Author: NBTC

Think of it like a water balloon. Squeeze one side, the other side bulges. That, in essence, is what Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman told attendees at the Hoover Institution on May 8: a decade of post-crisis banking rules has squeezed corporate lending out of regulated banks and into the hands of private credit funds and other nonbank lenders. The numbers tell the story cleanly. Banks held 48% of the corporate lending market in 2015. By 2025, that figure had fallen to 29%. The difference didn’t evaporate. It migrated to entities that operate with far less regulatory…

XRPL validator Vet recently reviewed the 7.8 million $XRP wallets, assessing how they might be affected by future quantum computing risks. He examined the full history of 7,810,364 accounts on the $XRP Ledger. His findings show that 23.16 billion $XRP is currently held in wallets that are considered safe from quantum threats. Key Points Vet reviewed 7,810,364 $XRP accounts, identifying 23.16 billion $XRP as currently quantum safe. About 76.82 billion $XRP across 5.6 million accounts is exposed, but 96% belongs to active users. Wallets inactive for 5+ years hold 2.94% of supply, while pre-2014 accounts make up just 0.02%. 27.21%…

Bitcoin has evolved from an experimental digital currency into one of the world’s most recognized financial assets. Since its launch in 2009, Bitcoin has delivered extraordinary returns, survived multiple market crashes, and attracted everyone from retail traders to major institutional investors. As adoption continues to expand and Bitcoin’s supply remains permanently capped at 21 million coins, long-term investors keep asking the same question: how high can $BTC climb over the coming decades? This article explores Bitcoin price predictions for 2030, 2040, and 2050. It also examines the major factors that could shape Bitcoin’s future valuation and analyzes whether the leading…

Coinbase this afternoon launched two onchain $USDC lending vaults built on Morpho and curated by Steakhouse Financial, giving users their first choice of risk profile when lending from the exchange: a conservative Prime tier backed by blue-chip crypto collateral, and a Higher Yield tier drawing on assets issued by Ethena. The launch was announced on Coinbase’s official X account this afternoon, with a blog post providing product details. The vaults run on Morpho, the permissionless lending protocol that raised $175 million in June at a reported $2 billion valuation and now holds roughly $6.5 billion in total value locked, per…

JPMorgan AI spending has been reclassified from discretionary innovation to core infrastructure, placing it alongside data centers and cybersecurity in the bank’s budget. JPMorgan has reclassified JPMorgan AI investment as core infrastructure, treating its $2bn annual budget as non-negotiable as cybersecurity. The world’s largest bank has moved its AI spending out of the discretionary innovation category and placed it alongside data centers, payment systems, and core risk controls inside its $19.8bn total technology budget for 2026. CEO Jamie Dimon said the investment has already self-funded through $2bn in operational savings across more than 150,000 employees, adding a 10% to 11%…

The price of World Liberty Financial’s ($WLFI) token has fallen 18% after the Trump-linked firm successfully passed its token locking proposal. However, the vote, which passed in just 15 minutes, has drawn criticism with suspicious onlookers claiming that it was rigged. While the vote passed with 6.6 billion $WLFI tokens, only 3.3 million $WLFI tokens were attributed to “No” votes. The largest No voter held 569,900 $WLFI tokens. The largest four Yes voters together held 2.5 billion $WLFI tokens, almost 40% of the entire vote. Onlookers noted that the vote passed within minutes, and that by the 15-minute mark, it…

A Newcastle, Washington, man has received five years in prison for helping move fraud proceeds through bank accounts and crypto exchanges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Geoffrey K. Auyeung pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Prosecutors said nearly $100 million passed through accounts he opened and linked to cryptocurrency platforms. Auyeung sentenced in Seattle federal court U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour sentenced Auyeung in Seattle federal court. The judge said the sentence followed “the scope and magnitude of this fraud.” Auyeung was arrested in August 2024 and pleaded guilty last February. According to prosecutors, he continued communicating…

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wants to make it a lot easier to break ground in America. His latest proposal would redefine what “begin actual construction” means under EPA permitting rules, allowing preliminary site work like grading and land preparation to start before full permits are secured. The target: manufacturing reshoring, AI infrastructure, and the sprawling data centers that power both. For crypto, the implications are less obvious but potentially significant. AI data centers and Bitcoin mining operations share a common bottleneck: they both need enormous amounts of energy, and they both get stuck in the same permitting queue. What the…

The financial market has witnessed another massive leveraged trade gone wrong. A trader betting heavily against the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 now faces more than $1.9 million in unrealized losses. The situation became even more dramatic after the trader deposited another $1 million $USDC to avoid liquidation. The move immediately sparked discussions across crypto and trading communities. Many traders expected volatility after recent market rallies. However, few expected someone to maintain such a risky leveraged short position during strong bullish momentum. The market continued climbing while the trader’s losses expanded rapidly. The added capital showed desperation but also revealed…

Global Settlement Network joined the Canton Network on April 30, 2026, as both a Validator and Featured Application, deploying its $GSX ID credentialing platform to cut repeated compliance checks across tokenized capital markets. Key Takeaways: Global Settlement Network joins Canton Network as a Validator on April 30, 2026, deploying $GSX ID to streamline onchain compliance. $GSX ID enables institutions to verify KYC, AML, and investor qualifications once, reducing duplicated processes across Canton’s tokenized asset network. Texture Capital, Black Manta Capital Partners, and Particula expand $GSX ID’s reach into U.S. and European compliant distribution by Q2 2026. Canton Network Adds $GSX…