News•Nov 11, 2025
Bitcoin Traders Eye Seasonal 'Santa Rally' As Fed Moves Spur Volatility Hopes
Bitcoin is poised for a potential "Santa Claus Rally" in December, as analysts cite strategic accumulation by long‑term holders and expectations of U.S. liquidity‑easing measures such as a proposed $2,000 tariff dividend stimulus. Historical data shows Bitcoin ending six of the last eight Decembers in the green, with gains of 8%‑46%, suggesting a seasonal tailwind. The rally could be reinforced by anticipated Fed rate cuts and growing institutional adoption, while a new volatility regime driven by structural liquidity and leverage shifts is expected to keep price swings elevated into 2026. Current on‑chain data shows modest price declines in November but continued accumulation among smaller holders, even as large‑wallet whales have been net sellers.
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 11, 2025
Asia Morning Briefing: Hong Kong’s FinTech Week Belonged to Stablecoins, Not CBDCs
At Hong Kong’s FinTech Week, the focus shifted from central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to stablecoins, with banks and regulators highlighting tokenized deposits and HKD‑backed stablecoins. The change reflects a broader global trend, exemplified by Brazil’s pause on its CBDC...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
BNY Sees Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash Hitting $3.6T by 2030 Amid Institutional Adoption
BNY Mellon projects that stablecoins and tokenized cash could grow to $3.6 trillion by 2030, with stablecoins alone representing about $1.5 trillion of that value. The expansion is fueled by accelerating institutional demand and a maturing regulatory landscape, including the EU’s MiCA...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
U.S. Clears Way for Crypto ETPs to Get Into Yield Without Triggering Tax Problems
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued a safe‑harbor guidance that allows crypto exchange‑traded products (ETPs) to stake proof‑of‑stake assets without losing their tax‑exempt trust status, effective immediately. The rule removes a key legal obstacle for fund sponsors, custodians and asset...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Senate Ag Releases Long-Awaited Version of Crypto Market Structure Legislation
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Nov. 10 released a draft crypto market‑structure bill that outlines how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would share oversight of spot‑market trading and related intermediaries. The draft,...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Uniswap Proposes Sweeping ‘UNIfication’ With UNI Burn and Protocol Fee Overhaul
Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation have filed a sweeping governance proposal dubbed “UNIfication” that would activate protocol fees, burn a retroactive 100 million UNI from the treasury and route future trading fees – including those from the Unichain layer‑2 –...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Trump Tokens Outperform After US President Teases ‘Tariff Dividends’
The crypto market rallied after President Trump hinted on Truth Social that tariff revenues could fund $2,000 stimulus checks, sending his namesake tokens soaring. Bitcoin rose just over 1%, while World Liberty Financial (WLFI) surged 24% and the TRUMP memecoin...
By The Defiant
News•Nov 10, 2025
XPL Rallies After Plasma Reveals Collaboration with Daylight Energy
Plasma’s native token XPL jumped 10% to $0.325, lifting its market value to $607 million after the Layer 1 blockchain announced a partnership with Daylight Energy to launch GRID, a fully collateralized M0‑backed stablecoin, and sGRID, a yield‑bearing token tied to the...
By The Defiant
News•Nov 10, 2025
ICP Falls 11.2% to $6.69 After Losing Key $7.00 Support
ICP token slid 11.2% to $6.69, breaking the key $7.00 technical support after a rally that peaked at $8.76 last week. The move was confirmed by a volume spike to 6.31 million tokens, roughly 94% above the 24‑hour average. Analysts now...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
WIF Surged 5% to $0.497 Before Retreating as Profit-Taking Emerged
Dogwifhat (WIF) jumped 5% to $0.497 on Nov 10, breaking the $0.4840 resistance line with a 98% volume surge that pushed trading to 12.51 M shares, before profit‑taking at the peak forced a pullback to a $0.491 close. The token had been...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
BONK Rises 1.7% as Breakout Momentum Holds
BONK, the Solana‑based meme token, climbed 1.7% to $0.00001332, breaking the key resistance level of $0.00001320. Trading volume surged to 850.8 billion tokens, an 82% increase over the 24‑hour average, confirming the breakout pattern. The token is now trading in a...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Does Bitcoin Use MEV to Order Your Transactions Like DeFi?
