Crypto Pulse—Industry Perspectives

LayerZero is preparing to enter a new stage of its development with the planned November 30 launch of its Zero blockchain and ATLAS trading infrastructure. The project, initially known for connecting different blockchain networks, is now moving toward building the technology that powers trading itself. The shift is significant because LayerZero is no longer focusing only on how digital assets move between networks. It wants to help determine how those assets are traded, settled and managed. If t

Traditional finance is testing whether blockchain can improve the way funds and investments are recorded, transferred and administered. Apex Group's decision to join the Hedera Council is a notable step in that shift. The firm services more than $3.5 trillion in assets, but the announcement is a strategic move,and we will discuss this activity as follows. 1.A Major Fund Services Firm Takes a Seat in Blockchain GovernanceApex Group is a global financial services provider established in Bermuda in

Anthropic, the company behind Claude, launched its IPO roadshow on November 10, 2026, offering 825 million Class A shares at an indicative price of $70–$78. Pricing is expected on November 18, with Nasdaq trading scheduled to begin on November 19 under the ticker ANT.The public offering could raise approximately $64 billion at the top of the range, second only to SpaceX. Including a concurrent private placement, total proceeds could approach $90 billion, exceeding the roughly $86 billion SpaceX

The MARA bitcoin sale is one of the biggest crypto stories of the week. MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), one of the largest publicly listed bitcoin miners, disclosed on November 9 that it sold 13,597 BTC for about $1.1 billion after its third quarter ended, and that it expects to keep monetizing bitcoin. The news arrived while Bitcoin traded near its weakest levels since August, so many readers are asking whether bitcoin miners selling is adding to market pressure.This guide explains what MARA anno

Avalanche has reached a notable milestone in traditional finance after being selected to provide blockchain technology as the ledger infrastructure for a new tokenized securities trading platform affiliated with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).The platform is designed to support trading, clearing, and transaction settlement around the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, rather than relying entirely on traditional stock market operating hours. Another notable feature is its intended support

Bitcoin falls under $74K as US inflation triggers Fed hike fears. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped below $74,000 on November 10, 2026, after the October CPI report came in hotter than economists expected, lifting the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike in December. The Bitcoin price drop looks like a simple reaction to one data release, but the crypto market picture behind it is more layered. Exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand was already weakening, leveraged traders were overextended, and bond yields were

PNC Bank, the eighth-largest bank in the United States by total assets, is expanding its digital asset initiatives through a partnership with Coinbase to pilot a USDC payment acceptance service for corporate customers.According to an announcement dated November 9, 2026, businesses participating in the program can receive USDC through Coinbase's payment infrastructure. Once the payment is received, the system automatically converts the stablecoin into U.S. dollars at a 1:1 ratio and credits the f

Binance has issued a warning about an iOS security vulnerability known as worse_query, which could potentially allow malicious applications to access private data belonging to other applications on the same device.Notably, the data at risk may include not only login credentials but also seed phrases and private keys stored in cryptocurrency wallet applications.This issue is not limited to Binance but is related to the security mechanisms of the iOS operating system. If exploited, the vulnerabili

A banking crisis can change how people think about money. When customers cannot access their deposits, confidence in the institutions holding their savings begins to weaken. The collapse of a bank does not just affect its balance sheet; it raises questions about financial security, institutional oversight and how much control individuals really have over their own money.Paraguay's Ueno Bank crisis in November 2026 brought these questions back into focus. After regulators found that the bank's so

Approximately 233.46 million XRP left Binance wallets during the security incident in late October 2026. TRM Labs placed the transfers between 8:05 p.m. and 8:09 p.m. UTC on October 29, equivalent to 3:05 a.m. through 3:09 a.m. Jakarta time on October 30. Five wallets sent the assets to one receiving address.The incident raised a question about why the funds could not immediately be frozen. The answer concerns the asset’s design: XRP is the XRP Ledger’s native asset and has no issuer-controlled