Interpol’s updated crime data reveals increasingly sophisticated crypto scam networks overlapping with drug, firearms, and wildlife trafficking markets worldwide. International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has formally designated crypto-enabled fraud as a global criminal threat, following the adoption of a new resolution at its General Assembly, which aims to tackle the rapid expansion of transnational scam centres implicated in large-scale fraud, human trafficking, and severe abuse. According to the organization, these criminal hubs often lure victims with promises of high-paying overseas jobs before coercing them into compounds where they are…
Day: November 29, 2025
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Projected To Rise in December After Brief Drop
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty is projected to increase during the next difficulty adjustment scheduled for December 11, as hashprice, a critical metric that measures expected miner profitability per unit of computing power, sits at record lows. Bitcoin’s next mining difficulty adjustment is expected to occur at block 927,360 at about 12:09:34 AM UTC, marginally increasing the difficulty from 149.30 trillion to 149.80 trillion, according to CoinWarz. The most recent adjustment, which occurred on Thursday, decreased the difficulty from 152.2 trillion to 149.3 trillion, resulting in an average blocktime of about…
Hyperliquid Team Confirms 1.75M HYPE Tokens Unlocked Today
The team behind the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange (DEX) disclosed a 1.75 million HYPE token unlock for its developers and core contributors on Saturday, valued at over $60.4 million at the time of this writing. Saturday’s token unlock was previously announced and is part of HYPE’s vesting schedule, according to pseudonymous Hyperliquid developer iliensinc, who celebrated the first anniversary of Hyperliquid’s historic airdrop and token generation event. He said: “For perspective, about 270 million tokens were fully unlocked on Nov 29, 2024, in the largest airdrop in history, measured in today’s…
Spot Volume Hits $375B as ETFs Add $35B Punch
ETH trading volumes surged from mid-year acceleration to a $599 billion peak. The trading activity of Ethereum (ETH) has remained high throughout 2025. Interestingly, CryptoQuant data now reveals that spot trading volume across exchanges reached $375 billion in November. Meanwhile, exchange-traded fund (ETF) volume climbed to nearly $35 billion. Institutional Money Pours In According to the analysis, Ethereum began the year with significant volatility in monthly trading activity, with total volume fluctuating between roughly $280 billion and $380 billion before accelerating sharply in the middle of the year. That…
Bitcoin Leverage Flush Wipes Out $8B in Open Interest as Whales Accumulate
A brutal leverage wipeout pushed Bitcoin into a “value zone,” with capitulating traders and mid-sized whales quietly buying the dip. Bitcoin (BTC) is showing tentative signs of stabilization after a turbulent month, with a massive $8 billion evaporation from futures markets signaling a painful but necessary cleansing of excessive speculation. This dramatic leverage reset, combined with steady accumulation by larger investors, suggests the foundation for a potential recovery is being laid, even as prices tread well below recent peaks. Bitcoin Price Mounts Necessary Market Reset Over the past month,…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce ‘Baffled’ That Self-Custody is Even Debated
Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and head of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, reaffirmed the right to crypto self-custody and privacy in financial transactions. “I’m a freedom maximalist,” Peirce told The Rollup podcast on Friday, while saying that self-custody of assets is a fundamental human right. She added: “Why should I have to be forced to go through someone else to hold my assets? It baffles me that in this country, which is so premised on freedom, that would even be an…
Bitcoin Faces Additional Downward Pressure as Traders Increase Exchange Deposits: CryptoQuant
Large investor deposits are driving exchange inflows, boosting the average deposit sizes for BTC and ETH. The ongoing bitcoin correction may get worse in the coming weeks due to a current trend among traders and large investors. Analysts at the crypto research firm CryptoQuant have discovered that BTC traders are sending large amounts of their holdings to exchanges. Historically, large exchange deposits have preceded major sell-offs, while withdrawals from trading platforms signal that investors are moving their assets to self-custody. In this situation of increasing BTC deposits, traders intend…
Arthur Hayes says most L1s outside Ethereum and Solana are headed to zero
Key Takeaways Arthur Hayes predicts most layer 1 blockchain tokens will fail except for Ethereum and Solana. He believes initial price surges in new layer 1 projects rarely translate to long-term success. Share this article Arthur Hayes, co-founder of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, said he expects most layer 1 blockchain coins outside Ethereum and Solana to fail, including Monad, a recently launched layer 1 backed by Coinbase Ventures. “I think pretty much every other L1 besides Ethereum or Solana is a zero,” said Hayes, speaking in an interview with Altcoin…
Critical DOGE Price Levels to Watch
DOGE is up by 10% in the past week but the ETF launches in the US met little interest. Dogecoin joined the broader market’s recovery attempts in the past week or so, posting a 10% surge that drove it to $0.15 as of press time. Analyst Ali Martinez outlined the most significant support and resistance lines, which can determine the asset’s next move if broken to either side. Key levels for Dogecoin $DOGE: – Support at $0.08– Resistance at $0.20 pic.twitter.com/WSVbYdgFHs — Ali (@ali_charts) November 29, 2025 It’s been…
DATs Bring Crypto’s Insider Trading Problem to TradFi: Shane Molidor
Crypto’s chronic insider trading problem is expanding from token launches to digital asset treasuries (DATs), as investors exploit early knowledge of upcoming corporate coin purchases. The issue runs deeper than a few bad actors, according to Shane Molidor, founder and CEO of the blockchain advisory firm Forgd. He described insider-style behavior as a structural feature of crypto markets, where prices often detach from fair value. A veteran of both Western and Asian trading desks, Molidor told Cointelegraph that many of crypto’s early institutions still treat regulation as an afterthought. “In…