Crypto News — November 13, 2026
Crypto news from Friday, November 13, 2026. The market was worth about $2.37T, with Bitcoin down 3.86% over 24 hours and sentiment at "Extreme Fear" that day. The TLT newsdesk published 121 original briefs.
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25 briefsHackers are seeking 3 Bitcoin to relinquish TSMC employee records that the chipmaker has reportedly confirmed were exposed.
BTC-4.6%Arthur Hayes says Flop Network will open its public testnet and begin an airdrop on November 24, introducing a blockchain focused on autonomous AI agents.
The Solana Foundation unveiled a toolkit for building privacy-focused AI apps with hardware verification recorded on Solana.
SOL-4.1%Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong projects $3T-$5T in AI-agent transactions by 2030 and says Coinbase Pro will return to the US market.
Polymarket is testing a rewritten trading system intended to increase processing capacity tenfold ahead of a conditional mid-December launch.
MEGA has reduced its workforce by 20% while committing $30 million to new products led by an AI inference market.
The U.S. Department of Energy is building an XRP Ledger-based system for settling energy trades, according to ZyCrypto.
XRP-0.5%ChatGPT Wallet lets AI agents use customers’ existing cards for purchases under a permission-based system.
Strategy says Bitcoin can add quantum-resistant protections if the emerging threat becomes a practical concern.
BTC-3.6%Cloudflare shares fell 4.57% even as Gartner named the company a Leader in its 2026 Edge Distribution Platforms report.
BTC-3.6%Synopsis will stage its seventh TOP Crypto Voices summit online from December 14 through December 20, 2026, featuring more than 50 industry leaders.
Gate has integrated Elysium across its Wallet, Swap, Trenches, market-data and Pro Trading products.
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GT+0.7%A broad Microsoft service disruption disrupted communications, collaboration tools and AI integrations across 74 countries before Microsoft began a wider patch rollout.
The FBI says North Korean hackers are using deceptive video calls to install malware and drain cryptocurrency holdings.
Bitcoinist reports that Lightning Labs introduced pi402 to let AI coding agents purchase computing services directly through Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
BTC-4.0%A global Microsoft 365 outage affected core workplace and AI tools as the company began a broader patch rollout.
Chainlink and Moody’s completed a testnet trial focused on sharing credit-rating information across blockchains using representative data.
LINK-2.4%Canton Strategic CEO Mark Wendland says MEV and validator tips may increase trading costs for tokenized stock issuers selecting blockchains.
CC-3.2%Helius has activated Solana Privacy Rings on the mainnet, adding confidential transfers while keeping wallet addresses visible by default.
SOL-3.0%Ethlabs has proposed post-quantum Ethereum accounts before full-scale transactions, with early users facing an undisclosed fee premium.
ETH-5.1%An upcoming XRPL software release is intended to permanently resolve intermittent slow ledger closures reported in recent weeks.
XRP-1.6%Injective is seeking approval for a November 24 network upgrade designed to support institutional assets, cross-chain trading and future privacy capabilities.
INJ+1.5%Cardano Academy and Andamio introduced a practicum that records approved participant work as blockchain-based credentials on Cardano.
ADA-1.5%Two XRPL networks will be reset on November 25, while a December 3 software update is planned to address recurring slow ledger closures.
XRP-2.8%Cryptopolitan reports that Island identified hundreds of AI-themed domains designed to resemble legitimate services and exploit user misspellings.
JST+1.4%Bitcoin
23 briefsCoinbase’s Bitcoin premium has remained negative for 51 straight days, while the latest U.S. spot ETF session brought another reported withdrawal.
BTC-3.9%Blockstream has launched a Bitcoin custody system developed with Thales that uses dedicated devices for transaction signing.
BTC-4.3%Bitcoin reached a technical level highlighted by one analyst as a possible buying area as prices fell amid ETF outflows and extreme fear.
BTC-3.7%Bitcoin fell to $68,201 as the broader crypto market weakened and the Fear & Greed index registered extreme fear.
BTC-3.9%Two Bitcoin addresses inactive since 2010 transferred 100 BTC, according to Bitcoin.com, as the broader crypto market remained under pressure.
BTC-4.1%Bitcoin traded near $68,860 after a decline linked in reporting to weakness across US crypto-linked equities, with mining shares falling more sharply.
BTC-4.1%JST-1.7%A Bitcoin Core security advisory says Tor connections could receive elevated permissions, weakening spam and privacy protections on affected nodes.
