Author: NBTC

Solana just notched a milestone that’s hard to ignore: for the 16th straight week, the network has led every other Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain in weekly decentralized exchange volume. That kind of streak doesn’t happen by accident, and it’s forcing traders and analysts to take a fresh look at how Solana DEX volume stacks up against rivals like Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. Key takeaways Solana has topped weekly DEX volume among all Layer 1 and Layer 2 chains for 16 consecutive weeks. Solana continues to outperform major competitors, including Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, in decentralized exchange…

ZisK’s new four-GPU benchmark claim has lowered the headline hardware count in Ethereum’s real-time proving race. In February, CryptoSlate examined a roughly 12-GPU setup as a possible centralization risk. The new figure could bring proof generation closer to independent operators, provided the workload and operating conditions are comparable. ZisK is an open-source zero-knowledge virtual machine project, and on Aug. 18 it said its v1.1.0-alpha prover recorded a 9.62-second p99 on four RTX 5090 GPUs. A follow-up said 99.7% of tested Ethereum blocks finished in less than 10 seconds. Jordi Baylina amplified the result as a milestone combining four-GPU proving with…

Performance analysis of the past month shows that cryptocurrency companies have outperformed artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor companies by a considerable margin. Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), America’s largest crypto exchange, saw its stock rise by 14.85% in the past month. Meanwhile, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), the lead company designing AI hardware and software, saw its stock lose 0.29% over the same period. Source: TradingView Another benchmark comparison is between AI company Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury. Strategy stock gained 10.62% in the past month, while Palantir’s fell 1.75%. Why Crypto outpaced AI…

Large Cardano whales have continued to accumulate $ADA, pushing their combined holdings to the highest level since February 2023. The largest Cardano holders are steadily increasing their holdings, even as $ADA looks weak. In contrast, retail participants continue to trim their positions, as they start to grow impatient with the persistent price trend. The divergence between large and small holders has become one of the healthiest trends emerging on the Cardano network. $ADA Whales Increase Holdings While Retail Pulls Back On-chain data from Santiment shows wallets holding between 100,000 and 100 million $ADA now control more than 25.6 billion $ADA.…

Crypto Travel Rule laws now cover 83% of jurisdictions answering the relevant Financial Action Task Force (FATF) question, FM Intelligence reported today (Thursday). Only 40% of those with enacted rules reported a focused supervisory or enforcement measure. The full FM Intelligence report counted 91 enacted-law jurisdictions among 109 respondents to that question. Only 36 reported a finding, directive, enforcement action or another supervisory measure focused on compliance Compliance In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning…

Russia’s largest stock market, the Moscow Exchange, is going to add perpetual futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum to its crypto derivatives lineup. The news comes ahead of the enforcement of the “digital currency” law next month, which thoroughly regulates investment in coins and related products. MOEX to offer new futures contracts on $BTC and $ETH in September The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is expanding its crypto derivative offerings with new contracts based on the cryptocurrencies with the biggest market capitalization. The stock trading venue plans to launch perpetual futures on Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH) in September, one of its top…

Asset manager Neuberger has launched its first tokenized fixed-income fund through Securitize, offering an actively managed high-yield strategy across four blockchains, Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI). The Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund (HINC) will invest primarily in high-yield bonds, with additional exposure to collateralized loan obligations and leveraged loans, according to an announcement Tuesday. The launch comes as investors are demanding higher yields amid heated competition for corporate and government funding. “The previous market regime rewarded investors for assuming that capital would remain cheap and plentiful,” Saxo chief investment strategist Charu Chanana said in a…

Crypto lending imploded in spectacular fashion back in 2022, taking down household names like Celsius, BlockFi, and Genesis in the process. Yet one platform that also had exposure to that meltdown didn’t disappear. It rebuilt. Today, Maple Finance stands as the second-largest institutional crypto lender in the world, trailing only Tether, and its approach to Maple Finance crypto lending looks almost nothing like the model that nearly sank it three years ago. Key takeaways Maple Finance is now the second-largest institutional crypto lender globally, behind only Tether. The platform holds roughly $1.9 billion in active loans, with total value locked…

As of August 19, 2026, the Ethereum price sits around $2,011 at a technical fault line. Price has cleared the daily EMA20 and EMA50, yet the EMA200 near $2,140.80 still caps it. Short-term strength and longer-term structure now pull in opposite directions. $ETH/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways Ethereum trades near $2,011 and sits above the daily EMA20 and EMA50. The daily EMA200 at $2,140.80 is the level that must be reclaimed to confirm an uptrend. Lower timeframes are overbought: hourly RSI is 86.57 and the 15-minute RSI is 90.45. The Fear & Greed Index…

Cryptorank Counts Just 150 Active Venture Firms, Fewest Since November 2020 Crypto venture capital may be approaching a structural turning point, even if bitcoin, ethereum and stablecoins continue to expand. Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly, said the sector could eventually reach a “last vintage” as established networks become harder for startups to challenge. “At some point, crypto VC might just be over,” Qureshi said in a July 21 interview. “There might just be a last vintage.” His warning is not a prediction that crypto will disappear. Instead, it reflects a market where scale, liquidity and network effects increasingly favor…