The US Department of Justice filed civil forfeiture complaints targeting over $15 million in Tether connected to North Korea's state-backed hacking group APT38. The FBI initially seized the USDT in March 2025, tracing it to four cryptocurrency platform breaches in 2023. Separately, five individuals pleaded guilty to helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US companies through fraudulent remote work schemes.

XRP spot exchange flow volumes surged 2,490% within an eight-hour period, data show. Net inflows totaled $13.97 million over the past 24 hours, with outflows of $247.28 million against inflows of $261.24 million. The spike coincided with broader market volatility that triggered over $1.2 billion in liquidations.

XRP fell approximately 8% following the debut of its first spot exchange-traded fund on Nasdaq, despite attracting $245 million in inflows on its launch day. The decline surprised market participants who had anticipated an immediate price rally after the ETF's introduction. Trading volume reached nearly $60 million during the initial session.

Helium (HNT), a decentralized physical infrastructure network operating on Solana, has gained over 16% in the past month following the launch of its buyback program on October 20. The initiative has been repurchasing approximately $30,000 worth of tokens monthly using collected network fees. Trading activity shows buyside orders at $1.47 million exceeding sellside at $1.32 million over the past week.

The Canary XRP ETF (XRPC) began trading on Nasdaq on its launch day, becoming the first single-token spot ETF for XRP in the United States. The fund recorded a net inflow of $243 million on its second trading day. XRP was priced at $2.21 with a market capitalization of $132.88 billion, data show.

Zcash has climbed 30.72% to $673 following three consecutive days of gains, with trading volume surging 82%. The rally comes ahead of next week's launch of shielded ZEC purchases through Zashi Wallet, which will enable private cryptocurrency swaps using Near Intent technology.

The Ethereum Foundation has published a Trustless Manifesto authored by researchers Yoav Weiss and Marissa, endorsed by co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The document stresses self-custody, verifiability, and resistance to centralized shortcuts. It warns that infrastructure choices favoring convenience can gradually undermine Ethereum's permissionless architecture.

Institutional investors have continued to allocate capital to Solana and XRP exchange-traded products despite recent weakness in cryptocurrency markets. Canary's XRP ETF recorded $245 million in net inflows on its first trading day, setting a 2025 record for ETF launches across all asset classes, according to Farside Investors data. Bitwise's Solana fund added $12 million on November 14, bringing weekly inflows to $46 million without experiencing any outflows since its debut three weeks earlier.