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Cointelegraph.com - 13:04 Nov 26, 2025
Blockrise secures a MiCA license in the Netherlands, unlocking regulated Bitcoin custody and trading while paving the way for BTC-backed business loans across Europe. Blockrise, a Netherlands-based Bitcoin-only startup, has secured a regulatory license that opens the door for fully regulated Bitcoin financial services across Europe. The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has granted Blockrise a license under the new Europe-wide Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework, the company announced Wednesday. Issued on Tuesday, the MiCA license allows Blockrise to provide its Bitcoin (BTC) services, including custody solutions, trading and asset management, throughout Europe. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:39 Nov 26, 2025
Tether accounted for almost 2% of global gold demand last quarter, with Jefferies noting that its aggressive buying may be influencing short-term market sentiment. Stablecoin issuer Tether holds 116 tons of physical gold, placing it on par with central banks such as those in South Korea, Hungary and Greece. Tether is “the largest holder of gold outside central banks,” Jefferies wrote in a recent analysis, per a report by the Financial Times. The investment bank added that Tether’s growing appetite for gold may be playing a larger role in the metal’s recent surge than previously assumed. According to Jefferies, Tether’s gold purchases last quarter accounted for nearly 2% of total global gold demand and almost 12% of central bank purchases. The company said that Tether’s aggressive accumulation over the past two months “is likely to have tightened supply in the short term and influenced sentiment,” potentially driving speculative inflows into gold markets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:30 Nov 26, 2025
Eunice will trial standardized crypto disclosure templates with major exchanges, feeding real-world data into the UK’s evolving 2026 rulebook. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approved regulatory technology (RegTech) company Eunice to run experiments in its sandbox, which offers one of the clearest indications yet of how the country intends to build its forthcoming crypto rulebook. On Wednesday, the FCA announced that Eunice will test a set of standardized crypto disclosure templates with major exchanges, including Coinbase, Crypto.com and Kraken. The company will test whether the templates improve transparency when used in real-world settings. The FCA also highlighted that its regulatory sandbox is still accepting applications from companies looking to test their ideas. “We encourage any firm to apply who are looking to test a similar solution to help inform our regulatory approach to cryptoassets,” said Colin Payne, the head of innovation at the FCA. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:03 Nov 26, 2025
The Trump family-backed WLFI purchased nearly $8 million worth of tokens, aiming to mitigate the downtrend of the token by artificially reducing the outstanding supply. The Trump family-backed crypto project, World Liberty Financial, continued its token buyback strategy, aiming to create more demand for the token, which has declined almost 50% since its launch. The platform acquired $7.7 million worth of World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens on Wednesday at an average price of $0.16 per token, according to blockchain data platform Lookonchain. The nearly $8 million buy is significantly larger than its $1.06 million WLFI token buyback on Sept. 27, which saw $1.43 million worth of tokens burned, Cointelegraph reported at the time. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:53 Nov 26, 2025
Bubblemaps shared blockchain data indicating that team-related wallets had purchased 30% of the token supply, but Edel’s co-founder said the acquisition was part of its token rollout plans. Concerns are mounting over unusual activity surrounding the token launch of Edel Finance, a lending protocol focused on tokenized stocks and real-world assets (RWAs). Blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps claimed in a Tuesday X post that a cluster of about 160 wallets accumulated 30% of the EDEL token supply, worth $11 million, during the launch earlier this month. The platform alleged the wallets were linked and funded in a coordinated fashion immediately before trading opened. “Edel Finance sniped 30% of $EDEL. Then tried to hide it behind a maze of wallets and liquidity positions," said Bubblemaps. “Just hours before $EDEL launched, ~60 wallets were funded from Binance [...] Together, they got 30% of the supply – now worth $11M.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:42 Nov 26, 2025
Naver Financial plans to acquire Dunamu in a $10.3 billion stock-swap deal, issuing 87.56 million new shares and making the crypto giant a wholly owned subsidiary. Naver Financial, the fintech arm of South Korean tech conglomerate Naver, announced plans to acquire Upbit operator Dunamu in a stock-swap deal valued at about 15.1 trillion won ($10.3 billion). According to a Wednesday filing, Naver Financial will issue 87.56 million new shares to Dunamu shareholders. The transaction will make Dunamu a wholly owned subsidiary of Naver Financial. The exchange ratio was set using an external discounted cash-flow valuation, which put the corporate value ratio at 1:3.064569 and, after adjusting for each firm’s outstanding shares, produced a final exchange price ratio of 1:2.5422618. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:12 Nov 26, 2025
