Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, acquired 28,670 Uniswap (UNI) tokens valued at approximately $244,000, marking his first decentralized finance investment in three years. The purchase came as UNI's price surged over 21% past $10, driven by community interest in Uniswap's Unification proposal. The proposal includes protocol fee activation, a token burn mechanism, and ecosystem incentive distribution.

Uniswap's native token rose 40% following the announcement of protocol fee switching plans for token buybacks and burns. The proposal includes burning 100 million UNI from the treasury, with co-founder Hayden Adams citing regulatory constraints under the previous SEC administration as the reason for earlier delays.

Canary Capital submitted Form 8-A to the SEC, advancing its spot XRP exchange-traded fund toward a potential launch. The filing completes a regulatory step that could enable trading as soon as November 13, pending final Nasdaq approval. The move follows recent debuts of altcoin ETFs tracking Solana, Litecoin, and Hedera.

Canary Capital's spot XRP exchange-traded fund received automatic listing approval from Nasdaq on November 10 following an SEC Form 8-A filing. The ETF will trade under ticker symbol XRPC and charges a 0.50% management fee. Trading is expected to commence later this week pending a final CERT filing.

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has registered Bitwise's spot Chainlink exchange-traded fund in its pre-launch category under ticker symbol CLNK. The listing follows Bitwise's S-1 filing in August and Grayscale's subsequent proposal in September. Canary Capital filed its 8-A form for a spot XRP ETF on Monday, the final regulatory documentation before launch.

Several spot XRP exchange-traded funds have been listed on the DTCC platform ahead of their anticipated market debut. The products come from Canary Capital, Bitwise, CoinShares, and Franklin Templeton. ETF analyst Nate Geraci expects the funds could begin trading within two weeks, following the conclusion of SEC litigation against Ripple approximately three months ago.

Bitwise Asset Management's proposed Chainlink ETF has secured a ticker listing on the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation platform under the symbol CLNK. The registration marks institutional progress toward potential regulatory approval, with Coinbase Custody designated as custodian. LINK price rose approximately 5% following the announcement.

ZCash's shielded pool now accounts for 23% of total ZEC supply, up from 18% in October, according to The Block's Data and Insights newsletter. The growth reflects increased privacy adoption on the network. ZEC price climbed from around $400 in early November to $750, with trading volume on Coinbase reaching $345 million over 24 hours, surpassing Ethereum's $288 million.