Circle minted 250 million USDC on the Solana network 6 hours ago

On November 18th, based on Farside Investors' monitoring, a total net outflow of $15.536 billion was observed in BlackRock's IBIT over the past 10 trading days. This breakdown is as follows: - There were net outflows on 8 trading days, with a total of $18.902 billion. - There were net inflows on 2 trading days, totaling $3.366 billion.

On November 18th, the mainstream crypto treasury (DAT) company mNAV all dropped below 1. These include: The Strategy (MSTR) has an mNAV (Enterprise Value to Bitcoin Holdings Value ratio) which is currently at 0.937. The market value of Strategy has decreased to $56 billion, and its current holdings of 649,870 BTC are valued at $59.9 billion. The mNAV of Metaplanet is currently at 0.912. The market value of Metaplanet has fallen to $2.61 billion, and its current holdings of 30,823 BTC are valued at $2.84 billion. Bitmine (BMNR) ranks first in Ethereum institutional holdings and is currently holding about 3.51 million ETH, which is approximately valued at $10.63 billion. Its market value has dropped to $8.81 billion, and the mNAV is currently at 0.83. SharpLink (SBET) ranks second in Ethereum institutional holdings and is currently holding 860,000 ETH, which is approximately valued at $2.61 billion. Its market value is $2.02 billion. The mNAV is currently at 0.84.

On November 18th, as monitored by Onchain Lens, within the past 24 hours, a whale has used 31.16 million USDT to purchase 10,275 ETH at an average price of 3,032 USD.
Since November 12th, the whale has spent a total of 41.89 million USDT to buy 13,612 ETH at an average price of 3,077 USD.

On November 17th, according to official information, the cryptocurrency platform KuCoin announced the formal establishment of its Australian headquarters in Sydney and appointed James Pinch as the Australian Managing Director to lead the local team in promoting business expansion, regulatory compliance, and security and product innovation. This action shows KuCoin's long-term commitment to the Australian market, aiming to serve local users with higher levels of security and transparency and to strengthen its connection with the Australian crypto community. Meanwhile, KuCoin will also participate as a sponsor at the 2025 Australian Crypto Convention this week and actively promote industry exchanges and development.

On November 18th, as reported by The Block, Vitalik, the founder of Ethereum, demonstrated the privacy-enhancing encryption tool "Kohaku" at Devcon. The purpose is to enhance the privacy and security of the Ethereum ecosystem. Kohaku is an open-source initiative aimed at improving on-chain privacy and security. It offers a modular framework with foundational components, enabling developers to build more secure and privacy-focused wallets without relying on centralized third parties. In the future, it may also incorporate features such as a mixnet and other network-level anonymity tools, as well as a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) technology-driven browser. At the Ethereum Cypherpunk Gathering, Vitalik emphasized that Ethereum is on a "privacy upgrade path" and aims to provide "privacy and security that is truly suitable for the real world."