Crypto

The recent market meltdown has been particularly brutal for altcoins, with many of them getting crushed back to bear market lows. 

South Korea’s largest crypto exchange halted services and shifted assets to cold storage after detecting unauthorized withdrawals.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has just donated over $760,000 in Ether to two projects he says are pushing digital privacy forward. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has disclosed a donation of approximately $760,000 in Ether to two crypto messaging apps that he views as pushing the boundaries of digital privacy.  Encrypted messaging apps, like Signal, are “important for preserving our digital privacy,” Buterin said in an X post on Wednesday, adding the next steps for the space should be permissionless account creation and metadata privacy. Decentralized messaging apps Session and SimpleX Chat are “pushing these directions forward,” Buterin said, adding that he “donated 128 ETH to each” and encouraged users to try them.  Read more

Australia has taken another step to introduce legislation that will subject crypto platforms to the same laws and licensing obligations as financial institutions. Australia’s government has introduced a new bill that will regulate crypto platforms under existing financial services laws after an industry consultation saw cautious support for the legislation. Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino introduced the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 on Wednesday, which would require crypto companies such as exchanges and custody providers to obtain an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL). “Across the world, digital assets are reshaping finance,” Mulino told the House on Wednesday. “Australia must keep pace. If we get this right, we can attract investment, create jobs and position our financial system as a leader in innovation.” Read more

Technical analysis shows DOGE breaking above resistance with a significant volume surge, indicating bullish momentum.

Technical indicators suggest strong momentum, with XRP trading in an ascending broadening wedge and targeting further gains if it remains above key support levels.

The new framework subjects exchanges and custody providers to financial services laws with ASIC as the primary regulator.

The exchange will introduce 31 new spot trading pairs this week.

The move marks a shift that would bring Bitcoin derivatives in line with major equities and deepen institutional access to the market.

Upbit has suspended digital asset withdrawals after detecting irregular activity involving Solana network tokens.

Bitcoin has surged past the $90,000 mark, buoyed by rising expectations of a December Federal Reserve rate cut.

Large holder deposits have hit exchanges and realized losses are climbing, according to CryptoQuant and Glassnode, indicating the market’s rally is being built on thin liquidity.

The SEC is being warned not to let crypto firms bypass investor protection rules as it considers exemptive relief for tokenized stocks.

BitMine chair Tom Lee says Bitcoin’s “best days” are still ahead, but has seemingly eased off his bullish prediction of $250,000 Bitcoin by the end of 2025. BitMine chair Tom Lee has seemingly eased off his widely promoted $250,000 year-end Bitcoin forecast, now only giving it a “maybe” that Bitcoin can reclaim its October all-time high of $125,100 before the end of the year. “I think it’s still very likely that Bitcoin is going to be above $100,000 before year-end, and maybe even to a new high,” Lee said during an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. This appears to be the first time Lee has publicly softened his $250,000 year-end Bitcoin (BTC) price target, which he initially floated earlier in 2024 and continued to reiterate through early October.  Read more

A massive shift in whale activity may be signaling trouble ahead, putting the Pepe price prediction back in focus as fear grips the market.Whales have started moving large volumes of PEPE to exchanges, a classic red flag that a sell-off could be near.According to Nansen, exchange-held PEPE has jumped from 250 trillion on November 6 […] The post Pepe Price Prediction: Exchange Inflows Are Exploding – What Do These Insiders Know That You Don’t? appeared first on Cryptonews.

A new challenger to Ethereum and Solana has just gone live, and it’s already drawing attention across the crypto space.Monad, a high-speed Layer 1 blockchain, has officially launched its mainnet after nine months of testing in a controlled environment.The network is EVM-compatible and claims to handle over 10,000 transactions per second, putting scalability and performance […] The post Monad Price Prediction: Mainnet Goes Live as Markets Explode – Is MON the Next Solana? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto has traded sideways near a $3.08T total cap as Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana and XRP have seen limited moves, while ERC-20 token PEPENODE has raised more than $2.2M for a platform built around virtual mining nodes, resale of those nodes and 587% APY staking rewards. The post Crypto Price Prediction: Best Altcoin to Buy During the Crypto Crash appeared first on Cryptonews.

Cardano Co-Founder Charles Hoskinson has called for end macro-driven market crashes – Cardano price predictions could finally flip bullish. The post Cardano Price Prediction: Hoskinson Says ADA Won’t Be Controlled by Wall Street Anymore – Is This the Turning Point? appeared first on Cryptonews.

CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham has requested nominations to a new CEO Innovation Council and topics on prediction markets and crypto oversight, as the agency prepares for expanded markets and Mike Selig’s chair nomination has advanced ahead of her planned departure. The post CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham Calls On CEO Nominations For New Prediction Markets Initiative  appeared first on Cryptonews.

After briefly breaking into new territory at $126,080 on October 6, Bitcoin has spent most of the past two months trending downward. The asset slipped to a recent low near $82,000 last Friday, a level many traders hope will mark the end of the bad days.Seasoned market observers remain unfazed, describing this period as a […] The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 26 November – XRP, Hyperliquid, Monad appeared first on Cryptonews.