BTC-3.7%Bitcoin is trading near $68,647 after a sharp weekly decline as renewed attention turns to the risks on either side of the current market range.
BTC-4.2%Bitcoin is trading below $70,000 amid broad market weakness, while one analyst says several technical indicators point toward a possible market bottom.
BTC-4.3%Tether-backed Twenty One Capital reported $1.09 billion in quarterly net income, largely attributable to Bitcoin gains despite an operating loss.
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USDT+0.0%Anthony Pompliano said Bitcoin’s return to levels last seen about three months ago should not be overreacted to as the broader crypto market declines.
BTC-3.6%MakroVision reported renewed Bitcoin buying in two major wallet groups as the broader crypto market remained sharply lower.
BTC-5.1%Bitcoin traded near $69,125 after testing $68,000, as leveraged liquidations and weakening market liquidity intensified the downturn.
BTC-5.1%JST+0.3%Bitcoin briefly traded below a major long-term trend measure as the broader crypto market declined and sentiment registered extreme fear.
BTC-5.1%JST+0.3%The Justice Department has received court authorization to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency linked to thefts.
BTC-5.6%Bitcoin traded around its 200-week moving average after a sharp weekly decline, while one analyst identified $57.7K as a further downside risk.
BTC-5.9%Bitcoin traded below the closely watched $70,000 level as liquidations, ETF outflows and rate concerns weighed on sentiment.
BTC-4.2%MARA has disclosed more than 40,000 Bitcoin sales in 2026 as the company funds operations, debt repayment and power-infrastructure expansion.
BTC-4.9%Bitcoin traded at $68,743 after a 6.33% daily decline, with one report linking the weakness to changes in MSCI indices.
BTC-6.3%Doctor Profit is retaining his bullish long-term Bitcoin position despite a fresh 5.89% daily decline.
BTC-5.9%Two long-inactive Bitcoin addresses moved 100 BTC after 16.2 years, drawing attention as the broader crypto market remained under pressure.
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NIGHT-5.3%Bitcoin dropped below $69,000 amid a broad market decline, putting its long-term technical support in focus.
BTC-7.5%Peter Schiff questioned whether bitcoin appreciation could be enough to support Strategy’s preferred-stock payments amid consecutive losses.
BTC-7.5%Altcoins
16 briefsXRP recovered from a brief break below $1 as a broad crypto selloff pushed sentiment toward extreme fear.
XRP-2.9%Avalanche completed at least 23 million transactions during a 230-day run above 100,000 daily transactions, according to TronWeekly.
AVAX+0.3%XRP traded at $1.018 after a 13.77% weekly decline, while one analyst argued the pullback fits a decade-long rising structure.
XRP-1.6%NEAR is testing nearby resistance while its weekly decline and falling network TVL show that the recovery remains incomplete.
NEAR+2.5%XRP hovered near $1 amid a wider market decline as one technical analysis pointed to a possible fall toward $0.80.
XRP-2.4%Stellar led Solana and Ethereum in 24-hour tokenized fund capitalization growth as banks, asset managers and payment providers expanded activity on the network.
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XLM+1.6%Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says he fulfilled his roadmap commitments, while investor dissatisfaction persists amid substantial losses in ADA.
ADA+0.1%XRP exchange balances reached a one-year high even as the share of tokens untouched for more than a year approached its annual peak.
XRP-0.8%Dogecoin reached a three-year low as reported whale buying failed to reverse its decline ahead of the planned DogeOS rollout.
DOGE-1.5%Crypto Daily reports a 1,100% Avalanche upside forecast even as AVAX trades below key moving averages.
AVAX-3.9%Dogecoin declined amid broad crypto weakness, with Crypto Daily reporting that planned DogeOS layer 2 work had not generated enough demand to offset selling pressure.
DOGE-3.6%XRP is approaching the $1 psychological level after a sharp weekly decline, putting the August low near $0.985 back in focus.
XRP-2.2%Cardano fell to $0.1706 as a broad crypto decline pushed weekly losses to 7.09% amid extreme fear.
ADA-1.3%XRP is hovering near $1.03 after a steep weekly decline, with technical analysis pointing to $0.99 as an important level to monitor.
XRP-1.3%Kaspa is producing about 1.68 million KAS each day, adding a supply-side argument to a market where the token remains more than 85% below its 2024 peak.
KAS+0.8%LitecoinVM’s latest infrastructure update puts the network’s smart-contract ambitions back in focus while Litecoin remains below $50.
