Tom Lee speculates wounded market makers behind crypto crunch
Crypto’s recent slump could be the result of a market maker liquidity crisis triggered by the crypto crash in October, speculates BitMine’s Tom Lee.
Why the Crypto Heatmap Has Become an Essential Tool for Smarter Trading Decisions
The cryptocurrency market moves quickly, influenced by global sentiment, liquidity shifts, and technological developments unfolding at all hours. Traders who depend only on traditional price charts often struggle to understand the broader environment, especially when hundreds of digital assets move in different directions. This is where the crypto heatmap proves its value. It converts complex [...] The post Why the Crypto Heatmap Has Become an Essential Tool for Smarter Trading Decisions appeared first on Blockonomi.
Microsoft (MSFT) Stock: Gates Foundation Offloads $9 Billion in Shares During Q3
TLDR Gates Foundation Trust dumped 17 million Microsoft shares in Q3, reducing holdings from $13.9B to $4.76B Microsoft fell to the trust’s fourth-largest position after years as the top holding The trust has sold Microsoft stock every quarter since late 2023 Sales appear linked to the foundation’s goal of increasing annual grants to $9 billion [...] The post Microsoft (MSFT) Stock: Gates Foundation Offloads $9 Billion in Shares During Q3 appeared first on Blockonomi.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp sells 585,000 shares for $96 million
Karp's share sale may signal insider confidence shifts, impacting investor sentiment and raising questions about Palantir's future valuation. The post Palantir CEO Alex Karp sells 585,000 shares for $96 million appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
SEC enforcement actions dropped 30% under Paul Atkins: Report
The transition from Gary Gensler to Paul Atkins led to a significant decline in enforcement cases across the board, including those involving crypto companies.
Bitcoin downtrend accelerates, but traders eye short liquidity at $100K
Bitcoin struggles to hold the $90,000 support, and while charts angle toward further price downside, traders have turned their attention to the short liquidity at $98,000 to $100,000.
India’s government may consider stablecoin framework, diverging from RBI
India’s government is considering adopting a stablecoin regulatory framework while the Reserve Bank of India urges a "cautious" approach.
Bitcoin slump to $86K brings BTC closer to ‘max pain’ but great ‘discount’ zone
Analysts say Bitcoin is nearly in its “max pain” zone as the cost basis of BlackRock’s IBIT and Strategy’s massive BTC treasury draws near.
Coinbase launches ETH-backed loans as onchain lending tops $1.25B
Users can borrow up to $1 million in USDC against their Ether as Coinbase expands its Base-powered network, which has processed $1.25 billion in loans.
Bitcoin, stocks crumble after Nvidia earnings and Fed uncertainty over next rate cut
Bitcoin weakness persists as the BTC price drops to $86,000, alongside a US stock market sell-off and diminishing odds of a 50-basis-point Fed interest rate cut at the next FOMC.
Advocacy groups urge Trump to intervene in the Roman Storm retrial
Already convicted of one felony charge and facing a possible retrial on two others, the Tornado Cash co-founder’s future is uncertain.
Bitcoin for taxes? Proposed bill would let Americans pay the IRS in BTC
Tax revenue denominated in Bitcoin would be funneled into the US strategic BTC reserve and would not trigger a taxable event for the payer.
Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Solana ETF inflows soar: When will SOL price follow the trend?
Solana's newly launched ETFs continued to attract heavy inflows, but a weakening market structure threatens a deeper correction to $120 for SOL price.
Prospective CFTC chair’s nomination advances through committee
Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham may be one step closer to leaving the agency after the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced US President Donald Trump's pick to replace her.
AI hedge fund Numerai wins backing from top university endowments, token soars
Numerai’s NMR token jumped over 40% after it announced a new funding round led by major university endowments, pushing the hedge fund to a $500 million valuation.
ETH DATs have a problem: Ether’s crash below $3K vaporized a year’s worth of gains
Ether treasury companies are holding millions of dollars in unrealized losses, and the falling mNAV valuations and ETH’s potential to fall below $2,500 may further complicate matters.
SEC to hold privacy and financial surveillance roundtable in December
The slated roundtable discussion comes as privacy experiences a renewed focus from crypto industry executives and civil liberties activists.
Ex-prosecutor denies promising not to charge FTX executive’s partner
One of the US attorneys behind the prosecution of former FTX executives testified as part of an evidentiary hearing exploring one of their plea deals.
