What'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.
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Alibaba announced a partnership with JPMorgan to launch a tokenized fiat payment system for its B2B e‑commerce platform, starting with USD and EUR tokens in December, leveraging blockchain technology without labeling them as stablecoins. The rollout aims to enable 24/7 cross‑border payments with lower fees, reflecting the broader surge in tokenized real‑world assets that now exceed $36 billion on‑chain. Additionally, Alibaba will introduce an AI‑driven smart‑contract feature called “agentic pay” to automate settlement, dispute resolution, and fund releases, which the company says could reshape global trade. The author presents these developments as a strategic, technology‑focused shift for Alibaba’s e‑commerce ecosystem.

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Japan’s Financial Services Agency has outlined a custodial framework that aligns crypto assets with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, reaffirming cold‑wallet segregation and proposing a 2025 amendment to the Payment Services Act. Hong Kong has moved from pilots to...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced five new guilty pleas linked to North Korean schemes that placed fraudulent IT workers in U.S. jobs and seized an additional $15 million in Tether (USDT) tied to the nation’s cyber‑heist group APT‑38. The convictions...

The $2.5 billion BUIDL fund, tokenized by Securitize, deepens its utility for institutional traders and expands to a new blockchain.

Canary Capital announced it has filed applications for every crypto ETF that meets the SEC’s generic listing standards and will pause new filings for the rest of the year. The firm just launched a spot XRP ETF that opened with...

The Premium Investor Report #479 by Lark Davis provides a brief portfolio update, a deep‑dive into the Humanity Protocol altcoin highlighting red flags, and a detailed stock analysis of Energy Fuels Inc., emphasizing its unique control of the White Mesa...

In this episode, former Robinhood CISO and SVRN COO David Schwed breaks down the biggest blind spots in crypto security, stressing that prevention—especially physical and infrastructure safeguards—trumps reactive measures. He warns that enterprise‑grade setups often give a false sense of...

The post examines Humanity Protocol, an identity‑verification network that uses palm biometrics and zero‑knowledge proofs to create a reusable, privacy‑preserving human ID for crypto apps. It outlines potential benefits—streamlining compliance and preventing bots—and notes macro tailwinds like regulatory pressure, while...

The post highlights a wave of crypto liquidations exceeding $1.1 billion after Bitcoin slipped below $97,000, with $978 million coming from long positions primarily in Bitcoin and Ether. Bitcoin fell 5% to $96,170 and Ether dropped 9% to $3,126, while spot Bitcoin...
On the debut of Uneasy Money, Kain Warwick, Taylor Monahan & Luca Netz dig into: ⚠️ What the Balancer hack exposed Why new airdrops feel so stingy The quiet return of ICOs 樂 Are we rewarding the wrong users? https://lnkd.in/eiywyERK

American Bitcoin (ABTC), in which Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump hold a 20% stake, reported a Q3 net income of $3.47 million, reversing a $576,000 loss from a year earlier, while revenue surged five‑fold to $64.2 million. The miner expanded its...
In today's Unchained Daily newsletter: $1B+ in crypto longs wiped out as markets slide Grayscale takes steps toward going public XRPC ETF posts strongest launch of 2025 Polymarket predictions coming to UFC broadcasts Read the latest update… and get more...

#BTC Bitcoin has successfully performed clusters of Lower Lows at the 50-week EMA in earlier stages of the Bull Market But the deeper BTC gets into the cycle, the probability of these clusters successfully forming naturally lowers Bitcoin needs to Weekly Close...

On Nov. 14, 2025, ether (ETH $3,207) held steady near $3,230 while bitcoin slipped more than 2% to around $97,200, lifting the ETH/BTC ratio by over 2%. CoinDesk analyst Omkar Godbole points to a counter‑trend downward channel in the ETH/BTC chart that may...

#BTC Bitcoin is deviating below the 50-week EMA (purple) as we speak Last week, BTC protected this EMA as support by Weekly Closing above it, despite initial downside wicking Bitcoin needs to Weekly Close above the EMA again to protect the EMA...
Happy Children's Day to Children & Children at heart! #ChildrensDay always reminds me that we need to do more to make the world a better place for our future leaders. One of the best ways? Financial education. It's a topic most...

Tether’s market‑share of the crypto ecosystem rose to its highest level since April, with the USDT stablecoin now valued at $184 billion. The surge coincides with Bitcoin’s 11% decline this month, pulling its price down to $97,630, and reflects heightened risk...
Happy Children's Day to Children & Children at heart! 🧒 #ChildrensDay always reminds me that we need to do more to make the world a better place for our future leaders. One of the best ways? Financial education. It's a topic most...
헧헵헲 헳헼혂헿-혆헲헮헿 헰혆헰헹헲 헶혀 헼혃헲헿, 혁헵헲 헺헮헿헸헲혁 헵헮혀 헲혃헼헹혃헲헱. Last week at the Crypto Congres, I sat down with Bitcoinmagazine.nl to discuss how the traditional four-year cycle no longer defines the crypto market. We're in a new era, one driven by global...

