Author: NBTC

South Korea has taken a significant step toward becoming one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency hubs by officially recognizing its digital asset ecosystem as a national development priority. The move signals a major shift in the country’s approach to crypto, positioning digital assets as a strategic sector for economic growth rather than simply a speculative investment. The policy comes as the government continues to modernize its financial system through blockchain technology, institutional participation, and clearer regulations. South Korea has already established one of Asia’s most active crypto markets, and the latest initiative further strengthens its ambitions to become a global…

Binance continues to expand its portfolio in the spot market. The platform, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced it will list 10 new trading pairs under its bStocks product family to offer users more trading options. The company also stated that it will reduce the maker trading fee to zero for these newly listed assets for a limited period. According to a statement by Binance, the bStocks assets named AAOIB (Applied Optoelectronics), ARMB (Arm), AVGOB (Broadcom), BABAB (Alibaba), HOODB (Robinhood), IBMB (IBM), MRVLB (Marvell Technology), NOKB (Nokia), RKLBB (Rocket Lab), and TSMB (TSMC) will be available for spot…

The Nakamoto Coefficient is the smallest number of independent entities that would need to collude to compromise a blockchain’s consensus. In Proof-of-Work, that means mining pools with enough combined hashrate to rewrite the chain. In Proof-of-Stake, it means validator operators with enough combined stake to stall it. A higher number means more parties have to agree before anything breaks. A lower number means fewer. Here is why that number is worth more than any figure in a pitch deck. Ethereum has roughly 1,278,000 validators. Chainspect lists its Nakamoto Coefficient at 1. That gap between the headline figure and the effective…

Peter Brandt, a seasoned investor and a closely followed figure in the financial markets, has announced that he is considering selling a portion of his Bitcoin holdings and investing in gold. Brandt, in a post on the social media platform X, stated that gold may be preparing for a strong upward move against Bitcoin. This assessment has reopened the debate among investors regarding the balance between gold, seen as a safe haven, and high-risk digital assets. Although both assets have seen pullbacks recently, the performance difference is striking. Bitcoin lost approximately 20 percent of its value in June, falling below…

SpaceX is swinging for the fences. The aerospace company founded by Elon Musk has set its sights on raising $75 billion in what would be the largest initial public offering in history, with plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX as early as mid-June. The company intends to sell 555.6 million shares at a fixed price of $135 each. That math implies a post-IPO valuation of approximately $1.75 to $1.77 trillion, which would place SpaceX in the rarefied air currently occupied by Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia. From private darling to public behemoth SpaceX’s valuation climbed from roughly $210…

The Cardano Foundation has reassured the community that Cardano’s involvement in the emerging Open USD (OUSD) ecosystem could extend well beyond the project’s initial launch announcement. In its congratulatory message following the Open USD stablecoin launch, the Foundation highlighted its early alignment with the new stablecoin initiative. Specifically, it emphasized that its partner, Brale, joined Open USD as a launch partner. This connection is significant because Brale already maintains a working relationship with the Cardano ecosystem. In 2025, Brale partnered with the Cardano Foundation to support compliant and native stablecoin issuance on the network. As a result, the Foundation views…

Japan has enacted sweeping amendments to its financial laws that classify cryptocurrencies as financial products, opening the door to lower crypto taxes, domestic exchange-traded funds and stricter market oversight. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, the House of Councillors approved the amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act on Wednesday, completing the bill’s passage through both chambers of the Diet. The legislation creates a separate legal category for crypto assets alongside traditional financial products such as stocks and bonds. Until now, cryptocurrencies had been regulated under the Payment Services Act as a payment method rather than as investment products.…

More than 80% of crypto trading on Indian exchanges now happens in futures and derivatives instead of spot markets. While many traders have shifted to avoid the 1% Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) on spot trades, the move comes with higher risks. Industry estimates suggest that 70% to 80% of retail crypto futures traders are losing money. Crypto Futures Now Dominate India’s Market According to industry data, more than 80% of crypto trading on Indian exchanges now comes from futures and derivatives instead of regular spot trading. Reports show that spot trading volume dropped by as much as 85%.The shift…

Hedera launched scaffold-hbar, a command-line tool that allows deploying multichain dapps in seconds with a single command. The tool includes eight testnet-ready templates, support for Hardhat or Foundry, and integrated AI context through the Hedera Skills package. In August 2026, a call will open with a $5,000 $HBAR prize for the five best community templates. Hedera launched scaffold-hbar, a command-line tool developed alongside Buidler Labs that allows developers to spin up a functional decentralized application in seconds. One Command to Build on Hedera By running `npm create scaffold-hbar@latest`, the developer gets a complete project with a Next.js frontend, RainbowKit and…

Strategy (MSTR) sold 3,588 bitcoin for approximately $216 million last week, reducing its total holdings to 843,775 $BTC, according to a Monday SEC filing. The company said proceeds from the bitcoin sales will be used to fund distributions on its preferred stock and replenish the portion of its U.S. dollar reserve used for those payments. As of July 5, the USD reserve totaled $2.55 billion. The latest sales were executed at an average price of roughly $60,000 per bitcoin and are dramatically higher than the 32 bitcoin sold by the company about one month ago, which sent crypto prices plunging.…