Author: NBTC

Bitcoin price is holding near $63.2K. $BTC is testing the $64K resistance. The largest asset, Bitcoin ($BTC), is knocking on the door of the $64K resistance level again, but it’s stuck in a waiting game. Because the price is sitting right below its 50-day moving average, $65.8K, the market is essentially moving sideways. The real trigger is tomorrow’s FOMC minutes. Traders are glued to this economic update, as any hints on interest rates could easily make waves in the market and break Bitcoin out of this tight box. If buyers can push through and close a daily candle above $64K,…

After failing to hold $1.8k, Ethereum [$ETH] has continued to hover around $1.7k. As of this writing, $ETH traded at $1748, after rising slightly by 0.68% on the daily charts. Interestingly, this market pullback has created a perfect buying opportunity, especially for high-net-worth investors. Ethereum whales are aggressively accumulating Amid extended sideways movement, whales have continued to accumulate. According to Onchain Lens, a whale withdrew 30.01K $ETH, worth $52.84M, from Coinbase Prime to a new wallet. Lookonchain reported two more accumulating whales. According to the monitor, a newly created wallet withdrew 8,239 $ETH, worth $14.5 million, from multiple exchanges. The…

Matthew Sigel, a recovering CFA, recently announced the launch of the VanEck Onchain Economy ETF, designed for investors seeking exposure to cryptocurrency through equities. This initiative responds to concerns among investors wary of traditional crypto assets, particularly after the recent failures of various miners and exchanges. For more details, check out Sigel’s announcement on X. The Key Development The broader crypto market is currently experiencing mixed sentiments, with various assets showing fluctuating momentum. Amid this backdrop, the VanEck Onchain Economy ETF aims to provide a structured investment vehicle for those looking to engage with crypto while mitigating risks associated with…

Shiba Inu’s burn activity has regained momentum, surging by more than 55% over the past seven days. According to data from Shibburn, the Shiba Inu community burned 39.32 million $SHIB during the week, driving the weekly burn rate up 55.77%. The rebound follows a sharp spike in burn activity that saw 13.89 million $SHIB destroyed within hours, marking the network’s highest daily burn in about a month. Shiba Inu Burn Daily Burn Rate Declines After Monthly Peak Despite the strong weekly performance, daily burn activity has cooled significantly. At the time of writing, the community had burned approximately 3.68 million…

Wyoming’s Senator Cynthia Lummis countered Senator Elizabeth Warren’s recent criticisms of the Clarity Act. She pointed to more than 16 statutory safeguards to refute claims that the bill creates loopholes for illicit finance. The latest clash comes as lawmakers continue negotiations on the Senate version of the crypto market structure bill, with supporters pushing to advance the legislation before Congress’s extended August recess. As previously reported by Cryptopolitan, Warren had previously argued that bad actors still utilize crypto networks to move billions, and the bill only threatens to dilute critical anti-money laundering protections. At the moment, Republicans and Democrats are…

The Federal Reserve publishes the minutes of its June 16–17 meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, and the release will either validate Bitcoin’s week-long recovery or pull out its foundation. Traders bought the rebound on a single macro assumption: a weakening US labor market limits how long the central bank can stay hawkish. The minutes, the first full account of internal deliberations under Chair Kevin Warsh, will show whether officials shared that concern in mid-June, weeks before the jobs data that set the rally in motion. The move riding on the answer is substantial. Bitcoin traded near $64,000 on…

Institutional finance has a privacy problem on Ethereum — and a new company launched on July 14, 2026, believes it has built the answer. EthSystems, founded by the team that ran the Ethereum Foundation’s Institutional Privacy Task Force, made its public debut with anchor funding from Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Sharplink, Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, and other ecosystem backers. The company’s core mission: let banks, asset managers, and regulated institutions transact on Ethereum at scale without exposing trade details, client identities, or any other commercially sensitive data. Key takeaways EthSystems publicly launched on July 14, 2026, with anchor funding from Bitmine…

Crypto exchange SBI VC Trade, owned by Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings, has just crossed the mark of 2 million registered accounts, revealing a notable trend in its latest report: right now, amid the yen’s historic decline, local businesses have begun actively buying Bitcoin and $XRP to pay bonuses and dividends to their own shareholders. Cryptocurrency is usually associated with retail traders, but in Japan the situation has changed because of the weak national currency, which is forcing companies to look for new ways to protect capital and diversify reserves through the premium corporate service SBIVC for Prime. SBI VC…

The Bank of Russia has confirmed it will officially implement a new cryptocurrency regulation law on September 1, 2026, marking a significant step in the country’s approach to digital assets. The announcement was made by Vladimir Chistyukhin, the central bank’s First Deputy Governor, and reported by the state-run news agency TASS. Transition Period and Key Deadlines According to Chistyukhin, a transition period will run until July 1, 2027, during which market participants must prepare necessary documentation, apply for registration with regulatory authorities, obtain new licenses, and update their internal procedures. Actual operations under the new legal framework are expected to…

Perpetual futures, once a niche crypto product, have become one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets. Alongside cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, trading platforms are increasingly listing contracts tied to equities, commodities and other real-world assets, blurring the line between crypto-native and traditional financial markets. Led by former Revolut crypto head Ruslan Fakhrutdinov, Extended had processed more than $245 billion in trading volume as of June and supports more than 100 perpetual markets, according to the company. The firm said it plans to expand into spot trading, tokenized real-world assets and multi-asset collateral. “The first phase was building for DeFi natives,” Fakhrutdinov said…