time low of $0.2973 Thursday morning, per data from CoinGecko. At the time of writing, FRIEND is trading 25% lower than it was yesterday, having rebounded slightly to $0.3557. It’s now less than half the price it…

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Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has announced the delisting of several perpetual futures and margin trading pairs in an effort to increase market liquidity and improve the trading experience for users. OKX to Delisting DMAIL, VENOM and REN Margin Trading Pairs and Perpetual Futures The affected couples and their delisting schedules are as follows: DMAIL/USDT: August 29, 2024, 11:00 VENOM/USDT: August 29, 2024, 11:00 REN/USDT: August 29, 2024, 11:00 Following delisting, OKX will terminate all related transactions and all active orders in the order book will be cancelled. OKX will deliver perpetual futures contracts at the arithmetic average price of the relevant…

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Marlin has announced an exciting partnership with Three Protocol. Three Protocol is a project focused on building secure, private, and fraud-resistant tools for eCommerce. This partnership is intended to improve Three Protocol’s decentralized marketplaces, such as Jobs3, by utilizing Marlin’s optimized verifiable computing capabilities. Marlin is excited to announce a collaborative partnership with @ThreeProtocol, a project focused on building private, secure, and fraud-resistant eCommerce tools. This collaboration aims to leverage Marlin’s verifiable computing technology to further strengthen Three Protocol’s… pic.twitter.com/pdXwQPtg6C — Marlin (@MarlinProtocol) August 23, 2024 Three Protocol Leverages ZKPs for Enhanced Data Privacy and On-Chain Reputations Three Protocol incorporates…

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Bitcoin recently reached $57,000, prompting a notable increase in its average daily token transfer volume, which rose from $650,000 to $765,000, according to CryptoQuant. This uptick in transfer activity coincides with Bitcoin’s price stabilizing within a consolidation range of $57,000 to $68,000. Increased demand for #Bitcoin signals market consolidation finale“The observed increase in token transfer volume at the $57K level serves as an indicator of sustained demand for the coins. This demand points to a bullish outlook among many market participants.” – By… pic.twitter.com/yDoE95SgwY — CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) August 20, 2024 Rising Transfer Volume Reflects Ongoing Demand for Bitcoin This is…

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With the growing drawdown in the crypto industry, Dogecoin (DOGE) appears to be caught in the crossfire. Data from CoinGlass shows that Dogecoin is at the forefront of the meme coin liquidation with more than $4 million liquidated in 24 hours. Dogecoin liquidation crossfire While this liquidation figure of $4.92 million in 24 hours is small compared to the $90.06 million for Bitcoin (BTC), it is still significant for DOGE. At the liquidation mark, a total of 41,554,054 DOGE has been liquidated thus far, with long traders accounting for $4.87 million of the total. The Dogecoin spotlight comes as the…

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The most prominent crypto exchange, Binance, launches a Launchpool for the Dogs (DOGS) meme coin, with farming via BNB and FDUSD. In its latest update, Binance disclosed plans to introduce Dogs (DOGS), a meme coin tied to the Telegram community and rooted in the TON blockchain, as the 57th project on Binance Launchpool. This implies that Binance users can farm DOGS tokens for a specified period with BNB and FDUSD stablecoin. Structure of the DOGS Launchpool Starting on Friday, August 23, Binance will allow users to farm DOGS tokens by staking BNB and FDUSD in separate pools. DOGS boasts a…

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The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has embarked on an innovative partnership with Zone, a leading decentralized payment infrastructure company. This collaboration is designed to enhance NIBSS’s Payment Terminal Service Aggregation (PTSA) operations by leveraging blockchain technology. According to NIBSS CEO Premier Oiwoh, this partnership marks a significant step towards improving the operational landscape of Nigeria’s payment systems. This article explores the groundbreaking partnership between NIBSS and Zone, emphasizing its implications for Nigeria’s financial ecosystem and the role of blockchain in payment services. NIBSS’s Strategic Move to Embrace Blockchain Technology In an era where financial systems are increasingly being scrutinized…

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