Author: NBTC

Voting in crypto governance has a dirty secret: it’s not actually secret. Most DAO votes are cast from pseudonymous wallets on public blockchains, meaning anyone with a block explorer can see exactly how you voted. That creates a problem that goes beyond mere privacy discomfort. It opens the door to coercion, vote buying, and social pressure that undermines the entire point of democratic decision-making. CRISP, short for Coercion-Resistant Impartial Selection Protocol, is a new attempt to fix that. Launched in May 2026 by the Interfold project, which evolved from Gnosis Guild’s Enclave, the protocol brings together three heavyweight cryptographic techniques…

Bitcoin is barely holding above a key support level after recent volatility, even as the S&P 500 continues pushing to new highs and stabilizing broader risk markets. In strong risk-on environments, Bitcoin normally outperforms equities, making the current lack of leadership increasingly concerning for traders expecting another leg higher. The divergence is now raising fresh questions about how $BTC could react if equities eventually begin to pull back. Why Is $BTC Showing Weakness? Analysts attribute $BTC’s current relative weakness to its present market structure. In strong risk-on environments, $BTC has historically outperformed equities rather than lagging behind, making the current…

A cryptocurrency whale address suspected of being linked to early Bitcoin adopter and Shapeshift founder Erik Voorhees has made a significant purchase, acquiring 668 $ETH valued at approximately $1.35 million within the past hour, according to blockchain tracking firm Onchain Lens. This latest transaction brings the address’s total Ethereum holdings to 139,882 $ETH, worth an estimated $281.73 million at current market prices. Who is Behind the Whale Address? While the address has not been officially confirmed as belonging to Voorhees, blockchain analysts have long associated it with the Shapeshift founder and early cryptocurrency advocate. The address has been consistently active…

Chamath Palihapitiya says consulting giants are helping OpenAI and Anthropic build the firms that may replace them. Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya issued a stark warning to the consulting industry on May 17, calling out PwC and Accenture by name for what he describes as a self-defeating AI strategy — one that he says hands OpenAI and Anthropic the keys to their own replacement. If you are running a consulting business and you are deploying Anthropic or OpenAI directly into your organization (I’m looking at you PwC and Accenture) you are letting the fox into the hen house. OpenAI and…

The crypto market always remains the topic of debate due to its daily and weekly ups and downs, and therefore, it gets the attention of crypto holders all the time. This daily and weekly momentum provides a pathway and can be used as a behavioral indicator for certain cryptocurrencies. From the statistical calculation, there are many cryptocurrencies that performed well in the last week and grabbed crypto holders’ attention. There is a hierarchical list of top crypto gainers of the week that show record growth, and the overall market remains in an upward trend. Here are Crypto gainers named as…

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced Tuesday amendments to a Cabinet Office Ordinance that would recognize certain foreign trust-type stablecoins as “electronic payment instruments” under the Payment Services Act. The new rules, published under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, will take effect on June 1, 2026. The amendment creates a framework allowing foreign trust beneficiary rights-based stablecoins issued by overseas trust banks and similar institutions to be handled domestically by registered electronic payment service providers instead of being treated as securities under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. To receive recognition, issuers must satisfy several regulatory conditions. They must operate under…

Fireblocks, Robinhood, MetaMask, and more than two dozen other financial and crypto firms have joined forces to launch the Open Transaction Layer (OTL), an industry-wide effort to build the coordination standard required for onchain finance to scale globally. OTL establishes shared protocols for identity, messaging, and transaction coordination between institutions, unhosted wallets, and AI-driven agents, according to a Thursday press release. In addition to Fireblocks, Robinhood, and MetaMask, the alliance debuted with support from other major players including Checkout.com, FalconX, Wintermute, Cross River Bank, Securitize, SoFi, WalletConnect, and the Blockchain Payments Consortium whose members are TON Foundation, Stellar Development Foundation,…

Bitcoin price just flashed the same warning that preceded its 35% January collapse, slipping below a cluster of critical technical lines on the daily chart. A single wallet still withdrew 873 $BTC worth $66 million from OKX, possibly betting the outcome this time will look nothing like January. Bitcoin Price Cracks All Four EMAs as a $66 Million Whale Buy Hits Bitcoin ($BTC) is trading at $75,567, now below all four key Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs), trend indicators that smooth recent price action to flag the underlying direction. The 20-day EMA sits at $77,428, the 50-day at $76,677, the 100-day…

Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has contributed $200,000 to a Quadratic Funding (QF) round dedicated to Ethereum security projects, the firm announced via X. The donation comes in the wake of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s recent statement that he intends to narrow the Ethereum Foundation’s (EF) core focus to four principles: Censorship Resistance, Open Source, Privacy, and Security — collectively referred to as CROPS. Quadratic Funding Round for Security Infrastructure The QF round, which concluded on May 12, marks the first initiative by TheDAO Security Fund. This fund was established using unclaimed Ether (ETH) from the 2016 TheDAO hack, a landmark…

ReYuu Japan (TYO: 9425) and Canadian investment firm Universal Digital (CNSX: LFG) have terminated their $100 million loan facility agreement, adding to a growing list of companies that are abandoning their crypto holding strategies. The $100 million loan was supposed to help the Japanese electronics reseller buy digital assets, but now that the deal has been dissolved, ReYuu will now be looking to move on with plans such as developing AI technology in collaboration with a Chinese-based company. Why did the ReYuu Japan deal with Universal Digital fall apart? ReYuu Japan and Universal Digital signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding…