At Devconnect (Buenos Aires), Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that if BlackRock and other large institutions keep expanding their ETH holdings, Ethereum faces two risks: (1) decentralization-minded builders could be crowded out, weakening the community; and (2) base-layer choices optimized for institutions (e.g., ~150 ms block times) could make it infeasible for typical users to run nodes, driving geographic/network centralization. https://t.co/sP7acbAeJi ...

CZ's Lawyer: Binance Remains "Under Surveillance" as U.S. Shoots Itself in the FootCZ's personal lawyer Teresa Goody Guillén stated in an interview with The Pomp Podcast on November 15 that CZ will not return to Binance for the time being. While his reputation has been partially cleared in this regulatory settlement, both Binance and CZ personally have suffered substantial losses. She mentioned that Binance still faces restrictions from multiple U.S. agencies including the DOJ and CFTC, and regulators appoi ...

WLFI said a small number of user wallets were compromised before launch due to phishing or exposed seed phrases, leading the platform to freeze affected wallets, conduct KYC re-verification, and develop new smart-contract logic to migrate funds to secure wallets. WLFI noted the incident was unrelated to its platform or contracts and stemmed from third-party security issues, and funds will be reallocated to users who complete verification. https://t.co/h7wjKsnvn8 ...

Independent researcher Jane Manchun Wong found through reverse-engineering Coinbase’s publicly available app code that the company is testing prediction-market and tokenized-stock interfaces, including tabs for “Stocks” and “Predictions” and disclosures indicating that prediction markets would be offered by Coinbase Financial Markets through KalshiEX LLC. The timing coincides with Coinbase’s December 17 “System Update” event, where new products and business updates are expected. https://t.co/WFvQAO7qr5 ...

Nvidia reported fiscal Q3 2026 revenue of $57.01 billion, beating expectations and rising 62% year over year and 22% quarter over quarter. Adjusted gross margin was 73.6%, adjusted operating income reached $37.75 billion, and adjusted net income was $31.77 billion. Free cash flow totaled $22.09 billion. The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share, payable on December 26, 2025. Nvidia guided fiscal Q4 revenue to approximately $65 billion, plus or minus 2%. https://t.co/52qvcn5wBM ...

Coinbase said it will launch spot trading for Aster (ASTER) on November 20, 2025, with the ASTER-USD pair opening at or after 9 a.m. PT if liquidity conditions are met in supported regions. Aster is a next-generation decentralized exchange offering perpetual and spot trading, designed to serve as an on-chain trading venue for global cryptocurrency users. https://t.co/gTUTpnaU5g ...

According to WSJ, the Federal Reserve’s October minutes showed a split over a possible December rate cut, with many officials saying a cut would not be appropriate and several saying it could be. Nick Timiraos noted that “Many” is greater than “several.” The minutes also flagged risks from elevated asset valuations, with a few officials warning that a sudden reassessment of AI-related prospects could trigger disorderly equity declines. https://t.co/MmjW0Q4dpj ...

According to Cryptopolitan, Robinhood has announced a three-phase plan to gradually enable permissionless access to tokenized stocks. In the final phase, users will be able to withdraw tokenized equities to external wallets and use them freely across DeFi applications, including as collateral for lending and other on-chain activities. https://t.co/afoelE0B5h ...

Regulatory Scrutiny - Regulators are allegedly using weak "illicit funds" claims to target the crypto industry [1] - US Senators claimed $10K of World Liberty Financial token sale came from illicit sources [1] - The $10K represents only 0.0018% of the $550 million total [1] Potential Industry Impact - If action against WLFI succeeds, platforms like Hyperliquid could be next [1]

According to The Korea Times, South Korean internet giant Naver will formally confirm its plan to acquire Upbit’s parent company Dunamu at next week’s board meeting. Dunamu will also hold a board meeting on November 26 to finalize the details. Naver plans to use its fintech subsidiary, Naver Financial, for a full equity swap to acquire Dunamu, and after the integration, jointly launch a KRW stablecoin project and various digital financial services.https://t.co/JrZZxuDg52 ...