Bitcoin exhibits a quiet form of MEV in which miners and pools decide transaction ordering using fee rates, ancestor‑child package feerates, BIP125 RBF replacements, and out‑of‑band payment lanes, even though there is no DeFi‑style front‑running. Bitcoin Core v28 made full...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 10, 2025
Bybit Said to Be in Talks to Buy South Korean Exchange Korbit: Report
Bybit, the world’s second‑largest crypto exchange, is reportedly in talks to acquire South Korean platform Korbit, according to Maeil Business. Bybit’s spokesperson said the firm has no knowledge of the rumored deal. The talks come as South Korean regulators have...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Bought Last Week's Ether Dip, Adding 110K Tokens to Holdings
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) purchased roughly $400 million of ether last week, adding 110,288 ETH and pushing its total holdings above 3.5 million tokens – about 2.9 % of the global supply. The firm’s unencumbered cash rose to $398 million and its shares jumped...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
EToro Third-Quarter Results Top Estimates on Crypto Trading Strength, KBW Says
eToro reported third‑quarter adjusted EBITDA of $78 million, surpassing KBW’s $70 million estimate, driven by a surge in crypto trading revenue that generated $56 million versus the $36.3 million forecast. GAAP net income rose 48% year‑over‑year to $57 million and total net contribution reached $215 million,...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Coinbase's New Platform Brings Back Digital Token Offerings
Coinbase announced a new token‑sale platform that will host roughly one public offering per month, using a week‑long request window and an algorithmic allocation to replace the first‑come‑first‑served model. The inaugural sale, slated for next week, will feature layer‑1 blockchain...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Crypto Markets Today: Altcoins Surge as Bitcoin Rebounds to $106.5K on U.S. Dividend Optimism
Bitcoin rebounded to roughly $106,500, up about 4% in 24 hours, while its market dominance slipped to 59.1% as altcoins such as XRP, XLM and HBAR posted double‑digit gains. Total value locked in DeFi climbed to $142.8 billion, driven by 20%...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Crypto Equities Move Higher Pre-Market, But There’s a Twist
Bitcoin surged past $106,000 on Monday, retaking the 365‑day moving average near $102,444, while a CME futures gap around $104,170 hints at a possible short‑term pullback. The rally lifted crypto‑related and AI‑linked equities in pre‑market trading, with Galaxy Digital up...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Is This the Indicator That Bitcoin Treasury Companies Have Hit a Bottom?
Jim Chanos ended an 11‑month short on Strategy (MSTR) after the company’s multiple net‑asset‑value (mNAV) compressed from 2.5× to 1.23×, erasing the premium that once justified his bet. The move comes as other bitcoin‑treasury firms such as Metaplanet and KindlyMD...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Zcash Privacy Meets Solana DeFi with Zenrock’s Wrapped ZEC Crossing $15M in Volume
Zenrock launched zenZEC, a wrapped Zcash token on Solana, and it has generated roughly $15 million in trading volume since its Oct. 31 debut. The token combines Zcash’s zero‑knowledge privacy with Solana’s high‑speed, low‑cost infrastructure, using Zenrock’s decentralized multi‑party computation (MPC) network...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Ledger Eyes New York IPO or Fund Raise: Report
Ledger, the French maker of cryptocurrency hardware wallets that safeguards roughly $100 billion in bitcoin, is weighing a New York initial public offering or a private financing round next year, according to the Financial Times. CEO Pascal Gauthier said he is spending...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 10, 2025
Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Rebounds as Polymarket Traders Bet U.S. Shutdown Will End Within Days
Bitcoin surged 4.2% to $106,269 and Ethereum jumped 7.4% to $3,643 after a bipartisan Senate funding deal raised odds that the U.S. government shutdown will end by mid‑week, according to Polymarket. The market’s perception of a shutdown resolution flipped from...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 9, 2025
Crypto Prices Rise as Trump Announces ‘At Least’ $2K Tariff Dividend Per American
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to pay a tariff‑funded dividend of at least $2,000 per person, prompting a modest rally in crypto markets. Bitcoin rose about 1.9% to roughly $103,000, Ether gained nearly 5% to above $3,500, and...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 9, 2025
U.S. Regulator That May Rule Over Digital Assets Pushing Toward Crypto Spot Trading
Acting CFTC Chairman Caroline Pham is meeting directly with regulated exchanges to launch retail spot‑crypto products, such as Bitcoin and Ether, as early as next month, even though Congress has not yet granted the agency explicit authority over spot markets....
