Author: NBTC

Altcoin trading volumes have reached remarkable levels on Upbit and Bithumb, two of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. According to data from the last 24 hours, Cysic ($CYS), Cap ($CAP), Ontology Gas ($ONG), and CoW Protocol ($COW) stood out as the altcoins most heavily traded by South Korean investors. When the trading volumes of the two exchanges in Korean won trading pairs are combined, Cysic ($CYS) topped the list with a trading volume of $36.4 million. Almost all of the $CYS volume occurred through Bithumb, with the token alone accounting for approximately 17.9% of the exchange’s total spot trading volume.…

As Bitcoin ($BTC) price rebounded above $64,000 on August 5, Aksel Kibar, a former fund manager, expects a possible rally to above $67,000 in the short term. Kibar argued that Bitcoin price could be eyeing a retest of the resistance level around $67,200 in the near term, according to his August 4 X post, which Finbold analyzed on Wednesday. With Bitcoin price trading at $64,170 at the time of publication, he signals a plausible 4.72% upside in the near future. $BTC price 1D chart. Source: TradingView This analyst highlighted that $BTC price has possibly bottomed out after hitting a low…

Psalion announced its third and largest venture fund on July 27, introducing a $50 million Singapore vehicle for pre-seed and seed-stage blockchain companies. The firm said Fund III will target infrastructure, middleware, trade finance, real-world assets, stablecoins, decentralised finance and selected consumer applications. The announcement was followed one hour later by Fund III’s first publicly disclosed deal. Psalion said it led a $4 million funding round for Beezie, a commerce platform that links physical collectibles with on-chain digital twins. 吴说获悉，数字资产投资机构 Psalion 推出其迄今规模最大的第三期风投基金，募资规模为 5000 万美元，将重点投资基础设施、中间件、贸易融资、RWA、稳定币及 DeFi 领域的种子轮和早期项目。该基金采用新加坡 VCC 架构，由持有新加坡金管局牌照的 Conduit Asset Management… — 吴说区块链 (@wublockchain12) July 28, 2026 Psalion Fund III…

Hoskinson responded harshly to the Cardano community following Solana’s deal with SBI Holdings in Japan, rejecting personal responsibility. SBI Holdings announced an alliance with Solana to issue stablecoins and tokenize assets in a region where Cardano historically obtained 90% of its initial funding. The Cardano founder demanded that those making claims present legal mandates and on-chain votes before assigning him commercial obligations. Charles Hoskinson responded harshly to the Cardano community’s complaints after SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial giant, announced an alliance with Solana to launch stablecoins and tokenize assets in Japan. The news triggered a wave of criticism among ADA…

Crypto lobbying group the Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief supporting the crypto custodian Custodia Bank in its Supreme Court petition where it fights the Fed’s denial of master accounts. Crypto and banks unite for a common cause In 2020, the Wyoming-chartered Custodia Bank applied for a Federal Reserve master account. This is essentially a “bank for banks,” or a platform that gives them access to the Fed’s payment rails. Without it, banks require middlemen to manage their transactions – something that costs time and money and risks their operations should the intermediary back out. Nonetheless, the Kansas City…

Binance gave Russian authorities customer records later used to charge a Russian IT specialist with financing terrorism over donations to Ukrainian groups, according to a report by Reuters on Monday. The exchange identified Yuri Belenkiy as the source of transfers worth more than $700, Reuters reported, citing law enforcement documents. Binance also allegedly provided his date of birth, address, phone number and passport number, alongside copies of his Russian passport and Bulgarian residency permit. Russian authorities detained Belenkiy in September 2025 and he remains in jail awaiting trial. Russia’s Investigative Committee alleged that Belenkiy made the payments between January 2023…

Four newly created anonymous wallet addresses have collectively withdrawn 1,540 Bitcoin — worth approximately $99.4 million — from crypto custodians Galaxy Digital and BitGo within the past three hours, according to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain. Large exchange outflows are often interpreted by market analysts as a signal that investors intend to hold their assets long-term, rather than sell them on the open market. When Bitcoin is moved from exchange wallets to private custody, it reduces the liquid supply available for trading, which can have a supportive effect on price over time. Understanding the On-Chain Data Lookonchain, a widely followed blockchain…

Intersect shares a fresh update on the van Rossem hard fork status in a recent post on X. The intra-era hard fork to Protocol Version 11 will boost Plutus performance, improve ledger consistency as well as the security of nodes. This upgrade also introduces enhanced primitives, VRF key uniqueness, and updated reference input rules. van Rossem hard fork update ⚙️ As we approach the final 12 hours of epoch 642, a look at the current hard fork status- 93% block production on node version 11- 84.15% exchange readiness by liquidity- Hard fork working group has voted to formally recommend ratification……

Goliath Ventures and its CEO, Christopher Alexander Delgado, are facing action from two US financial regulators over the same alleged crypto Ponzi scheme. The actions came two months after Delgado pleaded guilty to charges in the case. Regulators Target Goliath The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a complaint against the company and Delgado in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed separate charges on the same day. The regulators allege that Goliath raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors by promising to generate profits through crypto asset trading and liquidity…

The closing down of BitMart has turned into a test of trust for the crypto exchange industry as a whole. Current and former employees and users already locked out of the exchange are demanding to know where their unpaid salaries and funds stand. The conflict arises as traders monitor the indicators of stress among mid-size exchanges. From the perspective of users, BitMart stands for the fact that an exchange can use terms like “responsible” and “orderly” when talking about shutting down the business while users are left waiting for their money. This difference between the official statements and the reality…