A survey of 500 US investors aged 18–40 with annual incomes between $100,000 and $1 million shows that 35% have moved assets away from financial advisers who do not provide crypto exposure. Over half of those transfers involved between $250,000 and $1 million. More than 80% of respondents reported increased confidence in digital assets following institutional adoption by firms such as BlackRock, Fidelity, and Morgan Stanley, according to Zerohash.

Bitcoin traded around $92,000 during Thursday's Asian session, gaining 2.3% as buyers stepped in following recent declines. Regional equity markets rallied after Nvidia reported strong quarterly earnings, with technology-heavy indices in Japan and South Korea posting significant gains. The cryptocurrency's total market capitalization reached $3.23 trillion, up 1.9%.

Mike Selig, President Donald Trump's nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday. He pledged to advance a unified national cryptocurrency regulatory framework and support domestic Bitcoin mining infrastructure if confirmed. The committee has scheduled a vote on his nomination for Thursday afternoon.

Crypto lending volumes surged 38.5% in Q3 2025 to $73.59 billion, according to Galaxy. A market crash on October 10, 2025 triggered over $17 billion in futures liquidations, the largest single-day event on record. Bitcoin declined 18.26% over the 90-day period, with futures open interest peaking at $220.37 billion in early October.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued new guidance allowing U.S. national banks to hold digital assets directly on their balance sheets for blockchain operations. The interpretive letter reverses prior restrictions and permits banks to own crypto for paying network fees and testing distributed ledger systems.

Kraken has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking its formal entry into the public listing process. The California-based cryptocurrency exchange disclosed the filing days after revealing a $20 billion valuation following $800 million in recent funding rounds. The confidential submission does not disclose timing, share count, or pricing details for the potential offering.

Retail investors holding Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP have accelerated selling activity this week. Small BTC wallets reduced holdings by 0.36% over five days, ETH wallets under 0.1 tokens dropped 0.90% in a month, and XRP holders offloaded 1.38% since early November, according to Santiment. Despite the selling pressure, small investors across all three assets remain in profit, with average cost basis at approximately $92,000 for BTC, $3,000 for ETH, and $2.17 for XRP, Glassnode data shows.

Monad's public token sale on Coinbase has surpassed $130 million, reaching 69.6% of its $187.5 million target. The sale, which closes on November 23, raised $23.2 million in the past 24 hours and offers 7.5% of total MON supply at $0.025 per token. The mainnet is scheduled to launch on November 24.