Crypto News

What’s fueling ZK’s recent surge, and how far could the rally go? Here’s a closer look at the main drivers behind its 150% rise in November.

XRP, the perennial underdog, managed a 3.6% surge, but its efforts were as subtle as a sledgehammer compared to ZEC and ICP’s meteoric rise. 🌟

At the heart of this collaboration is Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD. The plan? To waltz RLUSD into Mastercard’s global payments network, using the XRPL to process settlements between WebBank (the issuer of Gemini’s Credit Card) and Mastercard. Imagine, darlings, your Gemini Credit Card transactions settling via Ripple’s stablecoin instead of those dreary traditional banking rails. How avant-garde! 🎩✨

The union of these parties aims to forge a system of unparalleled compliance, wherein the intricacies of stablecoin governance are rendered as seamless as a well-timed ballroom dance. It is a most laudable pursuit, though one cannot help but wonder if the regulators themselves shall ever keep pace with the speed of their own innovations.

Solana, much like a weary traveler trudging through a storm, dipped below the $162 mark. Now, it gathers its strength, attempting to ascend, but the $166 hurdle stands tall, mocking its efforts.

issue, settle, trade – all neatly packaged like a financial bento box. 🍱💸

When queried by Fox Business this past Wednesday on whether he was “concerned” about Bitcoin (BTC) dipping beneath the lofty $100,000 mark-a calamity that left much of the crypto market in a state of collective distress over the preceding week-the Mayor, ever the crypto enthusiast, responded with unwavering composure. 😌

Behold! The dreaded Death Cross has arrived for Dogecoin, like an uninvited guest at a party who eats all the snacks and then complains about the music. When the 50-day average crosses below the 200-day average, even your grandma’s cat knows it’s time to panic-sell 🐱💸.

Tokenized equities leader Dinari announced a significant collaboration with Chainlink and S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). The companies are jointly creating the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index as one of the first indices that can verifiably run on a blockchain. Specifically, the tokenized index will launch in the fourth quarter of 2025. 🧛‍♂️💸

Alex Thorn, Galaxy’s resident oracle, dubs this epoch Bitcoin’s “maturity era.” 🧓✨ Institutional funds, he claims, have transformed our dear Bitcoin into a sedate gentleman, more gold than tech stock. “Passive investment dominates,” he quips on X, “but slower gains are the price of elegance.” 🕶️💎