Author: NBTC

A tiny island territory with a population smaller than most college towns is attempting something no nation has pulled off: running its entire economy onchain. Bermuda’s Premier David Burt is working with Circle to turn that vision into reality, with $USDC, Circle’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, serving as the digital plumbing. The effort isn’t theoretical anymore. On May 6, 2026, during Consensus Miami, Burt confirmed that Bermuda is planning a second $USDC airdrop to residents and expanding merchant acceptance across the island. From Davos announcement to boots on the ground Back on January 19, 2026, Bermuda made its onchain economy pitch at…

Getting paid in stablecoins used to be a contractor thing. Deel just changed that. The global payroll and compliance platform has integrated Polygon to enable stablecoin salary payouts for full-time employees in the Eurozone and the United States. That’s a meaningful distinction: contractors have had access to crypto payment rails for a while now, but extending the same option to salaried employees, with all the tax withholding and compliance overhead that entails, is a different beast entirely. From contractors to full-time staff Deel already processes stablecoin payments for over 10,000 contractors spread across 100 countries. The Polygon integration takes that…

Christopher Giancarlo, the former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) widely known as “Crypto Dad” for his progressive stance on digital assets, has joined Jefferies Financial Group as a senior advisor to its investment banking division, according to a report by Bloomberg. A Bridge Between Traditional Finance and Crypto Giancarlo’s appointment at Jefferies marks a significant move by the Wall Street investment bank to deepen its expertise in cryptocurrency and blockchain-related advisory services. During his tenure at the CFTC from 2014 to 2019, Giancarlo was a pivotal figure in the regulatory approval and oversight of Bitcoin futures…

$BNB Chain has tested a post-quantum cryptography upgrade for BSC, but the trial showed a clear cost: larger data loads and lower throughput. $BNB Chain released its BSC Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Report on May 14. The report said BSC tested post-quantum transaction signatures with ML-DSA-44 and used pqSTARK for consensus vote aggregation. The report said the migration can work with current BSC systems. It remains compatible with existing addresses, RPCs, SDKs, wallets, and transaction flows. That means users and builders would not need to change basic account formats if the design moves into production. $BNB Chain said, “Post-quantum readiness is…

Ethereum price started a recovery wave above the $2,120 zone. $ETH is now consolidating and might rally if there is a clear move above the $2,150 resistance. Ethereum started a recovery wave above the $2,125 zone. The price is trading below $2,150 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a contracting triangle forming with resistance at $2,150 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $2,150 zone. Ethereum Price Aims for Upside Break Ethereum price remained bid above the $2,080 support zone, like Bitcoin. $ETH…

The prolonged slump in crypto markets is increasing pressure on firms with digital asset exposure, including Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital, whose flagship fund posted another quarterly loss. SkyBridge’s $1.3 billion SkyBridge Opportunity Fund fell nearly 13% during the first quarter of 2026, according to investor disclosures. Around 64% of the fund remains tied to crypto and digital-asset investments. A small rebound in March, when the fund gained 0.45%, failed to reverse steep losses earlier in the quarter. The decline comes as crypto markets have struggled to rebound since the October crash that wiped out roughly $1.7 trillion in value across…

Polymarket is set to lobby for authorization of prediction markets in Japan, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday. The decentralized prediction market platform has appointed a representative in the country and is aiming for government approval by 2030, Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named. Mike Eidlin, head of Japan at cryptocurrency exchange Jupiter, is leading Polymarket’s efforts, according to the report. Polymarket, which allows users to bet on outcomes of real-world events through blockchain-based futures contracts, has been under pressure to expand its reach into other major markets as legal…

$XRP withdrawals from Binance have reached their highest level in over a month despite the latest market pullback. After soaring to a high of $1.54 on May 14, $XRP faced resistance and pulled back alongside the rest of the crypto market, dropping to $1.37. Amid the correction, verified CryptoQuant analyst Amr Taha recently revealed that $XRP withdrawals from Binance have climbed to their highest level in more than a month. This indicates that investors are making more withdrawal transactions than deposits on Binance. Key Points $XRP climbed to $1.54 on May 14 before pulling back to $1.37 as market momentum…

The intersection of decentralized finance and interactive media is at a critical inflection point in its evolution. To redefine how digital builders and game developers engage with their communities, Access Protocol has officially announced a partnership with Solana Gaming, bringing Access Protocol’s powerful content monetization infrastructure to the wider Solana gaming ecosystem and allowing players, developers, and creators to earn revenue through a Web3 monetization model. Expanding Monetization Tools to the Gaming Sphere Access Protocol has altered the traditional view of subscription services and created the world’s first stake-to-access model in the Web3 space by doing away with traditional paywall…

Bitcoin is currently demonstrating price behavior characteristic of an “early bull market,” according to Fidelity Investments’ Director of Global Macro, Jurrien Timmer. So far, the bulls are refusing to yield despite facing very strong resistance. The head-and-shoulders neckline In a recent update on X, Timmer shared a detailed daily chart outlining Bitcoin’s current market structure. The chart shows a massive macro head-and-shoulders topping pattern, characterized by a staggering peak at $126,251 and a subsequent drop to a local low of $60,033. Bitcoin continues to challenge the neckline of a large head-and-shoulders top, while working off its overbought condition with little…