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 Polygon will handle the on‑chain processing with high throughput and low fees. The solution aims to cut transfer errors, simplify crypto payments and make digital assets more approachable for mainstream consumers.
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...
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,...
Mt. Gox Moves $956M Worth of BTC As Prices Tank
Mt. Gox transferred roughly 10,608 BTC—valued at about $950 million—to a new wallet on Monday, with a smaller tranche of 185.5 BTC routed back to its hot wallet. The exchange still controls approximately 34,689 BTC, worth near $3.1 billion, across multiple addresses. Historically,...
What Next For Bitcoin as BTC RSI Flashes Oversold Signal?
Bitcoin slipped below $90,000 on Tuesday, a 28% drop from its recent $126,000 peak, pushing the 14‑day relative strength index (RSI) beneath the 30‑point oversold threshold. The oversold reading mirrors a similar signal in late February that preceded a slowdown...
DappRadar Shuts Down, Citing ‘Financially Unsustainable’ Market
DappRadar, the leading analytics platform for on‑chain activity since its 2018 launch, announced on X that it will cease operations, citing a financially unsustainable market environment. The service, which tracked NFT markets, DeFi flows and dozens of blockchains, said it...
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...
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...
High-Stakes Gambler Liquidated for $168M After Shorting the Bottom of Crypto Plunge
A high‑stakes crypto gambler was liquidated on HyperLiquid after a $168 million leveraged short‑bet on Bitcoin, XRP, ZEC and other assets, wiping out $5.5 million as prices bottomed. Undeterred, the trader immediately opened additional short positions worth $115 million on the GMX decentralized...
Bitcoin Accumulation Amid Market Weakness? Sharp Rise in 1K BTC Holders Suggests So
The number of entities holding at least 1,000 BTC rose to 1,436 this week, bucking the 2025 trend of net selling by large holders as Bitcoin slipped below $100,000. Glassnode’s Accumulation Trend Score shows whales (>10,000 BTC) moving from heavy distribution to...
Internet Computer Slides as Break Below $5.00 Reinforces Bearish Technical Shift
Internet Computer (ICP) fell 5.57% to $4.8119, breaking the psychologically important $5.00 level and extending its pullback from November highs near $9.50. Trading volume surged to almost double its daily average, with intraday attempts to hold near $4.70 suggesting a...
Figment, OpenTrade and Crypto.com Offer 15% Stablecoin Yield Product for Institutions
Figment, OpenTrade and Crypto.com have launched a stablecoin yield product for institutional investors that promises roughly 15% annual returns. The strategy stakes Solana (SOL) and employs perpetual futures to neutralize SOL price volatility, allowing investors to earn staking-like yields on...
DeFi Lender Aave to Roll Out Retail Crypto Yield App on Apple’s App Store
Aave, the leading DeFi lending protocol, is launching a consumer‑focused yield app on Apple’s App Store that promises up to 6.5% annualized returns. The app will accept deposits from bank accounts, debit cards or stablecoins and offers balance protection for...
Short-Term Holder Bitcoin Supply in Loss Climbs to Highest Level Since FTX Collapse
Short‑term Bitcoin holders now have about 2.8 million BTC in loss, the deepest underwater position since the FTX collapse of late 2022. The loss stems from purchases made after June 15, when BTC was around $104,000, while the price is now roughly 25 %...
Africa Embraces Stablecoins Via IOTA to Unlock $70B Pan-Continent Trade Tech
The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat and the IOTA Foundation have launched the Africa Digital Access and Public Infrastructure for Trade (ADAPT) initiative, backed by the Tony Blair Institute and the World Economic Forum, to embed USDT stablecoin settlements...
1inch Unveils Protocol Letting Multiple DeFi Strategies Share the Same Capital
1inch has launched Aqua, a liquidity protocol that creates a shared liquidity layer allowing a single wallet’s assets to be used across multiple DeFi strategies simultaneously without locking funds. The protocol lets liquidity providers authorize tokens for various strategies—such as...
Delayed U.S. Jobs Report, Zcash Network Upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead
The week of Nov. 17 features a slate of crypto network upgrades—including Zilliqa’s 0.19.0 launch, Firo’s hard‑fork, Avalanche’s Granite upgrade, and Zcash 6.1—alongside key governance votes from Convex Finance, Extra Finance DAO, and Usual DAO. Macro headlines include the delayed U.S. September...
SGX Derivatives Debuts Bitcoin, Ether Perpetual Futures Tied to iEdge CoinDesk Crypto Indices
SGX Derivatives announced that it will launch Bitcoin and Ether perpetual futures on November 24, tying the contracts to the iEdge CoinDesk Crypto Indices. The on‑shore contracts will offer institutions a regulated, margin‑based way to trade perpetual futures—futures with no expiry—mirroring...
