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Crypto Market Weekly Review (Nov 17–24): Market Declines Ease as Rising Rate-Cut Expectations Fuel a Potential Recovery

Markets experienced heavy volatility driven by changing expectations for a December Fed rate cut, which reversed sharply after John Williams’s dovish remarks. With odds of a cut now rising and the Fed entering its blackout period, investors are watching broader liquidity signals and equity market risks closely.

Nov 25, 2025

Grass Holder Call Concludes: Where's the Alpha?

TLDR: Second Token Airdrop Tentatively Set for H1 Next Year

Nov 25, 2025

Monad Mainnet Launches Today: Here’s What You Need to Know

Monad launches its long-awaited mainnet today with a $3B+ pre-market valuation, a massive ecosystem, and unexpected support from Solana. With 300+ projects ready on day one and strong hype despite weak market sentiment, today marks the real test of whether the $431M-backed L1 can deliver.

Nov 25, 2025

Inside the DAT Crash as mNAV Collapses, Liquidity Tightens, and the Premium Era Ends

The November crash exposed the structural weakness of DAT stocks: when BTC falls, their leveraged model collapses even faster, and with mNAV slipping below 1, even Saylor’s buying machine is running out of fuel.

Nov 21, 2025

Will $Jesse Save Base

Base co-founder Jesse Pollak is launching a personal creator token ($Jesse) on November 20th. This move could energize Base's ecosystem by combining memecoin energy with creator economy fundamentals, potentially addressing Base's struggle to find a compelling narrative despite strong technical metrics.

Nov 20, 2025

Yen Carry Trade Meltdown: Crypto Markets Caught in the Crossfire

Japan's bond market is experiencing extreme volatility with surging yields, triggering a massive unwinding of the yen carry trade. This is causing significant liquidity drainage from global markets, including crypto assets, which have fallen sharply as investors unwind leveraged positions.

Nov 19, 2025

Aave's iPhone Moment

Aave Labs launched a consumer-friendly mobile app offering 6-9% yields without crypto jargon. The app connects directly to banks, features $1M balance protection, and secured regulatory approval in Europe. This could be DeFi's "iPhone moment" by prioritizing user experience over technical complexity, potentially transforming protocols from infrastructure into consumer brands.

Nov 18, 2025

Why Tether Is Buying More Gold Than Many Central Banks?

Tether is now buying physical gold faster than many central banks, building vaults, hiring top bullion traders, and expanding deep into mining and tokenization. Its goal is no longer just backing USDT; it is constructing the balance sheet of a stateless central bank.

Nov 14, 2025

Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade Explained: A Catalyst for the Next Growth Cycle

Ethereum's December 3 Fusaka upgrade will 8x node efficiency, slash costs, and enable high-frequency apps—potentially the most impactful upgrade since Merge and Dencun.

Nov 12, 2025

Polymarket x Monad: Airdrop Timing and FDV Expectations

Polymarket traders are betting that Monad’s airdrop will land shortly after its Nov 24 mainnet launch, most likely between Nov 25 and Nov 30. For FDV, markets see $2–3B as the safest range aligned with fundamentals, while premarket data on Hyperliquid points to a more speculative $4-6B valuation window.

Nov 11, 2025

Zcash Soars 1,400% in Three Months, Hits 7-Year High as Privacy Narrative Reignites

Zcash (ZEC) has staged an extraordinary comeback, soaring 1,400% in three months to a 7-year high and reigniting the long-dormant privacy narrative. Sparked by a single tweet from Naval Ravikant and fueled by renewed interest in financial privacy, Zcash’s surge marks the strongest revival of the “Dino Coin” era amid a weak broader crypto market.

Nov 07, 2025

Hourglass: The Deposit Platform for Stable’s Phase 2 Campaign

Hourglass’s partnership with Stable marks its return to the spotlight, transforming from a tokenized yield marketplace into an infrastructure provider for institutional stablecoin products. Its rebrand and new role position it at the center of one of DeFi’s most closely observed campaigns.

Nov 06, 2025

Solana Company ($HSDT) Chairman Joseph Chee: Uniting Pantera & East-West Capital to Build Solana's Berkshire Hathaway

Joseph Chee, ex-UBS banker who led $250B+ deals, raised $500M to build Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) as "Berkshire of Solana." Predicts SOL hits $500 in 6 months, $1000 next bull cycle.

Nov 06, 2025

As Crypto Dumps, Prediction Markets Pump

Prediction markets are rapidly emerging as crypto’s new speculative hub, fueled by surging volumes in sports, politics, and airdrop forecasting as traditional crypto trading weakens.

Nov 05, 2025

Can AI Beat the Market? Lessons from the Alpha Arena Trading Competition

The Alpha Arena trading competition revealed how even advanced AI systems struggle to stay profitable in today’s volatile market. The results highlight that discipline and risk control still outperform speed and aggression, whether human or machine.

Nov 04, 2025