Coinbase Ventures has outlined its 2026 investment strategy, prioritizing perpetual futures for real-world assets, specialized trading platforms, and AI-blockchain integration. The venture arm identified prediction market terminals and reputation-based lending as emerging opportunities in decentralized finance.

Robinhood Markets Inc. announced a joint venture with Susquehanna International Group to establish a futures and derivatives exchange. The new platform will acquire MIAXdx from Miami International Holdings and is expected to begin operations in 2026. Robinhood cited prediction markets as its fastest-growing product segment, with over 9 billion contracts processed across more than 1 million customers.

Binance faces a federal lawsuit filed Monday in North Dakota accusing the exchange of knowingly enabling Hamas to transfer funds before the militant group's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The complaint, brought by more than 300 victims and family members, names Binance, co-founder Changpeng Zhao, and senior executive Guangying Chen as defendants. Plaintiffs allege the exchange facilitated illicit transfers for Hamas and other U.S.-designated terrorist organizations over an extended period.

US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $1.22 billion in net outflows for the week ended November 21, marking the fourth consecutive week of withdrawals and bringing four-week cumulative outflows to $4.34 billion. BlackRock's IBIT saw $1.09 billion in weekly outflows, its second-largest decline on record. The withdrawals coincided with bitcoin falling from $95,600 to approximately $82,200 during the week, according to SoSoValue data.

Aztec Network launched its Ignition Chain on Ethereum mainnet Wednesday, activating a Layer 2 solution focused on programmable privacy. The network reached 500 validators, triggering block production on mainnet. The deployment followed last week's AZTEC token sale announcement.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launched the pilot phase of Project Ensemble on Thursday, moving from sandbox testing to live transactions using tokenized deposits and digital assets. The pilot will run through 2026, initially focusing on tokenized money-market fund transactions and real-time treasury management. Interbank settlement will be supported by the HKD Real Time Gross Settlement system.

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net outflows of $869.9 million on Thursday, marking the second-largest single-day exit since launch, according to SoSoValue data. Grayscale's Bitcoin Mini Trust led withdrawals with $318.2 million, followed by BlackRock's IBIT at $256.6 million and Fidelity's FBTC at $119.9 million. Bitcoin fell 6.4% over 24 hours to $96,956 as of 2:30 a.m. ET Friday, with analysts citing a risk-off sentiment amid macro uncertainty.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore will trial tokenized MAS bills issued to primary dealers and settled using central bank digital currency. Managing Director Chia Der Jiun said tokenization has moved from experimental phases into real-world commercial deployment, though structural obstacles remain before widespread adoption. Detailed trial specifications will be released next year.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest purchased $30.5 million in Circle Internet Group shares on Wednesday across three ETFs. Circle's stock fell 12.2% to $86.3 despite the company reporting third-quarter revenue of $740 million, up 66% year-over-year, and net income of $214 million.