Why isn’t Avalanche’s 295% DeFi deposit surge enough for AVAX’s price?
It's been a mixed bag for Avalanche's ecosystem so far.
Sources:AMBCrypto
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News summaries on this topic: 34 in the last 7 days, 34 in 30 days — each with links to the original publications.
Most mentioned coins: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, optimism.
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OpenAI Gives ChatGPT Agents a Card Wallet for Purchases
US Pro users can authorize purchases with eligible American Express, Mastercard and Visa cards, while merchants keep their existing checkout systems.... Read the full story at The Defiant AI firm OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Wallet, which would enable its AI agents to make payments on behalf of users.
Sources:The Defiant+4
Ethereum made transactions cheaper. Where does that leave ETH?
Ethereum has built a cheaper route for transactions through rollups and a separate market for their data, while an investment fund announced on November 12 has offered a different route to returns for ETH holders by…
Sources:crypto.news
Polymarket opens Nex sandbox with 10x trading capacity planned
Polymarket has opened sandbox testing for Nex, a trading system rewritten in Rust that its engineering team says can handle 100,000 commands per second, ahead of a conditional mid-December launch. Polymarket’s vice president of engineering for DeFi, Josh Stevens, announced…
Sources:crypto.news
SOL Hits a Sell Wall as Bears Shrug Off Solana Company's $105M Quarterly Profit
Quick Take Solana Company swung to a quarterly profit of about $105 million and kept buying SOL for its treasury. SOL's daily momentum gauge sits deep in oversold territory, yet sellers still control the trend. A floor near $74 now decides whether the slide pauses or speeds up.
Sources:Crypto Daily
DOGE Falls 14% in a Week as DogeOS Layer 2 Plans Can't Offset Market-Wide Selling
Three Things to Know Dogecoin developers are pushing DogeOS, a layer 2 network for DeFi and gaming, as the mainnet launch nears. Momentum gauges have slipped into oversold territory, yet sellers still control the daily trend. A nearby ceiling near $0.072 now decides whether any bounce can find its footing.
SOL Falls Below $80 as $1.9M Leaves US Solana Funds Despite DTCC's 2027 Plan
Three Things to Know Investors pulled money from US Solana funds even as DTCC named the network for its 2027 tokenization push. SOL has already fallen to the August low that once marked the bear case, with momentum gauges still pointing down. Holding the August floor near $75 now decides whether the slide pauses or deepens.
Sources:Crypto Daily
Joe Carlasare on “Extreme Fear” in Bitcoin: “I’m A Buyer Here”
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Joe Carlasare on “Extreme Fear” in Bitcoin: “I’m A Buyer Here” Bitcoin went from 57,000 to 82,000 in less than 90 days earlier this year, and Joe Carlasare says that’s why he rejects the idea that… He tells BMTV that a move back into the 80s or 90s would bring technical and momentum traders off the sidelines, and that getting back to 100K would flip the narrative instantly. He also explains why the OG selling that capped 2025 is a healthy shakeout, and why a serious quantum plan could attract new capital.
Sources:Bitcoin Magazine
Solana Company Reports $3.4M Quarterly Revenue as Staking Business Expands
TL;DR: Solana Company reported $3.4 million in third-quarter revenue, mostly from staking. Its results show how validator operations can add an operating business to a corporate SOL treasury. Solana Company is beginning to report more of the economics behind its infrastructure strategy.
Sources:NewsBTC
Chainlink and Moody’s Complete Testnet Pilot for Cross-Chain Credit Ratings
TL;DR: Chainlink and Moody's Ratings completed a cross-chain distribution pilot using test data. It ran on testnets and did not publish live rating actions or change Moody's existing publication processes. Tokenized finance needs information to move alongside assets.
Sygnum Launches ETH Fund Targeting 8–10% Returns in Ether
TL;DR: Sygnum has announced an ETH-denominated fund targeting 8–10% annual returns after fees. The target includes staking income, and investors remain exposed to ETH's market price. Sygnum is pitching a different measure of investment performance: how much Ether an investor owns at the end of the year.
Sources:NewsBTC
Hyperscalers List GPUs at Nearly 2× the GPU-Cloud Price, Fluence Research Finds
The AI Compute Race report prices GPU compute outside the biggest buyers: a three-year commitment cuts the median price by 48%, while 17 of 22 tracked GPU models rose in price over the past year DALLAS, Texas – November… It was produced with research partners NEAR AI , io.net , Boundless , Phala , Gensyn , Fortytwo , Theta , Compute Labs and GAIB . Its central finding: where a company buys a GPU-hour sets the price.
Sources:NewsBTC
Is Midnight (NIGHT) Catching Up With Zcash (ZEC)? Network Data Offers a Clue
Midnight, the privacy-focused chain developed by the team behind Cardano, hit a new record on November 10 after it processed over 96,000 transactions. That is more than four times the slightly more than 24,000 that went through Zcash on the same day. Midnight’s Activity Outpaces Zcash Data shared by market commentary account MSB Intel shows that Midnight handled 96,851 transactions on Tuesday, compared to 24,160 on Zcash.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #431
This week’s newsletter links to draft BIPs for exfiltration-resistant signing, summarizes the disclosure of three vulnerabilities affecting older versions of Bitcoin Core, announces a plan for mining the testnet5… Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software. News ● Draft BIPs for anti-exfil signing: Connor Avila posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list about a proposal to standardize exfiltration-resistant signing for hardware devices.
How Ethereum staking hit a record 36.3% despite ETH’s price drop
More than one-third of Ethereum's circulating supply is now staked.
Sources:AMBCrypto
NYDFS Sets May 2027 Deadline for Crypto Ad Policies
BitLicense holders and crypto trust companies must prepare annually approved marketing policies covering risk disclosures, paid promoters and misleading claims.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Sources:The Defiant
Bitcoin Sinks to $70,600 as Four-Week Losses Deepen
Coinbase recorded a fresh 28-day low Thursday evening, while ether continued to underperform bitcoin over matched one- and four-week windows.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Osmosis Restarts After Halt; Upbit Pauses Transfers
Onchain records show block production resumed after a roughly four-hour interruption. Upbit kept OSMO trading open but suspended deposits and withdrawals.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Sources:The Defiant
BoE and Asian Central Banks Test Linked FX Settlement
Project Meridian FX APAC linked traditional and tokenised test systems, but did not involve live participants or production operating conditions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Sources:The Defiant
Bitcoin Heads for Sixth Weekly Loss, Down 22% in 2026
The current slide is shallower than a six-week slump in the first quarter. Sunday's close will determine whether the losing streak extends.... Read the full story at The Defiant
Sources:The Defiant