Author: NBTC

As part of efforts to enable game players and users to access true digital ownership of decentralized applications, $NEO FANTASY, a blockchain-based metaverse gaming platform, today announced a strategic partnership with DDEX, a decentralized perpetual futures protocol. Using its collaboration with DDEX, $NEO FANTASY seeks to redefine the way GameFi gamers and users interact with more digital assets by integrating the game platform with the decentralized trading platform. $NEO FANTASY is a blockchain-based metaverse gaming platform that combines $NFT and DeFi into in-depth gameplay, creating innovative game experiences for users who like to explore across the metaverse world using RPG…

The Bitcoin network is now more than halfway (50.01%) through its current halving cycle, with the next halving expected on April 12, 2028, just under two years away, according to mempool.space. This cycle, known as “epoch 5”, which began in April 2024 and will continue through to 2028. A halving occurs every 210,000 blocks, roughly every four years, and reduces the reward miners receive by 50%. This process controls bitcoin’s issuance and ensures a predictable decline in its inflation rate (currently under 1%). In the current epoch, the block subsidy is 3.125 $BTC per block. With blocks mined on average…

The UK is locking in a 2026–27 crypto regime that keeps “truly decentralised” DeFi outside scope but drags any protocol with an identifiable controlling entity into full FCA authorisation. The UK is moving into the final phase of designing its cryptoasset regime, with full rules expected to be finalised this year and implemented by 2027, in a framework that explicitly distinguishes “truly decentralised” DeFi from services with an identifiable operator. HM Treasury’s draft statutory instrument for cryptoassets, laid before Parliament in December 2025, creates new regulated activities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and gives the Financial Conduct…

In a strategic move poised to reshape institutional access to decentralized finance, stablecoin issuer Fypher has partnered with Blueprint Finance to construct a dedicated on-chain yield ecosystem for its Asia-focused FYUSD stablecoin. The announcement, made during a televised appearance on Maeil Business TV’s ‘Crypto Insight’ on April 11, 2025, signals a significant push to connect traditional Asian financial institutions with compliant, yield-generating protocols on the blockchain. This development arrives at a critical juncture, as regulatory landscapes in major markets like the United States evolve, potentially creating new opportunities for alternative stablecoin frameworks. Fypher and Concrete Forge Strategic Alliance for FYUSD…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado, seeking to block incoming AI rules that restrict speech from AI chatbots like Grok. The AI company is specifically challenging Colorado’s Senate Bill 24-205, which aims to protect AI users from “algorithmic discrimination” in areas like employment, housing and finance. However, in a filing to a US district court in Colorado on Thursday, xAI argued that “Colorado cannot alter xAI’s message simply because it wants to amplify its own views on the highly politicized subjects of fairness and equity.” The company further argued that the…

Japan has taken a significant step in regulating the cryptocurrency market. On April 10, the Japanese government cabinet approved an amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, officially paving the way for crypto assets to be classified as “financial products.” This development means that crypto assets, previously considered a “means of payment” under the Payment Services Act, will now be subject to a stricter regulatory framework. The new regulations aim to increase transparency and investor protection in the cryptocurrency market. Accordingly, insider trading will be prohibited, and issuers will be required to report annually. In addition, the official title…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has thrown support behind U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s urgent plea for Congress to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Garlinghouse took to social media to emphasize a pragmatic approach to the much-talked-about crypto legislation with a straightforward message: “Progress > Perfection.” The push from both government and industry leaders comes as the highly anticipated market structure bill remains deadlocked in the Senate Banking Committee. In an op-ed published by Bessent in The Wall Street Journal, the Treasury Secretary claimed that the Clarity Act was an absolute national security priority. “Congress has spent the better…

French officials are pushing for tighter oversight of crypto from two directions, as a Bank of France official called for stricter limits on non-euro stablecoins under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), and lawmakers in Paris advanced a separate reporting requirement for some self-custody holdings. Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, delivered a speech at the EUROFI High Level Seminar in March, calling on the EU to restrict the use of stablecoins for payments, particularly those pegged to non-euro currencies. Published on the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) website on Thursday, he said the…

The White House warned staff against improperly using confidential information to place bets in futures markets after suspicious oil trades ahead of President Donald Trump’s March 23 Iran announcement drew scrutiny, according to Reuters. Reuters reported on Thursday that the White House sent the internal email on March 24, a day after Trump ordered a five-day delay in attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure. The warning followed a roughly $500 million bet on Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude futures placed in a one-minute burst shortly before Trump’s March 23 announcement, according to Reuters calculations based on exchange data. Oil prices…

ECB backs shifting supervision of systemic crypto firms and venues from national regulators to esma as part of a wider eu capital markets integration push. The European Central Bank (ECB) has endorsed an EU plan to shift supervision of systemically important crypto asset service providers, major trading venues, and central counterparties away from national regulators and into the hands of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In an opinion backing the European Commission’s “market integration and supervision” package, the ECB said centralizing oversight would “ensure consistent, high‑quality supervision of cross‑border market players” and reduce the risk of regulatory blind…