Bitcoin’s Woes: A Most Unfortunate November 💸

Mr. James Harris, a gentleman of some discernment at Tesseract, informs us that while history may suggest strength during this eleventh month, such numbers are, shall we say, “skewed.” A most unfortunate term, but one that conveys a certain…artfulness in its presentation. The current market, it seems, is anything but typical. A rather convenient excuse, perhaps? 🤔

Hyperliquid Goes Bananas: Tech Giants Join Crypto Circus Amid Fake App Frenzy

Powered by Trade.xyz, a fancy layer on Hyperliquid that’s busy giving everyone the keys to the kingdom, traders can now buy perpetuals on Google at $286.78 (with a staggering $5.25 million traded in a day), and Amazon at $224.21 (about half a million traded – yawn). If you enjoy live numbers, it’s a bit like watching the stock ticker in a Vegas casino – but with more digital risk and less elegance.

Ondo’s EU Stamp of Approval Means You Can Now Tokenize Your Way to Wealth

With this precious blessing, over half a billion investors spread across 30 countries are now free to get their hands on U.S. stocks and ETFs directly via the blockchain. According to the press release (because who wouldn’t want to read it), this approval comes via a European passporting system, which means it’s all as legit as your grandma’s stamp collection. Ondo now has the green light to offer a “safe” and “regulated” way for retail investors in Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway (bless their hearts) to trade tokenized financial products. So much for keeping the old world simple.

Crypto Chaos: Cloudflare Outage Exposes Fragile Internet Infrastructure and Payment Systems

A widespread problem with Cloudflare on Tuesday caused disruptions for many websites, including popular crypto platforms and X (formerly Twitter). Some users couldn’t access these sites at all. The cryptocurrency Toncoin was also significantly affected, and sites like Arbitrum’s Arbiscan and DefiLlama experienced temporary errors. People who tried to access these services saw messages indicating the issue was due to a problem with Cloudflare’s servers.