He said the US would struggle to defend the island in a conflict with China, pointing to the distance problem: China is huge, Taiwan is a small island roughly 100 km from the mainland, while the US is around 15,300 km away.
He also repeated that Taiwan “stole” America’s chip industry because of weak US presidents - another direct shot at the island’s core strategic advantage.
For TSMC, the message is getting clearer: moving more production to the US is no longer just about business expansion. It is becoming a geopolitical insurance policy. #Geopolitics #chinavsusa
Spot $gold hit $4,561.90 intraday (Bloomberg) before profit-taking, up 2.63% but unable to sustain the move amid dollar strength.
Real yields rising 20bp+ this week mathematically erode gold’s opportunity cost.
Yet physical demand from central banks remains structural. Strategic takeaway: treat gold as a volatility hedge, not a directional bet.
When $Oil and yields move in tandem, gold’s beta to risk assets flips negative short-term.
Opportunity: buy dips below $4,500 only if 10-year real yields peak; otherwise rotate into energy equities offering 4-6% dividend yields plus commodity leverage.
The math is unforgiving – real rates above 2.5% cap gold’s upside until the Fed pivots.
💰 Almost all leading Bitcoin traders on Hyperliquid are currently holding short positions.
🤖 AI-powered hacks stole nearly $600 million in just two attacks last month; investigators link these vulnerabilities to North Korean hacking groups.
🇲🇲 In Myanmar, they're proposing life imprisonment for organizing fraudulent schemes and the death penalty for forcing people to work in fraudulent call centers.
🇸🇻 El Salvador continues to buy 1 $BTC every day. The country's balance sheet already holds 7,652 BTC, worth $604 million. In 2021, Bitcoin became an official means of payment.
👀 Take a break from your schedule and spend this weekend in nature 🔥
$Gold at $4,556 Holds the Line—But $Copper's 3.27% Drop Screams Demand Warning
Spot gold held 4,555.80 while copper tanked to 1,340.10 (-3.27%) despite hedge funds lifting bullish bets to five-month highs.
Inflation hedge bid met real-economy reality: China property data still soft. Gold's 2.63% weekly gain tracks the bond rout perfectly—r-squared 0.82 with real yields. #GOLD #Copper
🫠 Good afternoon, friends! The market is once again seeing negative records at the end of the year, with Bitcoin falling to $89,000!
🤑 $BTC $90,824
🤑 $ETH $3,027
🤑 $SOL $136
🤑 TON $1.79
💰 Large investors are buying bitcoins at a reduced price, while small holders are getting rid of them. The number of wallets containing more than 1,000 bitcoins increased by 2.2% to 1,384, which is the highest figure in four months.
🇸🇻 Against the backdrop of a decline, El Salvador bought 1,090 BTC for its reserves, and the country is also buying 1 BTC daily.
🪙 CoinMarketCap introduced the CMC20 token, which will be pegged to the exchange rate of a basket of the 20 largest cryptocurrencies.
🇺🇸 TON Hub has been launched in the US, and the company will promote Telegram's blockchain features.
🌐 The Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange is opening spot trading for the TON-USD pair today.
🎁 On November 17, 16 Plush Pepe were sold for $139,992.
👀 Everything is as usual: while some are selling, others are buying. The fear index is at its limit. Only the strong will win!
Vitalik Buterin presented the Kohaku privacy framework at Devcon. Developed by the Ethereum Foundation, this open-source project offers modular on-chain privacy and security tools, with current modules incorporating technologies like Railgun and Privacy Pools. Kohaku aims to enable optional privacy features for $ETH -linked wallets, and the team is also considering future integrations such as mixnets and zero-knowledge–powered browsers.
Strategy purchased 8,178 $BTC for roughly $835.6 million, at an average price of about $102,171 per coin, and has generated a 27.8% BTC yield year-to-date in 2025. As of November 16, 2025, the firm holds 649,870 $BTC , acquired for approximately $48.37 billion at an average cost of $74,433 per bitcoin.
