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📌 Price Action
📌 Billionaire Michael Saylor’s Strategy Adds $835.6M in Bitcoin at $102K Average
The firm acquired 8,178 BTC for $835.6 million at an average price of $102,171 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses.
The latest buying spree brings Strategy’s total bitcoin holdings to 649,870 BTC as of November 16, 2025, purchased at an aggregate cost of $48.37 billion at an average price of $74,433 per Bitcoin.
📌 Malaysia Loses $1.1 Billion to Crypto Mining Electricity Theft
Malaysia's national utility TNB lost over $1.1 billion to illegal electricity theft by crypto miners between 2020 and August 2024, with enforcement agencies seizing mining equipment across 13,827 premises.
The energy and water transformation ministry revealed these findings in a parliamentary reply dated Tuesday, noting that TNB has been working with multiple enforcement agencies to combat the theft.
While crypto mining itself is not illegal in Malaysia, tampering with electricity meters or bypassing connections violates the Electricity Supply Act.
📌 El Salvador Buys the Dip, Accumulates 1,098 BTC in 7 Days
El Salvador is maintaining its Bitcoin accumulation strategy amid the market dip. The Central American nation added 1091 BTC on Tuesday, worth nearly $100 million, per Bitcoin Office data.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele posted a screenshot on X showing the government’s Bitcoin treasury holdings. El Salvador has purchased 1098.19 BTC over the past 7 days, increasing its total holdings to 7474.37 BTC, worth $688 million.
📌 Blockchain Analytics Platform DappRadar To Shut Down Operations, Cites Financial Strain
DappRadar, a mainstay of Web3 analytics and discovery since 2018, will shut down operations, saying the platform has become financially unsustainable despite exploring alternatives.
Market headwinds appear to have hit analytics firms hard, squeezing revenue and costs, prompting DappRadar’s founders to call the shutdown difficult but necessary.
📌 Mastercard Selects Polygon to Power Verified Username Transfers for Self-Custody Wallets
Global payment leader Mastercard, Polygon Labs and Mercuryo have announced Tuesday they are extending Mastercard Crypto Credential to self-custody wallets, adding username-style aliases intended to eliminate the need for long alphanumeric wallet addresses.
Mastercard said it chose Polygon as the first blockchain to support the initiative, pointing to the network’s speed, reliability and suitability for payments infrastructure. Mercuryo will serve as the initial issuer responsible for verifying users and enabling the creation of new Crypto Credential aliases.
📌 The OCC Clears U.S. Banks to Hold Crypto on Balance Sheets for On-chain Operations
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has formally cleared national banks in the United States to hold cryptocurrency on their balance sheets and spend it, marking the biggest policy shift for the banking sector’s relationship with digital assets since 2020.
The decision, published in a new interpretive letter, overturns years of restrictive guidance and opens the door for major banks to engage directly with public blockchain networks.
📌 Masked Robbers Steal £1.5M in Crypto and Luxury Watch in Oxford Heist
Masked robbers stole a £450,000 watch and forced a victim to transfer £1.1 million in crypto during a car ambush in Oxford. Police are seeking footage of three vehicles linked to the attack.
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and kidnap, though all have been released on bail.
📌 Bitcoin Core Passes First-Ever Public Security Audit With Flying Colors
Bitcoin Core has successfully completed its first public third-party security audit in the software’s 16-year history, with auditors finding no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities in the reference implementation that secures trillions of dollars in network value.
The audit identified only two low-severity issues and 13 informational recommendations, none of which were classified as security vulnerabilities under Bitcoin Core’s criteria.
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