The Bank for International Settlements is advancing major digital currency pilots, testing cross-border CBDCs, tokenized deposits and real-time payment rails. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, one of the world’s most influential economists on digital money, as the next head of the BIS Innovation Hub, effective March 2026. The BIS said Tuesday that Mancini-Griffoli will “lead work to explore technological solutions within the central bank community on innovation.” His mandate is expected to include ongoing work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), tokenized assets and new forms of market infrastructure. Mancini-Griffoli currently serves as the assistant director in the International Monetary Fund’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where he leads work on payments and currencies. He’s one of the IMF’s most prominent voices advocating for regulated and publicly backed digital money models and has previously warned about the risks of unregulated sta... -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:55 Nov 26, 2025
A Bitcoin bull flag on the price charts projected a rebound to $96,000 as the Puell Multiple indicator suggested that BTC is undervalued at current prices. Bitcoin (BTC) is due for a “new uptrend” as a key BTC price metric suggests that the recent drop to $80,000 provided a prime buying opportunity. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s Puell Multiple has entered the discount zone, suggesting undervalued market conditions. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:25 Nov 25, 2025
Multiple technical failures during MegaETH’s pre-deposit phase pushed the raise beyond its limit and forced the team to halt the sale. MegaETH’s pre-deposit event unraveled on Tuesday after a cascade of technical failures disrupted what was meant to be a controlled opening for verified users. In an X post, the team said that configuration errors and rate-limit issues caused the platform’s Know Your Customer system to fail. The pre-deposit was an early window for verified users to lock in MEGA token allocations. In addition to the KYC failures, a fully signed Safe multisig transaction — prepared for a later cap increase — was executed prematurely, allowing new deposits to flow in and pushing the raise past its intended $250 million limit. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:24 Nov 25, 2025
Bitcoin price stalled as traders consider the impact of Friday’s $14 billion options expiry, but data does show some bullish traders positioning for higher prices. Key takeaways: Friday’s $14 billion BTC options expiry favors neutral-to-bearish bets as most call (buy) strikes sit above $91,000, increasing pressure on bulls. Bitcoin traders added year-end call options near $100,000 despite recent losses, showing that bullish expectations persist. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:23 Nov 25, 2025
The US CFTC opened nominations for a CEO-led advisory group that will help shape policy on crypto, prediction markets and other emerging products. Caroline Pham, acting chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, called for nominations of CEOs to fill seats on a council to discuss policies, including those related to digital assets. In a Tuesday notice, Pham said the CFTC would be accepting submissions until Dec. 8 for a “CEO Innovation Council,” referencing the regulator’s previous efforts to regulate digital assets, including its “Crypto Sprint” initiative, a crypto industry forum, and Congress’ progress with a market structure bill. The acting chair said the council would focus on the CFTC’s “expanded mission over crypto and prediction markets.” “The CFTC stands ready to carry out our mission over expanded markets and products, including crypto and digital assets, and ensure our markets remain vibrant and resilient while protecting all participants,” said Pham. “In order to hit the ground runnin... -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:15 Nov 25, 2025
The bank cited increasing trading volume and the number of users among large exchanges, as well as gaps in South Africa’s regulatory framework on crypto. The South African Reserve Bank issued its second financial stability report for 2025, identifying digital assets and stablecoins as a new risk as the number of users in the country continues to grow. In a report released on Tuesday, South Africa’s central bank identified “crypto assets and stablecoins” as a new risk for technology-enabled financial innovation. The bank reported that the number of combined users on the country’s three largest crypto exchanges reached 7.8 million as of July, with about $1.5 billion held in custody at the end of 2024. “Due to their exclusively digital – and therefore borderless – nature, crypto assets can be used to circumvent the provisions of the Exchange Control Regulations,” said the report, referring to regulations to control the inflows and outflows of funds to South Africa. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:00 Nov 25, 2025
Halving math, shielded growth and NU6.1 governance turned Zcash from a low-profile relic into November’s most-searched crypto. Zcash surged more than 10x within weeks, briefly returning to large-cap territory with a valuation above $10 billion. On Coinbase, ZEC became the most-searched asset in mid-November, surpassing both Bitcoin and XRP. The rally is supported by several real shifts: the 2024 halving, rising shielded balances and the NU6.1 holder-controlled funding model. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:43 Nov 25, 2025
