BONK Memecoin Debuts as ETP on Switzerland’s SIX Exchange
Swiss exchange SIX added a regulated exchange‑traded product (ETP) that tracks Solana‑based memecoin BONK, allowing investors to buy the token through standard brokerage accounts. The move follows Bitcoin Capital’s issuance of the BONK ETP and mirrors Grayscale’s recent Dogecoin ETF launch in the United States. BONK is trading about 5.8% higher on the day but remains roughly 83% below its November 2024 all‑time high. The listing arrives as the broader memecoin market has slumped to a 2025 low of $39.4 billion.
Bitcoin Has a 75% Chance of Short-Term Rally, Says Trader Alessio Rastani
Veteran trader Alessio Rastani predicts a 75% probability that Bitcoin will rally in the short term, despite recent price declines and pervasive market fear. He cites a recurring chart pattern that historically precedes strong up‑moves, even after so‑called “death cross”...
Trump-Linked ALT5 Sigma Shakes up Leadership Amid WLFI Scrutiny
ALT5 Sigma, a crypto‑treasury firm holding Trump‑linked World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens, announced a leadership overhaul, removing its chief operating officer and head of compliance. The firm appointed interim replacements while retaining WLFI on its balance sheet. WLFI, marketed as...
What’s Behind the Surge in Privacy Tokens as the Rest of the Market Weakens?
Privacy‑focused cryptocurrencies such as Zcash have posted outsized gains while the broader crypto market has slumped over 25 percent since early October. ZEC’s market cap surged from under $1 billion to more than $7 billion, briefly overtaking Monero and climbing to the...
Fiat Inflation Drives Crypto Adoption Across the Globe
Rising inflation in several emerging markets is prompting citizens and businesses to turn to cryptocurrencies, especially stablecoins, as a hedge against fiat devaluation. Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Turkey, Iran and Nigeria each reported double‑digit inflation rates in 2025, with crypto transaction...
Houdini Pay Targets Freelancers with Privacy-Focused Crypto Payment Tool
Houdini Swap has launched Houdini Pay, a privacy‑focused crypto payment service that lets freelancers generate shareable payment links for over 4,000 digital assets. The platform converts the sender’s asset to the receiver’s preferred token and breaks the on‑chain link, preventing wallet address...
Malicious Chrome Extension Skims Solana Swaps with Hidden Extra Transfers
A malicious Chrome extension called Crypto Copilot is silently siphoning a fee from every Solana swap executed through the browser. The extension routes trades through Raydium DEX and injects an extra on‑chain instruction that transfers at least 0.0013 SOL (about 0.05%...
How Blockchain Upgrades Start: From Idea to Proposal
CTDG Dev Hub has introduced a systematic upgrade pipeline that converts raw blockchain ideas into production‑ready code, formal improvement proposals, and transparent governance actions. The process guides concepts through design, testing, and community voting, ensuring consistency across disparate networks. By...
Solana ETFs End Perfect Run as 21Shares’ TSOL Sees $34M in Outflows
US spot Solana ETFs experienced their first net outflow day, with 21Shares' TSOL shedding over $34 million and bringing the product’s cumulative outflows to $26 million. Meanwhile, Bitwise’s Solana Staking ETF continued to attract capital, adding $13.33 million and pushing its total inflows...
BlackRock ETF Investors Bounce Back to Profit as Price Reclaims $90K
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has returned to profitability, posting a cumulative unrealized gain of $3.2 billion as Bitcoin reclaimed the $90,000 level. The rebound lifts the average cost basis for spot Bitcoin ETF investors above the flow‑weighted $89,600 threshold, ending...
Bitcoin Bounces to Seven-Day Highs, but Can BTC Break $95K on Thanksgiving?
Bitcoin surged to a seven‑day high, climbing above $92,000 as the market eyed a potential Thanksgiving Day record close. The rally lifted the cryptocurrency toward the $95,000 resistance level that many traders consider a psychological barrier. Volume spiked roughly 30%...
Do Kwon Says 5-Year US Sentence Is Enough; He Faces 40 Years in South Korea
Terraform Labs co‑founder Do Kwon asked a U.S. judge to cap his prison term at five years for his role in the 2022 Terra collapse that wiped roughly $40 billion from crypto markets. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy,...
