Day: November 18, 2025

Fidelityโ€™s Spot Solana ETF FSOL to Launch Nov. 18

Key Notes Fidelity is getting set to roll out its spot Solana ETF amid high expectations. ETF expert James Seyffart stated that Canary Capital will follow the next day. BlackRock has not attempted to file for a spot Solana ETF. Fidelity is preparing to debut its spot Solana Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) following VanEck, which rolled out a similar fund on November 17. The Solana ETF competition is heating up gradually as two other asset management firms have also launched their SOL ETF a few weeks earlier. Overall, there is…

Brazil Mulls Crypto Cross-Border Payment Tax

Key Notes Government officials told Reuters on Nov. 18 the move aims to close a regulatory loophole in forex transaction taxation. Central Bank published regulations Nov. 10 that classify stablecoin operations as foreign exchange transactions starting February. Crypto transactions reached 227 billion reais ($42.8 billion) in the first half of 2025, with USDT accounting for two-thirds of volume. Brazil is considering expanding its foreign exchange transaction tax to cover cryptocurrency use in international payments, government officials told Reuters on Nov. 18, as authorities seek to close a regulatory loophole in…

Michael Saylor’s Latest Bitcoin Purchase Underwater

Key Notes Strategy recently purchased 8,178 BTC at an average price of $102,171. This quoted price level is about 10% above current market levels. CryptoQuant thinks that 40% of the Strategyโ€™s 649,870 BTC holdings are in the red, with only 60% still in profit. Strategyโ€™s recent Bitcoin BTC $91 466 24h volatility: 3.6% Market cap: $1.83 T Vol. 24h: $122.17 B purchase has raised concerns about the health status of the companyโ€™s financial portfolio. Blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant pointed out that the acquisition announced on November 17 by Michael Saylaor,…

Dogecoin Breakdown Or Bottom? On-Chain Risk Hits Extreme Value

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Dogecoin is sitting at an inflection point where weakening market structure meets unusually compressed on-chain risk, according to new charts shared by analyst Cryptollica (@Cryptollica). The visuals juxtapose a multi-year DOGE/USDT price channel with Alphafractalโ€™s Reserve Risk framework, raising the question of whether the move is a true breakdown or the formation of a long-term bottom. Dogecoin On-Chain Risk Hits Extreme Value Zone In an X post, Cryptollica explains that the Dogecoin model โ€œcombines Reserve Risk with VOCDD/MVOCDD-style activity measures to assess long-term holder conviction versus market pricing.โ€ The key…

Brazil Eyes Taxing Cross-Border Crypto Payments, Aligns With CARF

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Brazil is reportedly weighing a tax on the use of cryptocurrencies for international payments as it moves to adopt a global crypto tax reporting data exchange framework. A Tuesday Reuters report, citing โ€œofficials with direct knowledge of the discussions,โ€ claims that the Brazilian government aims to tax cryptocurrency use for international payments. During the confidential talks, representatives of the countryโ€™s finance ministry reportedly expressed interest in expanding the Imposto sobre Operaรงรตes Financeiras (IOF) tax to include some digital asset-based cross-border transactions. Brazilโ€™s Federal Revenue Service also announced yesterday that its…

Crypto carnage โ€” Is Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle over? Trade Secrets

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Is this crypto market cycle over after four years โ€” or should the four-year crypto market cycle theory itself be consigned to history? Swan Bitcoin CEO and Bitcoin advocate Cory Klippsten leans toward the latter view. โ€œThere is a very good chance that Bitcoinโ€™s famous four-year price cycles are over, killed by institutional adoption,โ€ Klippsten tells Magazine. The debate has Bitcoin analysts around the world divided. Some insist the four-year cycle is still alive; others say it is dead and argue that Bitcoin is following a completely different path altogether.…

Top Altcoins Look Optimistic while $BTC Crashes โ€“ Bitcoin Hyper Could See the Next Outbreak

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What to Know: The altcoin market is showing a distinct preference for projects with strong technological fundamentals and clear utility over purely speculative assets. Recent price predictions suggest a 300% pump for $SHIB if the token reaches two critical levels, which would set it up for an aggressive rally. Bitcoin Hyper introduces a Layer 2 solution that brings high-speed smart contracts to the Bitcoin ecosystem via a Solana Virtual Machine integration. The $HYPER presale raised over $27.8M so far with a token price of $0.013295 and staking rewards currently at…

Pi Networkโ€™s 50M Devices and the Future of Decentralized AI

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From phone app to global compute grid Before talking about โ€œ50 million nodes reshaping AI,โ€ it helps to look at what Pi Network actually has today. Pi began as a smartphone mining app and grew into one of the largest retail crypto communities, with tens of millions of registered โ€œPioneers.โ€ Behind the mobile layer sits a smaller but crucial group: desktop and laptop โ€œPi Nodesโ€ running the network software. Thatโ€™s where the AI angle starts. In Piโ€™s early AI experiments with OpenMind, hundreds of thousands of these nodes were used…