The addition of Fordefi’s MPC wallet infrastructure broadens Paxos’ regulated capabilities for custody, tokenization and institutional onchain operations. Blockchain infrastructure company Paxos has acquired Fordefi, a New York-based institutional crypto wallet and custody technology startup. Paxos said the deal brings its regulated custody infrastructure together with Fordefi’s multi-party computation (MPC) wallet technology and decentralized finance integrations, providing institutions with a single platform to issue stablecoins, tokenize assets, and manage onchain transactions. While transaction terms were not disclosed in today’s announcement, a Paxos spokesperson told Fortune the deal was worth more than $100 million. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:54 Nov 25, 2025
The approval came as the US Senate is expected to soon vote on prospective CFTC Chair Michael Selig as a replacement for acting chair Caroline Pham. Prediction platform Polymarket has received regulatory approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate an intermediated trading platform. In a Tuesday notice, Polymarket said the CFTC issued an Amended Order of Designation, which will allow the company to “operate an intermediated trading platform subject to the full set of requirements applicable to federally regulated US exchanges.” According to Polymarket, the approval will result in the platform onboarding brokerages and customers directly and facilitating trading on US venues. “This approval allows us to operate in a way that reflects the maturity and transparency that the US regulatory framework demands,” said Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:49 Nov 25, 2025
Negative Bitcoin funding rates and large short liquidity zones could be a sign that a short-squeeze to $90,000 and higher could be on the cards. Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery from last week’s deep correction is beginning to solidify, with the price pushing back toward the $87,000 to $90,000 zone after sliding from $106,000 to $80,600 in just 10 days. The rebound has revived discussions about whether BTC has reached a local bottom, even as a key whale cohort continued to offload its supply. Key takeaways: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:54 Nov 25, 2025
New SEC rules could reshape the crypto ETF landscape by speeding up approvals, reducing the shutdown backlog and giving issuers a clearer and faster path to market. The SEC introduced new post-shutdown guidelines that explain how registration statements, including crypto ETF filings, progress through Sections 8(a) and 461 of the Securities Act. Generic listing standards approved in September 2025 removed the need for individual 19(b) approvals for qualifying crypto ETPs. The government shutdown created a backlog of more than 900 filings, pushing issuers to rely on the automatic 20-day effectiveness mechanism under Section 8(a). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:43 Nov 25, 2025
The EU-licensed digital bank becomes the first financial institution to issue a token on Stripe and Paradigm’s layer-1 blockchain Tempo. Payments company Klarna has launched a stablecoin, becoming the first digital bank to issue a token on Tempo, the new layer-1 blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the new stablecoin is pegged to the US dollar and is currently live on Tempo’s testnet, with an upcoming mainnet launch set for 2026. Called KlarnaUSD, the stablecoin was built by Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure provider also owned by Stripe. The move expands Klarna’s long-standing payments partnership with Stripe across its 26 global markets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:13 Nov 25, 2025
One analyst found that 40% of Bitcoin is held at a loss, while ETH and SOL data currently stand at 40% and 75% respectively. Should investors be worried? Recent data from Glassnode showed Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Solana (SOL) reflecting record high levels of their supply held at a loss. However, a closer examination of the locked supply, institutional holdings, and staking structures revealed that the effective liquid supply under pressure is significantly lower than the implied percentages, especially for Ether and Solana. Key takeaways: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:06 Nov 25, 2025
The regulatory approval followed the payments company obtaining a BitLicense from the NYDFS in June, making it one of a handful of crypto companies to have both. Cryptocurrency payments company MoonPay said it would expand its offering of regulated services after being granted a trust charter by New York’s Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). In a Tuesday notice, MoonPay said New York’s financial regulator had granted the company a trust charter. The regulatory approval will allow the payments company to provide crypto custody and over-the-counter trading services in New York. MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said the approval would allow the company to “deepen relationships with global financial institutions,” and expand its existing regulated services. The payments company secured a BitLicense from the NYDFS in June. Read more
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