Author: NBTC

Pepecoin changed the modern memecoin market by showing that internet culture could attract serious capital. Its rise to a $14.73 billion peak turned meme assets from side bets into a full market category. Even in 2026, $PEPE remains active today, posting a 15.67% weekly gain and more than $207 million in average daily volume. The next cycle, however, may not be led by another standalone token. It may come from new AI memecoin platforms that create, launch, and support many meme assets at once. $PEPE Built the First Modern Supercycle $PEPE’s success was not only about price. It changed how…

Kalshi puts the Democratic House majority at 84%. Maxine Waters, Shontel Brown, and Elizabeth Warren would control the committees that write crypto law. The industry’s legislative window may be closing faster than its lobbyists admit. The crypto industry spent the first half of 2026 treating the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act as an inevitability. The bill had bipartisan sponsorship. It had survived committee markup in both chambers. It had the vocal support of a president who had made crypto regulation a personal priority. The lobbying apparatus of the Blockchain Association, Coinbase, and a dozen smaller trade groups had invested tens…

Jump Crypto, the digital asset trading and market-making arm of Jump Trading, has transferred 286.83 Bitcoin, worth approximately $18.01 million, to the Binance exchange about two hours ago, according to on-chain data from Onchain Lens. This move is part of a larger pattern this week, with the firm sending a total of 1,560 $BTC, valued at roughly $99.2 million, to the same exchange. On-Chain Activity and Market Signals Blockchain analytics firm Onchain Lens identified the wallet address as likely belonging to Jump Crypto, citing its transaction history and the scale of transfers. The latest deposit brings the address’s total weekly…

Intchains Group is pulling back from fresh Ethereum purchases after its first-half revenue collapsed by 94% and is now focused on redirecting capital toward a new mining chip and early-stage AI initiatives. On Aug. 20, the Nasdaq-listed altcoin mining-machine maker said revenue fell to RMB11.1 million (around $1.6 million) from RMB175.6 million a year earlier. Nearly all of that came from a RMB10.9 million sale of non-core chip inventory to a related party, underscoring the weakness in its core hardware business. Against that backdrop, Intchains said it no longer anticipates “material additional accumulation” of cryptocurrency as it prioritizes capital for…

Stellar has emerged as the leading public blockchain network for tokenizing non-US government debt, currently hosting approximately $490 million in such assets, according to the latest on-chain data. Since February, the Stellar network has outpaced competitors in this sector, signaling a significant shift for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization beyond the traditional US government debt and US dollar stablecoins. Surge in tokenized global debt Institutional custodians and fund management platforms have increasingly used Stellar to issue and store debt securities denominated in euros, pounds, and a range of other local currencies. This trend underscores a growing global move toward blockchain-based finance,…

Cardone Capital, the U.S. real estate investment firm led by Grant Cardone, has increased its Bitcoin holdings to more than 2,800 $BTC, according to a post on X by the company’s founder. The announcement follows the acquisition of a 282-unit apartment property in Naples, Florida, which the firm says is part of a hybrid strategy combining traditional real estate with cryptocurrency exposure. Real Estate and Bitcoin: A Growing Convergence The Naples acquisition adds to Cardone Capital’s portfolio, which now includes approximately 15,000 housing units and over $5.4 billion in assets under management. Cardone stated that the firm purchased 350 $BTC…

Jito has published JIP-38, a governance proposal that would formally designate the protocol as a token-centric network, under which all major network revenues will flow to the DAO and be governed by $JTO token holders. The only exception is 20% of JTX platform fees, which will continue to be reinvested in JTX development, according to the proposal posted on July 13. JIP-38 is now live. Value should live with the Network. This proposal formally establishes Jito as a token-centric network, committing 100% of the Jito DAO’s revenue share from @JTX_trade to programmatic buyback and burns of $JTO for at least…

PredictionBubbles is a dashboard that maps prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, onto one screen. The platform turns its tradable questions into bubbles that show probability, price movement, and volume, offering a discovery view of two venues that have traditionally required users to browse individual markets. The live site lets users size bubbles by open interest, 24-hour volume, or an activity ratio, then filter by category, platform, expiry, probability, and open interest. The format resembles the screeners and heat maps used to scan stocks or crypto assets. In April, ProCap Financial said Kalshi Research would feed real-time prediction market…

A crypto mining pool that once ranked among the industry’s largest is now working through federal bankruptcy court instead of the blockchain. The Poolin bankruptcy filing became public this week after Poolin Technology PTE. LTD. and two affiliated companies sought Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey, setting off a court-supervised sale process that will determine what, if anything, is left for creditors once the mining equipment and remaining assets change hands. Key takeaways Poolin Technology PTE. LTD., Lonestar Taproot LLC and Lonestar Dream, Inc. filed jointly for Chapter 11 on July 22, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the…

Binance Dominates the Futures Battlefield Binance controls the largest share of bitcoin futures open interest, according to Coinglass.com futures stats logged on Wednesday. The total value of contracts still outstanding is 148,500 $BTC worth $9.61 billion. CME ranks second at 102,840 $BTC, or $6.66 billion, after posting a 6.82% jump in just one day. MEXC trails with $6.12 billion, while crypto platforms Bybit and Gate each sit near the $4.5 billion mark. CME’s Surge Reveals Who’s Quietly Returning CME trades on a regulated U.S. exchange, making it the preferred venue for institutional capital. Its daily increase outpaced nearly every major…