Omid Malekan, a professor at Columbia Business School, said the recent decline of the crypto market is not only due to macroeconomic factors, but also to the activities of digital treasury management (DAT) companies. Many of them contributed to the price decline rather than keeping the market stable, he said.
On the night of November 5, 2025, the bitcoin price fell to $98,966 at the moment, according to TradingView. The exchange rate collapsed below the $100,000 level for the first time since late June 2025.
The developers of the cryptocurrency wallet Trust Wallet announced the launch of a new loyalty program Trust Premium. It allows users to earn points (Trust XP) for daily actions in the app. This was revealed by the team in a conversation with Incrypted.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) defense team filed an appeal seeking a review of the FTX exchange crash case. The lawyers said the trial was pressured by the media, the government, and Judge Lewis Kaplan.
Long-term bitcoin holders are reducing their positions amid weakening institutional demand. Over the past month, they have sold about 405,000 BTC — over $43 billion in realized value. This was reported by a CryptoQuant analyst under the pseudonym Maartunn.
Zoomex has announced an exclusive offer for users from the CIS countries — a full refund of 100% of trading fees for spot transactions every day. The offer is valid until December 31, 2025, and has no restrictions on the amount or volume of trading. This is stated in a press release shared by the service with Incrypted.
Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy dispelled rumors that the market maker plans to sue Binance because of its actions during the market crash in early October 2025. According to him, he sees no reason to do so.
On November 4, 2025, the price of bitcoin fell below $105,000. At the moment, the asset was trading near $104,150 and at the time of writing its price is hovering near $104,600:
Decentralized platform Stream Finance stopped deposits and withdrawals after an external fund manager reported a $93 million loss. The company has engaged law firm Perkins Coie to investigate the incident.
On November 8, 2025, the Incrypted team will hold a traditional Birthday Meetup dedicated to the eighth anniversary of the media’s creation. The event will take place in the UNIT.City innovation park in building B12 and will bring together leading industry representatives.
Cryptocurrency exchange MEXC has expanded its MEXC Loans product by adding the ability to use bitcoin as collateral. Starting October 27, 2025, users can borrow USDT or USDC secured by the first cryptocurrency at rates starting at 5% per annum.
US President Donald Trump has said he does not know Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), despite the fact that last month he pardoned the crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. He said this in an interview with 60 Minutes on CBS News.
The Swiss banking group AMINA has become the first crypto bank to obtain a MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) license in Europe through its Austrian subsidiary, AMINA AG.
The Balancer protocol suffered an exploit that resulted in more than $128 million in assets being withdrawn from its liquidity pools, PeckShield analysts were the first to report, noting a series of suspicious transactions.
Zerohash, an infrastructure provider for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized assets, has announced that it has received a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) license from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The move makes it one of the first in the sector to be officially authorized to provide services with stablecoins and crypto assets across the European Economic Area (EEA).