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Bitcoin dropped to fill its latest futures gap at the Wall Street open, but whale selling pressure kept a BTC price rebound off the menu. Key points: Bitcoin fills its weekend CME futures gap, but bulls struggle to produce a BTC price turnaround. Analysis shows Bitcoin whales selling into price at local highs. Read more

Gifting Bitcoin isn’t taxable right away, but the IRS still has rules. Here’s how to stay compliant and prevent future tax problems. Bitcoin gifts aren’t immediately taxable. The IRS treats cryptocurrency as property, so recipients generally don’t owe income tax on the gift. Stay within the 2025 exclusion limit. You can gift up to $19,000 per person, or $38,000 for spouses splitting gifts, without triggering Form 709. Recipients inherit the donor’s cost basis. Future taxes depend on the donor’s original purchase price, not the cryptocurrency’s value at the time of the gift. Read more

ClearToken won authorization from the U.K.’s FCA to roll out CT Settle, a delivery-versus-payment settlement system for crypto, stablecoins and fiat currency.

BTC's lull may not last long as weakening risk metrics and slowing miner outflows hint that volatility and recovery are brewing.

Crypto majors are trading in the red after an overnight dip, with Bitcoin (BTC) down 1% at $104,800, Ethereum (ETH) down 1% at $3,550, Binance Coin (BNB) down 2% at $978, and Solana (SOL) down 3% at $163. Among top movers, Uniswap (UNI) surged 20% and Aerodrome (AERO) gained 16%, while Zcash (ZEC) tumbled 25% to $474 but remains up 16% on the week. The US Treasury and IRS issued new guidance making it easier for ETFs to stake crypto tokens and distribute rewards to investors. Uniswap also announced a major governance proposal to activate its fee switch, conduct an initial 100 million UNI token burn, and introduce several other changes, helping boost UNI by 20%. Meanwhile, the US Senate released its first draft of a crypto market structure bill, marking a significant step toward advancing regulatory clarity. In corporate news, Jack Dorsey’s Square revealed support for Bitcoin payments across its 4 million merchants, while Gemini’s stock dropped 12% after reporting a $159.5 million net loss for Q3.

Backed by Founders Fund, Haun Ventures and Robinhood, zk-rollup-powered Lighter plans to expand its institutional trading suite.

The solar energy storage firm has tapped Stellar and Taurus to tokenize debt to finance hybrid solar projects, starting with a pilot in Spain.

Beijing claims the U.S. seized Bitcoin from a 2020 mining-pool hack and rebranded it as proceeds from crime.

2025 changed the crypto landscape. This was the year of coins that created value and onchain utility instead of hype. 2025 marked a turning point for crypto, as investors prioritized real utility and institutional integration over hype-driven speculation. Bitcoin’s performance was supported by US spot ETFs, keeping it near or above the $100,000 mark for much of the year despite market pullbacks. Ether rebounded after an early-year slump, supported by growing institutional interest and renewed confidence following the Ether ETF approval. Read more

According to Sygnum Bank, 61% of institutional investors plan to boost crypto holdings, with 39% adding exposure in Q4, as diversification has become the primary motivation for adoption. The post Institutional Investors Are Piling into Crypto — But a 2026 Downturn Is Looming: Sygnum appeared first on Cryptonews.

Spot Solana ETFs have logged 10 straight days of inflows, amassing $342 million since their late-October launch. The post Spot Solana ETFs Log 10 Straight Days of Inflows, Totaling $342M Since Launch appeared first on Cryptonews.

The case resulted in the UK's largest ever seizure of cryptocurrency, with 61,000 BTC, currently worth $6.3 billion, forfeited.

A new bipartisan crypto market structure bill in the U.S. Senate could dramatically expand the powers of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), giving it sweeping oversight of digital commodities, but unresolved gaps and political gridlock still threaten its passage.The discussion draft, released by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Senator Cory Booker […] The post Senate’s New Crypto Market Structure Bill Supercharges CFTC — But Major Gaps Remain appeared first on Cryptonews.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has earned a reputation for making its weekly Bitcoin acquisitions near the local top in recent weeks. On Nov. 10, CryptoQuant analyst JA Marturn noted that the firm’s most recent acquisition disclosure from Michael Saylor followed the same script. According to an SEC filing, Strategy announced that it had acquired 487 BTC […] The post Buy high, sell never: Saylor keeps buying Bitcoin at local tops despite mounting risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The token's decline continues a downward trend, with resistance at $1,000-$1,008 and support at $972.85.

The upgrade aims to make Injective a go-to platform by combining Ethereum compatibility with Injective’s existing high-speed infrastructure.

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The Spain-based company will tokenize debt financing for solar and battery installations in partnership with Taurus and the Stellar Development Foundation. Turbo Energy (Nasdaq: TURB) is launching a pilot project to tokenize financing for hybrid renewable energy systems, starting with an on-site solar and battery installation at a supermarket in Spain. The initiative aims to demonstrate how blockchain-based debt instruments can fund distributed energy projects. The project is being developed in collaboration with digital asset infrastructure firm Taurus and the Stellar Development Foundation. According to an announcement, the pilot will test how tokenized financing can support liquidity and improve capital access to renewable energy funding. Energy-as-a-Service is a model that allows customers to pay for energy use or performance without owning any equipment. It allows businesses to access clean energy through subscription-style contracts while providers handle installation, maintenance and operation. Read mo...

Ideosphere wants to redirect crypto’s speculative energy into scientific prediction markets, betting on research results that finance scientific research. The co-founders of the decentralized science startup Ideosphere told Cointelegraph they aim to redirect the speculative energy of crypto prediction markets toward financing early-stage scientific research. Speaking to Cointelegraph at the Blockchain for Good Awards event in Copenhagen, Denmark, Ideosphere co-founder and head of technology Rei Jarram said that some research is considered too risky to invest in through traditional channels. She said that seeing the volume of money flowing to crypto gambling platforms prompted the project’s founders to wonder “if you could kind of siphon some of that speculation away from gambling toward early-stage research.” Read more

[PRESS RELEASE – Austin, Texas, November 11th, 2025] The on-chain credit market establishes the foundation for sustainable Bitcoin-native yield powered by proof-of-work. Maestro, the leading infrastructure provider powering Bitcoin-native capital markets, today announced the launch of Mezzamine, a BTC yield platform that connects idle BTC to miners via on-chain secured credit facilities. As part of […]