Kalshi’s valuation marked up to $11B after $1B funding round: TechCrunch
Kalshi has joined predictions market rival Polymarket in the $10 billion-plus valuation club after reportedly raising another $1 billion from Sequoia Capital and CapitalG.
Tom Lee speculates wounded market makers behind crypto crunch
Crypto’s recent slump could be the result of a market maker liquidity crisis triggered by the crypto crash in October, speculates BitMine’s Tom Lee.
Traders eye Bitcoin’s bull-bear ‘tug-of-war’ to plan their next move
Nic Puckrin, an analyst at The Coin Bureau, said Bitcoin is being “pulled in different directions by conflicting news” as it heads into the weekend.
Bitcoin won’t hit $200K until Q3 2029: Veteran trader Peter Brandt
Bitcoin implodes as volatility from Big Tech, AI bubble fears, spreads to crypto
Bitcoin price corrected alongside major US equities as a tech-led sell-off and investor concerns over AI spending and a Federal Reserve policy shift hit markets hard.
Grok fan-girling Elon Musk shows why AI must be decentralized
Grok couldn’t stop singing Elon Musk’s praises, arguing he could beat Mike Tyson in a fight and was fitter than NBA superstar LeBron James.
Bitcoiners lose their mind after Scott Bessent walks into a Bitcoin bar
Bitcoiners viewed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s appearance at the opening night of the Bitcoin-themed bar as “a sign” for Bitcoin.
MSCI index likely to kick out crypto treasuries, exec warns
If the MSCI decides to exclude digital asset treasuries, index-tracking funds would need to sell, and that alone “creates meaningful pressure on the affected names.”
Plume CEO tips RWA to grow 3-5x in 2026 as it grows past crypto natives
Plume says that Securitize, a tokenization platform backed by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, has inked a deal to deploy institutional-grade assets on Plume’s Nest staking protocol.
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sheds $2.47B in November as outflows hit record $3.79B
BlackRock’s IBIT drives November’s record ETF outflows, bleeding $2.47 billion and accounting for 63% of the $3.79 billion withdrawn from US spot Bitcoin ETFs.
SoftBank’s PayPay changes the game for Binance Japan users
Operated by SoftBank, the backer of one of the world’s top 10 public Bitcoin holders, PayPay is integrating with Binance Japan ahead of its expected US IPO in December.
Binance CEO says Bitcoin volatility matches broader markets amid 35% decline
Binance CEO Richard Teng argued that Bitcoin’s current slide reflects broader risk-off deleveraging, and its volatility is in line with most major asset classes.
Memecoin market sinks to 2025 low as $5B wiped out in a day
Both memecoins and NFTs have plunged to their weakest levels since early 2025, with traders pulling back from speculative assets across the board.
aPriori denies insider role as mysterious entity claims most of APR airdrop
While aPriori dismissed the claims related to insider activity, investors are still awaiting more details on the Sybil cluster that claimed 60% of the airdrop across 14,000 wallets.
Winklevoss twins bet on Zcash, privacy to combat AI threat
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are betting on privacy protocols gaining major traction as AI continues to grow at an exponential rate.
Could Bitcoin’s Max-Pain Zone Signal Market Bottom?
André Dragosch of Bitwise Europe said Bitcoin’s max-pain zone may be near eighty-four thousand dollars, BlackRock’s IBIT average cost. He also noted it could be around seventy-three thousand dollars, the cost basis for MicroStrategy. These levels represent the prices where major institutional holders have accumulated Bitcoin, and reaching them could trigger a market “clear-out,” potentially […] The post Could Bitcoin’s Max-Pain Zone Signal Market Bottom? appeared first on Altcoin Buzz.
Tesla (TSLA) Stock: The $26 Billion Problem Nobody’s Talking About
TLDR Tesla shares fell 13% in November as retail investors continued buying during the decline A Delaware Supreme Court ruling on Musk’s 2018 pay package could trigger a $26 billion profit hit The potential charge equals more than half of Tesla’s total net income since becoming profitable in 2019 Tesla stock trades at 180 times [...] The post Tesla (TSLA) Stock: The $26 Billion Problem Nobody’s Talking About appeared first on Blockonomi.
The missing language of mistakes in crypto discourse | Opinion
In crypto, success isn’t built by avoiding mistakes but by learning from them fast—resilience and adaptation beat perfection every time.
SEC enforcement actions dropped 30% under Paul Atkins: Report
The transition from Gary Gensler to Paul Atkins led to a significant decline in enforcement cases across the board, including those involving crypto companies.
