Author: NBTC

For the first time since 2020, Bitcoin ($BTC) has experienced its longest decoupling from the S&P 500 index. Since September 2025 until March 23, Bitcoin price has been trapped in a falling trend fueled by high deleveraging. The flagship coin has dropped more than 45% since the October 11, 2025, crypto crash and is trading at about $68,471 at press time. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index has returned to the same point it was in early September last year. After an initial 8.7% spike during the fourth quarter of 2025 to reach an all-time high (ATH) of about 7,000, the…

When Customs launched the CAPE refund portal, it put administrative certainty behind an asset class that Wall Street had already begun pricing. As of Apr. 9, 56,497 importers had registered for electronic refunds totaling $127 billion, out of roughly $166 billion the government expects to be returned after the Supreme Court ruled in February that IEEPA did not authorize President Donald Trump’s tariffs. CBP says valid claims will generally be paid within 60 to 90 days. That timetable has brought a set of questions back into focus, including what Cantor Fitzgerald actually did with tariff-refund rights, and what Howard Lutnick…

An anonymous Solana whale address has withdrawn approximately 199 million $PENGU tokens, valued at roughly $2.04 million, from the Binance exchange in a series of three transactions that began roughly an hour ago. The wallet, identified by the prefix 8uAXw, executed the transfers in a relatively short window, a pattern often interpreted by market observers as a signal of intent to hold rather than trade. On-Chain Activity and Market Implications Large withdrawals from centralized exchanges to private wallets are commonly viewed as a bullish signal within the cryptocurrency community. The logic is straightforward: when tokens are moved off an exchange,…

Coinbase is preparing for a Coinbase system upgrade on Saturday, May 23, and the company says the maintenance should last about 30 minutes. Trading is expected to stay live throughout the window, although users may notice service delays as order updates and status notifications lag behind normal. That distinction matters for customers. Coinbase is describing the work as routine platform maintenance, not a trading halt or a wider shutdown. In practice, that means markets should remain open, but the usual feedback on an order may not appear right away. The notice arrives after Coinbase has already faced closer scrutiny over…

Pi Network is pushing deeper into AI-powered app development after rolling out a major update to Pi App Studio. Shortly after, its complex V23 node upgrade entered final deployment stages. The latest Pi Network news today centers on two major developments: widespread Mainnet node migration to protocol V23 and a new workflow allowing creators to connect AI-generated apps. That directly into Pi’s ecosystem of more than 60 million engaged users. Big kudos to Mainnet Node operators for upgrading to v23.Most major Nodes have now been upgraded, and the protocol is expected to move to v23 soon.This was one of the…

Cryptocurrency offerings are starting to influence how European investors are choosing their bank providers, but regulatory uncertainty continues to hinder mainstream adoption, according to a new survey. A Börse Stuttgart Digital survey released Tuesday found that 35% of European investors would consider switching banks if another institution offered better cryptocurrency investment options, suggesting crypto is starting to influence how some customers choose financial providers. Nearly one in five respondents said they expect their main bank to offer crypto access within the next three years, according to the survey, which covered about 6,000 investors in Germany, Italy, Spain and France. The…

A cryptocurrency wallet address linked to the financial services firm BIT (formerly Matrixport) has sold an additional 103,678 $HYPE tokens, according to blockchain tracking service Onchain Lens. This latest transaction brings the total amount of $HYPE sold by the address to 303,678 tokens, valued at approximately $12.79 million at an average price of $42.15 per token. Onchain Activity and Remaining Holdings The selling address, identified as 0x4aFe, has been a notable participant in the $HYPE market. After the latest sale, the wallet still holds a significant position of 99,612 $HYPE, worth roughly $4.14 million at current market rates. The series…

Japanese regional lender Tohoku Bank has teamed up with SBI Remit to overhaul its international money transfer services. The collaboration, which officially launched on Wednesday, comes as many traditional domestic financial institutions in Japan scale back or entirely shut down their foreign exchange remittance services. Eschewing regulatory headwinds Domestic banks are currently in the process of retreating from international transfers due to the increasing administrative burden and resource constraints. This is mainly driven by compliance costs and system upgrades. Tohoku Bank has signed an agreement to funnel its remittance demand to SBI Remit to make sure that its customers still…

Matrixdock has announced a dedicated price feed for its tokenized silver asset, XAGm, on the Pyth Network in real-time. With the new development, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are now taking a new leap in the blockchain world, especially on the Sui Network. Matrixdock Silver $XAGm price feed is now live on @PythNetwork, bringing real-time market data infrastructure to tokenized silver on @SuiNetwork.Both Matrixdock Gold $XAUm and Matrixdock Silver $XAGm now have dedicated price feeds powered by Pyth, strengthening the foundation… pic.twitter.com/EbO6q6iOYn — Matrixdock (@matrixdock) May 19, 2026 The announcement was posted on the company’s official social media accounts, and it…

Over the last week, both Bitcoin and gold failed the safe-haven test. Bitcoin is still trading more like a risk asset than “digital gold,” while gold has also failed to behave like a clean geopolitical hedge as higher yields and inflation fears overrode the usual flight-to-safety bid. To start the week, Bitcoin rebounded to about $70,508 after falling as low as $67,436 earlier in the day, while gold was still trying to recover from a far steeper break, and the US 10-year Treasury yield remained above its Friday close after briefly pushing to a new high. That sequence changed the…