Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 3h agoBitcoin ETF Custody Concentrates Power, Raising Systemic Risk
Spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded funds now hold over $54 billion, roughly 1.5 million BTC. The ETF structure places the underlying coins in a trust controlled by a handful of custodians, with Coinbase identified as the dominant custodian, creating a single point of operational failure.
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By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Nov 18, 2025
How Pi Network’s 50M Nodes Could Reshape the Future of Decentralized AI
Pi is turning its giant mobile community into a distributed compute grid, testing whether AI can run on a global crowd instead of the cloud.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Ethereum Outperforms Bitcoin as True Decentralized Money
The podcast layer always churns out impressively bad takes The primary functions of money: 1) unit of account 2) medium of exchange 3) store of value Ethereum explicitly set out to fix Bitcoin's issues by making a better and more decentralized money 1. ETH as...
By Evan Van Ness
News•Nov 18, 2025
Fidelity Introduces FSOL ETF, Bringing Major Wall Street Name to Solana Funds
The firm’s staking-enabled Solana fund debuts as inflows into early SOL products accelerate.
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 18, 2025
Tether Invests in Ledn to Expand Bitcoin-Backed Lending Amid Surging Demand
The stablecoin issuer's investment comes as BTC-backed lending scales rapidly, with Ledn surpassing $1 billion in originations this year and positioning for global expansion.
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 18, 2025
Ethereum Unveils New Technical Details About Interop Layer
Ethereum announced new technical details for its Interop Layer (EIL), a protocol that lets users send tokens, mint NFTs and trade across EVM‑compatible rollups without using bridges or separate wallet integrations. The system works with any rollup that settles to...
By The Defiant
News•Nov 18, 2025
El Salvador’s Latest $100M Bitcoin Haul Rekindles Questions Around IMF Program
El Salvador says it has bought 1,090 BTC worth over $100 million, raising questions about an IMF loan pledge to limit Bitcoin exposure and fiscal risks.
By Cointelegraph
News•Nov 18, 2025
Cloudflare Global Outage Spreads to Crypto; Multiple Front Ends Down
A widespread Cloudflare outage disrupted major parts of the internet on Tuesday, knocking many crypto platforms offline.
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Stark-Powered ZK Enhances Bitcoin Privacy via Cashu
I remember meeting @callebtc in person and being mind blown by him dedicating his life to build freedom tech that people actually need. I had the pleasure to humbly share with him some of the moon math tricks behind STARK proofs....
By Eli Ben-Sasson
News•Nov 18, 2025
Bonds Hint at Rebound: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 18, 2025
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Trade Breakouts After Confirming Support‑resistance‑support Pattern
If there are no immediate levels on an asset, Here's the approach I like to take: 1. Wait for price to establish an initial support 2. Bounce up and establish a resistance 3. Hit support again Then, you can simply trade the breakout/ breakdown out...
By Koroush Khaneghah
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Today's Top Crypto News: ICO Failure, Privacy Upgrade, DappRadar Closure
In today's Unchained Daily newsletter: • ⚠️ Monad's ICO fizzles after early rush • ️ Ethereum gets a powerful new privacy layer? • DappRadar closes doors after 7 years • White House targets foreign-held crypto Read today's must-know crypto news… and subscribe! https://lnkd.in/e5__hRS9
By Laura Shin
News•Nov 18, 2025
Crypto Markets Today: Fear Grips Market as BTC Tests Support, Volatility Spikes
Bitcoin hovered near $91,000 as sentiment hit "extreme fear," volatility jumped and leveraged traders absorbed over $1 billion in liquidations while altcoins fell further.
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin's Deep Dip Sets Stage for Technical Bounce
It's worth noting that all liquidity has been taken on the downside for #Bitcoin. Even sub $92K. And the CME gap has closed. Fear & Greed has hit an index of 11. The lowest since the Luna crash. That's also why the...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin Correction Mirrors April Drop as 2025 Buyers Fall Into the Red
Market drawdown pushes bitcoin below 2025 key cost basis levels.
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 18, 2025
Libra Token-Linked Wallets Pull $4M and Bet Big on Solana
Wallets tied to the Libra token continue to draw liquidity and have purchased $61.5 million in Solana, despite asset freezes and fraud probes.
By Cointelegraph
News•Nov 18, 2025
Deutsche Börse to Add SocGen’s MiCA Stablecoins to Core Market Systems
Deutsche Börse Group announced that it will integrate Societe Generale‑FORGE’s CoinVertible euro and dollar stablecoins into its post‑trade infrastructure, including the Clearstream settlement platform. The first phase will test the tokens as settlement assets for securities, collateral workflows and treasury functions, with...
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin Bulls Must Guard Monthly EMA20 to Avoid Bear Market
The Bitcoin monthly structure is at a critical spot. Bulls need to defend the monthly EMA20 at all costs. In the last 2 cycles, a confirmed monthly close + breakdown below the EMA20 was the definitive signal that the bear market had...