Cathie Wood Says ARK’s $1.5M Bitcoin Bull Price Hasn’t Changed as Markets Eye Rally
ARK Invest forecasts an additional $300 billion of liquidity returning to markets as the U.S. Treasury General Account normalizes after the recent government shutdown, complementing the $70 billion already back in play. Cathie Wood reiterated ARK’s long‑term Bitcoin bull case of $1.5 million,...
Upbit Hit with $36M Solana Hot Wallet Breach Day After $10B Naver Deal
South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, reported a $36 million loss after unauthorized outflows from a Solana hot wallet, prompting an immediate freeze on deposits and withdrawals. The breach was isolated to the hot wallet, leaving cold‑wallet reserves intact, and Upbit...
Abu Dhabi Regulator Approves Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin for Institutional Use
Ripple’s dollar‑backed stablecoin RLUSD received regulatory approval from Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority, allowing licensed firms to use it within the ADGM financial zone. The token, now valued at over $1 billion, is positioned for institutional collateral and payment applications....
Australia Moves Forward with Bill to Regulate Crypto Under Finance Laws
Australia’s Treasury introduced the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025, aiming to bring crypto exchanges and custody providers under the same licensing regime as traditional financial institutions. The bill mandates an Australian Financial Services License for platforms that hold...
This Indicator Suggests We’re Out of the Bitcoin Bull Market
Bitcoin’s 200‑day moving average turned bearish as the price slipped below the trend line, a technical signal often associated with the end of a bull market. The cryptocurrency has lost roughly 12% over the past week, prompting speculation that the...
Bearish Bitcoin Mining Data May Be Counter Signal that Encourages Spot-Driven BTC Rally
Bitcoin surged to $91,950 on Nov. 26 as miner profitability tightened, with production costs around $83,873 and electrical costs near $67,099. Miner margins slipped to 4.9%, the lowest of the current cycle, while hash rates hit a record 1.16 ZH/s and hash...
Animoca Bets on Altcoin Upside to Lure Investors as It Plans for IPO
Animoca Brands is positioning itself as a gateway to altcoin exposure as it prepares a Nasdaq listing via a reverse merger next year. Founder Yat Siu argues that altcoins, collectively, will outperform Bitcoin and likens the opportunity to early‑2000s investments...
SEC Tokenized Stock Exemptions Should Be Targeted, Stock Exchanges Argue
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) urged the SEC to limit broad tokenized‑stock exemptions, warning that sweeping relief could jeopardize market integrity and investor protection. Crypto platforms such as Robinhood, Kraken and Coinbase are seeking exemptions to offer 24/7, on‑chain...
Bitcoin Risks Deeper Drop if Whale Exchange Deposits Stay High: Analyst
Bitcoin whale deposits surged to 9,000 BTC on Nov. 21, with large holders accounting for 45% of the inflow and a single‑day peak of 7,000 BTC. The spike coincided with Bitcoin sliding to $80,600, its lowest level in seven months, signaling...
Nasdaq Seeks to ‘Super-Size’ Option Limits for BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF
Nasdaq’s International Securities Exchange has petitioned the SEC to raise the position limit for options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) from 250,000 to one million contracts. The current cap restricts large traders from efficiently hedging or generating income, prompting Nasdaq...
DWF Labs Launches $75M Fund for ‘Institutional Phase’ of DeFi
DWF Labs announced a new fund of up to $75 million aimed at accelerating the institutional phase of decentralized finance. The capital will back projects building dark‑pool perpetual DEXs, decentralized money markets, and yield‑bearing products across Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana...
Tom Lee Cools on $250K Bitcoin Call, Year-End ATH Now Just a ‘Maybe’
BitMine chair Tom Lee, a prominent Bitcoin advocate, has softened his earlier forecast that Bitcoin would reach $250,000 by the end of 2025. While still asserting that the cryptocurrency’s "best days" lie ahead, Lee now describes a year‑end all‑time‑high as...
Conor McGregor Calls Out Khabib over NFTs, Gets Shut Down by ZachXBT
Conor McGregor publicly condemned Khabib Nurmagomedov’s NFT drop featuring Dagestani papakhas, only to be called out by on‑chain analyst ZachXBT for his own failed celebrity memecoin, REAL. The token launched in April with a sealed‑bid auction, raised just 39% of...
