CME Group suspended trading on its Globex platform following a cooling system malfunction at CyrusOne data centers. The outage affected futures and options contracts across equities, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. Support teams worked to resolve the technical issue as trading remained halted.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 128 ETH to Session, a privacy-focused encrypted messaging platform, on November 26, 2025. The contribution, valued at approximately $390,000, supports development of permissionless account creation and metadata privacy features. Session Technology Foundation President Alex Linton explained how the platform's decentralized architecture addresses privacy vulnerabilities without requiring phone numbers or centralized approval systems.

Spain's Sumar Parliamentary Group has submitted amendments to increase taxation on digital assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum. The proposal would shift crypto gains from the current savings tax rate capped at 30% to the general Personal Income Tax rate of up to 47%. The amendments, presented to the Congress of Deputies this month, also include provisions for a visual risk assessment system for cryptocurrency platforms.

Families of victims from the October 2023 Hamas attack have filed a federal lawsuit against Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao, alleging the exchange facilitated over $1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions to Hamas and other terror groups. The complaint, filed in North Dakota federal court on Monday, accuses the platform of deliberately evading U.S. sanctions and regulatory oversight through weak identity controls and pooled wallet systems. The lawsuit involves 306 American plaintiffs representing families affected by the attack that resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths and over 250 hostages.

Solana-based meme coin platform Pump.fun has withdrawn $436.5 million USDC since October 15, data show. The platform transferred 405 million USDC to Kraken over the past week. During the same period, 466 million USDC moved from Kraken to Circle. The PUMP token has declined 24% in seven days.

U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net outflows of $903 million on November 20, 2025, marking the second-largest single-day withdrawal since their January 2024 launch. Ethereum ETFs posted $262 million in outflows the same day, extending their losing streak to eight consecutive sessions. The outflows come as institutional investors take profits and adopt risk-off positioning ahead of year-end, according to market analysts.

The defunct Mt. Gox exchange transferred 10,422.6 BTC valued at $936 million to an unmarked wallet address on Tuesday, data show. This represents the first major movement from the exchange's holdings in eight months. Mt. Gox currently retains approximately 34,689 BTC worth about $3.12 billion.

El Salvador purchased 1,098.19 BTC over a seven-day period, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 7,474.37 BTC valued at $688 million, data show. The nation added 1,091 BTC on Tuesday as part of its ongoing daily accumulation strategy initiated in November 2022.

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net outflows of $1.11 billion during the week ending November 14, 2025, data show. BlackRock's IBIT fund led withdrawals with $532.41 million in net outflows. Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust saw nearly $290 million in net weekly outflows, while total net assets under management for spot Bitcoin ETFs reached $125.34 billion.