News Forecast:

• Cronos (CRO) will unlock about 1.17 billion tokens on November 16, valued at around $50.7 million;
• Russia's cryptocurrency retail trading rules will be implemented starting November 17;
• Binance Wallet's Predict (PREDICT) TGE event will resume at 17:00 on November 18;
• NVIDIA will announce its fiscal year 2027 Q3 earnings report on November 18 at dawn;
• The Federal Reserve will release the minutes of the October monetary policy meeting at 3 AM on November 19;
• Anthropic is expected to start trading on NASDAQ in the evening of November 19;
• LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock about 23.29 million tokens on November 20, valued at approximately $33.74 million.

November 16

Exchanges:

Upbit will terminate trading support for Sophon (SOPH) on November 16 at 14:00

Upbit announced it will terminate trading support for the SOPH/KRW, SOPH/BTC, and SOPH/USDT trading pairs on November 16 at 14:00 Beijing time, and cancel any unfulfilled orders at that time. The exchange stated that issues with disclosures on major events, adjustments to circulation plans, and transparency of procedures have not been resolved, leading to this decision. SOPH withdrawal support will remain until December 16.

MEXC's final withdrawal date from the Dutch market is November 16

MEXC has announced its exit from the Dutch market, with the final withdrawal arrangement taking place on November 16. The platform previously required local users to transfer assets by October 31 and suspended fiat services in the Netherlands on March 20 of this year. The MEXC user agreement lists 13 other jurisdictions where services are banned, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan.

Coinbase CEO's stock sale plan will enter the expected execution period on November 16

Coinbase's quarterly report shows that CEO Brian Armstrong had previously established a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, with an expected execution period from November 16, 2026, to October 22, 2027. After the stock price reaches the agreed threshold and other conditions are met, he can exercise vested stock options to sell up to 8,167,400 shares of Class A common stock. This date marks the beginning of the planned execution window, and specific sales remain subject to the plan's conditions. According to The Defiant, the stocks are valued at approximately $1.31 billion, and co-founder Fred Ehrsam and executive Emilie Choi have also adopted stock sale plans.

Project Updates

Ethlabs suggests postponing the determination of the Hoodi testnet fork date, with two external audits expected to be published before November 16

Ethlabs, an independent non-profit research and development organization for Ethereum, has stated that it recommends not making regulatory modifications to the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade or scheduling the Hoodi testnet upgrade until the results of external audits are published and a clear conclusion is reached. The Ethereum Foundation has commissioned Chain Security and Dedaub to conduct external audits regarding the impact of EIP-8037/8038 on deployed contracts, with results expected to be released before November 16; an ACD testing meeting will be held that day, featuring an open AMA involving application developers, core developers, the Ethereum Foundation, Ethlabs, and auditing parties. The ACD execution layer meeting on November 19 may express a stance on the audit results, including whether to modify specifications or not to proceed with the fork according to existing plans. Ethlabs has indicated that the current identified issues are not exploitable, and if the severity of the issues is deemed unacceptable, modifications to specifications or significant adjustments to Glamsterdam's scope will be considered. The Glamsterdam plan aims to raise the block gas limit from 60 million to 200 million.

Registration for Saturn's first and second season airdrop will close at 22:00 on November 16

Based on the STRC built stablecoin protocol by Strategy, Saturn has announced on platform X that registration for its first and second season airdrop is now open, with a closing time of 22:00 on November 16 Beijing time. Users need to connect wallets that have accumulated Saturn points, complete signature and Discord account verification; each Discord account can bind only one wallet and must meet conditions such as being registered for at least 5 days and completing email verification. Token distribution will open during TGE, with some jurisdictions' users not eligible to participate.

dYdX opens on-chain voting for v9.9 upgrade: USDC reserves are planned to be migrated from Noble to Injective, voting ends on November 16

dYdX has opened on-chain voting for the v9.9 protocol upgrade from 19:32 today until 19:32 on November 16 Beijing time. If approved, it will upgrade at block height 114220000 (around 17:00 UTC on November 17), migrating USDC reserves from Noble to Injective, as Circle is discontinuing USDC on Noble. After the upgrade, deposits must go through Injective, while deposits through Noble will be refunded; existing balances and transactions will remain unchanged, and withdrawals can still go through Noble or Injective.