LTC+0.1%DeFi
12 briefsHyperliquid generated about $4.1 million in daily fees while HYPE slipped in a risk-off crypto market.
HYPE-0.7%CryptoSlate reports 883 liquidations tied to XRP loans on Base, with $53 million still exposed and broader crypto markets under pressure.
XRP-1.6%Hyperliquid generated $190.9 million in third-quarter revenue, with USDC reserve income contributing nearly half of its sequential growth.
USDC+0.0%HYPE+1.8%Hyperliquid is trading near a key support zone after a 26% decline from its peak, while protocol revenue and buybacks remain near record levels.
HYPE+1.8%Hyperliquid reported record open interest and trading participation as HYPE gained 4.49% over 24 hours.
HYPE+4.5%Jupiter rose over recent sessions even as the broader crypto market fell sharply, according to CryptoNews and live market data.
JUP+4.0%Jupiter’s new Solana lending market offers borrowing and yield opportunities tied to roughly $1.1 billion in USDGO.
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USDGO-0.0%Akash Network’s native token is now live on Solana through Sunrise, opening access to Solana’s DeFi ecosystem as the project begins its planned move away from Cosmos.
SOL-3.0%A proposal would change reserve factors across Aave markets, with an estimated $3.5 million increase in annual revenue.
AAVE-4.5%Ondo Finance and Spout Finance are enabling holders to borrow USDC against tokenized stocks on Solana.
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ONDO-6.0%A new Solana-based lending service lets users borrow USDC against tokenized stocks while ONDO trades below recent levels amid broader market weakness.
USDC+0.0%SOL-2.1%ONDO-1.8%Bitquery estimated that a hijacked Across Protocol website exposed nine wallets to $401,900 in losses, including about $305,000 tied to one Aave deposit token.
AAVE-4.2%Markets
9 briefsOutlets cited roughly 4% declines for different companies, while Bitcoin also fell amid extreme fear in a broader crypto market.
BTC-4.3%PrimeXBT is bringing its perpetual-futures model to listed companies and pre-IPO businesses through a platform offering round-the-clock access.
BTC-4.1%A single-source report points to renewed selling by a whale associated with repeated ETH pressure as Bitcoin and Ethereum decline amid extreme fear.
BTC-4.3%ETH-4.1%Wall Street headlines diverged sharply while institutional tokenization projects advanced and the broader crypto market remained under pressure.
AVAX+2.8%Bitcoin declined to $69,317 amid heavy long liquidations and broad extreme-fear conditions across the crypto market.
BTC-5.6%US spot XRP funds recorded their largest outflow since March as the token hovered near $1.04 amid broad crypto weakness.
ETH-2.2%XRP+0.2%Bitcoin fell below $69,000 as inflation concerns, ETF outflows, a stronger dollar and leveraged liquidations weighed across the crypto market.
BTC-3.7%ETH-3.4%Bitcoin and the broader crypto market declined sharply while sentiment remained firmly in extreme-fear territory.
BTC-6.8%Grayscale’s sector analysis places crypto volatility well above Bitcoin’s realized level while showing varied sensitivity to Bitcoin across industries.
BTC-3.9%Ethereum
8 briefsA reported $19.91 million Ethereum purchase lifted wallet holdings to 25,498 ETH while the broader crypto market remained under pressure.
ETH-4.3%An Ethereum Foundation-linked wallet sold 2,000 ETH as spot ETF outflows and broad market weakness pushed the asset below $2,000.
ETH-4.7%A Bitfinex analysis argues that Ethereum’s store-of-value case now rests more on resilience, decentralization and censorship resistance than on fee destruction.
ETH-4.1%The Block’s Ethereum explainer connects programmable accounts, gas fees and proof of stake to the design choices facing alternative Layer 1 networks.
ETH-2.7%BTCS sold ether below cost while managing roughly $64 million of Aave borrowing, as ETH traded near key technical levels in a sharply weaker market.
ETH-4.1%AAVE-2.6%JST-1.6%An unnamed Ethereum consensus client has merged a patch for a validator public-key cache poisoning issue ahead of Glamsterdam.
ETH-2.2%Ethereum fell roughly 5% as a technical breakdown coincided with a broader crypto selloff and extreme market fear.
ETH-4.1%Ethereum is pursuing lower transaction costs through rollups and a separate data market, while an investment fund is offering ETH holders a combined staking-and-trading product.
ETH-4.5%Regulation
8 briefsA RUSI task force says cryptocurrency money laundering is a material UK risk as the country approaches its FATF mutual evaluation.
