Cryptocurrency News

November, 2025

• 21 November

  Shiba Inu Breaks Into Real World Spending: Will the New SHIB Card Trigger a Price Surge?

  

  Shiba Inu (SHIB), the meme coin darling with a $4.85 billion market cap, has unveiled a game-changing debit card in partnership with Bitget Wallet, bridging crypto hype to everyday spending and igniting speculation of a price rebound. Launched November 19, the SHIB-branded virtual card lets users spend tokens at millions of Visa/Mastercard merchants worldwide, with instant fiat conversion at POS—no …
• 21 November

  Asia Markets Slip: Bitcoin Crashes 7% to $85K as US Jobs Data Clouds Rate Outlook

  

  Asian equities plunged into the red at Friday’s open, mirroring a global risk-off exodus triggered by Bitcoin’s brutal 7% nosedive to around $85,000 – its sharpest single-session drop since October’s “great crypto crash.” The sell-off, erasing $120 billion from the crypto market cap and pushing it below $3.1 trillion, amplified volatility after Thursday’s mixed US jobs report sowed fresh doubts …
• 20 November

  Ripple Eyes DeFi Expansion: XRP May Soon Be Stakable on Its Ledger

  

  Ripple is delving into native XRP staking on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a potential game-changer that could infuse DeFi rewards into the decade-old network, fueling speculation of higher yields and broader adoption. Sparked by a November 18 blog from RippleX engineering head J. Ayo Akinyele, the exploration aims to evolve XRPL beyond cross-border payments, addressing its modest $75.77 million TVL …
• 20 November

  Young Investors Ditch Financial Advisers Who Don’t Offer Crypto, Survey Reveals

  

  A seismic shift is rocking Wall Street as young, high-net-worth investors fire their financial advisors over crypto snubs, with 35% relocating $250,000–$1 million in assets to firms offering Bitcoin and Ethereum access. The eye-opening findings from a Zerohash-commissioned Centiment survey of 500 affluent U.S. investors aged 18–40 earning $100,000–$1 million annually reveal digital assets as a non-negotiable portfolio staple, outpacing …
• 20 November

  Bitcoin Spot ETFs End 5-Day Outflow Streak With $75M Fresh Inflows

  

  U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs staged a dramatic turnaround on November 19, attracting $75.4 million in net inflows after five consecutive days of redemptions that drained nearly $3 billion from the sector. Led by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) with $60.6 million, the surge signals thawing institutional caution as BTC clawed back above $92,000, up 1.5% daily amid broader risk-on sentiment …
• 20 November

  DeFi Advocates Unveil $30B Plan to Tackle Global Poverty — Full Details Inside

  

  A powerhouse alliance of DeFi advocates, spearheaded by the DeFi Education Fund (DEF), has launched a bold blueprint to combat global poverty, projecting up to $30 billion in yearly savings for unbanked populations through blockchain-driven financial reforms. Unveiled November 19 via a DEF blog post by policy lead Jenn Rosenthal, the initiative spotlights how decentralized tools can dismantle the “poverty …
• 20 November

  Samourai Wallet CTO Sentenced to 4 Years for $2B Bitcoin Laundering Scheme

  

  In a stark escalation of U.S. crackdowns on crypto privacy tools, William Lonergan Hill, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Samourai Wallet, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on November 19 for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business that laundered over $237 million in illicit Bitcoin. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote in Manhattan …
• 20 November

  Core Foundation Hits Maple Finance With Lawsuit Over Alleged Trade-Secret Theft

  

  In a seismic blow to DeFi collaborations, Core Foundation has clinched a preliminary injunction from the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, halting Maple Finance’s launch of rival product syrupBTC amid explosive allegations of trade secret theft and exclusivity breaches. The ruling, handed down by Justice Jalil Asif KC on November 19, bars Maple from using Core’s confidential data or …
• 20 November

  Bitcoin Steadies at $92K as Asia Opens; Nvidia’s Strong Earnings Soothe AI Market Jitters

  

  Bitcoin (BTC) kicked off Asia’s trading session on a resilient note, stabilizing around $92,000 after a bruising week that saw it dip to seven-month lows near $88,500 amid a $1 trillion crypto market wipeout. The rebound gained traction from Nvidia’s blockbuster Q3 earnings, which crushed Wall Street forecasts and quelled fears of an AI bubble bursting—rippling positivity into risk assets …
• 20 November

  Trump’s Crypto Launch Shaken: WLFI Hit by Early Wallet Security Scare

  

  Donald Trump’s high-stakes foray into DeFi, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), has been jolted by a pre-launch security breach, with the platform burning and reallocating $22.1 million in compromised WLFI tokens amid phishing attacks and third-party lapses. The revelation, disclosed via X on November 19, underscores vulnerabilities in the Trump family-backed project’s rollout, just weeks after its September 1 token debut, …