By Lark Davis
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Betting on Altcoins When Others Doubt Pays Off
Let me tell you a story from younger me in 2019. I was trading the #Crypto markets full time in 2018. Pretty rational bear market, some good bounces on #Altcoins and was able to have a decent living out of...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Nov 18, 2025
Grab Deepens Stablecoin Push with StraitsX Web3 Wallet and Settlements
Southeast Asian super app Grab’s MOU with StraitsX shifts its Web3 efforts from pilots to infrastructure, exploring a unified stablecoin settlement layer across Asia.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Mastercard Crypto Credential Brings Human‑Readable Wallets to Polygon
First major announcement of Devconnect! And more coming today, stay tuned… @Mastercard Crypto Credential is rolling out to self custody wallets, and choosing Polygon as the first chain to support it This means: link your wallet to a human readable username. Forget...
By Sandeep Nailwal
News•Nov 18, 2025
ARK Invest Scoops $10M in Bullish as It Hits Record Low Amid Crypto Stock Rout
Crypto stocks plunged on Monday, with Coinbase, Marathon Digital, Riot, CleanSpark, Circle and Strategy all sliding sharply.
By Cointelegraph
News•Nov 18, 2025
Record $1.26B Outflow Hits BlackRock Bitcoin ETF as Bearish Options Cost Soars
BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) recorded a record $1.26 billion net outflow in November, the largest monthly redemption since its launch in January 2024. The ETF's price fell 16% to $52, a level not seen since April. The outflows are part of...
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Falling Bitcoin Dominance Signals Altcoin Rally Ahead
#Bitcoin dominance mirrors 2019. It's a good case that we're seeing a rejection at the 20-Week MA and dominance falling downwards after this correction of $BTC. I recall, from the early days, that those were signs of a potential bottom on...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Nov 18, 2025
Mastercard Picks Polygon to Bring Verified Usernames to Self-Custody Wallets
Mastercard announced a partnership with Polygon to launch its Crypto Credential system, enabling users to send crypto to verified, human‑readable usernames instead of long wallet addresses. Identity‑verification firm Mercuryo will issue these aliases and link them to self‑custody wallets, while...
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Foundation Rejects Accountability, Labels Critics “Useful Idiots”
Also known as we don't want accountability, oversight, or real KPIs so please let us return to no scrutiny and 6 million ada parties in Berlin It is also extraordinary that the community lead at the CF calls the community...
By Charles Hoskinson
News•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin Dominance Is Bleeding With Price, but Market Observers Say Altcoin Season Is on Hold
Bitcoin’s price fell about 16% this month, dragging its market‑cap dominance from 61.4% to 58.9%, but the decline appears driven by a broad deleveraging rather than a rotation into altcoins. Altcoins such as ETH, ADA, DOGE and SOL posted deeper...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 18, 2025
Average Bitcoin ETF Investor Now Underwater as BTC Falls Below $89.6K
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs saw another day of heavy withdrawals, while Solana ETFs maintained an uninterrupted inflow streak since launch.
By Cointelegraph
News•Nov 18, 2025
Dogecoin Eyes Rebound After Multi-Year Trendline Break Tests $0.15 Floor
Dogecoin slipped 5% from $0.161 to $0.153, breaking a multi‑year ascending trendline and triggering a volume surge of 168% above average, a pattern typical of institutional‑driven selling. Whale cohorts accumulated roughly 4.72 billion DOGE (about $770 million) over the past two weeks,...
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin Hits $89k, Many Rekt After Missed Warning
GOOOOD MORNING CRYPTO!!! ☀️☀️☕☕ BITCOIN IS AT $89,000!!! SO MANY PEOPLE FULLY REKT See the video below - I warned you literally on the day of the top Who else warned you on the 8th of October? Most people told you to "BuY ThE...
