Solana ETFs Post Second-Biggest November Inflows as Demand Grows During Downturn
Solana spot ETFs have recorded a 17th consecutive day of net inflows since their debut on Oct. 28, adding $48.5 million on Wednesday and bringing cumulative inflows to $476 million, the second‑largest daily addition in November. The inflow streak is the longest uninterrupted positive flow among crypto ETFs this year, while Bitcoin and Ether ETFs posted net outflows of roughly $2.96 billion and $107 million respectively in the same month. Bitwise’s BSOL led the day's inflows with $35.9 million, followed by Grayscale’s GSOL at $12.6 million, with Fidelity (FSOL) and VanEck (VSOL) contributing smaller amounts. The trend suggests investors are seeking exposure to Solana as broader crypto markets weaken, highlighted by a 12% drop in the CoinDesk 20 Index over the past week.
Securitize Leverages Plume to Expand Global Real-World Asset Reach
Securitize announced a partnership with modular RWA‑focused layer‑2 blockchain Plume to launch its institutional‑grade tokenized funds on Plume’s Nest staking protocol, linking the assets to Plume’s network of over 280,000 real‑world asset holders. The collaboration, which begins with Hamilton Lane...
Tether Invests in LatAm Crypto Infrastructure Firm Parfin to Boost USDT Among Institutions
Tether announced an undisclosed investment in Latin American crypto infrastructure provider Parfin to accelerate institutional adoption of its USDT stablecoin across the region. Parfin’s suite of custody, tokenization and blockchain settlement tools will be leveraged to enable banks and other...
Ether Treasury Firm FG Nexus Unloads Nearly 11K ETH to Fund Share Buyback
FG Nexus, an Ethereum‑focused digital‑asset treasury firm, sold 10,922 ETH—worth about $33 million at current prices—and borrowed $10 million to repurchase 3.4 million shares, roughly 8% of its float, at an average price of $3.45 per share, below its reported NAV of $3.94....
Cipher Mining Inks New 10-Year HPC Deal With Fluidstack; Shares Rise 13%
Cipher Mining signed a 10‑year high‑performance computing (HPC) hosting agreement with Fluidstack, adding 56 MW of capacity at its Barber Lake, Texas site and bringing Fluidstack’s lease to the full 300 MW. The contract secures roughly $830 million of revenue for the initial...
World App Starts Virtual Bank Accounts Pilot for USDC Payroll Deposits
World App has launched a pilot of virtual bank accounts in the United States, issuing unique account numbers that let users receive direct deposits such as payroll payments directly into the app. Incoming funds are automatically converted to USDC, eliminating...
B. Riley Cuts Digital Asset Treasury Company Price Targets as Crypto Slump Deepens
B. Riley Securities trimmed its net asset value (mNAV) assumptions and price targets for a slate of digital‑asset treasury companies (Datcos) as crypto asset prices continue to slump, with Bitcoin down about 16%, Ether 22% and Solana 28% while the...
Metaplanet Unveils New Bitcoin Backed Capital Structure with $150M Perpetual Preferred Offering
Metaplanet announced a two‑tier bitcoin‑backed preferred‑share structure, issuing senior Class A "MARS" shares and raising ¥21.25 billion ($150 million) through Class B "MERCURY" perpetual preferred equity. MARS offers adjustable monthly dividends that rise when its price is below par and provides non‑dilutive, senior protection...
JPMorgan Warns MSCI Decision Could Force Strategy Out of Top Equity Indices
JPMorgan warned that MSCI’s upcoming Jan. 15 ruling on MicroStrategy (MSTR) could strip the company from major equity benchmarks such as the Nasdaq 100, MSCI USA and MSCI World. The bank estimates that removal could trigger $2.8 billion in passive outflows, rising to...
AI and HPC Bitcoin Miners Surge Pre Market Following Stellar NVIDIA Earnings
AI- and high‑performance‑computing‑focused bitcoin miners rallied in pre‑market trading after NVIDIA posted a Q3 earnings beat and a robust Q4 outlook, lifting sentiment across the sector. IREN jumped more than 8% to around $50, Cipher Mining surged 11% to over...
Abu Dhabi Investment Tripled IBIT Holdings in Q3 as Bitcoin Headed to Record High
Abu Dhabi Investment Council’s vehicle Al Warda Investments more than tripled its stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in Q3, raising its holding to just under 8 million shares worth $517.6 million, a 230% increase. The council, a subsidiary of sovereign‑wealth...
India's Debt-Backed ARC Token Eyes Tentative Q1 2026 Debut, Sources Say
India’s Asset Reserve Certificate (ARC), a rupee‑backed stablecoin developed by Polygon and fintech firm Anq, is slated for a tentative launch in the first quarter of 2026. Each ARC token will be minted 1:1 against cash or cash equivalents such...
