Author: NBTC

In brief Robinhood Chain reached almost $800 million in total value locked after one month. The network has processed more than 200 million transactions. Robinhood wants to reach people who have never used crypto rather than compete for existing users. Robinhood Chain wants to be a financial hub for the suits just as much as for the degens. That’s essentially the meaning behind Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s “two wolves” post on X, which the company’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, says sums up what Robinhood is going for with the launch of its own Ethereum layer-2 network: a balance between…

As more attention lands on Bitcoin treasury firms, Strategy’s business model is once again in the spotlight. A recent analysis says Strategy’s core software business is now worth almost nothing compared to the company’s total market value. Its software business brought in mere $124.3 million in revenue in Q1 2026, while the company holds $53 billion worth of Bitcoin. Basically, the firm’s valuation has become largely tied to its Bitcoin treasury strategy, which raises concerns about how it would hold up if crypto goes into another prolonged downturn. How Strategy Got Here Since 2020, Strategy has evolved from a business…

Roughnecks Pulls the Plug as the Fork Freezes The group announced the decision shortly before 4 a.m. UTC on Aug. 9, following a team meeting around 3:40 a.m. Roughnecks stressed that the move was difficult but insisted it did not view the retreat as a defeat for BIP-110, instead calling it an “escalation to the next step.” It also advised anyone still mining the BIP-110 chain under Bitcoin’s current proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm to stop until further notice. The timing leaves little ambiguity about the pressure behind the decision. Roughnecks had mined BIP-110 blocks 961632 and 961633 after Bitcoin fractured at…

The official $BNB Chain X account reported higher throughput on the $BNB Smart Chain (BSC) testnet as BEP-675 testing gained momentum. BEP-675 lets block builders submit a fully executed block instead of a bid, so validators skip re-executing it before sealing. The benchmark was conducted on QANet, an internal testnet designed to mirror BSC’s cross-region validator topology. 88% higher throughput on BSC Testnet.BEP-675 increased throughput from 1,237 to 2,324 TPS by removing redundant block execution, with no change to the 450ms block interval or finality lag.Read the breakdown 👇https://t.co/lildc02W1f — $BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) August 7, 2026 Throughput increased by 88%…

Historical data surrounding how Bitcoin reacted before and after the Coinbase IPO suggests the S&P 500 could pull back after the SpaceX IPO. As investors look ahead to the SpaceX IPO, market analyst Ali Martinez has called attention to Bitcoin’s performance around the Coinbase public listing in 2021 as a hint to what could happen next in the stock market. According to Martinez, the strong gains recorded by the S&P 500 over the past year could be followed by a period of cooling off after SpaceX goes public. If this happens, some of the money leaving stocks could find its…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has argued that the network remains financially strong despite its recent decline in the cryptocurrency market rankings. According to him, Cardano’s on-chain treasury continues to generate enough funding to support the ecosystem’s long-term growth. Speaking during an interview on The Starting Block, Hoskinson acknowledged that Cardano’s market cap has fallen to around $6 billion, pushing the cryptocurrency out of the top 10 by market value. Nonetheless, he stressed that the network still has sufficient financial resources to fund more than $100 million in ecosystem development this year. Treasury Generates Funding for Ecosystem Development Hoskinson explained that…

Crypto market maker GSR has issued a warning that many decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are holding a significant portion of their treasuries in their own native tokens, a practice that could amplify financial distress during market downturns. According to a recent report, the average DAO holds roughly 70% of its assets in self-issued tokens, leaving little buffer when prices fall. Understanding the Concentration Risk GSR’s analysis highlights a structural vulnerability: when a DAO’s native token price drops, the value of its treasury holdings declines simultaneously. This often coincides with reduced protocol revenue and lower market activity, creating a negative feedback…

Renowned venture capitalist and Bitcoin advocate Tim Draper recently shared his perspective on the industry’s icons: “I love Elon Musk.. Almost as much as I love Satoshi Nakamoto.” “Musk is Satoshi” Draper’s comparison arrives amidst a backdrop of long-standing, albeit unproven, internet folklore speculating that Elon Musk himself is the true identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto. This theory has gained traction over the years due to several core arguments. Proponents frequently point to Musk’s foundational role in early digital payment systems like PayPal as evidence that he possessed the necessary technical skills to architect the original Bitcoin protocol. Enthusiasts have scrutinized…

The $XRP Ledger has recorded the second-highest inflow of real-world assets over the past six months, as total value exceeds $4 billion. $XRP continues to expand its presence in the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market as tokenization gains more traction this year. According to data from RWA.xyz, a leading platform that tracks tokenized RWA activity, the network attracted $2.6 billion in new RWA value over the past six months, excluding stablecoins. This gives the $XRP Ledger the second-largest RWA inflow among all blockchain networks during the period. Only $BNB Chain recorded a higher figure, bringing in $3 billion over the…

Ethereum and Solana, two of the largest blockchain networks by market capitalization, are evaluating whether their current token issuance policies remain appropriate for long-term network security and market health, according to Lucas Tcheyan, Vice President at Galaxy Research. Policy Review Underway Tcheyan said both networks are in the early stages of reassessing the rewards paid to validators and stakers, which are designed to secure the network. The discussions focus on whether the pace of new token creation should be slowed, maintained, or increased. These considerations come amid broader market scrutiny of inflationary pressures in crypto assets. A slower issuance rate…