Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index Rises to 20, Market Still in 'Extreme Fear' State

November 25th: The trading department of UBS Securities announced that the sell-off in the U.S. stock market might have come to a halt, laying the groundwork for a year-end rebound. Last week, the stock market witnessed a sharp decline as investors had doubts about the prospect of the Federal Reserve implementing further easing measures and withdrew from the crowded AI trades. The S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq 100 Index respectively dropped by about 4% and 7% from their late-October peaks and both fell to near their 100-day moving averages. However, UBS holds the view that with the benchmark indices finding support at this crucial technical level, the selling pressure from systematic funds has significantly eased, and the expectations of the Federal Reserve's rate cut next month seem to be back on track, which paves the way for a stronger future stock market. [Our view is that the current risk-off phase has come to an end, ] Michael Romano, the head of stock derivatives at UBS Hedge F

On November 25th, as per DL News, the St. Petersburg police in Russia made an arrest on November 22nd. A man was taken into custody. He had attempted to detonate a fake hand grenade inside the office of a cryptocurrency exchange with the aim of robbing the cryptocurrency assets. The police caught him at the exchange office. The St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Interior Ministry announced that the suspect is a 21-year-old unemployed man from the Leningrad Region (District 47). A ministry spokesperson explained, "The man broke into the exchange office, set off two fake hand grenades and a smoke bomb. Then he demanded that the staff transfer all the exchange's cryptocurrency assets to his personal wallet." Fake hand grenades are commonly used in live-action airsoft games. These are team-based recreational activities where players use realistic simulated firearms and throw explosive devices filled with plastic pellets in simulated combat situations. The police stated that when the man

On November 25th, according to SolanaFloor, Bitcoin Capital declared that its regulated BONK ETP is set to be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange on November 27, 2025, thereby offering European investors investment exposure tied to the Solana ecosystem meme coin BONK.

On November 25th, the WEEX exchange declared that WEEX has officially provided support for the Monad mainnet. Monad is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain that is designed to overcome the scalability limitations of existing networks (especially Ethereum) while being fully compatible with the EVM. WEEX launched Monad (MON) for the first time across the entire network at 23:00 (UTC+8) on November 24th. Deposits became available starting from 21:00 (UTC+8) on November 24th, and withdrawals are scheduled to start at 23:00 (UTC+8) on November 25th.

On November 25th, "Fed's Megaphone" Nick Timiraos shared on social media that the upcoming Fed meeting is likely to be summed up with "WWJD" (What Will Jerome Decide - What decision will Jerome Powell make?). Currently, the ultimate decision-making power is more in Powell's hands than ever. Allies have created conditions for Powell to cut rates if he desires and then indicate that further rate cuts are not likely in the current context.