🎯Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 1h agoWhat's happening: Bitcoin 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.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Nov 17, 2025
How Market Structure Votes Could Influence 2026 Crypto Voters
A community director at the advocacy organization Stand With Crypto said US lawmakers’ voting records on a pending market structure bill could impact their reelection chances.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Binance Cuts Illicit Exposure 96%, Beats Industry Average
New data from Chainalysis and TRM Labs shows illicit activity on CEXs has fallen sharply since early 2023. Binance is at the front of that improvement, recording the lowest illicit-exposure levels and reducing its own exposure by more than 96%. Both firms’...
By Wendy O
News•Nov 17, 2025
XRP Traders Hope Fresh Wave of ETF Launches Will Restore the Bull Trend
A handful of XRP ETFs could launch this week, leading traders to predict the start of a new rally, but the desired bullish momentum is dependent on the altcoin holding above $2.20.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Crypto Markets Deeply Oversold; Sell‑off Is Typical
I wanted to put the current sell off in perspective... BTC corrected in 2024 -32%, 2025 -32% and right now is around -28%. This is normal. You've lived it before. SOL corrected -47%, -67% and currently -48%. Sui corrected -69% in 2023, -79%...
By Raoul Pal
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Holding Steady: Fundamentals Outpace Crypto Market Crash
Yes, this is a terrible market environment. Yes, it feels like $BTC goes to $25K. Yes, it feels like #Altcoins are completely gone. No, I'm not selling my portfolio and I'm remaining patient. This is the heaviest disconnect I've ever seen...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Blog•Nov 17, 2025
Yala Protocol’s Bitcoin Stablecoin Depegs
The blog post reports that Yala Protocol’s Bitcoin-native stablecoin YU sharply de‑pegged on Sunday, falling as low as 55% below its $1 target across all supported networks, prompting a response from the Yala team acknowledging community concerns. It notes that...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Nov 17, 2025
Harvard Ups Bitcoin ETF Stake to $443 Million
Harvard University’s endowment has tripled its holding in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to roughly $443 million, making it the fund’s largest position and signaling strong institutional endorsement for spot Bitcoin ETFs. The move underscores the growing demand for crypto exposure...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Nov 17, 2025
Scaramucci Family Invested Over $100 Million in Trump Family’s Bitcoin Mining FirmThe Scaramucci Family Has Invested More than $100 Million...
The Scaramucci family, via AJ Scaramucci’s Solari Capital, invested over $100 million in American Bitcoin, a Bitcoin mining firm backed by Donald Trump’s sons, as part of a $220 million financing round before the company went public through a reverse merger. The...
By Laura Shin
News•Nov 17, 2025
Price Predictions 11/17: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE
Bitcoin attempted a recovery but is facing selling at higher levels, indicating that bears continue to sell on rallies.
By Cointelegraph
News•Nov 17, 2025
Cboe to Launch Perpetual-Style Bitcoin and Ether Futures in US
The exchange's 10-year Bitcoin and Ether contracts mimic perpetuals through daily cash adjustments, giving users a regulated way to trade crypto futures in the US.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Fear & Greed at 14 Signals Painful Dip, Patience Pays
It's quite clear that #Bitcoin closes the CME gap today. Question is; where are we? Well, if we look at data, then, the fear & greed index can give an impression of the current state of the market comparable to previous...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Nov 17, 2025
Binance to Invest over $4 Billion in America if It Gets a Refund After CZ Pardon
President Trump granted a full pardon to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, wiping out his personal criminal conviction but leaving the $4.3 billion Binance has already paid to U.S. agencies untouched. The settlement comprises criminal forfeiture and fines from the DOJ, civil...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 17, 2025
$1T Crypto Market Drawdown Masks Bitcoin’s Strong Fundamentals: Coinbase Exec
Despite a $1 trillion crypto wipeout, a Coinbase executive said Bitcoin’s decline is structural and not bearish since few fundamentals have changed since its September price peak.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin Seeks Support, Likely Bottom Early This Week
$94,000 per $BTC couldn't hold. Therefore, Bitcoin goes in search for a support level (CME gap is an obvious point). The volatility remains high, and, I think we'll find ourselves into a bottom in the first days of this week as...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Nov 17, 2025
Figure Stock Jumps as Druckenmiller Invests $77M, Analysts Raise Price Targets
Figure Technologies’ shares surged up to 15% after billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller disclosed a $77 million stake, roughly 2.1 million shares representing 1.9% of his portfolio. Analysts at Bank of America, Mizhou and Piper Sandler lifted price targets, pointing to the firm’s shift...
