Author: NBTC

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…

$LAB [$LAB] plunged more than 36% over the past 24 hours as token unlocks, insider transfers, and exchange activity intensified selling pressure on the token. The sharp decline added weight to concerns raised by on-chain investigator ZachXBT, who has repeatedly questioned the project’s legitimacy. Despite the sell-off, $LAB continues to hold a sizeable share of market liquidity, allowing it to remain listed on major exchanges. On-chain data pointed to three key factors behind the token’s collapse, which has now erased roughly 99% of its value from its all-time high (ATH). Why is $LAB price falling so hard? The 14th of…

TRM Labs Report Evidences MiCA’s Sweep In Europe As the grandfathering period established by the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation ended in Europe, the European crypto industry entered a new period of consolidation, as the existing crypto asset service providers (CASPs) landscape experienced changes that shifted the digital assets landscape. In a recent report, TRM Labs found that MiCA contributed to streamlining and consolidating the European CASP ecosystem, with only roughly a fifth (281 of 1,343) of the pre-MiCA crypto organizations applying and receiving authorization to operate under the new rules. Jurisdictions with looser registration requirements were hit the…

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced the removal of six spot trading pairs from its platform, effective August 25 at 8:00 a.m. UTC. The affected pairs include CAMP, WHITEWHALE, CUDIS, PIRATE, TAI, and SVL. The exchange’s decision follows its routine review of listed assets, focusing on liquidity, trading volume, and project compliance. Why Bybit Is Delisting These Tokens Bybit periodically evaluates all listed digital assets to ensure they meet its listing criteria. Factors such as trading activity, community engagement, and adherence to regulatory standards play a role. Tokens that consistently show low volume or fail to meet these benchmarks may be…

Ethereum’s long-term scaling roadmap is beginning to reach production networks. World Chain has become the first layer-2 to deploy streamed EIP-7928 block access lists on mainnet, introducing a new way for validators to verify transactions before a block has even been finalized. Instead of waiting for a complete block, validators receive access list data every 200 milliseconds through World Chain’s Flashblocks architecture, allowing independent transactions to be verified in parallel as the block is still being assembled. The approach is designed to increase throughput without requiring more powerful validator hardware, tackling one of blockchain’s biggest scaling challenges as networks process…

Blueprint Finance has completed a strategic funding round led by Polychain Capital to expand Concrete, its on-chain vault infrastructure for institutions, protocols, and asset managers. Blueprint Finance said on Aug. 19 that Bullish, Keyrock, BitGo, FalconX, G-20, Flowdesk, JPEG Trading, Sentient Capital, Andes and 2Square also participated in the round. The company did not disclose the amount raised or its valuation. The financing will support further development of Concrete, which Blueprint describes as full-stack infrastructure for creating and managing vaults that deploy capital across on-chain strategies. Its system combines execution, accounting, risk controls, rebalancing and integrations with other protocols within…

As of August 19, 2026, $ETH/$USDT sits at 1934.45, hovering above its daily EMAs while broader sentiment remains cautious. The Ethereum crypto market finds itself at a crossroads where short-term momentum conflicts with longer-term hesitation, creating a tense backdrop for traders. $ETH/$USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways $ETH trades at 1934.45, above EMA20 (1893.48) and EMA50 (1872.94) but below EMA200 (2140.04). Daily RSI at 60.14 signals bullish conditions without approaching overbought exhaustion. The Fear & Greed Index reads 46, reflecting caution despite a 0.97% rise in total crypto market cap. 1H and 15m charts show…

ARK Invest’s director of crypto research, Lorenzo Valente, has issued a stark assessment of the current state of the digital asset industry, stating that the ongoing shakeout is more severe than in previous bear markets. In a post on X, Valente warned that the coming months are likely to bring an increase in mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy filings, and project shutdowns. A Deeper Correction Than Before Valente’s analysis points to a fundamental shift in the market’s dynamics. Unlike past downturns, which were often driven by cyclical price drops, the current environment is characterized by a structural purge. Projects and exchanges…

An $XDC Network (@XDCNetwork) masternode validator is a staked node that confirms transactions, produces and finalizes blocks, and votes on network governance under $XDC’s XDPoS consensus. To run one, an operator locks 10,000,000 $XDC in a smart contract as collateral, runs dedicated server infrastructure, and completes a KYC check. That locked stake is the operator’s collateral: behave honestly and earn rewards, or risk penalties and removal from the active set. Masternodes have become a central part of $XDC’s institutional story in 2026. On July 13, NTT DOCOMO GLOBAL (@ndg_web3_en), the global arm of Japan’s DOCOMO Group, announced that its blockchain…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again postponed its innovation exemption related to tokenization, according to Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto in America. Terrett indicated that specific details of the measure are unlikely to be released in the near term, as ongoing discussions among stakeholders continue over Section 10505, the tokenization provision of the CLARITY Act. The delay underscores the complexity of aligning regulatory relief with legislative efforts. Background: The CLARITY Act and Section 10505 The CLARITY Act, introduced to provide regulatory clarity for digital assets, includes Section 10505, which addresses tokenization—the process of representing real-world assets or…