Digital asset wallet Phantom has reached the second spot on the charts in the Utilities section of the Apple App Store in the United States.

On Nov. 20, the App Store showed that the crypto wallet became the second most popular application on the list, with Google retaining the top spot. The wallet surpassed other popular applications such as Google Chrome, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Edge, My Verizon and Amazon Fire TV. 

Apple App Store’s top utility applications in the US. Source: App St

Social media influencer Logan Paul is facing accusations of profiting from cryptocurrency promotions without disclosing his financial interests, according to a BBC investigation.

The accusations link Paul to questionable cryptocurrency trades and ethical concerns and center on his endorsements of high-risk tokens like Elongate and Ink Doink, including his failed non-fungible token (NFT) project, CryptoZoo.

A BBC report stated that efforts to interview Paul were derailed by unusual stunts, incl

The Russian government is considering imposing cryptocurrency mining restrictions in 13 regions following the adoption of laws targeting the industry.

On Nov. 19, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held a government commission meeting to discuss the development of the electric power industry.

At the meeting, officials proposed limiting mining activities in regions facing power supply challenges to prevent shortages during peak energy demand seasons.

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister

Cardano (ADA) price has surged by 140% so far in November, primarily due to Donald Trump’s reelection as the United States president.

However, some metrics suggest that a considerable portion of the Trump-inspired ADA gains may diminish in the coming days.

ADA signals 35% correction on weaker technicals

Cardano's ADA price is showing signs of potential downside risk as a bearish "rising wedge" pattern forms on its 4-hour chart.

The technical structure, defined by converging trendlines slopin

Web3 security firm Cyvers has partnered with Station70 to launch the first industrial-grade transaction security solution to solve an over $4 billion vulnerability and increase institutional trust in the crypto space.

The new solution, Secure Signers, aims to create more protection around institutional cryptocurrency transfers, according to an announcement shared exclusively with Cointelegraph.

The recent $54 million hack on BTCTurk and the $52 million BingX hack showcase the need for more rob

South Korea’s Democratic Party pushes forward with its plan to tax crypto gains at the start of 2025 but offers a resolution by increasing the threshold for taxable gains. 

On Nov. 20, local media outlet Seoul Shinmun Daily reported that the Korea Democratic Party (KDP) had challenged the People’s Power Party’s (PPP) plan to delay crypto tax to 2028. 

PPP, the country’s ruling political party, proposed on July 12 to delay the taxation of crypto gains to 2028. However, the KDP claimed in the re

The Solana (SOL) blockchain recently saw its onchain transfer volume hit record highs, but market intelligence firm Glassnode claims that most of this activity is conducted by bots. 

In a Nov. 19 post on X, Glassnode noted that Solana’s transfer volume hit an all-time high of $318 billion on Nov. 16.

This is almost three times SOL’s total market capitalization, which is currently at $112.5 billion. The number of total active addresses on Solana had spiked to 22 million. 

However, the onchain

A savvy trader made an over 2,100-fold return on investment in just three hours despite trading a scam token that turned out to be a rug pull — a scam where developers abandon a project and steal investor funds.

A memecoin trader netted nearly $1 million worth of profit in just three hours from an initial investment of only 2 Solana (SOL) tokens worth around $460, according to a Nov. 20 X post from onchain intelligence firm Lookonchain:

“This guy made $988K with only 2 $SOL($462) in just 3 hou

Bitcoin (BTC) is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and an emerging store of value asset. However, its limited programmability has historically restricted its utility in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Wrapped Bitcoin tokens help address this limitation and facilitate the transfer of Bitcoin’s value to platforms that are faster and more expressive. 

However, recent developments have cast a shadow on the reliability of bridged Bitcoin (BTC) tokens. The node infrastruc

Hong Kong’s Cyberport, a government-owned and run business hub, currently hosts over 270 blockchain technology-related enterprises after adding more than 120 firms in 16 months.

On Nov. 19, the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) released a discussion paper highlighting Cyberport’s efforts toward the development of the Web3, crypto and blockchain ecosystems.

The Hong Kong government had allocated $50 million to support Cyberport for the 2023-24 bu

While decentralized finance (DeFi) promises to democratize financial markets, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) argues that liquidity providers (LPs) on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are not as decentralized as they appear.