By Ivan on Tech
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Treasury Firms Rush to Snap up Discounted Ethereum
Are Ethereum a firesale deal right now? Treasury companies are loading up!🔥 @NasdaqBTCS @Charles_BTCS 🚨 WATCH👉https://t.co/c16HdB8xLP $ETH $BTCS https://t.co/TDIXw8kxE5
By Paul Barron
News•Nov 18, 2025
SEC Makes No Specific Mention of Crypto in 2026 Exam Priorities
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest examination priorities document didn’t mention crypto as an area of focus for the coming year, unlike in previous years.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Crypto Week: ICO Collapse, Ethereum Privacy, DappRadar Shutdown
In today’s @Unchained_pod Daily newsletter: • ⚠️ Monad’s ICO fizzles after early rush • 🕵️ Ethereum gets a powerful new privacy layer? • 💥 DappRadar closes doors after 7 years • 🇺🇸 White House targets foreign-held crypto 🌎 Read today’s must-know crypto news… and subscribe! https://t.co/67rAzzWiMT
By Laura Shin
Social•Nov 18, 2025
UAE Holds Over $900 Million in Bitcoin
THE UAE IS NOW HOLDING OVER $900M IN #BITCOIN THIS IS MASSVE! 🚀 https://t.co/d8X9FLmqpb
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Aave Ghosts Thrive While App Takes Backseat
This week is a great week to be an Aave ghost.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Aave: Auditable, Safe DeFi Alternative to Fraudulent CeDeFi
Just use Aave.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Strategy's Bitcoin Portfolio Loses 40% After Price Collapse
UPDATE 🚨 STRATEGY’S BITCOIN HOLDINGS TAKE A HIT! Roughly 40% of Strategy’s 649,870 BTC is now in a loss. Only days ago when BTC was at $106K, around 90% of their holdings were profitable. 👀 https://t.co/cnLX7TfhFk
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bankless Summit II Launches, Ready for Attendees
Bankless Summit II is ready https://t.co/PkGa5Qhutg
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Solana Whale Adds $17.8M in SOL, Holds $44M
SOLANA WHALE BOUGHT 134,680 $SOL WORTH $17.8M TODAY! This same whale began accumulating exactly 1 month ago and now holds 324,568 SOL worth 44M 🚀 https://t.co/sqR5AxdqJ3
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Tron’s GameFi Journey Pauses, Reunion Awaited
Tron was once one of the most active blockchains on DappRadar, and we worked together to explore the future direction of GameFi. Now, times have changed, and life’s exits often appear just around the corner. Farewell for now until we...
By Justin Sun
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Waller: Markets Can Endure Short‑Term Pain, Bitcoin Bullish
UPDATE 🚨 FED’S WALLER SAYS “FINANCIAL MARKETS CAN HANDLE SHORT-TERM PAIN” Waller says markets are strong enough to take some short-term hits from policy decisions and still bounce back quickly! Bullish for Bitcoin! 🚀 https://t.co/WUJxVaJEpi
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin's Next Bounce Is Inevitable Amid Bear Trends
BITCOIN BOUNCE WILL COME!!!! All bear trends have bounces How to handle them; https://t.co/5TPVuBxI7W
By Ivan on Tech
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Whales Boost Bitcoin Holdings, 2.2% Rise to Four‑Month High
UPDATE 🚨 Whales are loading up on the dip as small holders sell off. Wallets holding over 1000 $BTC rose 2.2% to 1,384, the highest in four months! https://t.co/artBX3O6U6
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin Dominance Slips Below 60% After Month‑long Run
BITCOIN DOMINANCE HAS DROPPED BELOW 60% FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A MONTH! https://t.co/7ZsLABvofq
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin Has 49% Chance to Fall to $85k in November
UPDATE 🚨 NOW A 49% CHANCE BITCOIN DROPS TO $85,000 IN NOVEMBER! https://t.co/XpXK9T4lA3
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
USDJ Liquidation Guarantees 1:1 Redemption for All Users
关于USDJ清退，首先，快照前的用户100% 1比1刚性兑付！USDJ是个老项目，官方已经清退了长达一年，以远高于1的价格回收了95%以上的USDJ，最后在市场只有20万美元的USDJ，最后这部分，也是永久兑换1比1，用户不用担心！最后清退是按照SAI的模式来进行的，必须绑定一个TRX比值，与实际用户清退价值无关！
By Justin Sun
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Saylor Predicts Bitcoin Swing From $180k to $140k
UPDATE 🚨 Michael Saylor says that "Bitcoin will surge to $180,000, crash to $140,000, and people will freak out again." HODL BITCOIN 🚀 https://t.co/sZrWQ3Ongk
By That Martini Guy
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Earn 12% Annual Yield Easily Across Wallets, Exchanges, Contracts
想存 https://t.co/sfxfDd7Uzh 享受12%年化很简单，如果是Defi链上用户，直接从钱包浏览器接入https://t.co/sfxfDd7Uzh就可以用了，如果是交易所用户，直接去@HuobiGlobal 存就可以，如果是合约用户，直接去 @sunwukong_DEX 即可
By Justin Sun
Social•Nov 18, 2025
USDD Hits $530M, Offers 12% Flexible APY
USDD has surpassed $530 million, growing against the market! The 12% APY flexible savings remains unwavering — deposit and withdraw anytime! @sunwukong_DEX also offers a steady 10% APY, fully flexible! Supported on Tron, Ethereum, and BNB Chain. https://t.co/84eOGnSvzJ
By Justin Sun
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Altcoins Outpace Bitcoin, Signaling Market Shift
Good morning everyone, We’re almost there. First sign? #Altcoins showing more strength than Bitcoin tells a lot.
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Nov 18, 2025
BlackRock Dumps $145M in Bitcoin on Nov 17
BLACKROCK SOLD $145.57M WORTH OF BITCOIN ON NOVBER 17 https://t.co/DD6JUg4JSS
By That Martini Guy