Author: NBTC

New York has become the first US state to impose a statewide moratorium on large new data centers, creating an early regulatory test for Bitcoin miners that are rebuilding their businesses around artificial intelligence. On July 14, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order directing state regulators to pause incomplete permit applications for new or expanding data centers capable of consuming at least 50 megawatts of power. The temporary halt will remain in effect while officials study the projects’ effects on electricity demand, water supplies, air quality, noise, and surrounding communities. Applications declared complete before the order can continue, while…

MetaMask is marking its tenth anniversary with plans to expand beyond its roots as a self custodial crypto wallet into a broader platform for payments, savings and investing. The Consensys developed platform also appointed Gal Eldar as chief product officer to lead Open Money, an initiative aimed at bringing payments, savings, investing and digital assets into a single self custodial platform. Founded in 2016 by Kumavis and Dan Finlay, MetaMask began as an Ethereum browser wallet before expanding to support Bitcoin, Solana and hundreds of blockchain networks. The platform has recorded more than 100 million downloads and trillions of dollars…

Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of Starknet, has ignited a debate within the cryptocurrency community by arguing that Bitcoin’s fixed supply of 21 million coins is not a sustainable long-term model. In a recent post on X, Ben-Sasson suggested that Bitcoin’s monetary policy should include a maximum annual inflation rate of 4% to account for the inevitable loss of coins due to misplaced private keys. The Argument Against a Fixed Supply Ben-Sasson’s central thesis is that over an infinite timeline, the amount of permanently lost Bitcoin will continue to grow. Lost private keys, forgotten wallets, and inaccessible coins reduce the effective circulating…

Tether and Circle built their businesses by keeping the interest on the dollars behind their coins. A new kind of stablecoin, run and owned by a group instead of a single company, shares that money instead. Here is how the consortium model works and why it is spreading. Table of Contents Consortium versus single-issuer stablecoins The two defining features: shared governance and shared economics Why consortium stablecoins are emerging now The leading examples A cautionary precedent: the Centre Consortium Why the model matters The risks of the consortium model Where consortium stablecoins fit among stablecoin types Frequently Asked Questions A…

BitTorrent announced early Monday that the project will formally launch buybacks and burn its $BTT token, starting from the third quarter of this year. According to the announcement, BitTorrent will be directing virtually every revenue from its decentralized services into buying its own tokens once every quarter. BitTorrent clarified that the funds for the program will come entirely from operating revenue, and it does not plan any fresh fundraising or dipping into its treasury holdings to support the buy-backs. TRON bought BitTorrent in July 2018 and reports more than 100 million active users across over a billion devices. How will…

Meta Description: Bitcoin consolidation and recovery attempts drive capital rotation while MemeToro gains attention as AI-driven crypto ecosystem. Bitcoin continues to trade within a strict consolidation range as macro traders position ahead of key Federal Reserve announcements. Despite short-term volatility, BTC remains structurally stable within its $63,727 to $67,220 channel. This environment is shaping broader market behavior, leading to increased attention on emerging ecosystems such as MemeToro $MT. As liquidity rotates across assets, investors are beginning to explore AI-driven financial systems positioned outside traditional crypto cycles. Bitcoin Range Structure and Macro Liquidity Pressure Bitcoin has dipped 1.7 percent to $65,300…

CleanSpark has signed a 20-year AI infrastructure lease, but still needs to finance an estimated $1.75 billion to $2.10 billion data center build. The Bitcoin miner and data center developer entered a 20-year triple-net lease for 175 megawatts of critical IT load at its Sandersville, Georgia, campus on July 10. CleanSpark disclosed the agreement in a Form 8-K on July 14 and estimates that the initial term will have a contract value of $6.6 billion and contribute about $330 million in average annual net operating income. CleanSpark’s estimate of $10 million to $12 million in landlord project costs per MW…

You press send on a crypto transaction and nothing happens. The wallet says pending. The block explorer shows your transaction floating in limbo, unconfirmed, with no clear indication of when, or whether, it will land. Most people meet the mempool for the first time in exactly this moment of mild panic, and most of the advice they find assumes they already know what a mempool is. This guide starts from zero. The mempool, short for memory pool, is the waiting room where every blockchain transaction sits between the moment you broadcast it and the moment a miner or validator writes…

Strategy has sold another large batch of Bitcoin, prompting comparisons with its only previous major $BTC sale in late 2022. A popular post on X noted that the last time Michael Saylor’s company sold a significant amount of Bitcoin, $BTC later climbed roughly fivefold from its bear-market low. Some traders believe history could repeat itself. Strategy Sells 3,588 $BTC to Fund Dividends On Monday, Michael Saylor announced that Strategy sold 3,588 $BTC for approximately $216 million. The proceeds will fund dividends on the company’s Digital Credit securities. After the sale, Strategy said it still holds: 843,775 $BTC in its Bitcoin…

Spot Bitcoin ETFs are bleeding capital at a pace that demands attention. A fresh reading from the on-chain update shows a single-day net outflow of 6,165 $BTC on July 2—worth roughly $379.6 million—bringing the seven-day total to an uncomfortable $2.02 billion. Ethereum ETFs managed a fleeting reprieve with a daily inflow of 21,568 $ETH, but the weekly picture remains firmly negative. Institutional flow data rarely delivers such a clear message. Across both assets, the weekly trend is red. Bitcoin led the exodus with 32,807 $BTC withdrawn over seven days. Ethereum’s seven-day sum stood at -54,411 $ETH, a $92.3 million deficit…