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Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and head of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, reaffirmed the right to crypto self-custody and privacy in financial transactions. “I’m a freedom maximalist,” Peirce told The Rollup podcast on Friday, while saying that self-custody of assets is a fundamental human right. She added: “Why should I have to be forced to go through someone else to hold my assets? It baffles me that in this country, which is so premised on freedom, that would even be an issue — of course, people can hold their own assets.”…

Ethereum price has slipped in the past few months, coinciding with the ongoing crypto market crash. Summary Ethereum price has formed the bullish falling wedge pattern. The network will launch the Fusaka upgrade on Wednesday. Tom Lee’s BitMine has continued buying ETH tokens this year. Ethereum (ETH) token was trading at an important support level at $3,000 on Sunday, down by nearly 40% from its highest level this year. Still, the token has numerous catalysts that may boost its price in the coming weeks. One of the main catalysts is the upcoming Fusaka upgrade, which will happen on December 3…

Crypto majors see more green; Bitcoin at $118,800. ZCash continues to lead, soaring 50% to $140. US government shutdown pauses ETF approvals. Lighter leaves private beta, opens Perps platform to public. Polymarket eyes US return as soon as today. PNKSTR jumps 50% to $140M as other NFT Strategies boom. Crypto majors are green again continuing the shutdown rally; BTC +2% at $118,800, ETH +2% at $4,380, XRP +1% at $2.99, SOL +4% at $225. ZEC (+50%), DEXE (+30%) and SPX (+17%) led top movers. Zcash rocketed ~63% to a three-year high, as traders (and Naval) pitch privacy coin as “insurance”…

Rumors of taxing stablecoin flows in Brazil have sparked a debate between some lawmakers and the Ministry of Finance. While the ministry is preparing a normative act on the subject, lawmakers say they will oppose any such proposal. Faceoff: Stablecoin Taxation Stirs Discussion In Brazil The Facts An upcoming proposal that aims to tax stablecoin flows as remittances is brewing discord among the ranks of the Brazilian government, as the Ministry of Finance prepares to take action. According to reports from Valor Econômico, some members of the Brazilian Congress oppose this measure, which is under preparation and would be enacted…

Ethereum developers are preparing for the network’s second upgrade of 2025 to go live on the blockchain’s mainnet on Wednesday. Fusaka – a blend of the names Fulu + Osaka – consists of two upgrades happening on Ethereum’s consensus and execution layers at the same time. The goal of the upgrade is to enable Ethereum to handle the large transaction throughput from the layer-2 chains that use the blockchain as their base layer. Fusaka consists of 12 code changes, also known as “Ethereum Improvement Proposals” (EIPs) that will make the layer-2 experience faster and cheaper. The biggest change in Fusaka…

After years of enforcement-first oversight, the U.S. is moving toward written crypto rules. In that shift, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said 2025 is the year financial policy turns the page. SEC Stance Shift 2025 Peirce described a clear pivot at the agency. She said the SEC is building durable rules for token issuance and exchanges. She stressed that a formal framework is overdue and that clarity now supports institutions that already want to take part. Peirce also explained that the market lived too long under case-driven enforcement. She pointed to the new Crypto Task Force work as the internal path…

The native token of the Ethereum network, Ether (ETH), is undervalued in nine out of 12 commonly used valuation models, according to Ki Young Ju, a market analyst and CEO of crypto market analysis platform CryptoQuant. A composite “fair value” using all 12 valuation models prices ETH at about $4,836, an over 58% gain compared to its price at the time of this writing. Each valuation model was rated on a three-tiered scale for reliability, with three being the most reliable. Eight out of the 12 models feature a reliability rating of at least two. “These models were built by…

It is not going to be a quiet December in the nation’s Capitol. In the coming weeks leading to the holiday season, expect crypto activity to be stirring as hopes for passage of digital assets market structure legislation dwindles. But all is not lost. Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott is optimistic about committee votes of the two Senate bills in December. He shared this sentiment in a news interview two weeks ago. “Next month, we believe we can mark up and vote in both committees and get this to the floor of the Senate early next year so that President…

Ether is trading at $3,034 on Nov. 30 as futures and options markets show concentrated activity across CME, Binance, and Deribit, signaling a tightly balanced derivatives environment heading into December. Ether Derivatives Activity Builds With Strong Participation Across CME and Deribit Ether’s derivatives markets are posting steady engagement this week, with total ethereum futures open interest hovering near $36.49 billion across exchanges. Aggregate open interest stands at roughly 12.04 million ETH, with CME, Binance, and OKX continuing to anchor the top tier in notional positioning, according to coinglass.com stats. CME maintains 2.17 million ETH in open interest, representing $6.57 billion…

Mainland China has reiterated its anti-crypto stance, vowing to intensify its crackdown on speculation in virtual currencies, according to a report by China Daily. Virtual currencies lack the legal status of fiat money and cannot be used as currency in markets. All related activities qualify as illegal financial operations, officials from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), Ministry of Public Security, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, and other agencies stressed during an inter-agency meeting convened on Friday. Officials warned of a recent surge in speculative trading, which poses new financial risks and challenges. Beijing has long upheld an anti-crypto stance, targeting…