Author: NBTC

BitMEX is launching FX Perpetual Swaps, allowing traders to access major currency markets using crypto as collateral. The product offers 24/7 trading, up to 100x leverage and no overnight fees, bringing crypto-style market structure to foreign exchange. BitMEX is pushing its derivatives business further into traditional finance with the launch of FX Perpetual Swaps, a product designed to let crypto traders trade major currency pairs without opening a bank or broker account. Crypto collateral meets the FX market The new swaps will give users exposure to pairs such as EUR/USD and USD/JPY, while posting crypto as collateral. That is the…

A recent report published by cryptocurrency analytics company CryptoQuant revealed that while institutional buying continues unabated, spot Bitcoin demand is still in a period of “deep contraction.” According to company data, as of the end of March, the 30-day apparent demand growth was approximately -63,000 $BTC. This indicates that selling pressure in the market remains stronger than buying demand. CryptoQuant noted that despite increasing institutional purchases, overall demand continues to contract, with individual investors and other market participants outpacing institutional buying. According to the report, this trend has been ongoing since November 2025, confirming that the market is still in…

Ethereum is under pressure after a fresh resistance rejection, while recent FOMC patterns show $ETH has struggled after Fed meetings. Now, traders are watching whether $ETH can hold key support or face another sharp post FOMC decline. Ethereum Price Faces Wave 3 Pressure After Resistance Rejection Ethereum remained under short term pressure after price failed to break resistance and turned lower on the 1 hour chart. The chart from More Crypto Online shows $ETH trading near $2,241 after a rejection from the upper resistance area. The analyst said Ethereum is still working on wave 3 to the downside, which means…

In its latest report, Bank of America stated that persistent shocks in oil prices could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to ease its monetary policy. According to the bank, while markets largely view rising oil prices as a threat to inflation, supply shocks pose risks to both sides of the Fed’s dual mandate. The report states that monetary policy generally tightens during periods of strong consumer demand and when economic activity is able to withstand supply shocks. This could allow the Fed to prioritize fighting inflation, as it did in 2022 during the Russia-Ukraine war. However, Bank of…

Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama’s silence on social media continues to linger. The Shiba Inu lead ambassador has stayed off X in recent weeks, neither tweeting, commenting nor interacting with posts. Kusama’s last visible activity on X was in the past month, on Feb. 21, to be precise. Late January to mid-February saw a buzz in social media activity for the Shiba Inu lead ambassador as he consistently engaged with tweets and posted on X his musings. The trend of silence for Kusama is not new as he suggested he often used such periods when he stayed off X…

Ripple CTO Emeritus, David Schwartz, recently joined a discussion on X pertaining to what qualifies as a commodity. The discussion began on X when a user asked how insider trading charges could apply in a case involving Polymarket. “Polymarket doesn’t sell securities,” the X user added. The point was that if the platform doesn’t deal in securities, how could insider trading laws even come into play? Another X user pushed back, noting that there are insider trading rules for commodities. Still unconvinced, the initial X user responded by asking whether the asset in question (trading on Polymarket) could even qualify…

David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, used a Tuesday morning session at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference to announce Grid Global Accounts, a product he described as a dollar account that works everywhere, backed by a new partnership with Visa that extends spending access across many countries worldwide. Marcus opened by framing the problem at scale. Roughly 400 billion emails travel across the internet each day, and consumers rely on a handful of platforms like Gmail to manage that volume. The global payments system moves 10 billion transactions a day, yet lacks an equivalent universal layer, Marcus said. Marcus said there is…

Ethereum ($ETH) shows signs of recovery, trading above $2,280 on Friday after finding support at a crucial level, offering some relief following 3.5% decline so far this week. However, fading institutional demand, alongside the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) hawkish tone and uncertainty around the US-Iran peace talks, continues to pressure risk sentiment. This combination leaves $ETH traders cautious in a situation where a sustained rebound or further downside move could define its near-term trend. Hawkish Fed and US-Iran war weigh on $ETH Ethereum extended its correction mid-week, printing three consecutive days of losses and closed below $2,260 on Wednesday. This price…

Global markets are focused on the FED meeting to be held on March 18th. According to Polymarket, an investment forecasting market, investors are almost certain that the Fed will not change interest rates at this meeting. According to forecast contracts traded on Polymarket, 99% of investors expect the Fed to keep interest rates unchanged at its March meeting. Data on the platform shows that the probability of either a rate cut or increase is quite low. The probability of a 50 basis point or greater rate cut is priced below 1%, while a 25 basis point cut is priced at…

Pharos Network said today that it will bring $USDC and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, or CCTP, to its upcoming mainnet, The Pacific Ocean, in a move the project says will strengthen its push to build a global settlement layer for RealFi, or real-world finance onchain. The announcement positions Pharos as another Layer-1 blockchain aiming to make stablecoin settlement and cross-chain capital movement more practical for developers, institutions and users who want to move value without relying on fragmented bridge infrastructure. At the center of the integration is $USDC, Circle’s fully reserved, dollar-denominated stablecoin. Pharos said $USDC will act as a…