Cryptocurrency News

November, 2025

• 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 …
• 21 November

  XRP on the Brink: Massive Sell-Off Sparks Fears of Total Collapse

  

  XRP’s brutal 16% weekly bloodbath has hurled it toward the precarious $2 threshold, erasing $500 billion from the crypto market cap and igniting panic over an impending bearish abyss. Trading at $2.10—its lowest since October—the Ripple token’s descent mirrors a sector-wide rout, with Bitcoin’s 50-day correction dragging altcoins into the abyss. Yet, amid the carnage, ETF inflows clash with whale …
• 21 November

  Top Altcoins to Buy in the Crypto Crash – Best Picks for 20 November

  

  Bitcoin’s 7% plunge to $87,700 on Nov 20 – erasing $1 trillion from crypto’s $3.2 trillion market cap – has altcoins in freefall, down 10-20% amid Fed hawkishness and ETF outflows. Yet, analysts like Michael van de Poppe hail this as a “historic mispricing,” echoing 2022’s FTX crash where Solana rebounded 3,000%. With rate cuts eyed for 2026 and macro …