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Владельцы криптовалюты в России все чаще сталкиваются с гибридными атаками, когда взломы кошельков сопровождаются похищениями и угрозами физической расправы, сообщили опрошенные изданием «Деловой Петербург» эксперты.

An Asian Ethereum DAT project that was on the way has been cancelled after the bearish price trajectory, as reported by Wu Blockchain.

Ethereum DAT Project By Leading Asian Whales Has Been Canned

Last month, Bloomberg reported that some influential investors in Asia were gearing up to launch an Ethereum trust. The group involved the likes of Li Lin, founder of Huobi cryptocurrency exchange, Shen Bo, co-founder of Fenbushi Capital, and Xiao Feng, chairman and CEO of HashKey Group.

At the time, the investors were in talks to acquire a NASDAQ-listed entity to facilitate the digital-asset treasury (DAT) structure, with the project already boasting a backing of $1 billion.

According to a report from Wu Blockchain, however, that project has now been cancelled. “The US$1 billion Ethereum DAT proposed by leading Asian crypto investors has been shelved, and the committed capital has been returned,” wrote Wu Blockchain.

Of the $1 billion backing, $200 million came from investment firm Avenir Capital alone, of which Huobi’s Li is a chairman. Another $500 million was provided by Asian institutional investors like HongShan Capital Group.

Popularized by Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), a DAT company is a public entity that makes a digital-asset reserve its main business. Earlier, firms mostly focused on using Bitcoin in this type of strategy, but 2025 has seen a push into altcoins like Ethereum and Solana.

BitMine, which is currently the largest ETH DAT and second-largest overall after Strategy, adopted its ETH reserve strategy in June of this year. According to a Monday press release, the company holds 3,559,879 tokens, bought for a total of $11.1 billion.

Unlike BitMine, the Asia-led DAT project appears to have been halted before it could launch. “Sources said the plan was halted mainly due to the market downturn following the sharp October 11 sell-off,” revealed Wu Blockchain.

Ethereum has been in freefall alongside the wider cryptocurrency sector since this crash, with its price being down over 38% compared to its October high. As a result, BitMine’s holdings have gone underwater. At the current exchange rate, its holdings are valued at $10.3 billion, roughly 7% below cost basis.

The ETH network as a whole has its average cost basis (“Realized Price“) located at $2,316, as CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn has pointed out in an X post.

Given this, the average investor is still in a profit of about 24%. Earlier, when Ethereum was trading around its high, profitability reached an extreme level. So compared to that, there has been a bit of a cooldown. “Momentum is cooling off as the market takes a breather,” noted Maartunn.

ETH Price

Ethereum has suffered another 5% drop in the past day that has sent its price to $2,880.

Создатель Эфириума Виталик Бутерин выступил на конференции Devconnect в Буэнос-Айресе и предупредил, что квантовые компьютеры могут взломать криптографическую защиту Биткоина и других блокчейнов уже к 2028 году.

Ситуация на рынке вызывает опасения, а инвесторы и трейдеры биткоина «ловят падающие ножи», пытаясь предугадать дальнейшее движение котировок актива, заявили аналитики компании K33 Research.

В криптоиндустрии наблюдается высокий интерес к ETF, а наибольшую популярность получила спотовая разновидность биржевых фондов. Однако есть и другие ETF, которые не уступают последним, а в каких-то вопросах даже их превосходят. Одни из них — индексные биржевые фонды.

The recent crypto crackdown from the Democratic party, spearheaded by crypto-skeptic Senator Elizabeth Warren, may cast a shadow over the future of the decentralized exchange (DEX) Hyperliquid (HYPE). 

This heightened scrutiny stems from concerns surrounding the crypto ventures associated with President Donald Trump’s family, specifically focusing on World Liberty Financial (WLFI).

National Security Concerns Over WLFI’s Sales

In a letter dated Tuesday, US Senators Warren and Jack Reed, who serve on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, expressed apprehensions that WLFI might pose national security risks. 

The letter, which was exclusively obtained by CNBC and addressed to Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, outlined the senators’ belief that World Liberty Financial lacks sufficient safeguards to prevent malicious actors from manipulating funds or exerting influence over its governance.

