Crypto Market Fear Subsides Significantly, Today's Fear and Greed Index at 45

On November 19th, the privacy-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) platform 0xbow announced on Tuesday that it has successfully completed a seed round of funding amounting to $3.5 million. This funding round was led by Starbloom Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, BOOST VC, Status Research & Development GmbH, and several angel investors. It is reported that 0xbow had previously completed a pre-seed round of funding in 2024, and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was an investor in that round. The funds from this latest round will be utilized to expand its compliance-focused encrypted privacy technology, Privacy Pools. Privacy Pools employ smart contracts to batch process and mix user transactions, thereby obscuring on-chain linkages. At the same time, it enables users to prove their compliance with anti-money laundering and other legal frameworks. Its Associated Service Provider (ASP) system monitors deposits for suspicious activities without freezing user funds. (The

On November 19th, SharpLink (SBET) declared that the company had received 336 ETH staking rewards during the previous week. This has brought the total staking rewards to 7,403 ETH, which is equivalent to approximately $1.1 million at the current ETH price. The company noted that nearly all of the held ETH has been staked and is continuously generating rewards.

On November 19th, as monitored by Onchain Lens, the U.S. government has transferred a greater amount of seized FTX-Alameda assets. In the past 3 hours, they have made the following transfers: ? 47,063 TRX, with a value of $13,770; ? 39,396 BUSD; ? 8,686 REPV2, worth $12,770.

On November 19th, the cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken received a $200 million strategic investment from the well-known market maker Citadel Securities. This transaction appraises the exchange, which is headquartered in Wyoming, at $20 billion. Citadel Securities, as a traditional financial market maker with almost 25 years of history, this investment is regarded as a significant indication that traditional financial giants are continuously expanding into the digital asset space. The company, founded and led by Ken Griffin, is one of the largest market makers in the world. Kraken's Co-CEO, Arjun Sethi, has previously laid emphasis on the exchange's dedication to establishing a regulatory-compliant operational system. This financing will mainly be utilized to expedite its global expansion plans and further strengthen its integration with the traditional financial system.

On November 19th, Federal Reserve's Bostic expressed that he is in agreement with Powell's perspective that a rate cut in December is not a certainty. (FXStreet)

On November 19th, Trump declared that he is confident of having identified his candidate for the next Federal Reserve chairman. At the same time, he claimed that someone is preventing him from dismissing the current head of the central bank, Powell. Trump informed reporters, "I think I know my Fed choice." Nevertheless, he did not disclose the specific person. The U.S. Treasury Secretary Benson stated that he has narrowed down the candidates to current Fed governors Waller and Bowman, former Fed governor Warsh, White House National Economic Council Director Hassett, and BlackRock executive Rieder. Trump said, "We have some really excellent names. People have a great liking for them and the concepts they represent. They are very popular individuals. But we will likely adhere to the majority. I should mention that I haven't really delved into that matter yet."