Investigative Reporter Group ICIJ Exposes ‘Coin Laundry,’ Crypto’s Criminal Financial System
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a multi‑nation investigation dubbed “Coin Laundry,” exposing how illicit funds from human‑trafficking rings, drug cartels, North Korean hackers and Russian gangs are funneled through major cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance, Coinbase, Kraken,...
'Fat-Finger' Fail? Cardano Whale Torches $6M After Hitting Illiquid USDA Pool
A dormant Cardano wallet resurfaced to swap 14.4 million ADA (about $6.9 million) for 847,695 USDA, a little‑known stablecoin, paying more than $8 per USDA and wiping out roughly $6 million in value. The massive order ripped USDA’s price up to $1.26 on...
Ether Dips Below $3,100; Investment Manager Says Market Views ETH as 'More Risky' Than BTC
Ether slipped below $3,100 on Nov. 16, its first breach of that level since Nov. 4, trading around $3,069 and down 3.4% in the prior 24 hours. Investment manager Timothy Peterson of Cane Island Alternative Advisors said spot ether ETFs have recorded net...
Judge Should Not Acquit Tornado Cash Dev Roman Storm, Prosecutors Argue
The Department of Justice’s Southern District of New York filed a post‑trial motion opposing Roman Storm’s request for acquittal after his conviction on a conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money‑transmitter. Prosecutors say they have ample evidence that Storm co‑founded Tornado Cash,...
Tom Lee Says Ether Is Entering a Bitcoin-Like 'Supercycle'; Critics Push Back
Tom Lee, executive chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies and head of research at Fundstrat, said ether is entering a Bitcoin‑style supercycle, likening its potential 100‑fold upside to Bitcoin’s post‑2017 rally and urging investors to endure volatility. He highlighted Bitcoin’s history...
Is 2025 Worse Than 2022 for Crypto? Nic Carter and Kevin McCordic Offer Opposing Views
On Nov. 14, Kevin McCordic of Monad and investor Nic Carter debated whether crypto’s 2025 slump is a routine post‑2022 consolidation or a deeper, catalyst‑light decline. McCordic argued the current drawdown is modest compared with the 2022 credit crunch, exchange failures and liquidations,...
Crypto Market Slips Into ‘Extreme Fear’ After Bitcoin Fails to Hold $100,000 Level
Crypto market sentiment plunged to an "Extreme Fear" reading of 10 on the Fear & Greed Index, the lowest since February, as Bitcoin slipped more than 5% in a week to just under $96,000, breaking the $100,000 barrier for the...
'Negative Skew': What It Is, Why It's Frustrating Bitcoin Bulls, and Why It Might Mean a Bottom Is Near
Bitcoin’s recent price action shows a pronounced “negative skew” – it falls sharply on Nasdaq‑100 sell‑offs but rallies only modestly on equity gains. Wintermute’s Jasper De Maere notes the skew has slipped to levels not seen since the late‑2022 bear‑market bottom,...
Tether Eyes $1B Investment in German Robotics Startup Neura: FT
Tether is in talks to lead a €1 billion ($1.16 billion) funding round for German AI‑powered humanoid robot maker Neura Robotics, which would value the startup at €8‑10 billion. Neura, which has already booked €1 billion in orders, aims to produce 5 million robots by...
Crypto Liquidity Still Hollow After October Crash, Risking Sharp Price Swings
Crypto liquidity remains markedly thin after the October leverage wipeout, with order‑book depth on major centralized exchanges falling sharply. Bitcoin’s cumulative depth at 1% from the mid‑price dropped from about $20 million in early October to $14 million by mid‑November, while Ether’s...
U.S. DOJ Pursues North Korea's Illicit Money Machine, Seizes More Crypto
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...
BlackRock’s $2.5B Tokenized Fund Gets Listed as Collateral on Binance, Expands to BNB Chain
The $2.5 billion BUIDL fund, tokenized by Securitize, deepens its utility for institutional traders and expands to a new blockchain.
Canary Likely to Hit Pause on ETF Filings With XRP, Eyes SEC Shift for What’s Next
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...
Trump Family-Linked American Bitcoin Posts Q3 Profit, Doubles Revenue
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...
3 Key Charts to Track as Ether Strengthens Against Bitcoin
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...
Tether Dominance Surges to Highest Since April. What Does It Mean?
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...
Why Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, and Ether Slide as Gold and Silver Soar?
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...