On Nov. 19, the BIS published a working paper diving into Uniswap v3, one of the biggest DEXs in the DeFi landscape. In the study, the BIS set out to find whether DEXs liquidity provision truly democratizes financial markets or if they mimic traditional markets,

There are five key warning signs when Bitcoin is nearing a price peak, and one of those indicators is already flashing red, says onchain data service CryptoQuant. 

In a Nov. 19 X post, CryptoQuant shared its top indicators to watch when assessing whether or not Bitcoin’s price is nearing an unsustainable level.

Source: CryptoQuant

MVRV Ratio

The first signal is the “MVRV ratio,” which measures Bitcoin’s market value — the sum of all coins that have been mined — against its realized value, th

A bipartisan United States Congressional commission says the country should develop an initiative similar to the Manhattan Project to advance artificial intelligence development amid growing competition with China.

In its latest November report, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) recommended Congress “establish and fund a Manhattan Project-like program dedicated to” advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI) capability.

The Manhattan Project was the codename for a

Decentralized finance lending and borrowing protocol Sky, formerly known as Maker, has deployed its USDS stablecoin on Solana in an effort to tap into the blockchain’s growing decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. 

Sky said in a Nov. 19 X post that its USUS was “the first major DeFi-native stablecoin on Solana” and would allow new ways for lending, borrowing, and trading across Solana’s “top DeFi platforms.”

“Today’s launch marks the first step in Sky’s strategy to increase Solana’s DeFi liq

Options contracts on BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), saw nearly $2 billion in total exposure traded, which could have pushed Bitcoin to its new high of over $94,000.

“Final tally of IBIT’s first day of options is just shy of $1.9 billion in notional exposure traded via 354,000 contracts,” Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart reported on Nov. 20. 

“These options were almost certainly part of the move to the new Bitcoin all-time highs to

Martin Gruenberg, the chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and alleged “architect of Operation Chokepoint 2.0,” has reportedly announced he’ll retire on Jan. 19 — a day before Donald Trump is inaugurated as president.

Reuters reported on Nov. 20 that Gruenberg, a Democrat, confirmed his departure in a message to FDIC employees, saying that he had informed the outgoing President Joe Biden of his decision.

Republican House Representative Tom Emmer blasted Gruenberg on X in response

Rumble, a YouTube alternative popular among the far-right and conspiracy theorists, has become the latest company to consider adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet.

Rumble Inc (RUM) shares gained as much as 9%, hitting a high of $6.20 in after-hours trading on Nov. 19 after its founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski earlier posed the question on X, which saw strong support from the crypto community. 

“Should Rumble add Bitcoin to its balance sheet?” Pavlovski asked in an X poll, to which around 29,000

Bitcoin bull and MicroStrategy Chairman Michael Saylor said he was given the go-ahead to give a three-minute presentation to Microsoft’s board of directors about investing in Bitcoin.

“The activist that put that proposal together contacted me to present to the board, and I agreed to provide a three-minute presentation — that’s all you’re allowed — and I’m going to present it to the board of directors,” said Saylor in a Nov. 19 X Spaces hosted by VanEck.

“I think it’s not a bad idea to put it o

An Internal Revenue Service agent’s MacBook Pro that traced and seized 120,000 Bitcoin stolen from the crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 is now in the collection of Washington, DC’s world-renowned Smithsonian.

“The laptop is the centerpiece of a criminal case that shows an evolving understanding of cryptocurrency,” Ellen Feingold, curator for the National Numismatic Collection (NNC), explained in a Nov. 18 article for Smithsonian Magazine.

The laptop was owned by former IRS Special Agent Chris

Following a 159% rise between Nov. 6 and Nov. 12, Dogecoin (DOGE) has exhibited a period of higher-range consolidation. On Nov. 18, the largest memecoin completed a daily bullish engulfing candle, which welcomed market speculations for its next ascend near its all-time high of $0.73.

Dogecoin 1-day chart. Source: TradingView

With the market turning its attention toward DOGE again, one particular indicator highlighted its historical probability of undergoing another parabolic rally over the nex