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Cointelegraph.com - 07:43 Nov 18, 2025
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs saw another day of heavy withdrawals, while Solana ETFs maintained an uninterrupted inflow streak since launch. Bitcoin’s rapid pullback has pushed the average US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) investor into the red for the first time since the products launched. The flow-weighted cost basis across all US Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs sits near $89,600, a level Bitcoin fell below on Tuesday, leaving the cohort underwater, Glassnode analyst Sean Rose told Bloomberg on Tuesday. Some early buyers, particularly those who entered when Bitcoin was between $40,000 and $70,000, still remain in profit. “Even with the average ETF cost basis above spot, most ETF holders are long-term allocators, so being underwater doesn’t trigger quick exits,” Vincent Liu, the chief investment officer at quantitative trading firm Kronos Research, told Cointelegraph. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:23 Nov 18, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest examination priorities document didn’t mention crypto as an area of focus for the coming year, unlike in previous years. The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest document on its examination priorities for 2026 has noticeably omitted its regular section on crypto, seemingly in line with US President Donald Trump’s embrace of the industry. On Monday, the SEC’s Division of Examinations released its examination priorities for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2026, which made no specific mention of crypto or digital assets. However, the SEC said that its stated priorities are not “an exhaustive list of all the areas the Division will focus on in the upcoming year.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:11 Nov 18, 2025
Cody Carbone, CEO of The Digital Chamber, said in a statement that through collaboration with nonprofit Future Caucus, the initiative hopes to develop leaders ready to introduce and support crypto legislation. Crypto advocacy group The Digital Chamber has launched a new initiative to drive digital asset policies at the state level across the US and educate lawmakers in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections. Called the State Network, the initiative is aimed at establishing a collaborative ecosystem connecting policymakers, regulators and people in the industry who want to advance blockchain adoption across the US, The Digital Chamber announced on Monday. Inaugural members of the network include Michael Saylor’s company Strategy, proof-of-stake public distributed ledger Hedera and blockchain infrastructure research company Input Output, according to The Digital Chamber. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:08 Nov 18, 2025
The White House is reviewing a proposal to join an international crypto tax standard that could deter Americans from moving their digital assets to offshore exchanges. The White House is reviewing the Internal Revenue Service’s proposal to join the global Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, which would provide the tax department with access to Americans’ foreign crypto account data. Adoption of the “Broker Digital Transaction Reporting” proposal — submitted to the White House last Friday — would put the US crypto tax system in line with 72 other countries that have committed to implementing CARF by 2028. While the proposal wasn’t categorized as “economically significant” by the IRS, the rule would force Americans to be far more stringent in reporting capital gains tax from foreign crypto platforms. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:06 Nov 17, 2025
LevelField could become the first crypto-friendly FDIC-insured bank to offer crypto services after receiving approval from the Illinois financial regulator to acquire Burling Bank. Digital asset-focused fintech firm LevelField Financial said it has secured conditional regulatory approval to acquire Chicago-based Burling Bank, marking one of the most notable crypto-banking acquisitions in recent months. The move could see LevelField become the first Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured chartered bank to offer certain crypto-integrated banking services across all US states and territories, LevelField said in a statement on Monday. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed. The approval from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation puts Burling Bank one step closer to being renamed LevelField Bank. The parties are still awaiting approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:45 Nov 17, 2025
ETH price fell below $3,000 for the first time since July. Cointelegraph explains what is required for a trend reversal. Key takeaways: ETH falls to a 4-month low despite recent layer-2 growth cutting base fees and boosting Ethereum’s use in tokenization and stablecoin. ETH may recover as global risks ease and new liquidity enters markets, helping the price move back toward $3,900. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:36 Nov 17, 2025
With higher yields and flexible deposits, Aave’s new app marks a deeper move into the consumer banking terrain as inflation drives demand for better savings tools. Aave, a popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has unveiled a new savings app that offers higher-yield deposit options and real-time interest tracking for retail users. According to a Monday blog post, the Aave App will offer 5% to 9% APY and show interest accrual in real time. The app includes up to $1 million in balance protection, lets users model potential earnings and supports recurring deposits. The app accepts deposits from thousands of banks, debit cards and supported stablecoins, and offers instant withdrawals with no waiting period. A waitlist is currently open for early access. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:57 Nov 17, 2025
A community director at the advocacy organization Stand With Crypto said US lawmakers’ voting records on a pending market structure bill could impact their reelection chances. With the longest US government shutdown in the country’s history now over, some lawmakers have turned their attention to passing a digital asset market structure bill that could become a defining issue for many voters in the 2026 midterm elections. The US Senate Banking Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee have released discussion drafts for their versions of the market structure bill, building on the CLARITY Act passed by the House of Representatives in July. Although the current session of Congress will last until January 2027, lawmakers may have a limited window to pass the bill, known as the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, amid the holiday season and as campaigns for the midterm elections begin. “Going into 2026, market structure is still [the] number one priority for everybody,” Mason Lynaugh, community director of ... -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:40 Nov 17, 2025
A handful of XRP ETFs could launch this week, leading traders to predict the start of a new rally, but the desired bullish momentum is dependent on the altcoin holding above $2.20. Key takeaways: Four spot XRP ETFs are set to go live across major US exchanges, unlocking institutional capital into XRP’s market. XRP price must reclaim $2.20 as support to continue upside toward $2.60. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:40 Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin attempted a recovery but is facing selling at higher levels, indicating that bears continue to sell on rallies. Key points: Bitcoin’s fall has resulted in three consecutive weeks of outflows from crypto ETPs, indicating a negative sentiment. Several altcoins are struggling to start a rebound, indicating a lack of demand from buyers. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:37 Nov 17, 2025
