Business

November, 2025

• 22 November

  Base Shock: Aerodrome DEX Halts After Suspected Frontend Hack

  

  In a jolt to the burgeoning Base ecosystem, Aerodrome Finance—the leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on Coinbase’s Layer-2 network—suspended frontend operations on November 22, 2025, following a suspected DNS hijacking attack. The breach, which compromised the platform’s primary domains, exposed users to phishing risks targeting NFTs, ETH, and USDC via malicious signature requests, but left smart contracts unscathed. The alert surfaced …
• 22 November

  No Threat Here: Saylor Shrugs Off Stablecoins on Bitcoin’s $1.2M Road

  

  In the volatile crypto arena, where stablecoins like USDT and USDC have ballooned to a $308 billion market cap, MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor remains unfazed. At a November 2025 crypto forum, Saylor shot down fears that these fiat-pegged tokens could derail Bitcoin’s ascent to $1.2 million, countering ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood’s recent slash of her 2030 forecast from …
• 22 November

  DeFi Liquidity Crisis: $12B Sitting Idle as 95% Capital Remains Unused

  

  Decentralized finance (DeFi) promised borderless, high-yield markets, but a stark 2025 reality check exposes a crippling inefficiency: 95% of liquidity in top protocols lies dormant, with over $12 billion in capital yielding zero returns. This “idle liquidity paradox,” spotlighted in recent Chainalysis and Dune Analytics reports, undermines DeFi’s core appeal, turning total value locked (TVL)—now at $128 billion—into a hollow …
• 21 November

  Michael Saylor’s Strategy Faces Threat of Removal from Major Stock Indexes

  

  Michael Saylor’s audacious Bitcoin treasury strategy at Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) is under fire, as major index providers like MSCI and Nasdaq mull expulsion over crypto-heavy balance sheets—potentially triggering $9 billion in forced outflows and testing the limits of corporate digital asset plays. The red flag: New MSCI rules eyeing firms where digital assets exceed 50% of total holdings, a …
• 21 November

  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Makes Surprise Bitcoin Bar Visit, Ignites Crypto Buzz

  

  In a move that’s sent the Bitcoin world into a frenzy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a stealthy cameo at the grand opening of Pubkey DC, the capital’s newest Bitcoin-themed bar and cultural hub. The unannounced Thursday night drop-in—captured in viral photos shared by Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn—has crypto insiders hailing it as a “covert signal” of institutional embrace, …
• 21 November

  $15M Reward Offered in Ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding’s Crypto-Linked Trafficking Case

  

  The U.S. Department of Justice has slapped a record $15 million reward on fugitive ex-Olympian Ryan James Wedding, escalating a manhunt for the Canadian snowboarder accused of helming a billion-dollar cocaine cartel laced with cryptocurrency laundering and a grisly witness assassination. Now atop the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, the 44-year-old faces life in prison for murder, witness tampering, and …
• 21 November

  65+ Crypto Groups Urge Trump to Drop Roman Storm Charges

  

  In a bold display of industry solidarity, over 65 blockchain advocacy organizations have penned a fiery letter to President Donald Trump, demanding he quash the DOJ’s retrial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm—a move they brand as a “lawless prosecution” threatening open-source innovation and U.S. digital edge. Led by the Solana Policy Institute, Blockchain Association, and DeFi Education Fund, the …
• 21 November

  UK Crime Agency Busts $33M ‘Cash for Crypto’ Money Laundering Ring

  

  The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has shattered a billion-dollar “cash-for-crypto” money laundering syndicate, seizing $33 million in illicit funds and exposing a web linking Russian spies, ransomware hackers, and drug cartels. Dubbed Operation Destabilise, the probe—spanning three years—unraveled a network funneling dirty cash into cryptocurrencies for sanctions evasion and global crime. The scheme, orchestrated from Moscow and Dubai, swapped …
• 21 November

  Bitcoin Poised for a Pivot: ABCD Pattern Signals $83K Target as Demand Zone Narrows

  

  Bitcoin is flashing classic reversal signals as a textbook ABCD harmonic pattern nears completion, targeting a pivot near $83,000 while price coils inside a rapidly narrowing demand zone between $80,200–$82,500. After a 12% correction from $94,000 highs, technical analysts see growing evidence that the worst of the sell-off may be over. ABCD Pattern Breakdown The emerging bullish ABCD structure maps …
• 21 November

  Kalshi’s Mega Leap: Prediction Market Bags $1B, Soars to $11B Valuation

  

  In a seismic validation of event-based trading, Kalshi has clinched a staggering $1 billion funding round, propelling its valuation to $11 billion – a lightning doubling from its $5 billion mark just two months ago. Led by Sequoia Capital and CapitalG – with Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm, Anthos Capital, and Neo joining – the infusion cements Kalshi’s edge in the CFTC-regulated …