The senators referenced a report by the nonprofit watchdog Accountable.US, which indicated that WLFI had sold its WLFI tokens to “various highly suspicious entities.” 

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT brought attention to the fact that WLFI raised an impressive $550 million during its token sale, but the senators accused it of having raised around $10,000 from illicit sources. 

ZachXBT noted that this figure represents merely 0.0018% of the total World Liberty Financial token sale, highlighting the disproportionate nature of the allegations.

The investigator expressed concern over the potential misuse of “weak illicit funds” arguments by US regulators against the crypto industry. He suggested that if the actions against WLFI prove successful, Hyperliquid could become a target next. 

While ZachXBT did not provide specific reasons for why Hyperliquid might be affected, speculation surrounds WLFI’s native token trading on the Hyperliquid platform. 

Moreover, Hyperliquid recently incurred a loss of $4.9 million due to the external manipulation of the POPCAT token, where attackers artificially inflated the token’s price using $3 million in Circle’s USDC stablecoin, which could also catch the Senator’s attention if any action against the exchange materializes. 

Hyperliquid Unveils ‘Growth Mode

Despite the challenges, Hyperliquid introduced a new feature under its HIP-3 upgrade framework, aimed at significantly reducing trading fees for newly launched markets. 

Dubbed “growth mode,” this upgrade reduces all-in taker fees by more than 90%, a move designed to accelerate liquidity formation and incentivize market makers engaging in nascent perpetual contracts.

Since its launch, Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, has experienced notable growth, skyrocketing by 1,000%. This surge has elevated Hyperliquid to rank as the 18th largest cryptocurrency in the world, boasting a market capitalization of $10 billion.

However, when writing, HYPE trades at $37.31, recording losses of over 9% in the past fourteen days. After reaching a record high of $59.30 earlier this year, the token has retraced by almost 37%, in line with the broader crypto market’s correction. 

Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com 

On-chain data shows XRP retail investors are up 60% even after the market downturn. Here’s how the figure compares for Bitcoin and Ethereum.

XRP Retail Realized Price Puts Profit Margin Around 60%

In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has discussed how retail profitability compares between the top assets in the sector: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. Retail investors refer to the smallest of entities in the market, who don’t hold a significant balance on an individual level (typically less than $1,000). To calculate the profit-loss balance of this cohort, Glassnode has made use of the Realized Price indicator.

The Realized Price measures the average cost basis or acquisition level of a given segment of the network. When the asset’s spot price trades above this level, it means the group is in a state of net unrealized gain. On the other hand, it being under the metric implies the dominance of loss among the cohort members.

First, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Realized Price for the retail investors on the XRP network:

As displayed in the above graph, XRP has witnessed bearish price action recently, but its price still has a notable gap over the Realized Price of the retail entities. More specifically, this group is in an average profit of 60% right now. Ethereum retail holders are also in the green, but their profitability isn’t quite as good, sitting at 40%.

 

Both XRP and Ethereum, however, pale in comparison to Bitcoin. Even after the price crash, BTC retail addresses are still in an average profit of more than 100%.

Now, what are retail investors doing with their profits? On-chain analytics firm Santiment has shed light on the matter in an X post. As the chart below for the holdings of this cohort shows, selling has occurred on all three networks recently.

Bitcoin retail was accumulating until the latest price plunge, but this bearish wave has spooked them into selling 0.36% of their supply over the last five days, which is the highest rate of distribution in two months. Ethereum retail has been exiting for a while now, and the trend has only continued during the past month as the cohort’s holdings have gone down by 0.90%. XRP’s small hands have shown a more mixed behavior, first participating in a sharp selloff, and then following on with slight accumulation. Overall, the group’s supply is down 1.38% since the start of November.

“Prices move the opposite direction of small wallets’ behavior,” noted Santiment. “So we’re keeping an eye on retail traders continuing to panic sell as a positive sign for crypto’s recovery.”

XRP Price

XRP has fallen alongside the rest of the market as its price has returned to $2.13.