Major cryptocurrencies slumped in November 2025, with Bitcoin falling more than 9% to $103,539 and slipping below the $100,000 support level, while Ether, Solana and Dogecoin dropped 11%‑20% and XRP slid about 7%. The decline coincided with a rally in...
Privacy coins have pumped hard lately. But the real story is much more than price! Josh Swihart of Zcash & Harry Halpin join Unchained to discuss: The reasons behind the price action (No, it's not just Mert) ️ Why transparent blockchains create...
Midnight Summit Hackathon! https://t.co/MHBE309kKx

The post reports a rapid surge in tokenized equity perpetuals on Hyperliquid, with TradeXYZ adding NVDA and Felix and Ventuals launching TSLA and SPACEX, driving $26 million of 24‑hour volume and highlighting the split between USDC‑denominated XYZ markets and USDH‑settled offerings...

fits the timeline ya'll remember the @erikvoorhees debate with SBF right that was 12 days before the collapse SBF was telling us only he could save us from the regulators and all we'd have to do is give up defi https://t.co/rCwKP4XNAi

CDK Enterprise enables large businesses to run "private-public" blockchains Whats a private-public blockchain? Private blockchains with ZK are easy, you don't post your Data publicly and just post your ZK proofs and still interact with the public blockchains https://t.co/G2wexdpuh1

A joint CoinDesk and Protocol Theory report estimates that nearly 25% of internet‑connected adults in the Asia‑Pacific region own cryptocurrency, based on a survey of about 4,020 respondents across ten countries. Adoption is driven by gaps in traditional financial services,...
Doing some dips. https://t.co/1Zchk3MpB4

The full @cameron and @tyler conversation at BTC Amsterdam. Moderated by @khingoei https://t.co/laa74AeVUA

The episode warns that recent market turbulence may signal the start of a Bitcoin "doom season," highlighting sharp price drops and heightened volatility across crypto assets. Host analysis emphasizes the importance of staying informed, using technical charts, and preparing for...

If anyone left on earth is wondering what we meant by hostile sec Amanda was genslers right hand No law degree, no understanding of the tech, just seething politicized hate for DeFi Obv our lawyers don’t think uni is a...
Hey @RobinhoodApp what's taking so long?? 🔥🔥 $POL https://t.co/FbjhvUE0Hg
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We are ₿uying. https://t.co/6g11E9G6pO

In 2019 I wrote an article about why we need @EFDevcon in Buenos Aires In 2025, were finally here 🤗 https://t.co/m3DvixwVig

CryptoSlate’s November 2025 presale roundup highlights a market rebound, with the overall crypto cap up 5% to $4.57 trillion and Bitcoin hovering around $106,000. The article spotlights five live offerings: Earth Version 2 ($EV2) gaming token at $0.01, GoodCrypto ($GOOD) raising $657 k...

DAY 2 @ BTC AMS 🇳🇱 https://t.co/YHCBERSTbI

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"I'm not going to buy any altcoins today." Me 10 minutes later after full porting low liquidity shit coins on max leverage: https://t.co/Abwd4KM08T
JUST IN: Canary spot $XRP ETF $XRPC records ~$59M day one trading volume and ~$245M net inflows
Altcoins are not instilling confidence in #Bitcoin
#Bitcoin daily close below $100k We're doomed. (Allegedly)

Perhaps the greatest financial anomaly-spotting story of the next 50 years is the leveraged buyout…a small group of pioneers realized that they could borrow money, buy those companies, align incentives, and utilize crypto to make those businesses vastly more efficient,...
$ETH has officially underperformed this cycle 😓
Investing is simple, but not easy The principles don't change: Buy low, sell high. Be fearful when others are greedy. Own productive assets. Protect against tail risks. The hard part is having the emotional discipline to follow the rules when the...
The Four Ds Deflation Devaluation Default Depression We are in Devaluation phase Currency debasement is a silent tax on everyone. It always leads to the next stage: Default Whether Sovereign, corporate, and consumer, you can't solve a debt problem with more debt…

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People ask, "What is Bitcoin's intrinsic value?" It’s the same as the first phone call, the first email, the first website Networks increase in value as they gain adoption and grow over time Network growth is not linear, it’s exponential Bitcoin is...
Good recap of our talk with @khingoei at @TheBitcoinConf in Amsterdam.

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