Crypto News. November 20, 2025
Bitwise launched XRP ETF on NYSE Arca
zk privacy L2, Aztec went live on Ethereum by launching Ignition Chain on Ethereum mainnet
Coinbase expanded its onchain lending through Morpho by adding ETH-backed loans up to $1 million in USDC, after its BTC-backed product reached $1.25 billion in loans against $1.38 billion in collateral.
A Cayman Islands court blocked Maple Finance from launching a competing bitcoin product after Core Foundation claimed Maple violated their 24-month exclusivity clause by secretly building a rival service using Core’s confidential information.
Polymarket seeks to raise fresh funding at $12B valuation
Gana Payment was hacked for $3.1M on BNB
Yesterday, a member of the US congress added Pudgy Penguins as his profile picture.
Phantom added support for HyperEVM tokens
Paxos Labs launched USDGO, a L0 powered omnichain extension of the regulated USDG stablecoin, initially deploying on Hyperliquid, Plume, and Aptos.
Orderly starts daily buyback
ex BlackRock employees raise $4.6M for HelloTrade, blockchain trading platform on MegaETH
Etherfi adds support for Hyperliquid
Btcos announced their next chapter is programmable Bitcoin, with their BOS token connecting UTXO blockchains to make Cardano Bitcoin’s smart contract layer via zkBTC in 2026 and integrate Litecoin through LitecoinVM into a unified DeFi system.
Heaven dex announced v2
Ventuals announced Maker Points Program
The XRP ETF launch on NYSE is huge for mainstream adoption. Exciting to see Aztec's zk privacy L2 go live too, privacy solutons are becomng more critical. The Cardano integration with Bitcoin through zkBTC sounds ambicious, curious to see how that developes.