The exchange's 10-year Bitcoin and Ether contracts mimic perpetuals through daily cash adjustments, giving users a regulated way to trade crypto futures in the US. Cboe Global Markets plans to launch new Bitcoin and Ether “Continuous Futures” on Dec. 15, offering long-term, perpetual-style exposure to both assets on its futures exchange. According to a Monday announcement from the company, the contracts come with a 10-year term and a daily cash adjustment meant to mirror the economics of perpetual futures, removing the need to roll expiring positions. Futures are standardized contracts that let traders buy or sell an asset at a set price on a future date, often used for hedging or speculation. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:44 Nov 17, 2025
Despite a $1 trillion crypto wipeout, a Coinbase executive said Bitcoin’s decline is structural and not bearish since few fundamentals have changed since its September price peak. Key takeaways: Bitcoin fundamentals remain intact despite the $1 trillion drop in the crypto total market cap. Long-term holders and institutional investors continue to absorb Bitcoin’s distributed supply. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:30 Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin futures flip negative for the first time since March as internal flows surge and the market downturn deepens. The Bitcoin futures-to-spot basis has fallen into negative territory, signaling a significant shift in trader sentiment toward de-risking. Futures are now trading below the spot price for the first time since March, erasing the premium that typically reflects strong demand for leverage. This transition into a futures discount phase suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) traders are increasingly unwilling to take on risk, instead pricing BTC’s short-term outlook lower. Key takeaways: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:19 Nov 17, 2025
A hedged SOL staking model underpins the new yield product, debuting amid rising institutional demand for regulated access to Solana’s network rewards. Figment and OpenTrade have introduced “OpenTrade Stablecoin Staking Yield,” a new stablecoin yield product that targets a yield of 15% by utilizing Solana staking returns, with Crypto.com providing custody for the underlying assets. According to Monday’s announcement, institutions deposit and withdraw stablecoins, while the yield is produced by Solana (SOL) staking rewards and an offsetting perpetual-futures hedge run by OpenTrade. Deposits and withdrawals are handled through Figment’s platform, with the strategy executed in an OpenTrade-managed vault. Figment said the strategy has historically delivered returns above Solana’s typical 6.5% to 7.5% staking rate. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:05 Nov 17, 2025
The platform’s founders reached out through social media and email to say DappRadar would soon stop tracking blockchains and DApps. DappRadar, the analytics platform that provides data on the decentralized application (DApp) industry, said it is ceasing operations seven years after it launched. In a Monday X post, DappRadar founders Skirmantas Januškas and Dragos Dunica said they would be winding down the platform. The pair said that “running a platform of this scale became financially unsustainable in the current environment,” and said it plans to stop tracking blockchains and DApps “in the coming days” as it begins to shut down. The notice said the platform would communicate separately regarding how it would handle its native RADAR token and its decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The token price fell about 30% immediately following the shutdown announcement, reaching about $0.00072 at the time of publication, according to data from Nansen. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:19 Nov 17, 2025
After weeks of reporting Bitcoin purchases hovering around 400 to 500 BTC, Michael Saylor’s company announced a massive crypto investment on Monday. The company behind the largest Bitcoin treasury announced it had returned to buying large amounts of the cryptocurrency following a $835 million purchase. In a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Michael Saylor’s Strategy reported acquiring 8,178 Bitcoin (BTC) for about $835 million. The purchase represented a significant increase compared to the company’s BTC investments in October and earlier in November, which it reported to be about 400-500 coins per week. The acquisition came amid significant volatility in the price of Bitcoin. According to data from Nansen, BTC price fell by about 11% in the previous seven days, reaching $94,191 at time of publication. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:08 Nov 17, 2025
More than 148,000 Bitcoin have been sold at a loss by short-term holders, adding fuel to analysts’ predictions that BTC price will fall under $90,000. Key takeaways: Newer Bitcoin investors sold over 148,000 BTC at a loss on Friday. Analysts agree that pushing Bitcoin’s price below the Jan. 1 open at $93,000 could trigger a fresh downtrend to areas below $90,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:02 Nov 17, 2025
Republic Technologies secured a zero-interest convertible loan to expand its Ether holdings, a structure that could limit shareholder dilution. Republic Technologies, formerly known as Beyond Medical Technologies before transitioning into blockchain infrastructure, has secured a $100 million convertible note facility to expand its Ether holdings — a move the company said will enable it to grow its ETH treasury with minimal shareholder dilution due to favorable financing terms. The financing comes with unusual terms for a crypto-related company: a 0% interest rate, no ongoing interest payments and no requirement to post additional collateral if the price of Ether (ETH) falls, the company announced Monday. These features mean Republic does not have to spend cash servicing the debt and cannot default for failing to make interest payments — a common issue for highly leveraged digital-asset companies. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Nov 17, 2025
The new US crypto bill could settle the commodity-versus-security debate and reshape compliance, trading and innovation. Since its inception, the US cryptocurrency industry has faced a regulatory challenge: determining when a digital asset qualifies as a security and when it qualifies as a commodity. This uncertainty has hindered institutional adoption, fueled legal disputes and made it difficult for crypto companies to interpret complex rules. But a draft bill from the Senate Agriculture Committee, led by Chair John Boozman and Senator Cory Booker, proposes changes that may address this. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:51 Nov 17, 2025
Brazil isn’t buying Bitcoin for sovereign reserves. Instead, cities, corporates and B3 products are creating a regulated path to treasury use. Brazil’s moves are corporate and municipal, not sovereign. B3’s spot ETFs and resized 0.01-BTC futures let treasurers gain, size and hedge exposure using familiar tools. New VASP standards (licensing, AML/CFT, governance, security), effective February 2026, reduce operational uncertainty. Read more
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