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Crypto falls, Balancer exploited, SOL ETFs start strong

Crypto

• BTC: 107.5k (-2%) | BTC.D: 60.3% (+0.3%)

• ETH: 3715 (-3%) | BNB: 1022 (-6%) | SOL: 176 (-6%) 

• Top Gainers: ICP, WBT, ASTER, TRUMP

• BTC ETFs: -$192m | ETH ETFs: -$98m

• Crypto falls despite US-China deal announcement

• Balancer and forked protocols exploited for $120m

• Berachain performs hard fork to protect exploit

• SOL ETFs see $197m inflows in first week

• Global regulators reviewing bank stablecoin rules

• EU eyes SEC style supervisor over crypto, stocks

• ETH stablecoin monthly volume hit ATH in Oct

• 9-46% real crypto recovery from FTX: Creditor rep

• DEX volume hits ATH in Oct

• Coinbase targets $2b BVNK acquisition

• Malaysia launches RWA tokenisation initiative

• HK to let exchanges access global liquidity pools

• CZ refutes bank creation proposal for Kyrgyzstan

• Thodex CEO found dead in Turkish jail

• Zcash creator unveils Q4 2025 roadmap

• Privacy coin market cap +80% in a week

• Etherfi proposes $50m ETHFI buyback

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 23.7k (+1%), Gold: 4013 (0%)

• This week: PMI, Consumer sentiment, Jobs data

• Trump officially announces US-China deal

• US could be third world if tariffs removed: Trump

• Fed pumps $29b into banks through overnight repo

• Gold sees ATH weekly outflow of $7.5b

• Opec+ pauses oil output hikes beyond Dec

• % of US tech jobs in California below 2008 crash

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: ASTER, JellyJelly, KITE, TRUST

• Hot NFTs:

• ASTER pumps, after CZ discloses purchase

• Pumpfun launches ‘Spotlight’

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