Nearly 25% of Adults With Internet Access in Asia Might Own Crypto, Report Says
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,...
Solana-Focused Upexi Approves $50M Share Buyback as Digital Asset Treasuries Turn to Repurchases
Upexi, a Nasdaq‑listed digital‑asset‑treasury firm focused on Solana, announced its board approved a $50 million share repurchase program. The buyback comes as the company’s stock has fallen more than 50% since early October and nearly 90% from its April high, while...
DYdX Governance Approves Buyback Increase to 75% of Protocol Revenue
The dYdX community approved governance proposal #313, raising the buy‑back allocation from 25% to 75% of net protocol revenue, with 59.38% of voters in favor. The new structure also earmarks 5% of fees for the Treasury SubDAO and 5% for...
Emory University Doubles Down on Bitcoin With $52M Grayscale BTC ETF Stake
Emory University’s endowment more than doubled its exposure to bitcoin in the third quarter, holding over 1 million shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust valued at roughly $52 million (up from about $15 million a year earlier). The university also opened a...
Crypto for Advisors: Digital Asset Treasuries
CoinDesk’s “Crypto for Advisors” newsletter explains the rise of digital‑asset‑treasury (DAT) companies, which are public firms that hold large positions in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ether or Solana and trade at a premium to their net asset value (mNAV). The...
Zero-Knowledge Identity Startup Self Raises $9M, Introduces Points Program
Self, a zero‑knowledge identity and proof‑of‑humanity protocol used by Google and Aave, announced a $9 million seed round led by Greenfield Capital, SoftBank’s SBI Fund and other investors. The funding will be used to expand its privacy‑preserving identity platform that leverages...
Singapore's Central Bank to Trial Tokenized Bills, Introduce Stablecoin Laws
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced a trial of tokenized government bills settled with a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) as part of its Project Guardian initiative. The pilot will use tokenized bank liabilities backed by the wholesale...
Crypto Asset Manager Grayscale Files for IPO in the U.S.
Grayscale Investments has submitted an S‑1 registration statement to the SEC for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock, though the exact share count and price range remain undetermined pending regulatory review and market conditions. The filing makes...
Circle Unveils StableFX to Power Onchain Currency Trading on Upcoming Arc Blockchain
Circle unveiled StableFX, a stablecoin‑powered foreign‑exchange engine that enables 24/7 on‑chain trading of stablecoin currency pairs. The service runs on Circle’s proprietary Arc blockchain, which is live on testnet ahead of a 2025 mainnet launch, and offers real‑time settlement and...
Ethereum Layer-2 RISE Unveils RISEx and MarketCore to Build Global On-Chain Markets
RISE, an Ethereum layer‑2 focused on ultra‑low latency, announced the launch of RISE Markets and its on‑chain perpetuals DEX, RISEx, built atop the newly introduced MarketCore shared order‑book infrastructure. MarketCore lets developers deploy spot, perpetual and future market contracts that...
UFC to Debut Fan Prediction Scoreboard in Polymarket Deal
TKO Group Holdings, the parent of UFC and Zuffa Boxing, has signed a multi‑year partnership with prediction‑market platform Polymarket to embed a live Fan Prediction Scoreboard into UFC broadcasts and upcoming Zuffa Boxing events. The scoreboard will display real‑time fan...
Czech Central Bank Becomes First Central Bank to Buy Bitcoin
The Czech National Bank announced a $1 million test portfolio that includes bitcoin, a US‑dollar stablecoin and a tokenized deposit, marking the first time a central bank has placed bitcoin on its balance sheet. The pilot, approved on Oct. 30, is intended...
Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Holds $103K, Altcoins Consolidate on 'Fearful' Sentiment
Bitcoin held near $103,000 and ether hovered around $3,500 on Thursday, while altcoins slipped, led by AERO’s 18% drop after announcing a merger with Velodrome and double‑digit declines in STRK and FET. Total open interest fell 1.13% to $142 billion even...
Ark Invest Buys $30.5M Circle Shares as Stock Falls 12%
Ark Invest, led by Cathie Wood, purchased $30.5 million of Circle Internet (CRCL) stock, adding 353,328 shares across its ARKK, ARKW and ARKF ETFs. The buy came as Circle’s shares fell 12% to $86.30, their lowest close since early June, after...
How Bitcoin and XRP Traders Are Positioning Themselves in a Choppy Market Environment
Large Bitcoin traders are leaning on non‑directional options strategies, with strangles accounting for 16.9% and straddles 5% of Deribit’s weekly BTC option block flow—together exceeding 20% of total blocks—while XRP traders are shorting strangles, signaling a bet on reduced volatility....
