Bitcoin stabilized above $103,500 on Wednesday after briefly dropping below $104,000 the previous day. Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes maintains the bull cycle remains active despite a 27% decline over the past month. He cited potential Federal Reserve liquidity measures as a catalyst for renewed upside, though acknowledged uncertainty around timing given the ongoing US government shutdown.

Thrust, a Solana-based token launchpad, launched at Miami's Blockchain Futurist Conference on November 5–6 with Iggy Azalea as strategic partner. The platform addresses transparency concerns in celebrity-backed memecoins. Azalea's MOTHER token is scheduled to migrate to Thrust by the end of 2025.

UBS completed its first live tokenized fund transaction on the Ethereum network, marking a milestone in institutional blockchain adoption. The transaction involved the UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund Token (uMINT) and utilized Chainlink's Digital Transfer Agent technology for on-chain redemption, according to a social media post.

Investment firm Galaxy reduced its year-end 2025 Bitcoin price target to $120,000 from $185,000, reflecting structural changes driven by institutional adoption. Head of research Alex Thorn described the shift as Bitcoin entering a "maturity era," with lower volatility as ETF and traditional finance capital reshape price behavior. The firm maintains a constructive long-term outlook despite the revised forecast.

Bitcoin's social sentiment hit its third most bearish level in six months, even as on-chain metrics remain stable. BTC fell below $100,000, down roughly 20% from its all-time high. Analyst Nic Puckrin suggests this magnitude of correction may present a buying opportunity rather than signaling fundamental deterioration.

The XRP Ledger's decentralized exchange processed 954,000 transactions on November 4, marking an all-time high for the platform, data show. XRP traded at $2.21, down from over $3 in early October, highlighting a divergence between network activity and price performance.

Robinhood reported Q3 2025 revenue of $1.27 billion on November 5, doubling year-over-year and beating Wall Street's $1.19 billion estimate. Crypto trading revenue jumped over 300% to $268 million. Earnings per share reached 61 cents, up from 17 cents in Q3 2024, while net income climbed 271% to $556 million.

Balancer confirmed on November 5 that a rounding error in V2 Composable Stable Pools enabled the $128 million exploit that occurred on November 3. The vulnerability allowed attackers to manipulate batch swaps and drain funds across Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Sonic, and Avalanche. White-hat teams have recovered $33 million to date, while Balancer's Total Value Locked declined 58% from $442.96 million to $186.09 million between November 3 and November 7.