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The financial services giant has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a leveraged BTC financial product. Members of the Bitcoin community and supporters of Strategy, the largest corporate holder of BTC, are criticizing JPMorgan’s proposed Bitcoin-backed notes, accusing the bank of spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt about Strategy and other crypto treasury firms. JPMorgan’s notes are a leveraged investment product tied to the price of Bitcoin (BTC). The product tracks BTC but amplifies the outcome, giving holders 1.5 times the gains — or the losses — through December 2028. The notes are slated for a December 2025 launch, according to an SEC filing.  The move drew sharp criticism from the Bitcoin community, with many saying that JPMorgan is now a direct competitor to BTC treasury companies and has an incentive to marginalize companies like Strategy to promote its own structured financial product. Read more

The recovered tokens, spanning multiple networks and assets, will be paid out in the same tokens as originally provided, with a claim mechanism being developed.

As of mid-afternoon South Korea time, Solana-based tokens traded with double-digit gains on Upbit following a hack that stole roughly 44.5 billion won ($32 million). CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju noted that Korean traders began bidding up altcoin prices as arbitrage bots, which normally keep Korean and international prices aligned, stopped operating. The service suspension […] The post Solana tokens rip on Upbit after $32M hack due to halted arbitrage appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Solana ETFs have registered a first one-day outflow after a 21-day accumulation streak, led by withdrawals from TSOL, even as products still hold about 6.83 million SOL and nearly $1B, while onchain activity and price structure have turned more cautious. The post Solana ETFs Hit $8M Outflow, Break 21-Day Inflow Streak – What’s Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The asset manager’s hybrid rollout enables investors to choose between the traditional fund and a new blockchain-based version recorded on Ethereum. Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has introduced its first tokenized share class for a euro money market fund. The fund is now offered in a hybrid structure, allowing investors to choose between the traditional version and the new blockchain-based one. The first transaction was recorded on the Ethereum network on Nov. 4. The rollout was developed in collaboration with CACEIS, a European asset-servicing group that provided the tokenization infrastructure, investor wallets, and the digital order system used to process subscriptions and redemptions. Read more

Altcoin funding rates, including for TON, have turned positive, indicating renewed confidence among traders, but overall market participation remains muted.

ETH and ADA are seeing rising whale interest.

The company is on its third CEO in six weeks, with Tony Isaac appointed as Acting CEO, and has named Steven Plumb as its new CFO.

Ethereum traders ramped up leverage as futures dominance surged and key technical levels came into play. Will ETH bulls succeed in catalyzing a rally to $3,400? Ethereum (ETH) traders are quietly rotating back into leverage, with fresh futures data signaling a major shift in market positioning as ETH approaches a critical technical zone. Key takeaways: Ether leads all major crypto assets in the futures-to-spot ratio, with the current rating at 6.84. Read more

Cybersecurity firm Socket warns the extension masks a second transaction instruction that quietly skims SOL from routine swaps.

Bitcoin has surged above $90,000 after a 13% rebound from $80,000 as BTC Price Prediction has weighed Fed chair uncertainty, rate-cut bets and ETF outflows, while liquidity clusters and BTC Hyper’s Solana-based layer-2 plans have shaped paths toward or away from $100,000. The post BTC Price Prediction: Bitcoin Reclaims $90,000 as Kalshi Traders Put 60% Odds on $100K by Year-End appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin has traded near $91,700, easing last week’s stress but leaving sentiment in fear, as traders watch ETF creations and redemptions, spot liquidity, funding levels and net stablecoin issuance to judge whether price strength has turned into a more durable recovery above $90,000. The post Bitcoin Above $91K Eases Stress – But Depth, Flows and Stablecoins Still Call the Shots appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin supported two privacy messaging apps that are looking to break past sector leaders Signal and Telegram.

Bitcoin bulls need to pump more volume into the spot and futures market in order for the current BTC bounce to hold above $90,000. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed $90,000 this week, but onchain data indicated that the move sat on shaky grounds. Despite a strong cost-basis cluster, demand, liquidity, and futures activity remained thin. Key takeaways: The $84,000 cost-basis cluster held 400,000 BTC, but spot demand above it remains shallow. Read more

XRP falls 18% this month, nearing key $2.00 support. Analysts point to chart patterns, ETF inflows, and $8–$24 upside targets.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved spot Bitcoin ETFs at block 826,565. By block 840,000, those funds held more than 800,000 BTC. By block 925,421, U.S. spot ETFs collectively held **≈5–6%** of circulating BTC (per live trackers at the time). Only after reading does the translation arrive: those blocks correspond to January 2024, April […] The post Could Bitcoin’s 10-minute block time replace our traditional calendar? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Socket researchers have reported that the Crypto Copilot Chrome extension for Solana trading on X has skimmed extra Raydium swap fees, sent wallet data to a blank backend domain and emerged amid a rise in browser extension attacks despite lower overall crypto losses in 2025. The post Warning: New Chrome Extension Drains Solana Traders – 0.05% Stolen Per Swap appeared first on Cryptonews.

The proposal details how roughly $8 million recovered from the $116 million November hack would be distributed to victims. Two members of the Balancer protocol community submitted a proposal on Thursday outlining a distribution plan for a portion of the funds recovered from the protocol’s $116 million November exploit. About $28 million from the $116 million heist was recovered by white hat hackers, internal rescuers, and StakeWise — an Ether liquid staking platform.  However, the proposal covers only the $8 million recovered by white hat hackers and internal rescue teams, while the nearly $20 million retrieved by StakeWise will be distributed separately to its users. Read more

The U.S. is probing how Chinese operators used AI in a cyber-espionage campaign as experts warn similar tools could hit on-chain finance.

Bitwise moves its Avalanche ETF closer to market with updated SEC filing and becomes first issuer to include staking.