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How the $36 million hack of Upbit led to surging altcoin prices, China’s mining ban less effective than ever, Thailand vs WRLD: Asia Express Korean crypto traders are having an outsize effect on local altcoin prices following a major hack at South Korean exchange Upbit, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. Upbit got hacked and paused withdrawals, but Koreans are pumping alts since arbitrage bots are no longer running, Ju said in an X post on Thursday, shortly after the exchange halted transaction activity after detecting an abnormal transaction with a value of around $36 million. With arbitrage activity suspended, local buy orders are having more significant pressure on prices, allowing Korean-listed altcoins to surge, as the selling pressure that typically puts a ceiling on price increases has disappeared. Read more

How the $36 million hack of Upbit led to surging altcoin prices, China’s mining ban less effective than ever, Thailand vs WRLD: Asia Express Korean crypto traders are having an outsize effect on local altcoin prices following a major hack at South Korean exchange Upbit, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. Upbit got hacked and paused withdrawals, but Koreans are pumping alts since arbitrage bots are no longer running, Ju said in an X post on Thursday, shortly after the exchange halted transaction activity after detecting an abnormal transaction with a value of around $36 million. With arbitrage activity suspended, local buy orders are having more significant pressure on prices, allowing Korean-listed altcoins to surge, as the selling pressure that typically puts a ceiling on price increases has disappeared. Read more

Flowdesk and QCP see short covering and dip buying supporting BTC around $90,000, while prediction markets assign low odds of a push toward $96,000.

CalPERS’ investment in Strategy has dropped from more than $144m to about $80m after the recent sell-off in the Bitcoin-linked stock. The post Largest US Pension Fund CalPERS Faces Heavy Losses As Strategy Investment Drops To $80M appeared first on Cryptonews.

ETH investor sentiment wavers as onchain activity and bearish derivatives positioning leave whales unconvinced, reducing the odds for a rally to $4,000. Key takeaways: ETH derivatives exhibit a fading bullish appetite as Ethereum’s TVL declines and network fees decrease, reinforcing persistent risk aversion. US job layoffs climb, and seasonal hiring weakens, leaving traders waiting for fresh liquidity before rebuilding confidence in ETH’s near-term upside. Read more

The aim is to confront global scam center systems that traffic workers, run large-scale online fraud, and channel billions through crypto.

The losses seen over the past month could just be a taste of what's to come – Pepe price predictions eye 60% Collapse. The post Pepe Price Prediction: Analysts Warn of a Bigger Collapse – Could PEPE Be the Next Meme Coin to Vanish? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Despite a flood of institutional interest, the XRP price prediction remains uncertain as the token struggles to react meaningfully to a wave of new ETF launches.Over six XRP-linked ETFs have debuted in recent days, with combined assets nearing $800 million — yet XRP has posted just a 3% gain in the past week.Wall Street’s crypto […] The post XRP Price Prediction: ETF Inflows Aren’t Helping – Is Something Seriously Wrong With Ripple Right Now? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin has come off record highs, while XRP, Solana, Ethereum and Bitcoin Hyper have drawn fresh attention from traders assessing whether an altcoin-led cycle now offers the best balance of payments, DeFi, meme-driven Layer-2 exposure and ETF flows into 2026. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 27 November – XRP, Solana, Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.

Claude has examined how December could bring sharp moves for XRP, Shiba Inu and Pepe, setting out upside targets, downside risks and ETF-related demand, while Maxi Doge has drawn attention as a presale meme coin offering staking rewards and positioning itself as a successor to Dogecoin. The post Leading AI Claude Predicts the Price of XRP, Shiba Inu, PEPE by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Shiba Inu is starting to heat up, with three straight days of gains triggering a key technical breakout that has bulls on high alert.While the Shiba Inu price prediction is still taking shape, a powerful buy signal just lit up the charts.On the hourly timeframe, the 50-period simple moving average has surged above the 200-period. […] The post Shiba Inu Price Prediction: Rare Golden Cross Just Flashed – Could This Be the Start of a Massive Rally? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Vitalik Buterin donates 256 ETH to two messaging apps.

The small nation’s Ether staking adds to its expanding blockchain activity as it remains one of the few governments holding Bitcoin. Blockchain data shows the Royal Government of Bhutan has staked 320 Ether (ETH) worth roughly $970,000 through Figment, marking the latest onchain activity from the Himalayan state as it expands its crypto holdings and validator operations. Figment is a staking provider that helps large investors and institutions stake digital assets across multiple blockchains and earn rewards for securing proof-of-stake networks. The move adds to a growing wave of Ethereum-focused activity from Bhutan. In October, the South Asian nation of roughly 800,000 people began migrating its self-sovereign digital ID system from Polygon to Ethereum, allowing residents to verify their identities and access government services on the network. Read more

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.