Microsoft has committed to investing up to $5 billion in Anthropic as part of a new partnership that also includes Nvidia, according to JinShi. Anthropic pledged to acquire $30 billion in Azure computing capacity under the agreement. The collaboration will expand enterprise access to Anthropic's Claude AI models, with Microsoft Azure AI Foundry customers gaining access to the Frontier Claude models.

Centralized exchanges recorded a combined net inflow of 3,943.14 BTC on Nov. 18, Coinglass data show. Binance led with a net inflow of 6,295.52 BTC, followed by Bitfinex at 4,210.09 BTC and Bybit at 1,568.69 BTC. Coinbase Pro recorded the largest outflow at 6,826.53 BTC during the same period.

Bitcoin dropped below $91,000 on Nov. 18, down 3.37% over 24 hours, HTX market data show. The decline reflects broader market volatility during the trading period.

Coinglass data show cumulative short liquidation intensity across major centralized exchanges would reach $1.055 billion if Ethereum breaks above $3,150, as of Nov. 18. Long liquidation intensity would hit $797 million should ETH fall below $2,950. Liquidation charts reflect relative cluster strength rather than exact contract values, indicating potential market impact at key price levels.

Deutsche Börse Group signed an agreement with Société Générale FORGE on Nov. 18 to integrate regulated EUR and USD stablecoins into post-trade infrastructure systems of Europe's largest financial market, BlockBeats reports. The integration will incorporate SG-FORGE's EUR and USD CoinVertible tokens into Deutsche Börse's post-trade operations, including the Clearstream settlement system. The partnership enables banks and market participants to settle transactions using tokenized cash within a regulated framework, with counterparties able to transfer cash and securities simultaneously on a shared ledger for instant settlement. The initial phase will test CoinVertible as a settlement asset and explore its role in collateral workflows and liquidity management functions.

BlackRock-linked addresses deposited 3,064 BTC valued at $280 million and 64,707 ETH valued at $198.7 million to Coinbase on November 18, on-chain data show. The combined transfer totaled approximately $480 million across both digital assets.

Social media platform X and cloud service provider Cloudflare experienced service outages on Nov. 18, DownDetector data show. Cloudflare said it is investigating an issue that may affect multiple clients.

Two U.S. senators have urged the Department of Justice and Treasury to investigate World Liberty Financial, a crypto company controlled by the Trump family, over alleged connections to illicit actors from North Korea and Russia, CNBC reports. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), ranking members of the Senate Banking Committee, raised concerns Tuesday that the firm may pose national security risks due to insufficient safeguards against bad actors transferring funds or influencing governance. The senators cited a September report by nonprofit watchdog Accountable.US, which claimed World Liberty Financial sold its WLFI tokens to various highly questionable entities, including traders linked on-chain to North Korean hacker groups, a sanctioned Russian ruble-backed sanctions evasion tool, Iranian crypto exchanges, and laundering platform Tornado Cash.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell below their 50-day moving averages on Nov. 18 for the first time in 138 trading sessions, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its worst three-day decline since April. The Monday sell-off extended across gold, cryptocurrencies, and technology stocks as investors liquidated positions ahead of key tests on whether the AI-driven rally and economic growth that propelled markets to consecutive records in 2025 can continue into the new year.