Dogecoin Hits Multi-Month Lows as Exchange Flows Turn Bullish for First Time in 6 Months
Dogecoin slid 7.4% on Nov. 20, falling from $0.160 to $0.149 and breaking the key $0.155 support level. Despite the drop, exchange net inflows turned positive for the first time in six months and whales accumulated 4.72 billion DOGE (about $770 million)...
Asia Morning Briefing: Market Turns Defensive as Bitcoin Loses Its Bid
Bitcoin’s price is hovering around $92,000 as demand wanes and market structure weakens, with analysts flagging the end of the core demand wave that powered last year’s rally. CryptoQuant notes slowing ETF accumulation and Treasury‑company buying, while Glassnode reports short‑term...
Stablecoin Spending Goes Mainstream With Opera MiniPay’s LatAm Integration
Opera’s MiniPay wallet, built on the Celo blockchain, has launched a “Pay like a local” feature that lets its 10 million users in Argentina and Brazil spend USDT directly at merchants via QR codes linked to PIX and Mercado Pago. The...
Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Bill Hill Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Unlicensed Money Transmitting
William “Bill” Hill, 67, co‑founder of the Bitcoin mixing service Samourai Wallet, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote to four years in prison for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money‑transmitting business, after pleading guilty in July. Prosecutors allege...
DeFi Giant Spark Shelves Crypto App Plans to Focus on Institutional Infrastructure
DeFi protocol Spark has put its planned mobile app on hold, citing a strategic shift toward its core strength in liquidity infrastructure rather than consumer-facing products. The firm will concentrate on institutional deals, highlighted by a $1 billion balance‑sheet investment to...
Trump's Pick to Run CFTC, Selig, Tells Senators Crypto a 'Critical Mission' At Agency
Mike Selig, President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee, emphasizing that crypto regulation will be a top priority. He pledged to create a framework that supports software developers and new...
Crypto Leverage Hits Record High in Q3 as DeFi Dominance Reshapes Market Structure: Galaxy
Galaxy Digital’s Q3 report shows crypto‑collateralized borrowing surged to a record $73.6 billion, with on‑chain DeFi loans accounting for 66.9% of the total and hitting an all‑time high of $41 billion—a 55% jump from the previous peak. Centralized lenders grew 37% to...
AI Agents Need Identity and Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are the Solution
AI agents lack verifiable identity, creating a trust deficit that hampers their deployment in finance and other sectors. Evin McMullen argues that zero‑knowledge proofs (ZKPs) can let both humans and AI prove credentials—such as age, regulatory compliance, or ethical training—without...
Coinbase Debuts DEX Trading in Brazil as ‘Everything App’ Vision Grows
Coinbase has launched decentralized exchange (DEX) trading for Brazilian users, expanding token access from a few hundred to potentially millions within the Coinbase app. The feature routes trades through platforms such as Uniswap and Aerodrome, offers fee‑free network transactions, and...
ICP Softens as Failed Breakout Above $5.17 Shifts Market Back Into Consolidation
Internet Computer (ICP) price softened after failing to break above the $5.17 resistance level, erasing gains from Monday’s rally. Heavy trading volume at the key resistance signaled exhaustion, pushing the token back toward its short‑term support zone. The move suggests...
BONK Extends Slide as Key Support Break Raises Prospect of Further Downside
BONK token fell to $0.00001006, breaking the $0.00001032 support level that had anchored recent short‑term consolidation. Trading volume surged to 1.06 trillion tokens, more than double the recent average, with additional spikes of 28.6‑32.1 trillion tokens as the price approached...
Winklevoss-Backed Cypherpunk Buys $18M More Zcash, Bringing Holdings to $150M
Cypherpunk Technologies, the digital‑asset treasury firm backed by Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, announced an $18 million purchase of 29,869 Zcash tokens at an average price of $602.63, raising its total ZEC holdings to 233,644 tokens valued at roughly $150 million....
Bullish Swings to Profit in Third Quarter After Adding Options, U.S. Spot Trading
Bullish (BLSH), the crypto platform behind CoinDesk, posted a third‑quarter profit of $18.5 million, or $0.10 per share, reversing a $67.3 million loss a year earlier and beating analysts’ EPS expectations. The turnaround was driven by the launch of U.S. spot trading...
Apex Group Said to Buy Broker Dealer Globacap for U.S. Tokenization Push
Apex Group Holdings is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Globacap, a London‑based broker‑dealer and alternative trading system that operates in the United States under FINRA and SEC oversight. The deal would give Apex a regulated U.S. platform to issue...
Hyperliquid Unveils HIP-3 Growth Mode, Slashing Fees by 90% to Boost New Markets
Hyperliquid has rolled out HIP-3 growth mode, a permissionless market‑deployment feature that cuts all‑in taker fees by more than 90% for new assets. Fees drop from the standard 0.045% to as low as 0.0045%‑0.009%, with further reductions for top‑tier stakers,...
