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Tom Lee's company could trap shareholders amid low staking yields, hefty embedded fees and vanishing NAV premium, 10x Research founder Markus Thielen warns.

Institutional capital has continued to shift toward real-world assets, as tokenization expands across BNB Chain, Solana and other networks, supported by clearer regulation, rising TVL and steady demand for cash-flow–backed onchain exposure despite crypto volatility. The post Beyond Volatility: Why Investors Are Doubling Down on Real-World Assets appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin has yet to find a bottom, but the data suggests buyers were very interested in the abrupt dip to $80,000. Several altcoins are also approaching deep discount levels. Key points: Bitcoin has been facing intense selling pressure, opening the doors for a fall to the crucial support at $73,777. Several major altcoins have slipped below their support levels, indicating that bears remain in firm control. Read more

The chipmaker’s blockbuster earnings offered a brief reprieve, but a rapid reversal in trading cemented investor worries about the sustainability of the AI boom.

The crypto market downturn has intensified, erasing $100B and pushing many DAT treasuries in BTC, ETH, SOL and other tokens into deep unrealized losses, as buybacks, asset sales and negative ETF flows have reshaped positioning. The post Crypto Market Melts Down – Yet One DAT Is Still in Profit as BTC, ETH, and SOL Treasuries Diverge Sharply appeared first on Cryptonews.

Khurram Dara had been hinting for months that he might try to unseat state Attorney General Letitia James, claiming that she had engaged in “lawfare” against the crypto industry. Khurram Dara, a former policy lawyer at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, officially launched his campaign for New York State Attorney General. In a Friday notice, Dara cited his “regulatory and policy experience, particularly in the crypto and fintech space” among his reasons to try to unseat Attorney General Letitia James in 2026. The former Coinbase lawyer had been hinting since August at potential plans to run for office, claiming that James had engaged in “lawfare” against the crypto industry in New York. Read more

The crypto treasury company plans to stake its ETH holdings to generate revenue, but is already down well over $1,000 on each ETH it holds. BitMine, a crypto treasury company that accumulates Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), said on Friday it plans to launch the “Made in America Validator Network” (MAVAN) to stake its ETH holdings.  The company is piloting MAVAN with three staking infrastructure providers, ahead of the launch slated for the first quarter of 2026, according to an announcement from BitMine. Staking tokens to validate proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains secures networks and generates revenue in the form of staking rewards paid out in the native token of the blockchain network, in this case, ETH. Read more

Operation Destabilise has established that one money laundering network operating in the UK was involved in buying a bank in Kyrgyzstan.

The cryptocurrency market is currently navigating its most severe liquidity stress test since late 2022, with more than $1 trillion of value lost in the past month. While the headline volatility centers on Bitcoin, the structural damage is permeating deeply into large-cap assets such as XRP and Ethereum. These parallel breakdowns are not isolated incidents. […] The post Why XRP holders are suddenly feeling the full force of Bitcoin’s liquidity crunch appeared first on CryptoSlate.

U.S. crypto regulation has accelerated as senators seek a probe of World Liberty Financial, Congress prepares a December market-structure vote, industry groups rally around Roman Storm, and CFTC and SEC moves point to more intensive oversight of digital assets. The post Weekly Crypto Regulation Roundup: Washington Tightens Its Grip on Digital Assets as Political and Legal Battles Intensify appeared first on Cryptonews.

The rollout lets users convert crypto to local currency and pay merchants via QR codes, tapping Latin America’s biggest crypto market. KuCoin Pay has integrated with Pix, Brazil’s central bank-run instant payments network, allowing users to convert and spend cryptocurrencies at any merchant that accepts Pix QR codes.  The launch taps into one of the world’s largest crypto user bases, with roughly 26 million Brazilians, about 12% of the population, now using digital assets, according to a Friday announcement from the exchange. The integration supports instant crypto-to-Brazilian currency conversions (Brazil’s currency is the real), enabling users to transfer funds from KuCoin accounts to any Brazilian bank or pay merchants directly through Pix. It also features multi-functional wallet tools for managing both cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies within the KuCoin app. Read more

XRP breaks key support, trades at $1.91. Analysts warn of deeper losses as ETF volumes rise and $1.90 EMA support faces test.

While U.S.-listed bitcoin treasury firms struggle to outperform ETFs, Japan’s harsh crypto tax code sends investors into DAT stocks, making outperformance easy.

Trading volume explodes 98% above average as institutional sellers drive Hedera token through critical technical barriers.

The company is valued at a discount to its Ethereum holdings

Tokenizing stocks and physical assets could let investors self-custody, borrow in DeFi, and easily transfer ownership, says Superstate CEO.

Crypto exchange Coinbase is acquiring Solana meme coin application Vector to improve its on-chain trading experience.

Btc: 81.6k (-11%) | btc.D: 58.8% (-0.5%). Eth: 2665 (-12%) | bnb: 800 (-11%) | sol: 123 (-13%). Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw significant outflows, with broader crypto markets falling sharply as strong jobs data reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts. Bitcoin’s technicals weakened, with RSI hitting a three-year low and the price hovering only slightly above a major strategy’s average entry level. Major holders were reported to be selling, including a long-term wallet unloading $1.4 billion in BTC and another entity selling 10,000 ETH to support a share buyback. Institutions faced pressure as well, with concerns that certain digital-asset-related companies could be removed from major indexes, while one prominent mining-related firm carried billions in unrealized losses. Some attributed part of the sell-off to a software glitch. Meanwhile, policy and corporate developments continued: a U.S. representative introduced new crypto legislation, Metaplanet announced plans to purchase $95 million in BTC, Coinbase...

Bitcoin's price dips below $90,000, yet Republic and Kraken ink nine-figure deals. If this is a bear market, someone forgot to tell big money. As Bitcoin (BTC) plunged below $90,000 this week, igniting fresh fears that the bull market may be over, hundreds of millions of dollars continued to flow into crypto companies, signaling that institutional appetite for the sector remains strong. Republic Technologies became the latest company to add Ether (ETH) to its treasury, securing $100 million in financing under unusually favorable terms for the industry. The deal was structured as a zero-interest convertible note, meaning Republic neither pays interest nor risks defaulting for missed payments — a rare setup in the crypto financing landscape. “Republic’s raise, while unique, probably won’t spark off a new normal for how funds are raised in the crypto industry, though it is a sign of a maturing market that new forms of money raising are being seen, and that is the trend that is likely to continue,” Komodo chief t...

JPMorgan warning on potential MSCI exclusion sparks fresh pressure, prompting another public response from the executive chairman.