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 9, 2025
Wall Street Is Bought in On Crypto’s Upside Potential, But Not Its Tech
Wall Street’s institutional appetite for crypto has surged, with record inflows into Bitcoin ETFs and new spot products from firms like BlackRock, Fidelity and VanEck, yet the bulk of trading, settlement and market‑making remains off‑chain. Institutions avoid on‑chain execution because...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 9, 2025
Spain’s Civil Guard Arrests Alleged Leader of 260M Euro Crypto-Linked Ponzi Scheme
Spanish Civil Guard arrested A.R., known online as “CryptoSpain,” alleged leader of the Madeira Invest Club, a cross‑border Ponzi scheme that raised roughly €260 million from more than 3,000 investors by promising guaranteed returns on contracts tied to cryptocurrency, gold, luxury...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 9, 2025
The Great Korean Pivot: From Memecoins to Machine Chips
South Korean crypto exchanges saw daily volumes plunge up to 80% YoY, with Upbit falling from $9 bn to $1.8 bn and Bithumb losing two‑thirds of liquidity. Retail investors have migrated to the equity market, driving the KOSPI up more than 70%...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 8, 2025
Long DATs, Short Futures: A New Wrinkle On The Basis Trade
CoinFund’s Chris Perkins argues that in 2026 investors will exploit a new basis‑trade variant by going long Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) stocks and shorting newly available CFTC‑regulated futures on a broader set of altcoins. DATs, public companies that hold crypto...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 8, 2025
Bitcoin Whales vs Everyone Else, and the Whales Are Winning
Large Bitcoin holders—whales with over 10,000 BTC—have been net sellers for three consecutive months, driving continued price pressure while smaller wallets under 1,000 BTC remain net accumulators. The divergence was highlighted by Glassnode’s Accumulation Trend Score, which shows whales in distribution mode,...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Crypto’s Flagship AI Project Fractures: Fetch Sues Ocean over 263M FET ‘Community’ Sales
Fetch.ai and three token holders have filed a class‑action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York accusing Ocean Protocol of misrepresenting a 700 million‑OCEAN “community” token reserve and then converting those tokens into roughly 286 million FET, of which about 263 million...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 7, 2025
U.S. Fed's Miran Says Policy Needs to Adjust to Stablecoin Boom That Could Reach $3T
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran warned that the rapid growth of dollar‑linked stablecoins could reshape U.S. monetary policy. Fed staff project stablecoin uptake of $1‑$3 trillion by 2030, adding demand for Treasury securities that currently total under $7 trillion. Miran said the...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Ethena Season 4 Rewards Go Live
Ethena launched its Season 4 rewards, distributing 3.5% of the ENA token supply – 1.5% instantly claimable, 1% vested for the top 2,000 wallets and instantly available to smaller users, and the final 1% pending the launch of Hyena Trade, the...
By The Defiant
News•Nov 7, 2025
LayerZero Token Surges After $10 Million Buyback
LayerZero Labs announced a $10 million open‑market buyback of its native ZRO token, pushing the price 11 % higher to $1.73 and lifting market cap to $194 million. The firm reiterated its view that ZRO is mispriced and signaled ongoing repurchases, echoing a...
By The Defiant
News•Nov 7, 2025
Crypto Markets Manage Modest Move Higher Friday, Trimming Weekly Losses
Crypto markets closed the week on a modest upside as Bitcoin rebounded above $103,000, gaining roughly 2% in the last 24 hours after dipping below $99,000 earlier in the session. Altcoins posted stronger gains, with Ether, XRP and Solana up...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
JPMorgan Boosts Bitcoin ETF Holdings by 64% in Latest Filing
JPMorgan Chase & Co disclosed in a 13F‑HR filing that it now holds 5,284,190 shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, valued at about $343.47 million – a 64.26% increase from the prior quarter. The bank’s stake rose from 3.22 million shares...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Polymarket’s Trading Volume May Be 25% Fake, Columbia Study Finds
Columbia University researchers estimate that roughly 25% of Polymarket’s historical trading volume is likely wash‑trading, with weekly fake volume peaking at about 60% in December 2024 and exceeding 90% in election and sports markets during certain weeks. Using a novel algorithm...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Bitcoin Defi Gets Another Institutional Boost Through Anchorage Digital Custody
Anchorage Digital, a U.S. federally‑chartered bank, announced it will provide regulated custody services for BOB’s hybrid Bitcoin‑Ethereum DeFi platform, giving institutions a compliant gateway to Bitcoin‑native yield opportunities. BOB’s ecosystem currently holds about $250 million in total value locked, while Bitcoin‑based...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
