Author: NBTC

Key takeaways: Aggressive Bitcoin buying by Strategy helped to offset the recent leveraged long liquidations. Rising bond yields and a heavy US government debt burden are driving investors toward scarce assets. A potential deal between the US and Iran could quickly restore traders’ risk appetite. Bitcoin ($BTC) faced a rejection following a failed attempt to break above $82,000 on Thursday. A subsequent retest of the $76,000 level on Monday triggered $400 million in liquidations for bullish Bitcoin positions over a four-day period. While traders’ confidence took a hit from the 7% price decline, the prospects for recovering the $80,000 mark…

Curve Finance has officially launched Llamalend v2 on the Optimism network, marking a significant upgrade to its decentralized lending infrastructure. The update removes the previous restriction that required lending pairs to include crvUSD, the protocol’s native stablecoin, allowing users to create lending markets with virtually any combination of collateral and borrowed assets. Key Changes in Llamalend v2 The most notable change in Llamalend v2 is the elimination of the mandatory crvUSD pairing. Previously, all lending markets on Curve had to include crvUSD as either the collateral or borrowed asset. This limitation constrained the types of lending strategies users could employ.…

A cryptocurrency whale address that remained inactive for three years has suddenly reemerged, executing a series of large transactions on the decentralized lending protocol Aave. According to on-chain analytics firm Onchain Lens, the address deposited 20,000 Ether ($ETH), valued at approximately $33.28 million, into Aave V3 and subsequently borrowed 30 million $USDT. The whale then used the borrowed stablecoins to purchase additional $ETH, significantly increasing its holdings. Whale Activity Details Following the transactions, the address’s total $ETH balance rose from 38,554 $ETH (worth roughly $64.28 million) to 56,380 $ETH, now valued at approximately $94.04 million. The move represents a notable…

Amid South Korea’s preparation for a new phase of digital asset regulation, a consortium consisting of Hana Financial TI, XRPL Korea, and Axelar successfully completed a proof-of-concept testing of mechanisms for issuing and circulating a stablecoin pegged to the Korean won (KRW) on the $XRP Ledger. The key feature of the case was the decision to avoid using third-party smart contracts in favor of XRPL’s native protocols. As project participants note, for institutional players such as Hana Financial, one of the country’s largest banking holding companies, compliance logic embedded directly into the blockchain is critical. During the tests, tools required…

A group of major U.S. financial institutions announced a new initiative aimed at bringing tokenized commercial bank money into the blockchain economy. The project will combine traditional banking infrastructure with blockchain technology to support large-scale clearing and settlement of digital deposits. The network will be operated by The Clearing House, a payments provider owned by 25 of the largest banks in the United States. The platform is designed to connect on-chain financial activity with existing payment systems while maintaining the regulatory and operational standards of the banking sector. Under the proposal, participating banks will be able to clear and settle…

Bitcoin’s current pullback toward the $76,275 level has significantly cooled the market, but technically the bullish scenario for 2026 still remains intact. While macroeconomic factors, particularly the declining probability of a Fed rate cut, continue to pressure spot price action, the weekly Bollinger Bands chart still points to preserved key support, leaving the path toward the upper boundary of the range at $91,091 per $BTC open. Despite the local decline, Bitcoin on the weekly TradingView chart continues to trade above the Bollinger Bands middle line (20 SMA), which is currently positioned at $74,986. Holding this line remains the main condition…

For months, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) founder Michael Saylor frequently reposted news about DeFi protocols using a variety of tokens and blockchains backed by Strategy’s STRC. Now that their stablecoins and other yield farming tokens have wobbled, he wants everyone to know he was only sharing news, not endorsements. STRC is one of Strategy’s stocks. It usually trades near $100 and pays a variable, 11.5% annualized dividend. Due to its high current rate of payouts, DeFi yield farmers find STRC appealing to tokenize through a variety of protocols, proprietary tokens, and blockchains. Saylor took to social media today to clear up…

Jiang Zhuoer, the founder of the prominent Chinese Bitcoin mining pool $BTC.top, announced on social media platform X that he has reopened a long position on Ethereum ($ETH). The average entry price for this new position is $1,645. This move comes after he had previously closed a similar position in the $2,200 to $2,400 range. Market Context and Rationale In his announcement, Zhuoer acknowledged that the broader cryptocurrency market remains in a downtrend. However, he expressed a belief in the potential for a short-term technical rebound. He noted that Bitcoin ($BTC) has twice found support around the $61,000 level without…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Senior figures from Google Cloud and PayPal told CoinDesk’s Consensus Miami conference on Thursday that the next wave of internet commerce will run on crypto rails because AI agents structurally cannot use traditional financial accounts. Richard Widmann, global head of Web3 strategy at Google Cloud, said the existing internet user experience does not extend to autonomous agents. “An agent cannot get a bank account. It’s not hard, it just is impossible,” he said, citing technological and regulatory barriers. Crypto, by contrast, is “a fantastic machine readable interface for payments,” Widmann said. To address the gap, Google…

In a significant development for the cryptocurrency market, global crypto venture capital firm Paradigm has transferred 2.14 million $HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $86 million, to Coinbase Prime over the past two days. This large-scale movement, first reported by MLM Monitoring, signals a major institutional shift in digital asset allocation. Understanding the Paradigm $HYPE Transfer Paradigm, a leading crypto VC firm with a strong track record, executed this transfer to Coinbase Prime, a platform designed for institutional investors. The transfer involves $HYPE tokens, which are native to the Hyperlane protocol, a cross-chain communication network. This move represents a substantial portion…