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Spot trading volume on major exchanges fell 28% in November compared to the previous month, Wu Blockchain reported. Bitget experienced the largest decline, with its volume dropping 62%. Volumes on Binance and Coinbase also fell by 25% and 8%, respectively.

American Bitcoin (ABTC), a mining firm founded by Eric Trump, the second son of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced that it now holds a total of 4,783 BTC. This marks an increase of 416 BTC from its previous disclosure.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $92,000. BTC is trading at $91,936.11 on the Binance USDT market.

Mubadala Capital, the asset management arm of Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, is partnering with real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure firm Kaio to tokenize its private equity funds, Cointelegraph reported. The partnership will explore using Kaio's digital framework to provide institutional and qualified investors with on-chain access to Mubadala Capital's private equity products. This move is seen as an effort to use RWA tokenization to overcome traditional barriers to the alternative asset market, such as high minimum investments, long lock-up periods, and regional restrictions.

Hedge funds are adopting risk-off positions ahead of the December U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, according to an analysis by XWIN Research Japan, a contributor to CryptoQuant. The research firm noted that while Bitcoin holdings on major exchanges are declining, deposits of USDT and USDC are on the rise. This trend indicates that institutions are reducing their exposure to risk assets and accumulating cash-like assets, a move often interpreted as a pre-emptive hedge before a major market event. This pattern mirrors behavior seen before the FOMC announcements between August and October. During that period, short-term traders entered large long positions, causing funding rates to spike, only for them to plummet immediately after the announcements. Bitcoin's price followed a similar trajectory, staging a brief rally on rate-cut hopes before reversing from its peak. The analysis concludes that with stagnant Bitcoin futures open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and unchanged spot holdings among whale investors, the rising stablecoin inflows suggest institutions are focused on pre-emptive risk management rather than predicting market direction.

Binance Alpha has announced the addition of LAVA. The platform, an on-chain trading service within the Binance Wallet, focuses on listing early-stage coins.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $93,000. BTC is trading at $93,012.58 on the Binance USDT market.

Binance has announced that it will list NIGHT/USDT perpetual futures on Dec. 10 at 11:00 a.m. UTC, with support for up to 50x leverage.

Singapore has emerged as the global leader in cryptocurrency adoption, according to a new report by Bybit and DL Research. The 2025 Global Crypto Ranking Report ranked Singapore first among 79 countries, followed by the United States, Lithuania, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. The report also highlighted that the market value for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization has grown by 63% to reach $2.57 billion. It noted that projects issuing stablecoins backed by national fiat currencies are experiencing rapid growth. Additionally, on-chain salary payments have expanded to account for 9.6% of all payroll, with over 90% of these transactions settled using stablecoins.

According to crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr., Bitcoin has resumed its bullish structure following a correction from the $80,000 range. He suggested that this recovery has already priced in expectations for three consecutive interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) announced that its mobile game, Pudgy Party, has surpassed one million downloads across the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The game also won two awards at the GAM3 Awards, one of the world's largest Web3 gaming award ceremonies. Additionally, Pudgy Party recently received a winter and Christmas-themed update.

For Bitcoin to surpass the $100,000 mark, it must first convert the $93,300 level into a solid support line, according to an analysis by Cointelegraph. The media outlet noted that $100,000 is acting as a key psychological resistance, and repeated rejections at this level could trigger a sell-off similar to the one seen last February. To overcome this barrier, Bitcoin needs to secure $93,300 as definitive support and reclaim $98,000, the location of the five-day simple moving average on the BTC/USD chart. A breakout above this zone would target $108,000, where a major supply zone coincides with the 200-day moving average. Conversely, if BTC fails to break the $94,000 resistance, it could face increased downward pressure. A drop below $90,000 could lead to a potential pullback to $87,500 and subsequently to $84,000.

Binance has announced that it will support USD1 as a joint margin asset starting Dec. 11.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has announced it will delist Elixir (ELX) at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Jan. 12, 2026. The exchange stated that the materials submitted by the project's foundation were insufficient to resolve the issues that led to its designation as an investment warning. Bithumb added that after a comprehensive review of the project's business progress, it concluded that the token no longer meets its criteria for continued trading support.