The GENIUS Act’s $250M Battle Begins Now: Bitcoin Stands as the Last Bastion Against Censorship
The GENIUS Act became law on July 18, 2025, creating the United States' first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins and launching a two‑year rulemaking battle that will determine whether roughly $250‑$300 billion of stablecoin liquidity moves into bank‑wrapped structures or is...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 7, 2025
Stop Chasing DeFi Yields and Start Doing the Math
Blueprint Finance CEO Nic Roberts‑Huntley warns that DeFi’s headline‑grabbing APYs mask hidden costs such as impermanent loss, gas fees and low liquidity, which often erode retail investors’ returns. He contrasts sophisticated institutional risk‑models that factor these variables with retail participants...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Japan Regulator to Support Country's 3 Largest Banks in Stablecoin Issuance
Japan's Financial Services Agency announced it will back a proof‑of‑concept project in which the country's three biggest banks—Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group—will jointly explore issuing a stablecoin as an electronic payment instrument. The...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Ex-Alameda Co-Founder's Crypto Trading Firm Lantern Ventures Said to Be Winding Down Funds
Lantern Ventures, the London‑based crypto trading firm founded by former Alameda Research co‑founder Tara Mac Aulay, is winding down its external funds and returning capital to investors after managing roughly $600 million at its peak. The firm has closed to new investment,...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
From Experiment to Blueprint: Why 43% of Hedge Funds Plan Integration with DeFi
The 2025 Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report, covering 122 managers with $982 billion in assets, finds that 43% of hedge funds with crypto exposure plan to integrate DeFi over the next three years, mainly via tokenised funds and direct platform engagement....
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 7, 2025
Filecoin Soars 70% After Breaking Through $2 as DePIN Sector Rallies
Filecoin (FIL) jumped 70% on Nov. 7, soaring from $1.33 to $2.27 and breaking the key $2 psychological barrier as volume spiked to 72.8 million tokens—247% above its 24‑hour average. The move unfolded in three phases—accumulation, breakout and consolidation—and established primary support...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Market Maker Flowdesk Says Crypto Credit Is Finding a Fragile Balance
Flowdesk’s latest credit note says DeFi lenders are deleveraging after Stream Finance disclosed a $93 million loss amid a $20 billion crypto market crash, but credit lines have not frozen. Borrowing demand for major assets such as SOL, BTC, XLM, ENA and...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 7, 2025
Stable Pauses Deposits After Another Pre-Deposit Vault Mishap
Stable, the Bitfinex‑backed stablechain, halted deposits into its Phase 2 pre‑deposit vault on Nov. 6 after users encountered repeated terms‑of‑service prompts and a crash of the Hourglass yield‑protocol website, which forced many to try direct contract deposits that were subsequently rejected. The...
By The Defiant
News•Nov 7, 2025
Crypto Coin Minute for November 7th, 2025 at 11:33 AM Pacific Time.
The post provides a snapshot of major cryptocurrency prices on November 7, 2025, highlighting Bitcoin at $102,876.88 with modest gains, and notable 1‑day increases for Ethereum, XRP, Binance Coin, and Solana. It also notes two news items: Tether’s partnership with Kraneshares to...
By Crypto Coin Minute
News•Nov 6, 2025
Bitcoin Is Getting Too Expensive to Mine Profitably: What Breaks First – Hashrate, UX, or Ideology?
Bitcoin miners are confronting razor‑thin margins as block subsidies shrink and transaction fees remain low, with the seven‑day network hashrate hovering around 1.12 zettahashes per second and forward hashprice futures trading near $43 per petahash per day. Energy costs for modern...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 6, 2025
MegaETH ICO Allocations Leave Community Split
MegaETH, an Ethereum Layer‑2 project, disclosed token allocations for its October 30 ICO, which raised nearly $1.4 billion in demand for a $50 million MEGA token pool, resulting in a 28‑times oversubscription. The allocation was split into "community" and "public" categories, with...
By The Defiant
News•Nov 6, 2025
Bitcoin’s Fair Value Is $170K, JPMorgan Argues in Gold-Based Model
JPMorgan analysts forecast that Bitcoin could climb to about $170,000 within the next six to twelve months, up from roughly $101,000 today, based on a gold‑based valuation model. The model assumes Bitcoin requires 1.8 × more risk capital than gold and...
By CoinDesk
News•Nov 6, 2025
Justin Sun Delivers Keynote at Chainlink’s SmartCon 2025 as TRON DAO Featured as Gold Sponsor
Justin Sun, founder of TRON, delivered the opening keynote at Chainlink’s SmartCon 2025 in New York, where TRON DAO served as a Gold Sponsor. The event featured a panel on tokenized equities, with TRON DAO’s Sam Elfarra emphasizing the chain’s...
By CryptoSlate