Crypto Newsletter

  • DTCC will connect its tokenization service to Solana in the second half of 2027, letting eligible DTC-custodied securities including Russell 1000 stocks, major index ETFs and Treasuries be issued as Solana tokens

  • US buyers go quiet as Coinbase premium sinks

  • Trump names 4 crypto relevant picks for SEC, CFTC

  • Tech and crypto founders largely blamed Nvidia’s board rather than Jensen Huang for his exit, with CZ saying “it’s a mistake for Nvidia to let Jensen resign”

  • Visa expands crypto stablecoin settlement network

  • DOJ seizes $1.2B Binance hack funds

  • Ethereum researchers drop faster blocks

  • The Justice Department obtained court approval to seize more than $1.2 billion of the roughly $6.4 billion stolen from Binance on October 29

  • Western Union's stablecoin joins Visa network

  • Binance has fully replenished all hack funds

  • Thailand moves to cap stablecoin transfers

  • Trezor finds drainers in Safe 5 wallets

  • Latin American exchange Bitso integrated Hyperliquid into Bitso Alpha, giving its 10 million-plus users access to Hype’s more than 200 perpetual markets

  • State Street lifts stake in Strategy, Strive

  • US once kept cold wallets in drawers: Witt

  • The Justice Department, the US Chamber of Commerce and a crypto coalition led by a16z, Paradigm and Uniswap lined up against Illinois’ Digital Asset Tax

  • WLFI kicks off token buybacks

  • Binance published an off-cycle proof-of-reserves snapshot dated November 12

  • Maple Finance execs to exit on strategy rift

  • SafePal users hit by phishing letters after breach

  • Anchorage Digital made Western Union’s USDPT settle on VisaNet, the first Anchorage-issued stablecoin Visa and eligible companies can use to settle obligations on its network

  • Louisiana sues prediction markets

  • Don Jr out as Kalshi adviser after midterms

  • FBI warns of North Korea fake Zoom call traps

  • Gemini sells UK and European operations

  • SoFi added Polygon as a third network for SoFiUSD, the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank, letting its 17 million members buy, hold and convert it in the app without a separate wallet or manual bridging

  • Securitize and Ethena Launch $100 Million

  • Uglycash Is Live With Crypto Deposits

  • New Utility for Ondo Stocks on Solana

AI & NFT

  • Nvidia staff urging board to reinstate Jensen

  • Hyperliquid led onchain protocols in revenue on the day with $2.03M, followed by Papertrade at $1.61M and Pump.fun at $1.3M

  • Trump backs Tim Cook for next Nvidia CEO

  • The Pump app is seeing steady perps trader growth

  • Claude hit by outages ahead of IPO

  • Anthropic IPO ~6x oversubscribed

  • Anthropic intros Claude Meetings in beta

  • Senator Josh Hawley called for a nationwide moratorium on new AI data centers until Congress guarantees taxpayers

  • OpenAI raises $15B at a $1.25T valuation

  • OpenAI backs push to block China from chips

  • TSMC says systems safe after staff data leak

  • Tesla, SpaceX could merge by Dec

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