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Cypherpunk Tech: Humanity's Last Defense in a Critical Decade
Inside me is two wolves. Cypherpunk values are literally the line only defense of humanity left and time is running out. 5, 10 years? In the past the corpo chain opportunity was an illusion and it was easy to ignore to build...
By Zaki Manian
News•Nov 17, 2025
Rare Bitcoin Futures Signal Could Catch Traders Off-Guard: Is a Bottom Forming?
Bitcoin futures flip negative for the first time since March as internal flows surge and the market downturn deepens.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin Remains Humanity’s Key Asset Amid AI Era
By popular demand, I’m releasing this interview with @mikealfred a day early. We discuss his investment playbook, AI outlook, picking winning stocks, why Bitcoin is the “most important asset in human history” and exactly how he would allocate a $1 million...
By Natalie Brunell
Social•Nov 17, 2025
BTCS May Be the Better Buy, Says Experts
🔷Is BTCS the Better BUY??🔥🔥 w/@Charles_BTCS @NasdaqBTCS 📈 WATCH NOW👉https://t.co/6gnuwJyHXg $BTCS $ETH $BTC https://t.co/7Sl8KyYWys
By Paul Barron
News•Nov 17, 2025
Trump’s Maldives Hotel Will Be a Tokenized Real Estate Project
The Trump Organization, in partnership with Saudi developer Dar Global, announced that the Trump International Hotel Maldives will be tokenized, allowing investors to purchase digital shares in the luxury resort during its early development. The resort, slated to open by...
By CoinDesk
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Leverage Amplifies Risk: Forced Selling Aligns All Assets
During Liquidations, all asset correlations go to 1.0 During a global margin call, investors don’t sell what they want to sell, they sell what they have to sell Always remember that leverage can never make a bad investment good, but it can,...
By Mark Yusko
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin's Intrinsic Value Lies in Trustless Settlement Assurance
The No Intrinsic Value argument against Bitcoin misses the point The value of a monetary network is in its settlement assurances: immutable & final Bitcoin is the first global settlement network for value that doesn't require a trusted third party, that is...
By Mark Yusko
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Money Evolves: Bitcoin Is the Next Hard Currency
Every form of money in history has eventually failed Failed in that it was replaced by a harder form Livestock to Seashells Seashells to Metals Metals to Gold The logical successor in the Digital Age is Bitcoin It's not a scheme, it's Monetary Darwinism Adapt or Die
By Mark Yusko
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Fault‑tolerant Quantum Computer May Crack RSA by 2028
> Indeed, given the current staggering rate of hardware progress, I now think it’s a live possibility that we’ll have a fault-tolerant quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm before the next US presidential election. – Scott Aaronson (11/13/25)
By Nick Carter
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin May Dip to $60‑70k, Bounce at 200‑day SMA
While I think Bitcoin will go to the 200W SMA ($60k-$70k) in 2026, there is a high probability it will have a bounce back to the 200D SMA before going that low. All prior cycle bear markets were confirmed by...
By Benjamin Cowen
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Custom 3D-Printed Watch Packaging Persists Post-Alpenglow Update
These will continue to compute proof of history even after the alpenglow update
By Anatoly Yakovenko
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Only 20 Tickets Remain—Summit Will Sell Out
There are TWENTY TICKETS LEFT to the Bankless Summit! After that, the Summit is SOLD OUT
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin Poised for $60‑70k Peak by 2026
I think Bitcoin has a date with destiny (200 week moving average) in 2026, probably around $60k-$70k. https://t.co/O5YsNjCuri
By Benjamin Cowen
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Zcash's 5‑person Committee Controls 8% of Issuance
This is important! There are two parts to how the Zcash community governs the use of Dev Funds money. This is one of them: a 5-person committee that decides how to spend 8% of the Zcash issuance. Please read.
By Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Crypto Taxes Aren't Optional—Pay Them or Face Consequences
How many of you don’t pay your crypto taxes and thought you would get away with it? It may be crime season for some of you, but you always have to pay your taxes.
