Tech

November, 2025

• 6 November

  Coinbase to US Treasury: Don’t Let GENIUS Act Stifle Crypto Innovation

  

  Coinbase dropped a 38-page bombshell on the U.S. Treasury yesterday, demanding the GENIUS Act be rewritten before it “accidentally bans the next Google.” Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal told reporters outside Treasury: “One vague sentence could force every DeFi dev to register as a bank. That’s not safety—that’s exile.” The Guardrails for Emerging New Innovations in U.S. Systems Act, introduced …
• 6 November

  Australia Joins Global Crackdown on Lazarus Group Linked to $1.9B Crypto Attacks

  

  Foreign Minister Penny Wong today slapped magnitsky-style sanctions on three Lazarus Group hackers and two front companies, freezing any Australian-held crypto wallets tied to North Korea’s record $1.92 billion digital theft spree. The sanctioned trio — Park Jin-hyok, Jon Chang-hyok and Kim Il — masterminded the 2022 Ronin bridge ($625M), 2023 CoinsPaid ($37M) and July’s WazirX ($235M) raids, Chainalysis confirmed. …
• 6 November

  Bitcoin Rises With Global Stocks as Asia Markets Cheer Positive US Economic Data

  

  Bitcoin surged 2.8% to $101,480 in Asian hours Thursday, riding a wave of risk-on sentiment after U.S. indicators reinforced bets on a Federal Reserve “soft landing.” The ISM Manufacturing PMI beat forecasts at 48.5, while October non-farm payrolls—released late Wednesday—added 180K jobs against 150K expected, with unemployment steady at 4.1%. Wage growth cooled to 3.8% YoY, easing inflation fears and …
• 6 November

  Ethereum Whales Go on $1.37B Buying Spree — 400K ETH Scooped Up in Just 3 Days

  

  Ethereum’s mega-investors just executed the fastest whale raid of 2025, vacuuming 400,100 ETH worth $1.37 billion between November 3–5, on-chain sleuths at Lookonchain and Nansen confirm. The top 100 non-exchange wallets added a net 142,300 ETH on Monday alone, followed by 138,700 on Tuesday and 118,900 yesterday—pushing their collective holdings to 23.4 million ETH ($80 bn). At an average fill …
• 6 November

  Bank of England to Roll Out Stablecoin Rules, Matching US Crypto Momentum

  

  The Bank of England will publish final stablecoin regulations before Christmas 2025, creating a sandbox-to-permanent licence pathway that mirrors America’s fast-tracking of dollar-pegged tokens. Governor Andrew Bailey confirmed the regime in a Mansion House speech last month, pledging “same risk, same regulatory outcome” for payments using fiat-backed digital coins. Issuers must hold 100% high-quality liquid reserves—cash or short-dated gilts—at the …
• 6 November

  Dalio’s Fed Warning: Gold and Bitcoin May Soar… Then Crash Hard

  

  Billionaire hedge fund legend Ray Dalio has sounded the alarm on the Federal Reserve’s latest pivot, warning that halting quantitative tightening could ignite a explosive rally in **gold** and **Bitcoin**—only for a brutal crash to follow. The Bridgewater Associates founder described the Fed’s decision to end balance-sheet reduction on December 1, capping assets at $6.5 trillion, as “stimulating into a …
• 5 November

  Cardano Price Prediction: Massive Whale Moves Hint at $10 Target

  

  Silent giants just swallowed 50 million Cardano (ADA) worth $27 million in two days, turning the dip into a buffet while retail panics at $0.534.Santiment clocks wallets holding 1M–10M ADA adding 86K tokens per hour since Friday; Coinbase alone bled 37.5M ADA to private vaults Monday. Exchange netflows? Deep red -$3.02M—the sharpest exodus since August. “Whales smell blood, not death,” …
• 5 November

  Mamdani’s Mayoral Upset in NYC — Crypto Markets Got It Right First

  

  While TV pundits still mock the idea, crypto bookies on Polymarket just crowned **Zohran Mamdani** the next mayor of New York – paying out **17×** to early bulls who bet when his contract traded at a measly **4¢**. The 34-year-old Queens assemblyman’s “Mamdani Wins 2025 Primary” market exploded Tuesday after three mega-whales dumped **$2.8 million** on Yes shares, rocketing implied …
• 5 November

  Bitcoin Is America’s Answer to Debt,” Says Senator Cynthia Lummis

  

  Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) threw down the gauntlet Monday: stockpile **one million Bitcoin** in five years or kiss the dollar goodbye. “Bitcoin is America’s answer to $36 trillion in debt,” the cowboy-booted lawmaker declared at the sold-out Digital Assets Policy Forum, drawing roars from 800 crypto execs packed into the Willard Hotel ballroom. Her Bitcoin Reserve Act 2.0—dropped on Senate …
• 5 November

  Canada Moves to Regulate Stablecoins in 2025 Budget, Echoing US Framework

  

  Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne just handed the $309B stablecoin market a rulebook: hold **100 % cash or cash-equivalent reserves**, redeem **1-for-1 in 24 hours**, and open your books monthly—or lose your license. Tabled Tuesday, Budget 2025 amends the Retail Payment Activities Act to drag every fiat-backed issuer (USDC, USDT, QCAD) under federal supervision for the first time. The Bank of …