Bitcoin downtrend accelerates, but traders eye short liquidity at $100K
Bitcoin struggles to hold the $90,000 support, and while charts angle toward further price downside, traders have turned their attention to the short liquidity at $98,000 to $100,000.
India’s government may consider stablecoin framework, diverging from RBI
India’s government is considering adopting a stablecoin regulatory framework while the Reserve Bank of India urges a "cautious" approach.
Bitcoin slump to $86K brings BTC closer to ‘max pain’ but great ‘discount’ zone
Analysts say Bitcoin is nearly in its “max pain” zone as the cost basis of BlackRock’s IBIT and Strategy’s massive BTC treasury draws near.
Coinbase launches ETH-backed loans as onchain lending tops $1.25B
Users can borrow up to $1 million in USDC against their Ether as Coinbase expands its Base-powered network, which has processed $1.25 billion in loans.
Bitcoin, stocks crumble after Nvidia earnings and Fed uncertainty over next rate cut
Bitcoin weakness persists as the BTC price drops to $86,000, alongside a US stock market sell-off and diminishing odds of a 50-basis-point Fed interest rate cut at the next FOMC.
Advocacy groups urge Trump to intervene in the Roman Storm retrial
Already convicted of one felony charge and facing a possible retrial on two others, the Tornado Cash co-founder’s future is uncertain.
Bitcoin for taxes? Proposed bill would let Americans pay the IRS in BTC
Tax revenue denominated in Bitcoin would be funneled into the US strategic BTC reserve and would not trigger a taxable event for the payer.
Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Solana ETF inflows soar: When will SOL price follow the trend?
Solana's newly launched ETFs continued to attract heavy inflows, but a weakening market structure threatens a deeper correction to $120 for SOL price.
Prospective CFTC chair’s nomination advances through committee
Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham may be one step closer to leaving the agency after the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced US President Donald Trump's pick to replace her.
AI hedge fund Numerai wins backing from top university endowments, token soars
Numerai’s NMR token jumped over 40% after it announced a new funding round led by major university endowments, pushing the hedge fund to a $500 million valuation.
ETH DATs have a problem: Ether’s crash below $3K vaporized a year’s worth of gains
Ether treasury companies are holding millions of dollars in unrealized losses, and the falling mNAV valuations and ETH’s potential to fall below $2,500 may further complicate matters.
SEC to hold privacy and financial surveillance roundtable in December
The slated roundtable discussion comes as privacy experiences a renewed focus from crypto industry executives and civil liberties activists.
Ex-prosecutor denies promising not to charge FTX executive’s partner
One of the US attorneys behind the prosecution of former FTX executives testified as part of an evidentiary hearing exploring one of their plea deals.
Kalshi’s valuation marked up to $11B after $1B funding round: TechCrunch
Kalshi has joined predictions market rival Polymarket in the $10 billion-plus valuation club after reportedly raising another $1 billion from Sequoia Capital and CapitalG.
Tom Lee speculates wounded market makers behind crypto crunch
Crypto’s recent slump could be the result of a market maker liquidity crisis triggered by the crypto crash in October, speculates BitMine’s Tom Lee.
Traders eye Bitcoin’s bull-bear ‘tug-of-war’ to plan their next move
Nic Puckrin, an analyst at The Coin Bureau, said Bitcoin is being “pulled in different directions by conflicting news” as it heads into the weekend.
Bitcoin won’t hit $200K until Q3 2029: Veteran trader Peter Brandt
Bitcoin implodes as volatility from Big Tech, AI bubble fears, spreads to crypto
Bitcoin price corrected alongside major US equities as a tech-led sell-off and investor concerns over AI spending and a Federal Reserve policy shift hit markets hard.
Grok fan-girling Elon Musk shows why AI must be decentralized
Grok couldn’t stop singing Elon Musk’s praises, arguing he could beat Mike Tyson in a fight and was fitter than NBA superstar LeBron James.
Bitcoiners lose their mind after Scott Bessent walks into a Bitcoin bar
Bitcoiners viewed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s appearance at the opening night of the Bitcoin-themed bar as “a sign” for Bitcoin.
MSCI index likely to kick out crypto treasuries, exec warns
If the MSCI decides to exclude digital asset treasuries, index-tracking funds would need to sell, and that alone “creates meaningful pressure on the affected names.”
Plume CEO tips RWA to grow 3-5x in 2026 as it grows past crypto natives
Plume says that Securitize, a tokenization platform backed by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, has inked a deal to deploy institutional-grade assets on Plume’s Nest staking protocol.
