Author: NBTC
The crypto regulation standoff between Coinbase and the US Senate intensified this month when the exchange formally told Senate offices it cannot support the latest CLARITY Act draft, marking its second withdrawal from legislation that could define US digital asset law for a generation. As TheStreet reported, Coinbase representatives told Senate offices the exchange could not yet support the latest version, citing significant concerns about the stablecoin yield language. Armstrong confirmed talks are ongoing. The Tillis-Alsobrooks draft goes beyond the base bill’s existing yield limitations by also restricting exchange access to transaction size data, which is the calculation layer that…
Venus has launched a new way for $BNB Chain users to access fixed-rate yield, unveiling the Pendle Fixed Rate Vault on Venus Core in a move that aims to make one of DeFi’s most attractive ideas far easier to use. The new vault is designed to remove the complexity that has long stood between users and fixed income-style returns, turning what was once a multi-step process into a single deposit. For years, fixed-rate yield has been one of DeFi’s biggest promises. The appeal is obvious. Lock in a return, hold until maturity, and collect your yield without worrying about market…
A survey of more than 1,000 global finance executives has found that digital assets are no longer a speculative interest for the financial industry but an operational imperative, with nearly three quarters of respondents saying institutions that fail to offer digital asset solutions risk losing their competitive position entirely. The survey, conducted by Ripple at the start of 2026, covered banks, asset managers, fintechs, and corporate finance departments across multiple geographies. The results paint a picture of an industry that has moved past the question of whether to adopt digital assets and is now focused on how to do so…
OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital are backing a new Vietnam-based crypto exchange as Hanoi accelerates efforts to bring one of the world’s most active retail crypto markets under formal regulation. Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange (CAEX) said Friday that the two firms have agreed to invest and become strategic partners alongside founding shareholders VPBank Securities and digital-identity firm LynkiD. The funding will bring CAEX’s capital base to VND 10 trillion — roughly $380 million — the minimum needed to enter a government pilot program for regulated crypto trading under Resolution 05/2025. The deal lands as Vietnam’s Digital Technology Industry Law,…
Polygon Labs, Frax, Curve Finance and DFB Network have launched a suite of foreign exchange liquidity pools on the Polygon blockchain, enabling onchain swaps between fiat-pegged stablecoins using Frax’s frxUSD as the base dollar pairing. The pools are live on Curve’s Polygon deployment and pair frxUSD against BRZ (Brazilian real), IDRX (Indonesian rupiah), tGBP (British pound), AUDF (Australian dollar), KRWQ (Korean won) and USDT, with additional currency pairs in development. The four partners have also collaborated on an incentive program to bootstrap liquidity across the pools, with gauges live for reward distribution. $6 Trillion Market The launch targets the $6.6…
When the net present value of Stretch (STRC), the dividend-yielding preferred share issued by Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), is calculated, it makes disappointing reading for MSTR shareholders. Michael Saylor hopes that STRC will somehow fund trillions of dollars worth of bitcoin ($BTC) purchases for shareholders of his common stock. However, while STRC raises capital that will mathematically create a positive $BTC yield for MSTR, it’s actually extraordinarily expensive over the long term. Strategy advertises these immediate $BTC purchases as the up-front benefit of STRC to its MSTR common stockholders. It happily praises $BTC Yield, the extra quantity of $BTC that MSTR…
Star Xu, the founder of OKCoin and the current CEO of its successor platform, OKX, publicly expressed his doubts over the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao’s claim that he decided to sell his apartment worth $900,000 to make a $400 investment in Bitcoin, igniting debates about both ownership and finances. Interestingly, OKX’s CEO made these remarks shortly after reports revealed the launch of CZ’s book, highlighting the story’s lack of key information and reviving previous arguments linked to OKCoin. Xu and Zhao’s conflict ignites tension among cryptocurrency investors Regarding Xu’s doubts about CZ’s earlier statement, the Chinese entrepreneur…
7K DeFi opens to the public April 9 at 8am UTC with something unusual for mobile: a full suite of decentralized finance tools that don’t require you to hand over your private keys. The platform, built on Sui Network, combines swaps, limit orders, dollar-cost averaging, lending, and yield farming in one place. It’s the kind of feature parity we’ve asked for from mobile wallets for years. Experience seamless Sui DeFi in your pocket with @7k_ag_ ZKLogin onboarding, aggregated swaps, limit orders, DCA, lending – all the tools you actually need, all optimized for mobile, all non-custodial.No more choosing between convenience…
The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates parked at 3.5%-3.75% this week, and the market responded with all the enthusiasm of someone finding out their flight got canceled. Risk assets across the board took a hit, with crypto leading the retreat as traders recalibrated their expectations for how long tight monetary policy sticks around. Bitcoin slipped below $69K, shedding roughly 2.5% in 24 hours. Ethereum fell near $2,100, down 2.7%. Solana dropped toward $87, and $XRP settled around $1.43. The Fear & Greed Index sits at 23 — deep in “Extreme Fear” territory — and honestly, it’s been camping…
Mid-March yielded one of the most impressive win streaks recorded on the Polymarket prediction market as a user designated reachingthesky managed to increase his position more than one hundredfold in less than a week. Specifically, the value of the trader’s total position on March 14 was recorded at just under $26,000, while, at press time on March 19 – a mere five days later – it stands above $3.7 million. Furthermore, and likely due to the fluctuations of the active trades, the value on Thursday is not the highest it has been in the last week. Specifically, on March 18,…