Four nominees, including two Democrats, would place fresh leadership at the agencies central to US digital-asset policy.
The U.S. and CFTC are asking a court to block Arkansas from applying state law to Kalshi’s federally regulated event contracts.
Authorities allege a WhatsApp-based cryptocurrency trading operation moved NIS 16 million and used fictitious loan documents to obscure the proceeds.
The DOJ and CFTC are asking a federal court to stop Arkansas from enforcing state gambling law against Kalshi's prediction markets.
Coffeezilla’s investigation traces the Trump family’s expanding cryptocurrency business interests while a reported $500 million UAE deal draws attention.
The White House selected nominees for open SEC and CFTC positions, with several candidates bringing experience in digital-asset policy.
US authorities have obtained approval to seize $1.2 billion linked to the North Korea-attributed Binance hack, alongside action against a separate deepfake crypto scheme.
Stablecoins
6 briefsChainalysis data shows Western Europe’s annual crypto activity reached $2.08 trillion while stablecoin holdings rose 131%.
CryptoNews reports that WORPT now allows foreign tourists to convert USDT and USDC into baht for nationwide QR-code payments.
BTC-5.6%USDT+0.0%USDC+0.0%CryptoSlate says Circle’s reserve oversight is moving to European regulators, with France’s ACPR retaining governance duties and higher fees identified as a risk.
USDC+0.0%PNC is piloting automatic conversion of incoming Ethereum-based USDC payments into dollar deposits for eligible corporate clients.
ETH-2.3%USDC-0.0%Ripple led a 30-day ranking of stablecoin market-capitalization gains, adding $258.2 million as of November 12, 2026.
ENA-4.0%Circle and Global Citizen plan to bring USDC payments and financial education to participating Move Afrika vendors in Rwanda in 2027.
USDC-0.0%Institutional
5 briefsA third-quarter filing shows Rakuten Group holding XRP exposure through a Bitwise-managed exchange-traded fund.
XRP-2.0%Decrypt estimates that JPMorgan’s latest 13F filing exposes the bank to roughly $981 million in Bitcoin-related assets and companies.
BTC-3.9%Raymond James disclosed XRP exchange-traded fund holdings in an SEC filing as the token remained near $1 amid a 7% weekly decline.
XRP-2.4%NYSE has selected Avalanche technology for a planned tokenized securities platform, with regulatory approval still required.
AVAX-0.4%Deutsche Bank has expanded its institutional custody offering to Ethereum and Bitcoin as Ether trades below $2,000 amid broad market weakness.
BTC-4.1%ETH-3.9%Exchanges
5 briefsKraken parent Payward reported $60 million in adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter, down sharply from a year earlier but above its second-quarter result.
Payward’s third-quarter earnings weakened as reduced crypto activity and falling Bitcoin prices hit its exchange and lending businesses.
BTC-4.1%Gemini’s third-quarter 2026 trading volume increased 18% as institutional activity offset a 14% decline in retail trading.
Unocoin has suspended deposits and withdrawals while investigating BitGo-linked transfers that bypassed the platform.
Bitrue Futures will list USDT-settled MELI, SMR and EWZS perpetual futures when trading opens on November 12, 2026.
USDT+0.0%Macro
4 briefsBitcoin fell 4.63% over 24 hours as an 8% diesel decline offered little relief from persistent freight and underlying inflation pressures.
BTC-4.6%The Federal Reserve is assessing whether AI will reduce prices or prolong inflation, with implications for interest rates and crypto markets.
BTC-3.6%Bitcoin recovered toward $70,000 after a softer-than-expected US producer inflation reading, though broader market conditions remain weak.
BTC-3.6%CryptoSlate’s analysis highlights a possible cash-financing squeeze for Bitcoin even without an additional Federal Reserve rate increase.
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What happened in crypto on November 13, 2026?
The crypto market was worth about $2.37T, down 3.86% over 24 hours. TLT covered 121 stories, including: Bitcoin’s U.S. demand gap persists as BTC slides amid ETF outflows; XRP Holds Near $1 Following a Steep Weekly Decline; TSMC Data Leak Reportedly Includes 46,000 Employee Records.
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121 original briefs on November 13, 2026, covering Technology, Bitcoin, Altcoins, DeFi, Markets. Each is synthesised from multiple outlets with live market data, and links to its original sources.
This daily digest links to TLT's original briefs — each an independent summary with live market data that cites and links to its sources. Market figures reflect that day. Information only — not financial advice.