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DWF Labs Launches $75 Million Fund Targeting Institutional Phase Of DeFi

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Crypto market maker and Web3 investment firm DWF Labs says it is investing up to $75 million in decentralized finance projects that could support institutional adoption.  The firm shared its announcement via X on Wednesday, saying the fund will support projects with “innovative value” propositions that can scale to support large-scale adoption.   “The initiative will target blockchain projects building dark-pool perpetual DEXs, decentralized money markets, and fixed-income or yield-bearing asset products, […] areas the firm believes are poised for major growth as crypto liquidity continues its structural migration onchain,” DWF Labs…

Texas Drops $10 Million On Bitcoin, Officially Buying The Dip First

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Texas has moved public money into Bitcoin exposure, buying $5 million worth of shares in a regulated Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Related Reading According to reports, the state’s purchase was made on November 20, 2025, and it used the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to gain price exposure without immediately holding the cryptocurrency itself. The state set aside a total allocation of $10 million for its new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Lee Bratcher, who leads the Texas Blockchain Council, confirmed the state’s crypto purchase on X. State Uses ETF As Interim Step…

Texas Government Buys $5 Million Of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF 

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The Texas state government has made a major Bitcoin move, snapping up $5 million worth of shares in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, with another $5 million lined up for a self-custodied Bitcoin buy.  The government made the purchase on Nov. 20, with the move highlighted via X on Tuesday by Lee Bratcher, president of the Texas Blockchain Council. Bratcher said that the Texas government will eventually “self-custody Bitcoin,” but as it’s still finalizing the process, the initial $5 million “allocation was made with BlackRock’s IBIT ETF.”  “$10M is allocated…

Exodus Uses Bitcoin to Fund $175 Million Onchain Payments Push

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Crypto wallet provider Exodus plans to use its Bitcoin reserves to finance a major push into onchain payments, striking a $175 million deal to acquire W3C Corp, the parent company of payment infrastructure providers Monavate and Baanx. The agreement, announced on Monday, marked a major shift in strategy for the NYSE-listed company. By bringing Monavate and Baanx in-house, Exodus aims to become one of the few self-custodial wallets to control the entire payments stack, from crypto storage to card issuance. “By bringing card and payments infrastructure in-house, we are closing…

$400 Million XRP Offloaded in Just 48 Hours, What’s Behind the Massive Sell Pressure?

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XRP has been hit by one of its most aggressive sell waves this year, with on-chain data revealing that major whale wallets offloaded nearly 200 million XRP, roughly $400 million, within just 48 hours. Related Reading: Ethereum Dead Cat Bounce Puts Price At $3,400, But What’s The Ultimate Target? According to Santiment analytics, wallets holding between one million and ten million tokens were the primary contributors, adding significant sell-side liquidity to an already fragile market. This sudden influx of supply arrived at a time when XRP was already battling bearish…

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Bleeds Over $500 Million In Its Biggest One-Day Outflow

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Nearly two years after the inception of the Bitcoin ETF sector in the United States, these funds are currently grappling with significant challenges, exacerbated by mounting concerns regarding a potential bear market in the coming months.  This turmoil is exemplified by the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), which experienced its largest single-day withdrawal since launch, further contributing to the decline in Bitcoin’s price. Profit-Taking And Caution The recent outflows from BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF highlight the severity of the current selloff within the Bitcoin market, which has experienced a substantial…

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Sees Record $523 Million Outflow as BTC Drops Below $90,000

Key Notes November marks the worst month for Bitcoin ETFs with cumulative outflows surpassing all previous monthly records since launch. Average spot Bitcoin ETF purchase price sits at $90,146, leaving many investors at breakeven or loss levels amid current prices. Despite massive withdrawals, IBIT maintains market leadership with $87.63 billion in assets under management as of Nov 19. Investors pulled approximately $523 million from BlackRock‘s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) on Nov. 18, marking the fund’s largest outflow since its debut in January 2024, according to data from Farside Investors. This significant…