A surge in Bitcoin futures trading volume has made the market more leverage-driven and structurally unstable, according to an analysis by CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost. The contributor noted that although the year is not over, Bitcoin futures volume has already reached an all-time high, with Binance holding a dominant share at over $24 trillion. The analysis suggests investors are prioritizing futures trading for short-term gains over spot purchases for long-term holding, establishing leveraged strategies as the primary investment tool. This shift makes the market more sensitive to forced liquidations and their aftershocks, thereby increasing volatility. Darkfost pointed to a large-scale liquidation event on Oct. 10, which caused prices to breach key support and resistance levels in seconds, as a clear example of this vulnerability. The contributor concluded that as long as leverage remains the main driver, Bitcoin will likely face an unstable and unpredictable environment.

Brevis, a zero-knowledge (ZK) proof-based verifiable computing platform, has announced a partnership with multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) ASTER. The two companies will collaborate to address long-standing DEX challenges related to speed, security, and privacy. The partners stated that Brevis's infrastructure processes complex calculations off-chain and generates verifiable ZK proofs on-chain, enabling low-cost transactions. They will also explore using these capabilities to implement a privacy layer that protects individual position data while aiming for execution speeds and market transparency comparable to those of centralized exchanges.

South Korean crypto exchange Coinone announced that it will list Humidify (WET) for trading against the South Korean won at 2:00 a.m. UTC on Dec. 11.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has transferred 1,021 BTC, valued at $94.48 million, to a new address beginning with bc1q9, according to Onchainlens.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns that U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins could threaten the monetary sovereignty of emerging markets, CoinDesk reported. In a recent report, the IMF analyzed that stablecoins could undermine national capital controls by facilitating unregulated capital flows. The fund also noted that in emerging economies with high inflation and currency volatility, users might prefer dollar stablecoins over their local currency, potentially weakening central bank control. Furthermore, the IMF suggested that stablecoins could accelerate capital flight during a market panic in these regions. However, some experts argue that the current impact is minimal. They assess that the share of stablecoins in global foreign exchange flows remains insignificant, making it difficult for cryptocurrencies to influence emerging currency markets at present.

Global crypto research firm Four Pillars has published its 2026 Outlook: RESTRUCTURING report. According to CEO Steve Kim, this year began the crypto market's formal integration into the institutional framework in the U.S., with the passage of the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts redefining the sector under clear rules. He added that this regulatory clarity is driving tangible changes, such as a structural reorganization around real-world use cases, which is why the firm has dubbed 2026 a year of restructuring. The report, which features insights from all the firm's researchers, highlights several key trends for the coming year. These include the development of USDT super-apps and stock tokenization, AI-based automated investing, a shifting landscape for centralized exchanges and the rise of in-app DeFi, the maturation of smart contract platforms, the growth of decentralized storage, developments in Ethereum and the ZKVM and proof markets, the use of abstraction stacks, and the datafication of prediction markets.

Blockchain infrastructure developer FANC announced plans to shift the focus of security from exchanges to individual wallets through the development of its next-generation Quantum Wallet. The move comes amid heightened security concerns following recent large-scale hacking attempts on South Korea's largest crypto exchange, Upbit, and e-commerce platform Coupang, as well as the anticipated commercialization of quantum computing. FANC previously stated in April that it is developing the Quantum Wallet after receiving a technology transfer of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) from South Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). The wallet applies PQC algorithms at the wallet level, with its entire creation, signing, and verification processes designed to withstand quantum attacks. It will initially be implemented within the FANC and Celebe ecosystems before expanding to include integration with external services and payments on partner platforms.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley has predicted a large-scale bull market for cryptocurrencies in 2026. He argued that the traditional four-year cycle is over and that the market has changed and matured. According to Horsley, crypto has been in a bear market since this past February, a trend that was merely obscured by buying pressure from corporations making strategic investments. He anticipates that these market dynamics will lead to a major bull run in 2026.

NFT and blockchain game developer Animoca Brands has partnered with Bitcoin staking platform Solv Protocol (SOLV) to help Japanese corporations generate returns on their BTC holdings, Cointelegraph reported. The initiative aims to achieve annual yields of 4% to 12% through strategies such as BTC lending, providing liquidity to AMM pools, and staking.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb announced it will change the name of XPLA to CONX, effective at 7:00 a.m. UTC today. The project's ticker will also be updated from XPLA to CONX.

A U.S. federal court in Connecticut has granted a motion to stay a cease-and-desist order that the state's Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) had issued against prediction market Kalshi, Cointelegraph reported. The DCP had previously ordered Kalshi to halt its operations, alleging the platform was running an unlicensed gambling service. In response, Kalshi filed a motion with the court to block the agency's action.