Author: NBTC

American Bitcoin (Nasdaq: ABTC) is a Bitcoin mining and treasury company tied to the Trump family that builds its balance sheet two ways: it mines $BTC at a cost below market price, then buys more on the open market to push Bitcoin-per-share higher. In just over a year it has gone from zero coins to more than 7,500 $BTC, putting one of the youngest companies in the sector among the 15 largest corporate Bitcoin holders on the planet. That speed is the whole story, and it is also the whole risk. Who is behind American Bitcoin? The venture, led by…

Ethena continues to deepen its ties with traditional finance, announcing a deal with asset manager Janus Henderson that includes a strategic investment in the protocol’s governance token. Under the agreement, Ethena will allocate and help distribute Janus Henderson’s tokenized funds of collateralized loan obligations (CLO), the protocol said in a Tuesday X post. Meanwhile, Janus Henderson, with $480 billion in assets under management, made a strategic investment in Ethena’s $ENA token and plans to use $USDe, Ethena’s yield-bearing synthetic dollar, as part of its treasury cash management strategy, according to a Thursday announcement. The firms are also exploring ways to…

Ethereum has fallen to $1,500. In the depths of the June 2026 crypto selloff, $ETH briefly touched the $1,500 level, a price last seen in the depths of previous bear markets and roughly 70% below its August 2025 all-time high of $4,953. The drop has been faster and deeper than Bitcoin’s, and it has pushed at least one analyst to flag the previously unthinkable: a possible decline toward $1,000. For an asset that traded near $5,000 less than a year ago, the idea of a three in front of nothing is a brutal reset, and it has Ethereum holders asking…

South Korea is not waiting for a major smart contract exploit to force its hand. The Korea Financial Security Institute has announced a comprehensive three-part initiative designed to build security infrastructure around smart contracts before problems emerge at scale. 据 ZDNET Korea，韩国金融安全院宣布，将围绕智能合约推进三项工作，包括开发智能合约验证工具、培养数字资产专业人才、建立智能合约验证体系。… — 吴说区块链 (@wublockchain12) May 11, 2026 The timing is deliberate; South Korea is actively advancing Security Token Offering legislation and Phase 2 virtual asset regulations. The smart contracts powering those systems need a security framework to match. South Korea news today signals a government that is taking digital asset infrastructure seriously at the technical level. Part One: Automated…

Ripple Moves Beyond Payments with Treasury Push as It Targets Corporate Finance at Global Scale Ripple is moving beyond cross-border payments into the heart of corporate finance. With Ripple Treasury already running, it is targeting corporate treasury management, an area long controlled by legacy banking systems and fragmented tools, and the message is clear and deliberate: more settlements, less friction. Built in partnership with GTreasury, Ripple Treasury marks a move toward fully unified financial control. Rather than managing cash, payments, and liquidity across fragmented systems, CFOs and treasury teams can now operate from a single platform that connects fiat, digital…

The Trump administration is taking its tariff fight to the highest court in the land after a federal appeals court ruled that its sweeping import duties lack constitutional authority. The stakes are enormous: roughly $107 billion in customs revenue collected between February and July 2025 could be on the line. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 7-4 on August 29 that tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, known as IEEPA, are unconstitutional. The court said the president doesn’t have the legal right to impose tariffs on imports using an emergency powers law that…

Decentralized lending platform Morpho has secured $175 million in fresh funding from investors including Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and a16z crypto, giving the protocol a valuation of up to $2 billion. The round also attracted participation from Apollo Funds, Circle Ventures, and VanEck, Fortune reported Tuesday. The investment highlights rising interest in DeFi infrastructure as traditional financial institutions continue to explore blockchain-based financial services. Morpho allows users to build customized lending markets, giving participants greater control over risk management and lending conditions. Founded in 2021 by French entrepreneur Paul Frambot and three co-founders, Morpho has emerged as one of the fastest-growing…

A prominent trader on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange, identified by the wallet address pension-usdt.eth, has added a 10,000 Ether ($ETH) short position valued at approximately $16.8 million. The move extends the whale’s current winning streak to 22 consecutive profitable trades, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. Position Details and Track Record The latest position, opened nine hours ago, brings the whale’s total short exposure on Hyperliquid to 60,000 $ETH, worth roughly $101 million at current market prices. This trader has accumulated over $45 million in cumulative profits across the 22-trade streak, making it one of the most closely watched accounts…

Tokenized gold trading has moved past last year’s total in only three months. CoinGecko’s RWA Report 2026 said spot trading volume for tokenized gold reached $90.70 billion in Q1 2026, above the $84.64 billion recorded for the full year of 2025. The report linked the growth to demand from crypto traders seeking exposure to gold and easier access across exchanges. CoinGecko also said centralized exchanges account for most tokenized asset spot trading, showing that large trading venues still lead activity in this market. $PAXG and XAUT remain the main drivers $PAXG and XAUT remain the leading names in tokenized gold…

A wallet suspected of being an insider or market maker has realized an estimated profit of $1.13 million from the token $LAB, which surged tenfold over the past month, EmberCN reported. This event raises serious questions about market fairness in the cryptocurrency space. The wallet’s actions before the price increase suggest potential insider trading or coordinated market manipulation. Insider Wallet Profits $1.1M from $LAB: The Transaction Details EmberCN, a blockchain analytics firm, identified the wallet’s activity. Before the price increase, the wallet accumulated 575,000 $LAB tokens for $128,000 at an average price of $0.20. This accumulation occurred over several weeks,…