Crypto Shenanigans & Space on the Book and Other Worlds
Here’s a whirlwind tour of the most moustache-twirling headlines you might have zoned out on.
Here’s a whirlwind tour of the most moustache-twirling headlines you might have zoned out on.

This expert of numbers and convoluted financial jazz threw everything but the kitchen sink at it-from the old-fashioned Discounted Cash Flow and Price-to-Sell ratios to the more crypto-casual metrics like Total Value Locked, and even the fancy Metcalfeâs Law, which, if you ask me, sounds like a law made up after a few too many drinks. đ»
Meanwhile, Wall Streetâs been throwing money at XRP and SOL like itâs confetti at a crypto parade đđž. $600 million? Pfft. Thatâs just the price of entry if you want to pretend youâre not a fraud. But hey, CoinShares is âfocusing on higher-margin opportunitiesâ now. Translation: Theyâre probably buying a yacht and blaming the SEC. Again. đ„ïž

Amundi, the self-proclaimed custodian of âŹ2.3 trillion, now peddles âtokenized sharesâ of its AMUNDI FUNDS CASH EUR money market fund. A noble endeavor, to be sure, but one cannot help but chuckle at the irony of a $2.3 trillion empire now hitching its wagon to a blockchainâs whims. Jean-Jacques BarbĂ©ris, with the solemnity of a priest, declares this âa transformation set to accelerate.â Let us hope the acceleration doesnât resemble a rocket launch gone wrong. đ

About $32 million in Korean won (which, let’s be honest, is just a drop in the bucket for a crypto exchange) vanished in late November 2025. Upbit, ever the hero, paused deposits and withdrawals and promised to repay users from their own pockets… or maybe just from their own pocketbook. đž

BTIGâs prophets chant of a $100,000 utopia, as if the markets heed the prayers of mortals đ. Jonathan Krinsky, their soothsayer, claims a âreflex rallyâ is nigh-because nothing says âreflexâ like a chart drawn by wishful hands.
The Korean government is on a mission-think of it as their version of a crypto cleanup crew. Financial Services Commission (FSC) boss Lee Eok-won announced theyâre tightening the noose: expanding the travel rule and banning serious criminals from becoming crypto bigwigs.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has predicted that crypto-style perpetual futures will crush traditional stock exchanges. He claims equity price discovery will migrate to 24/7 crypto platforms because, apparently, humans canât function during âoff hours.â This is according to recent public statements. Classic.

Despite this shiny upward wiggle, Bitcoin’s still sittinâ below the big resistances-hiding like a shy squirrel-and having support from levels lower down thatâd make a banker blush. So, whatâs the fuss about? Well, there are two big olâ price zones-one near $84,570, where about 610,635 BTC have been shufflinâ hands (thatâs a lot of coin, even by Wall Street standards), and the other at $112,340, where about 576,252 Bitcoin last got traded. Think of these as the high-water marks in a muddy creek.
On Nov. 28, KuCoin EU announced its licensing coup, a move that would make a Victorian novelist weep at the audacity of modern commerce. With this license, they now operate across the EU like a well-dressed ghost haunting every café and village square, despite the license originating from a single market. A logistical marvel, or a regulatory farce?