Bitcoin Shows ‘Strong Negative Correlation’ with USDt Activity: Glassnode
Glassnode’s latest analysis reveals a strong negative correlation between Bitcoin’s price and net USDT flows from exchanges over the past two years. When USDT exits exchanges in volumes of $100‑$200 million daily, Bitcoin tends to rally, with outflows exceeding $220 million during...
Tokenized Money Market Funds Surge to $9B, BIS Warns of New Risks
Tokenized money‑market funds have surged to nearly $9 billion, a tenfold increase since the end of 2023. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warns that this rapid growth introduces new liquidity and contagion risks, especially given the reliance on permissioned wallets...
Binance Launches Concierge Crypto Service for Wealth Managers, Family Offices
Binance has introduced a concierge‑style crypto service aimed at family offices, asset managers and private funds. The offering provides personalized onboarding, support for over 100 fiat currencies, tailored structured products, credit lines, institutional‑grade custody and real‑time analytics. Binance positions the...
Robinhood Moves Into Prediction Markets with FTX-Linked Acquisition
Robinhood and Susquehanna International Group are buying a 90 % stake in LedgerX, the former MIAXdx exchange tied to the bankrupt FTX, to launch a regulated prediction‑market platform. The acquisition follows Robinhood’s announcement of a futures and derivatives suite that includes...
Bolivia to Integrate Crypto, Stablecoins Into the Financial System
Bolivia’s economic ministry announced that banks will be permitted to custody cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, allowing digital assets to serve as legal tender for savings accounts, credit products, and loans. The move targets the country’s chronic inflation—averaging over 22% in the...
How the SEC’s Revised 2025 Plan Could Streamline Crypto Oversight
The SEC unveiled a revised 2025 agenda that seeks to create a dedicated regulatory framework for digital assets. The plan introduces crypto‑specific exemptions, safe‑harbor provisions, and rules to permit trading on national securities exchanges. It also aims to streamline disclosure...
Bitcoin Analysis Sees $89K Short Squeeze with S&P 500 2% From All-Time High
Bitcoin hovered near $87,000 as analysts flagged a short‑squeeze potential, citing clustered stop‑loss orders around $88,250 that could propel the price toward $89,000. Liquidity data from CoinGlass and TradingView identified key pockets at $84,500 and $88,500, while the long/short ratio...
Four Reasons Why Ethereum Price Remains Bullish Above $2,800
Ethereum (ETH) has rebounded 11% since falling below $3,000 on Nov. 22, reclaiming the $2,800 support zone. Apparent demand surged to a 26‑month high of 90,995 ETH, while spot ETH ETFs recorded $230.9 million of inflows after a week of heavy outflows. Analysts...
How Cooling Inflation Historically Affects Bitcoin Narratives and Price Behavior
The article examines how declining inflation reshapes Bitcoin’s narrative, moving it from a pure inflation hedge toward a liquidity‑driven growth asset. It reviews three historical periods—2013‑15, 2018‑19, and 2022‑24—showing how each cooling phase altered price dynamics and institutional interest. Volatility...
Debate Erupts over Crypto’s Network Effects as Investors Question L1 Value
A debate has erupted over whether cryptocurrencies exhibit true network effects, with Inversion Capital founder Santiago Roel Santos arguing that L1 blockchains are overvalued because they lack the positive feedback loops seen in platforms like Facebook. Santos cites Metcalfe’s Law...
Thailand Asks Sam Altman’s World to Delete 1.2M Iris Scans over Data Risks
Thailand’s Economic and Social Development Board has ordered Sam Altman‑backed World to delete the iris scans of 1.2 million Thai users, citing violations of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act. The directive follows a raid on a local Orb scanning site...
Blockrise Wins Dutch MiCA License, Brings Bitcoin-Backed Loans to EU Businesses
Blockrise, a Netherlands‑based Bitcoin‑only firm, secured a Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) license under the EU’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets (MiCA) framework, allowing it to offer regulated Bitcoin custody, trading and asset‑management services across Europe. The company launched a...
FCA Trials Crypto Transparency Templates as UK Shapes New Rulebook
The FCA approved RegTech firm Eunice to pilot standardized crypto disclosure templates in its sandbox, testing them with major exchanges such as Coinbase, Crypto.com and Kraken. The experiment seeks to boost market transparency and feed real‑world data into the UK’s...