Blockchain detective ZachXBT called a Cardano holder the “clown of the day” after he managed to lose $6 million by swapping 14.4 million ADA ($6.9 million) for 847,000 USDA (Cardano’s dollar stablecoin).
The reason for such an unfavorable exchange was the low liquidity in the pool, which caused a sudden temporary price spike.
Adding to the drama is the fact that this user had held his coins for 5 years without a single movement before this.
Olaf Sleijpen, governor of the Dutch central bank and a member of the ECB, cautioned that a run on stablecoins could compel the ECB to change its interest rate trajectory, potentially impacting Europe’s broader economy and inflation outlook. He pointed out that U.S. dollar stablecoins have grown 48% this year, now exceeding $300 billion in circulation. According to Sleijpen, if investors were to redeem large amounts of stablecoins backed by U.S. Treasuries, it could trigger swift Treasury sell-offs and create significant systemic risks worldwide.
📉 $BTC Bounce Breaker: Strategy Echoes Signal Sell-the-Rip Era
Bear Trap Trigger: Bounce zone shattered – dip-buy dogma dead?
Harness this shift to sell high in crypto's new grim reality.
$BTC plunged 10% weekly to $96,600, snapping below 50-week SMA support ($102,868 now resistance), invalidating bullish demand zones in a MicroStrategy-like bear breach.
Trader confidence erodes, flipping "buy dips" to "sell rips" amid pattern failure. Drivers: Liquidity crunch, ETF hesitation, broader equity wobbles. Sustained closes above SMA needed for recovery; downside eyes $93K. Outlook: Extended sell-off risks without catalyst, but oversold RSI (28) hints tactical bounces.
☀️ Good afternoon, friends! Stability is a sign of mastery, and it seems that the market is currently adhering to this principle!
🤑 $BTC $95,585
🤑 $ETH $3192
🤑 $SOL $142
🤑 TON $1.83
💰 Crypto company executives are speculating on Bitcoin falling below $94,000, citing outflows from ETFs, whale sell-offs, and geopolitical tensions.
🪙 An Ethereum ICO wallet containing 1,000 ETH, which had been inactive for over 10 years, just moved 200 ETH ($626,000). The ICO investment was $310, and now it is valued at $3.13 million, representing a 10,097x return.
🤦♂️ A Cardano holder with five years of experience accidentally lost 90% of $6.9 million in ADA, turning it into just $847,000 in USDA stablecoins after using an extremely illiquid trading pool.
💎 According to DefiLlama, tokens worth more than $161 million will be unlocked this week. The largest amount, $66.95 million, will be unlocked in TON on November 22.
🎁 On November 16, 20 Plush Pepe were sold for $195,146.
👀 Call of Odin's game should launch today, unless it gets postponed again!
🙃 Good afternoon, friends! How is your weekend going?
🤑 $BTC $96,131
🤑$ETH $3,219
🤑 $SOL $142
🤑 TON $1.85
🪙 The fourth quarter of this year is already worse for BTC than in 2022 and 2019. Bitcoin will wipe out $2.7 billion in short positions if it rises 4%. A 10% increase would result in a loss of $5.5 billion.
🪙 BitMine just changed its CEO, and its Ethereum reserves exceeded $11 billion.
🪙 Yesterday, the net inflow of funds to Solana spot ETFs was $12 million. Thus, the inflow of funds has continued for 13 days in a row, while spot ETFs on Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to record outflows.
🎁 On November 15, 37 Plush Pepe were sold for $521,553.
👀 The auction for the rarest gift, with 1,000 items available, ended with an average bid of 335,782 Stars ~$5,020. I think this gift must have some utility, it's not as simple as it seems at first glance!
Tether is reportedly in discussions to lead a €1 billion funding round for the German start-up Neura Robotics, a deal that could value the company between €8 billion and €10 billion. The move aligns with Tether’s strategy to broaden its investments in emerging technologies. Neura, which secured €120 million in funding earlier this year, is now gearing up to ramp up production of its humanoid robots designed for both industrial and domestic applications.