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sheds $2.47B in November as outflows hit record $3.79B
BlackRock’s IBIT drives November’s record ETF outflows, bleeding $2.47 billion and accounting for 63% of the $3.79 billion withdrawn from US spot Bitcoin ETFs.
SoftBank’s PayPay changes the game for Binance Japan users
Operated by SoftBank, the backer of one of the world’s top 10 public Bitcoin holders, PayPay is integrating with Binance Japan ahead of its expected US IPO in December.
Binance CEO says Bitcoin volatility matches broader markets amid 35% decline
Binance CEO Richard Teng argued that Bitcoin’s current slide reflects broader risk-off deleveraging, and its volatility is in line with most major asset classes.
Memecoin market sinks to 2025 low as $5B wiped out in a day
Both memecoins and NFTs have plunged to their weakest levels since early 2025, with traders pulling back from speculative assets across the board.
aPriori denies insider role as mysterious entity claims most of APR airdrop
While aPriori dismissed the claims related to insider activity, investors are still awaiting more details on the Sybil cluster that claimed 60% of the airdrop across 14,000 wallets.
Winklevoss twins bet on Zcash, privacy to combat AI threat
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are betting on privacy protocols gaining major traction as AI continues to grow at an exponential rate.
Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Inside the Foxconn Partnership Reshaping AI Access
TLDR Nvidia and Foxconn are developing a $1.4 billion supercomputing center in Taiwan launching in H1 2026. The facility will be Asia’s first data center using Nvidia’s Blackwell GB300 chips. Nvidia is promoting GPU-as-a-Service through partner Foxconn’s new Visionbay.ai unit. Foxconn produces 1,000 Nvidia AI racks weekly as the chipmaker’s primary manufacturer. The partnership extends [...] The post Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Inside the Foxconn Partnership Reshaping AI Access appeared first on Blockonomi.
SEC enforcement actions dropped 30% under Paul Atkins: Report
The transition from Gary Gensler to Paul Atkins led to a significant decline in enforcement cases across the board, including those involving crypto companies.
Bitcoin downtrend accelerates, but traders eye short liquidity at $100K
Bitcoin struggles to hold the $90,000 support, and while charts angle toward further price downside, traders have turned their attention to the short liquidity at $98,000 to $100,000.
India’s government may consider stablecoin framework, diverging from RBI
India’s government is considering adopting a stablecoin regulatory framework while the Reserve Bank of India urges a "cautious" approach.
Bitcoin slump to $86K brings BTC closer to ‘max pain’ but great ‘discount’ zone
Analysts say Bitcoin is nearly in its “max pain” zone as the cost basis of BlackRock’s IBIT and Strategy’s massive BTC treasury draws near.
Coinbase launches ETH-backed loans as onchain lending tops $1.25B
Users can borrow up to $1 million in USDC against their Ether as Coinbase expands its Base-powered network, which has processed $1.25 billion in loans.
Bitcoin, stocks crumble after Nvidia earnings and Fed uncertainty over next rate cut
Bitcoin weakness persists as the BTC price drops to $86,000, alongside a US stock market sell-off and diminishing odds of a 50-basis-point Fed interest rate cut at the next FOMC.
Advocacy groups urge Trump to intervene in the Roman Storm retrial
Already convicted of one felony charge and facing a possible retrial on two others, the Tornado Cash co-founder’s future is uncertain.
Bitcoin for taxes? Proposed bill would let Americans pay the IRS in BTC
Tax revenue denominated in Bitcoin would be funneled into the US strategic BTC reserve and would not trigger a taxable event for the payer.
Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Solana ETF inflows soar: When will SOL price follow the trend?
Solana's newly launched ETFs continued to attract heavy inflows, but a weakening market structure threatens a deeper correction to $120 for SOL price.
Prospective CFTC chair’s nomination advances through committee
Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham may be one step closer to leaving the agency after the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced US President Donald Trump's pick to replace her.
AI hedge fund Numerai wins backing from top university endowments, token soars
Numerai’s NMR token jumped over 40% after it announced a new funding round led by major university endowments, pushing the hedge fund to a $500 million valuation.
ETH DATs have a problem: Ether’s crash below $3K vaporized a year’s worth of gains
Ether treasury companies are holding millions of dollars in unrealized losses, and the falling mNAV valuations and ETH’s potential to fall below $2,500 may further complicate matters.
SEC to hold privacy and financial surveillance roundtable in December
The slated roundtable discussion comes as privacy experiences a renewed focus from crypto industry executives and civil liberties activists.
