Kinetiq will launch Elysium, a Hyperliquid L2 built for faster spot trading, PropAMMs and token launches, on November 9, adding new utility for HYPE and KNTQ — Kinetiq
Super League shareholders approved Metaplanet's 2,100 BTC and cash investment, after which the Nasdaq company will be renamed Superplanet and become Metaplanet's US Bitcoin treasury platform — GlobeNewswire
Binance launched Binance AI Pro, an AI agent that turns trading ideas from a chat into tested, automated strategies, rolling out to all users globally on web and app — Binance
Strive bought 1,223 BTC last week at an average price of $81,734, lifting its total holdings to 36,818 BTC — Bloomingbit
Charles Hoskinson is personally building a new programming language for Cardano with Aiken co-creator Lucas Rosa, combining transaction intents, proof-carrying data and Groth16 proofs, with no name or release date yet — CoinDesk
BitMine bought 12,535 ETH last week, lifting its holdings to 6.04M ETH, about 4.9% of supply, with 5.07M ETH staked and $15.1B in total assets — PR Newswire
A year after the record $19B October 10 liquidation crash, BTC perp open interest is still about 16% below pre-crash levels in BTC terms and dollar spot depth is 27% lower — Kaiko
Germany's Sparkassen savings banks started rolling out Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana and Polygon trading in their banking app, adding 30 to 40 banks a month toward most by 2027 — Golem
Zerohash launched AUTH, letting users move crypto between 600+ linked wallets and accounts like Coinbase, Robinhood and Gemini without copying addresses or picking a network — CoinDesk
AnchorWatch Trust Company launched a bitcoin custody service that insures each client's holdings for up to $370M — The Block
Echo Protocol, the Bitcoin infrastructure protocol hit by a $76M eBTC exploit in May, is shutting down, with loans due November 14 and final withdrawals by November 19 — Echo Protocol
HYPE is now the largest position in Multicoin Capital's hedge fund, all bought on the open market, as the $2.7B firm refuses to follow Paradigm and Haun into AI — Bloomberg
Nasdaq-listed SkyAI sold its entire 2.08M SOL treasury, now holds $223.8M in cash and launched a $201M tender offer to buy back up to 95% of its shares — The Block
Hyperliquid L1 now holds about $6.97B of USDC, edging past Solana's $6.78B to become the second-largest USDC chain after Ethereum's $44.7B — DefiLlama
Mastercard unveiled Stablecoin Security, a new tool that screens stablecoin payments for fraud and sanctions risks as the card giant pushes deeper into on-chain dollars — The Block
Mesh partnered with Visa to let users spend their crypto and stablecoins directly, without needing a separate crypto card — The Block
The CFTC told a federal court that CME lacks standing to fight its US perpetual futures policy, noting CME's own crypto futures volume has risen since perps were allowed — CoinDesk
Coinbase added AXIS, PEARL and STABLE to its asset listing roadmap, the step before the exchange opens spot trading for new tokens — Coinbase
BlackRock filed for a Bitcoin Managed Protect ETF that would give investors upside exposure to its IBIT fund while adding built-in downside protection — The Block
Bitcoin's one-year volatility has dropped to 43%, down from a 64% ten-year average and 81% five years ago, now lower than that of 19% of S&P 500 stocks — Grayscale