Crypto Daily — DeFi, NFT, Web3

💰 Yesterday Bitcoin miners searched for a new block for 17 minutes instead of the usual ~10. There have been cases when the interval between blocks was significantly longer: for example, one of the records — 85 minutes. There are also documented cases of blocks that took up to 2 hours and 19 minutes. The longest recorded interval — between block 0 (genesis block) and block 1 — was about 5 days 8 hours. Long intervals can be related to a drop in hashrate (fewer miners or equipment shutdown), which slows down finding the next block.

🗽 Eric Trump showed the family mining complex American Bitcoin.

🇪🇺 The European Central Bank stated, that stablecoins may threaten global financial stability as they can withdraw retail deposits from eurozone banks.

👻 CZ accused of facilitating payments to HAMAS — Media A lawsuit was filed in a US court by American citizens whose families were affected during the attack in Israel on October 7, 2023.

🇨🇳 After the complete ban on mining in 2021, China has risen again to third place in BTC mining — its share is now 14%, reports Reuters.

🍷 Open interest in BTC shows the sharpest 30-day decline in the entire current cycle — the last time this was seen was only during the 2022 bear market. The large-scale position reduction, especially on Binance, indicates a serious "market cleanup": investors are closing losing trades and reducing risks after weeks of decline and liquidations. Historically, such unloading phases create conditions for forming a bottom and further recovery of the bullish trend.

🇰🇷 The largest South Korean crypto exchange Upbit plans an IPO on Nasdaq.

🪒 Several major companies reduced their positions in Strategy (MSTR) by approximately $5.4 billion in the third quarter of 2025 — the largest managers, including Capital International, Vanguard, BlackRock, and Fidelity, each decreased their investments by more than $1 billion. It is worth noting that the company's market capitalization has dropped by 41% in the last month.

💸 From the Bitcoin address of the Winklevoss brothers, funds have been actively withdrawn throughout 2025, and in the last month this outflow has only intensified. The Winklevosses are pioneers of the industry; over time, they have already recorded more than $1 billion in profits.

🇨🇳 Russian business is actively exploring the possibilities of the digital yuan (CBDC).

🗽 The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been disbanded 8 months before the planned end of its term in July 2026.

📊 Over the weekend, Bitcoin rose above the $87,000 mark. The fear and greed index increased slightly but still remains in the extreme fear zone — at a level of 19. Meanwhile, the CEO of VanEck stated that Bitcoin could become vulnerable to the development of quantum technologies in the future. According to him, if it ever becomes clear that the system is "fundamentally broken," investors will be ready to completely abandon Bitcoin, even though their spot ETF has already attracted more than $1.2 billion.

💰 Solana is discussing proposal SIMD-0411, which suggests doubling the disinflation rate, thereby accelerating the reduction of SOL inflation from the current 4.18% to the target 1.5%. If approved, this level will be reached by early 2029 instead of 2032, and the potential emission will be reduced by approximately 22.3 million SOL ($3 billion) over six years. The initiative should also reduce pressure on staking yields and increase the average lock-up time.

🧸 Bitcoin has the most bearish sentiment in the last two years — Santiment.

🔮 On Polymarket, they found a trader with an almost 100% streak of successful trades, who uses a simple tactic — entering in the last seconds into markets that are already practically decided, where the outcome is predetermined, but there remains a small inertial yield within 0.1–1%. According to his profile, he earned about $130,000 in a month with such microtrades, and since the beginning of 2025 — over $415,000, while also holding several large positions with yields of 30–40%.

✈️ Today the market is behaving predictably calm — a classic sideways trend after several nervous days. The fear and greed index remains in the extreme fear zone (11), with just over $350 million liquidated in the last 24 hours — not critical, but enough to maintain a tense atmosphere. To put it simply: the market is holding its breath, digesting recent movements and waiting for a new trigger to choose a direction.

📊 The record outflow of funds from Bitcoin ETFs represents a short-term "tactical" rebalancing, not an institutional outflow of funds from BTC, — analysts.

☘️ A solo miner mined a block and earned 3.146 BTC ($264,000).

🎲 Realized losses on BTC have risen to levels last seen during the FTX crash, — Glassnode. The majority of the capitulation was driven by short-term holders.

💰 In November, the outflow of funds from spot Bitcoin ETFs has already reached a record $3.79 billion.