World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency project backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, has formed partnerships with Bonk and Raydium to integrate its USD1 stablecoin into Solana's DeFi ecosystem. The collaboration aims to position USD1 as a competitor to USDC, which holds over $9 billion of Solana's $14.12 billion stablecoin supply, according to the announcement made on November 5.

Ripple closed a $500 million funding round on November 5, 2025, at a $40 billion valuation, led by Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities. Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard, and Marshall Wace joined the investment. The financing represents one of the largest private rounds in the blockchain sector this year.

Litecoin traded near $88 with a 3% daily gain following two major developments. The SEC approved the Canary Litecoin ETF, marking the first spot LTC fund available to institutional investors. Separately, Litecoin creator Charlie Lee joined SilentSwap as strategic advisor to advance privacy-focused cross-chain solutions.

Aster DEX enabled its native ASTER token as collateral for perpetual trading with an 80% margin ratio on November 5. The platform's announcement came three days after Binance founder Changpeng Zhao disclosed purchasing approximately $2 million worth of ASTER tokens on November 2.

Stream Finance suspended operations after a $93 million loss tied to an external asset manager exploit. The incident caused its xUSD stablecoin to depeg to $0.30, prompting concerns among XRP community members about indirect exposure through Midas's mXRP vaults.

Ethereum is trading above $3,300 after briefly touching the $3,000 support level on Tuesday. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has declined 17% over the past seven days. Technical indicators suggest a potential rebound toward $3,600 if key support levels hold.

Franklin Templeton filed an amended S-1 with the SEC, removing procedural delay provisions to expedite approval of its XRP exchange-traded fund before November's end. The revision follows approval strategies used for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs earlier in 2025. XRP currently trades at $2.24 with a market capitalization of approximately $134.7 billion.

Ethereum's daily active addresses declined 17% from a July peak of 589,000 to 488,000, while Solana recorded a 30% monthly drop in Q3 2025, according to data from institutional DeFi solutions provider Sentora. The memecoin sector saw sharper contractions, with Pepe's active users falling 85%. The firm characterized the decline as part of a broader six-month altcoin slowdown, with on-chain metrics signaling reduced user engagement across major networks.