DeFi Insurance Alternative Nexus Mutual Integrates Restaking Specialist Symbiotic
Nexus Mutual, the decentralized insurance protocol, announced a partnership with Symbiotic, a specialist in restaking services, to launch a new class of underwriting vaults. These Symbiotic vaults will act as a reinsurance layer, providing additional capital and risk mitigation for...
From $140K Call to $85K Put: Bitcoin Positioning Reverses Completely
Bitcoin options on Deribit have swung from a bullish to a bearish stance as the cryptocurrency fell more than 25% to $91,000 since Oct. 8. Open interest in the $140,000 call dropped to $1.63 billion, while the $85,000 put surged to $2.05 billion,...
Kraken Scores $800M Raise Backed by $200M Citadel Securities Investment
Kraken has secured an $800 million financing round, including a $200 million investment from market‑making firm Citadel Securities, valuing the crypto exchange at $20 billion. The capital, led by institutional investors such as Jane Street and DRW VC, will fund Kraken’s push to...
'Permissionless Assets’: Robinhood’s 3-Phase Tokenization Plan to Disrupt TradFi
Robinhood is executing a three‑phase roadmap to tokenise equities and eventually create a permissionless financial ecosystem. Phase 1 launched a tokenised stock offering in the EU, covering about 800 securities but keeping the tokens locked inside Robinhood’s app. Phase 2 will leverage...
Canada Approves Budget That Advances Policy for Stablecoins
Canada’s federal budget, narrowly approved by Parliament, embeds a new stablecoin regulatory framework that designates the Bank of Canada as the supervisory authority. The rules require issuers to hold one‑to‑one reserves in Canadian dollars or high‑quality liquid assets, prohibit any...
Sen. Warren Keeps Pressure on Trump Crypto Ties as Market Structure Bill Negotiated
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding information on President Donald Trump’s affiliate, World Liberty Financial Inc., after reports that the firm sold tokens to sanctioned entities...
Cloudflare Outage Sends Shockwaves Through Crypto, Renewing Push for DePIN
Cloudflare suffered a major outage on Tuesday that knocked out thousands of websites and applications, including key crypto platforms such as BitMEX and the Telegram‑linked Toncoin, as well as mainstream services like X and ChatGPT. The disruption highlighted the fragility...
Bitcoin Gains Tuesday as Traditional Markets Slump in Rare Occurrence of Crypto Outperformance
Bitcoin rebounded to about $93,500 on Tuesday, gaining roughly 1% after briefly slipping below $90,000, while U.S. equities continued to slide, with the Nasdaq down 1.1% and gold off 0.3%. The rally extended to altcoins, which posted 2.5%‑4% gains, and...
U.S. Regulator OCC Clarifies How Banks Can Handle Network 'Gas Fees'
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued interpretive letter No. 1186, confirming that U.S. national banks may hold cryptocurrency on their balance sheets to cover anticipated blockchain “gas fees.” The guidance permits banks to retain digital assets needed for...
Société Générale’s SG-FORGE Issues First Tokenized Bond in U.S.
Société Générale’s crypto arm SG‑FORGE completed its first U.S. digital bond issuance, a short‑term SOFR‑linked security tokenized with Broadridge’s platform and run on the privacy‑enabled Canton Network. The bond was purchased by trading firm DRW, with BNY Mellon acting as paying agent...
Bitcoin Sell-Off Likely 'Complete', Rally Into Year-End Still in Play: StanChart Analyst
Standard Chartered’s digital‑asset head Geoffrey Kendrick says Bitcoin’s recent steep decline – a roughly 30% pullback that has taken the price from its $126,000 peak to just under $93,000 – is likely nearing its end, marking the third correction of...
Revolut Enlists Polygon for Stablecoin Remittances in UK and EEA
Revolut has partnered with Polygon Labs to launch stablecoin remittances on the Polygon blockchain for customers in the UK and non‑EU EEA, adding USDC, USDT and POL to its app. The integration, live since December 2024, has already processed more...
Obex Raises $37M to Build 'Y Combinator' For RWA-Backed Stablecoins, Led by Framework, Sky
Obex, a new crypto incubator backed by Framework Ventures, LayerZero and the Sky ecosystem, raised $37 million to launch a Y‑Combinator‑style program for real‑world‑asset‑backed stablecoins. The 12‑week accelerator will target early‑stage projects that collateralize compute credits, energy assets and large‑fintech loans,...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Solana (SOL) Rises 5.8%, Leading Index Higher
Aptos (APT) was also a top performer, gaining 5.3% from Monday.
Bitcoin Hashprice Falls to Five-Year Low
Falling revenue and record difficulty could tighten the squeeze on bitcoin miners, though many are more driven by their AI infrastructure initiatives.
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.
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.
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.
Bonds Hint at Rebound: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for 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.
Bitcoin Correction Mirrors April Drop as 2025 Buyers Fall Into the Red
Market drawdown pushes bitcoin below 2025 key cost basis levels.
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...
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...