Trump-Backed WLFI Ramps up Buybacks as Token Lingers 50% Below Launch Price
The Trump family‑backed venture WLFI has spent nearly $8 million buying its own token, WLFI, in an effort to prop up a market that is currently trading about 50% below its launch price. By purchasing tokens, WLFI seeks to artificially reduce...
Edel Finance-Linked Wallets Reportedly ‘Snipe’ 30% of Token Supply: Bubblemaps
Bubblemaps reported that a cluster of about 160 wallets linked to Edel Finance bought roughly 30% of the newly launched EDEL token, worth about $11 million. The platform alleges the purchases were coordinated through Binance‑funded wallets and hidden behind multiple layers...
BIS Taps IMF Digital Money Chief and CBDC Backer as New Head of Innovation Hub
The Bank for International Settlements appointed IMF digital‑money expert Tommaso Mancini‑Griffoli as head of its Innovation Hub, effective March 2026. His mandate covers central bank digital currencies, tokenized assets, and new market infrastructure. Mancini‑Griffoli is known for advocating synthetic CBDCs...
Spain’s Left-Wing Party Proposes 47% Crypto Tax in ‘Attack Against Bitcoin’
Spain’s left‑wing Sumar parliamentary group has tabled amendments that would raise the top personal tax rate on cryptocurrency gains to 47%, while imposing a flat 30% rate on corporate crypto holdings. The plan also mandates the CNVM to display a...
Deutsche Börse Locks in Third Euro Stablecoin Amid Broader EU Adoption
Deutsche Börse announced it will integrate AllUnity’s EURAU euro‑pegged stablecoin into its market infrastructure, beginning with custodial services through its Clearstream central securities depository. This marks the exchange group’s third euro stablecoin partnership, following Circle’s EURC and Societe Generale‑Forge’s EURCV, and...
Bitcoin Price Bottom Due 'This Week' With BTC Down 20% in November
Bitcoin is down roughly 20% in November, marking its weakest performance since the 2018 bear market. The decline has pushed BTC/USD toward a 36% drawdown from October’s highs, while historical data shows red Novembers often precede red Decembers. An AI‑driven...
Crypto-Friendly Trump Adviser Hassett Top Pick for Fed Chair: Report
Kevin Hassett, a Trump economic adviser who heads the White House’s crypto working group, has emerged as the leading candidate to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair. Hassett owns roughly $1 million of Coinbase stock and receives a $50,001 advisory...
Bitcoin Looks Red Again This Month, but Demand May Stir Soon: Bitfinex
Bitcoin has slipped 20.6% since the start of November, breaking the month’s historic 40.8% average gain. Bitfinex analysts warn the market may either see a rapid demand rebound or enter a prolonged accumulation phase. The price now sits around $87,305,...
Coinbase Reveals 9 Crypto Ideas It Wants to Bankroll in 2026
Coinbase Ventures announced nine strategic investment themes for 2026, focusing on real‑world asset perpetuals, specialized exchanges, next‑generation DeFi, and AI‑driven development tools. The venture arm, which has made 618 investments since 2018, highlighted areas such as prop‑AMMs, prediction‑market aggregators, on‑chain...
DeFi Is Already 30% of the Way to Mass Adoption: Chainlink Founder
Chainlink co‑founder Sergey Nazarov said DeFi is about 30% of the way to mass adoption and expects it to reach 50% global adoption once regulatory clarity emerges, 70% when institutional capital flows, and full parity with traditional finance by 2030....
Texas Buys the Bitcoin Dip, Acquiring $5M of BlackRock’s IBIT
Texas announced a $5 million purchase of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) and earmarked an additional $5 million for a self‑custodied Bitcoin acquisition, bringing the state’s initial crypto allocation to $10 million from general revenue. The move follows Governor Greg Abbott’s legislation authorizing...
‘Institutions Have Arrived’ — US Bancorp Launches Stablecoin Pilot on Stellar Network
US Bancorp, the holding company of US Bank, has launched a stablecoin pilot on the Stellar blockchain in partnership with PwC and the Stellar Development Foundation. The pilot is designed to showcase how a regulated, bank‑grade environment can leverage programmable money...