Author: John Smith

XRP price is tightening inside a breakout pattern as traders watch for the impact of today’s Bitwise XRP ETF launch. Summary XRP trades near $2.13 as price compresses inside a tightening triangle pattern. Bitwise’s XRP ETF set to launch on the NYSE with fee waivers and rising institutional interest. Technical signals show mixed momentum, but a breakout becomes more likely as volatility builds. XRP traded at $2.13 at press time, slipping 1.1% over the past 24 hours as the crypto market saw mixed sentiment. The asset remains under pressure, down 14% in the last week and 12% over the last…

Bitcoin price is trying to push its way back above the $95,000 mark after sinking to a local low near $89,000, a drop that sparked a sharp rise in implied volatility. Summary Bitcoin price is attempting to break $95K after dropping from $126K all-time highs. Rising implied volatility and options skew indicate that traders are bracing for bigger swings. Technical indicators hint at a brief relief bounce, but the downtrend remains intact. BTC was trading around $92,858 at press time, up about 1.8% on the day, but still down 9% over the past week and 14% over the past month.…

World Liberty Financial has carried out an emergency burn-and-reallocate action to recover millions in WLFI from wallets compromised before launch. Summary WLFI burned and reallocated $22.1M in WLFI linked to pre-launch phishing attacks. The team froze affected wallets, completed KYC checks, and built new smart contract logic. Verified users will receive funds in new wallets, while unverified wallets stay frozen. World Liberty Financial has taken a major step to recover WLFI tokens that were taken from wallets compromised before the launch.  The Trump-affiliated project announced the action in a Nov. 19 post on  X, and on-chain data later confirmed the…

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) , the DeFi venture closely tied to President Donald Trump and his family, disclosed that attackers accessed some user wallets through phishing and third-party security lapses before the platform officially launched. Summary WLFI says a pre-launch breach stemmed from phishing and third-party security lapses, not flaws in its own smart contracts, and has frozen affected wallets. The incident comes amid heightened scrutiny of WLFI, which has faced questions about governance, transparency, and its rapid token sales. The company claims to be reallocating funds only after new KYC checks. The company says the breach did not stem…

The co-founder of privacy-focused cryptocurrency platform Samourai Wallet received a four-year sentence in federal prison for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Summary William Hill ran an unlicensed money-transmitting business, with prosecutors citing $237 million in illicit transactions facilitated through the platform. His recent autism diagnosis mitigated his prison sentence while money-laundering charges were dismissed as part of a July plea agreement. The case highlights federal scrutiny of cryptocurrency privacy tools, including Samourai’s Whirlpool and Ricochet features. What Happened According to court documents dated November 19, William Hill received a lighter punishment than the five-year maximum term received by his co-founder,…

The privacy coin has seen a significant rally, and Ran Neuner of Crypto Banter says he has a pretty good idea about who’s behind it. Summary Zcash almost tripled in value in less than a month According to Ran Neuner, there has been a coordinated push by key influencers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Arthur Hayes recently spoke about Zcash Long overlooked, Zcash has exploded back into the spotlight with a price rally that caught many off guard. In the span of just one month, the token more than tripled in price from $227.79 to a multi-year high of $736.51.…

Shares of the Bullish fell 3.5% despite the crypto exchange reporting record third-quarter earnings. Summary Bullish reported a 71% year-over-year increase in adjusted revenue The exchange also launched crypto options trading and U.S. spot trading. Adjusted EBITDA jumped to $28.6 million, up from $7.7 million a year ago Crypto exchange Bullish has demonstrated a strong turnaround in profitability amid its institutional expansion. Yet its shares saw a correction, dropping 3.5% to $36.42 on the same day, falling below its IPO price of $37 a share. On Wednesday, November 19, Bullish posted its third-quarter 2025 results, which reflected its expanding offering…

Pi Network says it is now fully compliant with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation—an update that could open the door to trading its PI token across regulated exchanges in the EU and European Economic Area. The claim, detailed in an updated whitepaper, marks the project’s most significant step yet toward entering mainstream, supervised markets. Summary Pi Network is positioning its PI token for potential listings on regulated European exchanges and expanding access across the EU/EEA. The updated whitepaper outlines mobile-mined token distribution, strict KYC/KYB requirements, non-custodial wallets, audits, and utility-only token status. PI trades around $0.23 amid…

The Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) significantly expanded its exposure to Bitcoin during the third quarter, tripling its stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF just before the cryptocurrency market experienced a sharp downturn. Summary Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team will appear before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to argue his FTX fraud conviction should be overturned. The defense claims the trial judge blocked evidence showing FTX had enough assets to cover withdrawals, which could have changed the jury’s verdict. SBF maintains that FTX’s downfall was caused by mismanagement and panic, not deliberate fraud. According to Bloomberg News,…

Bitcoin price has returned to the key $90,000 support level that marked the previous cycle bottom, raising the possibility of a reversal if buyers can defend this region with strength. Summary $90,000 aligns with the channel low and value area low Retest mirrors the previous market bottom structure Holding support opens the probability of a move toward $135,000 Bitcoin (BTC) is once again approaching a significant moment in its macrostructure as price retests the $90,000 support level, a zone that defined the previous major bottom in the broader trading channel. This area holds strong historical importance because it aligns technically…