Bitcoin climbed past $87,000 on November 23 after trading near $80,000 earlier in the day. The cryptocurrency remains down over 33% from its October peak of $126,000. Long-term holders are driving selling pressure as the market continues to face volatility, according to market analysts.

The White House is discussing whether to allow Nvidia to export H200 AI chips to China, Bloomberg reported. The H200 offers greater performance than the currently permitted H20 model but remains based on older Hopper architecture, while the advanced Blackwell series stays banned. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested advanced chips might gain approval once superseded by newer technology, even as Congress prepares legislation to block all advanced chip exports to China.

Bitcoin dropped below $85,000 on April 10, 2025, its lowest level since March, extending a 45-day losing streak. The S&P 500 erased more than $2 trillion in market capitalization in a single session. Daily cryptocurrency liquidations reached approximately $1 billion, exchange data show.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that quantum computers may crack the cryptographic protections securing Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets by 2028. He told developers that elliptic curve cryptography faces an existential threat from advancing quantum hardware. Industry experts and researchers called for urgent preemptive protocol upgrades to prevent future vulnerabilities.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced November 19 it will not release the October employment report following a 44-day government shutdown that prevented data collection. October payroll figures will be combined with November's report, scheduled for December 16—six days after the Federal Reserve's final 2025 policy meeting. Markets adjusted rate-cut expectations as Fed minutes revealed divisions among officials over labor conditions and inflation pressures.

Anthropic's valuation reached approximately $350 billion on November 19, 2025, following new investment commitments from Microsoft and Nvidia, according to Bloomberg. Microsoft pledged up to $5 billion while Nvidia committed up to $10 billion, substantially exceeding the AI startup's September valuation of $183 billion. The investments mark a strategic expansion for Microsoft beyond its existing OpenAI partnership and establish Nvidia's first deep technical collaboration with Anthropic.

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed have requested an investigation into World Liberty Financial, alleging the Trump-affiliated crypto firm sold $WLFI governance tokens to buyers linked to sanctioned entities in Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Tornado Cash. A watchdog report cited by the lawmakers claims token sales included wallets tied to North Korea's Lazarus Group and a sanctioned Russian tool. The Trump family holds 22.5 billion tokens and receives 75% of revenue from all sales, raising national security concerns.

Oracle Corporation's market capitalization has declined by $315 billion since announcing a $300 billion cloud infrastructure partnership with OpenAI on September 10. The company plans to allocate $35 billion toward capital expenditures in the current fiscal year, with projections reaching $80 billion annually by 2029. Net debt has increased to 2.5 times EBITDA, more than doubling since 2021, with negative cash flow expected through five consecutive fiscal years.

Nvidia will report third-quarter results on Wednesday, with analysts projecting earnings of $1.25 per share on revenue of $54.83 billion. Market participants are monitoring the chipmaker's forward guidance alongside its previously disclosed $500 billion order backlog extending through 2026. The week also brings a full slate of economic releases from the U.S., Japan, and Europe.