By Wendy O
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Crypto Prices Plunge as Markets Crash – Live Analysis
🚨 Markets crashing again. 📉 BTC at $92k 📉 ETH at $3k 📉 SOL at $129 @bitsandbips breaks down what’s happening. We’re live — come bring your Qs! 🎙️📊 https://t.co/OHNrc1ywpH
By Laura Shin
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Top Goon X Predicts ETH Buy Low, Sell High
Top Goon X nailed this daily price action on $ETH Buy approaching alert at the April lows and sell approaching alert at the August highs. Epic 😎 https://t.co/BYpc4YOIt3
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Closed $RIG Position, Market Lacks Buyer Momentum
$RIG Closed for a little profit here. Market pretty shitty overall. Not seeing much buyer momentum anywhere. https://t.co/BMuSNIRAFJ
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Nov 17, 2025
0xMari0 Showcases Aave App at EFDevcon
At 16:30 pm @0xMari0 presents the Aave App at @EFDevcon.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Nov 17, 2025
I’m Unable to View the Linked Content, so I Can’t Create a Headline.
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By Charles Hoskinson
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin Fractal Predicts Dip Below $85k Before Rebound
#Bitcoin fractal says sub $85,000 before bounce I don't trade off fractals but it does line up with my TA. Let's see what this week's price action brings. https://t.co/5X724DjaRd
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Crypto Market Structure Bill Delayed, Regulators' Gains at Risk
Will crypto market structure legislation ever pass? 🤔 @kkirkbos says not soon, and that the gains regulators have made could easily unravel without it. If you are a Polymarket bettor, be careful! https://t.co/SDdUHpLdVi
By Laura Shin
Social•Nov 17, 2025
ZEC Might Mirror BNB: Brief Pump Before Crash
$ZEC Is this one going to do the same as $BNB did? Parabola break, one last reversion pump then nuke? https://t.co/JTK1Qv02HJ
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Nov 17, 2025
From Film Drops to Blockchain: Real‑Time Communication Revolution
The moonshot: from satellites “airdropping” buckets of undeveloped film to blockchains — it’s all about realtime communication https://t.co/cJ4ioM5iUC
By Jill Gunter
Social•Nov 17, 2025
All Blockchains Function as Dedicated Application Chains
every chain is an app chain
By Zaki Manian
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Sharing Exclusive EFDevcon Insights at 5 Pm Talk
dropping some alpha during my talk today in @EFDevcon at 5 pm.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin Crash Wipes Yearly Gains, Warns ZEC vs XRP
$ZEC VS $XRP WARNING BITCOIN CRASHES YEARLY GAINS WIPED OUT! https://t.co/7HzAyypyUn
By Wendy O
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Crypto Valuations Demand 1000× User and Fee Growth
We need 1000x growth in users and fees to support the valuation of crypto projects
By Santiago Santos
Social•Nov 17, 2025
NEAR and Zashi Simplify Secure ZEC Swaps
Kudos to the NEAR and Zashi teams for each doing their part of the engineering to enable easier, safer swaps to ZEC!
By Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Crypto Update: Bitcoin Gains Vanish, ETH Supercycle, ZEC Tops Searches
Crypto things you might have missed: -Bitcoin yearly gains wiped 2025 VANISH -Tom Lee says ETH is entering a supercycle -@Aigent_Victorai launches Polymarket bot on @hedera -$ZEC flips XRP as most searched token on Coinbase JOIN THE DAILY 10:30 AM LIVESTREAM ON YOUTUBE AND...
By Wendy O
Social•Nov 17, 2025
ETH Likely Won’t Find Weekly Support Above $2600
$ETH Not really seeing much for weekly support until $2600 area https://t.co/FlnhldQei9
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Nov 17, 2025
From Counterculture to Open Trust: Prioritizing Effectiveness
major vibe shift in EF and Ethereum community overall from: “we need to show how counterculture we are, even if it means being ineffective” to “we win when we make everything open and trustable, and we have to be maximally effective to achieve...
By DCinvestor
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Many Altcoins Expected to Re‑Hit 10/10 Wick L
The unfortunate truth is many alts are likely to revisit their 10/10 wick lows before this is all said and done.
By Chris Burniske
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Wizards Launch New Inscription Standard for BIP‑Knotzi
The wizards created a new inscription standard in honor of BIP-Knotzi. 😂😂😂
By Peter Todd
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Amsterdam's Legacy Fuels Crypto's Golden Age
Talking about bitcoin and Zcash in Amsterdam, the country that invented the joint-stock company (shareholders with limited liability) and the world's first stock exchange, was epic. Thank you @Treasury_BTC for a great conference. Here's to the Golden Age of crypto...
By Cameron Winklevoss