Taurus Expands Institutional Footprint With Super Validator Role on Canton Network
The digital-asset infrastructure provider will help secure and govern the Canton Network while expanding custody services for institutions.
Month: November 2025
Morning Minute: Monad’s $4B Debut
It was a launch day that beat most expectations for the newest high-speed L1 blockchain.
What Bitcoin CME gaps are and how they influence price movements
The Bitcoin CME gaps appear when futures reopen after weekend moves. Understand why they form, how often they fill and what they mean for BTC’s price action.
Solana treasury backs ‘double disinflation’ plan amid 30% price decline
DeFi Development Corp became the first Solana treasury to support SIMD-0411, a proposal to speed up emissions cuts as corporate holders face losses.
Aluminium OS will be Google’s take on Android for PC
We know a little more about Google’s long-gestating plans to combine the best parts of Android and ChromeOS into a single OS thanks to a job listing for a product manager to work on “Aluminium OS.” The job ad describes it as “a new operating system built with Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the core.” Android … Read more
Aptos’ APT Underperforms Wider Crypto Markets
Price consolidation continues near key support as volume activity remains elevated above weekly averages.
VanEck quietly backpedals on BNB ETF staking in latest SEC filing
VanEck’s amended BNB ETF filing scraps all staking plans, unlike its Solana product, explicitly distancing itself from BNB staking amid regulatory risk.
Spotify Set to Raise U.S. Subscription Prices in Early 2026
Spotify will raise its U.S. subscription prices in the first quarter of next year, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a Financial Times story based on three people familiar with the matter. The planned hike would mark Spotify’s first U.S. price increase since June 2024. The company has already raised prices in several international markets. In … Read more
Apple Confirms Sales Team Layoffs as It Refocuses on Customer Engagement
Apple has announced that it’s cutting several sales jobs to bolster customer engagement efforts, according to a Reuters report on Monday. The company told Reuters that only a small number of roles will be affected and that it is continuing to hire, with impacted employees eligible to apply for new positions. According to Bloomberg, the … Read more
Singapore Orders Apple, Google to Block Gov’t Spoofing on Messaging Apps
Singapore’s police have ordered Apple and Google to mitigate the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, Reuters reported Nov. 25. The directive was issued under the country’s Online Criminal Harms Act after police observed scams on iMessage and Google Messages that impersonated local organisations such as SingPost. According to the home affairs ministry, … Read more
Amazon Urges Staff to Use In-House Kiro Over Rival AI Coding Tools
Amazon has advised its engineers to avoid third-party AI coding tools and instead use its in-house service Kiro, according to a Reuters report on Nov. 24. The guidance came in an internal memo posted to the company’s news site and later confirmed by an Amazon spokesperson. According to the memo, Amazon said it would continue … Read more
Amazon Announces New $15B Indiana Data Center Plan Amid AI Boom
Amazon is planning to invest about $15 billion in Northern Indiana to build new data center campuses, Reuters reported Nov. 24. The project is aimed at expanding the company’s cloud computing capacity as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to grow. Amazon said the investment will add 2.4 gigawatts of capacity in the region and … Read more
Car influencers love Chinese EVs — and China loves them back
The first Chinese-made car Omar Rana ever drove was a gas-powered SUV that he rented while on a trip overseas in 2015. To say it didn’t leave much of an impression would be an understatement. “It sucked really bad,” Rana, aka OmarDrives, tells me. “A horrible experience.” Flash forward nearly a decade to last year, … Read more
XRP price ‘looking very bullish’ after 25% weekly gain: How high can it go?
XRP is rebounding strongly from $2, with multiple indicators suggesting upside toward $3.30–$3.50 is possible in the coming weeks.
Altcoin ETFs Including XRP, Solana in Green Amid Crypto Market Uncertainty
Experts cite regulatory clarity and selective institutional reallocation as being behind recent capital inflows into XRP and Solana ETFs.
Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max has the world’s brightest phone screen
The screen uses dual-layer OLED tech to achieve the effect. Huawei has just launched its Mate 80 series in China, and the top-spec 80 Pro Max stands out for a dual-layer OLED display that Huawei says can hit an unmatched 8,000 nits of peak brightness. The Mate 80 phones are joined by a new Mate … Read more
Still Jittery: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 25, 2025
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“Developing superintelligence is now in sight,” says Mark Zuckerberg, heralding the “creation and discovery of new things that aren’t imaginable today.” Powerful AI “may come as soon as 2026 [and will be] smarter than a Nobel Prize winner across most relevant fields,” says Dario Amodei, offering the doubling of human lifespans or even “escape velocity” … Read more
You won’t want to hide Ikea’s colorful new Bluetooth speakers
Ikea’s introducing two new Bluetooth speaker designs next month. | Image: Ikea Ikea is launching two new Bluetooth speakers next month as part of a larger collection announced earlier this year, following the end of the company’s partnership with Sonos. Like the Blomprakt speaker lamp that launched in the US last month, both the new … Read more
Metaplanet leans into Bitcoin debt play with fresh $130M to buy more BTC
The fresh debt draw shows how Metaplanet is using both debt and preferred equity to accelerate Bitcoin purchases and income-generation strategies.
Monad airdrop farmer spends full $112K MON reward on gas for failed trades
A suspected airdrop farmer burned through their entire $112,000 of MON rewards in hundreds of failed transaction attempts.
Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Leads Rebound, Altcoins Rally During Longer-Term Downturn
Bitcoin recaptured $87,000 on Tuesday as improving risk appetite and a strong equities session helped lift major altcoins.
Strike CEO debanked by JPMorgan as Lummis sounds ‘Chokepoint 2.0’ alarm
Strike CEO Jack Mallers said JPMorgan closed his accounts without explanation, reigniting fears of Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and renewed pressure on crypto companies.
Cameo Wins Temporary Restraining Order Against OpenAI
A federal judge has temporarily blocked OpenAI from using “Cameo” or confusingly similar marks for its Sora AI video generation products.