Ex-prosecutor denies promising not to charge FTX executive’s partner
One of the US attorneys behind the prosecution of former FTX executives testified as part of an evidentiary hearing exploring one of their plea deals.
Kalshi’s valuation marked up to $11B after $1B funding round: TechCrunch
Kalshi has joined predictions market rival Polymarket in the $10 billion-plus valuation club after reportedly raising another $1 billion from Sequoia Capital and CapitalG.
Tom Lee speculates wounded market makers behind crypto crunch
Crypto’s recent slump could be the result of a market maker liquidity crisis triggered by the crypto crash in October, speculates BitMine’s Tom Lee.
Traders eye Bitcoin’s bull-bear ‘tug-of-war’ to plan their next move
Nic Puckrin, an analyst at The Coin Bureau, said Bitcoin is being “pulled in different directions by conflicting news” as it heads into the weekend.
Bitcoin won’t hit $200K until Q3 2029: Veteran trader Peter Brandt
Bitcoin implodes as volatility from Big Tech, AI bubble fears, spreads to crypto
Bitcoin price corrected alongside major US equities as a tech-led sell-off and investor concerns over AI spending and a Federal Reserve policy shift hit markets hard.
Grok fan-girling Elon Musk shows why AI must be decentralized
Grok couldn’t stop singing Elon Musk’s praises, arguing he could beat Mike Tyson in a fight and was fitter than NBA superstar LeBron James.
Bitcoiners lose their mind after Scott Bessent walks into a Bitcoin bar
Bitcoiners viewed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s appearance at the opening night of the Bitcoin-themed bar as “a sign” for Bitcoin.
MSCI index likely to kick out crypto treasuries, exec warns
If the MSCI decides to exclude digital asset treasuries, index-tracking funds would need to sell, and that alone “creates meaningful pressure on the affected names.”
Plume CEO tips RWA to grow 3-5x in 2026 as it grows past crypto natives
Plume says that Securitize, a tokenization platform backed by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, has inked a deal to deploy institutional-grade assets on Plume’s Nest staking protocol.
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sheds $2.47B in November as outflows hit record $3.79B
BlackRock’s IBIT drives November’s record ETF outflows, bleeding $2.47 billion and accounting for 63% of the $3.79 billion withdrawn from US spot Bitcoin ETFs.
SoftBank’s PayPay changes the game for Binance Japan users
Operated by SoftBank, the backer of one of the world’s top 10 public Bitcoin holders, PayPay is integrating with Binance Japan ahead of its expected US IPO in December.
Binance CEO says Bitcoin volatility matches broader markets amid 35% decline
Binance CEO Richard Teng argued that Bitcoin’s current slide reflects broader risk-off deleveraging, and its volatility is in line with most major asset classes.
Memecoin market sinks to 2025 low as $5B wiped out in a day
Both memecoins and NFTs have plunged to their weakest levels since early 2025, with traders pulling back from speculative assets across the board.
aPriori denies insider role as mysterious entity claims most of APR airdrop
While aPriori dismissed the claims related to insider activity, investors are still awaiting more details on the Sybil cluster that claimed 60% of the airdrop across 14,000 wallets.
Winklevoss twins bet on Zcash, privacy to combat AI threat
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are betting on privacy protocols gaining major traction as AI continues to grow at an exponential rate.
Opendoor (OPEN) Stock Tumbles 24% as Inventory Problem Worsens
TLDR Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) plunged 24% over five days following weak housing market data. October home sales and new listings stayed flat, creating a frozen market environment. The company’s inventory-based business model struggles when homes don’t sell quickly. Opendoor operates on 7% gross margins with billions tied up in unsold properties. Analysts rate the stock [...] The post Opendoor (OPEN) Stock Tumbles 24% as Inventory Problem Worsens appeared first on Blockonomi.
Nuvve (NVVE) Stock: New Mexico Deal Drives After-Hours Rally
TLDR Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:NVVE) shares climbed 38.9% after announcing a Socorro, New Mexico partnership The MOU with City of Socorro and Socorro Electric Cooperative targets grid modernization and fleet electrification Six focus areas include school bus electrification, municipal vehicle conversion, and charging infrastructure Vehicle-to-grid technology and Battery-as-a-Service models will support the initiative Joint working [...] The post Nuvve (NVVE) Stock: New Mexico Deal Drives After-Hours Rally appeared first on Blockonomi.
Kalshi raises $1B to lead global prediction markets
Kalshi raises $1B to lead global prediction markets. Kalshi, a U.S.-based prediction market platform regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, according to a TechCrunch report. The company has not publicly…