"AI Stock God" Leopold's fund plans to disclose Q3 holdings on November 16, having retreated 67% in a single month due to AI stock crashes

"AI Stock God" Leopold's fund Situational Awareness will disclose its stock holdings for the third quarter on November 16. The fund reportedly achieved a return of 439% in the first half of this year, primarily betting on SanDisk (SNDK) and Micron (MU), and used about 4x leverage, but the collapse of AI concept stocks in July led to a single-month decline of about 67% in its portfolio, after which the fund sold off most of its publicly held stocks, a significant portion of which were taken over by Citadel.

Token Unlocks:

Cronos (CRO) will unlock about 1.17 billion tokens at 19:03 on November 16 Beijing time, with a circulation ratio of approximately 2.30%, valued at around $51.4 million.

Arbitrum (ARB) will unlock about 9.265 million tokens at 21:00 on November 16 Beijing time, with a circulation ratio of approximately 1.53%, valued at around $12.5 million.

November 17

Policy and Regulation:

Russia's cryptocurrency retail trading rules will be implemented from November 17

The retail cryptocurrency trading rules established by the Central Bank of Russia will take effect on November 17, allowing relevant platforms to offer Bitcoin, ETH, and USDT trading to retail investors. Non-qualified investors can purchase cryptocurrency through each intermediary up to a limit of 300,000 rubles per year, while qualified investors are not subject to this limit. Investors must pass a prescribed test before participating in trading.

Macroeconomics:

Federal Reserve Chairman Waller will deliver a keynote address at a special task force meeting on productivity and employment held at the San Francisco Fed at 1 AM Beijing time on November 17. This meeting will reportedly focus on the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy and employment.

The United States will release October retail sales data at 21:30 on November 17 Beijing time; industrial output and capacity utilization data for October will be released at 22:15.

Coinbase will stop trading NEON and SYND at 3 AM on November 17 Beijing time

Coinbase will suspend trading for Neon EVM (NEON) and Syndicate (SYND) around 3 AM on November 17 Beijing time, affecting Coinbase.com (basic trading and advanced trading), Coinbase Exchange, and Coinbase Prime, with the NEON order book now switched to a limit order-only mode. Users' NEON and SYND assets can still be accessed and withdrawn normally.

Project Updates:

The cross-chain asset protocol Universal will officially shut down on November 17

Universal previously announced that it would gradually shut down the protocol, with normal operational windows lasting until November 17. Before the shutdown, users can sell uAssets through the application or exchange underlying assets through the minting and redemption interface. After the shutdown, remaining assets will be redeemed through smart contracts; uSOL, uXRP, uDOGE, uADA, uBTC, and uLTC on Base will be exchanged for corresponding bridge assets, while other uAssets will be exchanged for USDC.

Kaia will open the public delegated staking migration menu and withdrawal application on November 17

Transitioning to a permissionless network involves new staking contracts and hard forks for Kaia, necessitating users to manually migrate KAIA from the original public delegated contract. The Kaia Portal will open the Migration menu on November 17, accepting withdrawal applications and publishing a formal operation guide. After submitting an application, users must wait 7 days; the withdrawal and re-staking functions are planned to open from November 26, subject to meeting the corresponding GC migration conditions. Existing stakes will not automatically transfer to the new contracts.

Lido GGV vault can redeem wstETH before November 17, after which only WETH withdrawal will be supported

Lido has announced the deactivation of the GGV vault, and holders can migrate to the EarnETH vault or choose to withdraw funds. Before November 17, GGV tokens can be exchanged for wstETH; thereafter, positions will convert to WETH, supporting only WETH withdrawals. Existing EarnETH holders will not be affected by this adjustment.

Clearpool will open the migration from CPOOL to CLEAR on November 17

Clearpool will open the migration from CPOOL to CLEAR on November 17, with a deadline of February 17, 2027, at a ratio of 1:1.

November 18

Policy and Regulation:

The UK FCA launches consultations on DeFi guidelines and cryptocurrency regulatory guidance, closing on November 18

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has initiated two parallel consultations aimed at soliciting industry opinions on the applicable boundaries of DeFi and its forthcoming regulatory framework for cryptocurrency assets. Both consultations will close on November 18, 2026; the FCA plans to release final guidance in January 2027 following a review of the feedback.

The first consultation primarily targets FCA-regulated businesses that use DeFi protocols or facilitate access to DeFi protocols. The guidelines are not intended to introduce a new rulebook but rather to clarify how existing regulatory requirements should apply when businesses provide services through highly automated, distributed ledger-based systems. The second consultation explores the scope of cryptocurrency asset regulation (i.e., “regulatory boundaries”) in light of recent legislative changes.

Exchanges:

Binance Wallet will resume the Predict (PREDICT) TGE event at 17:00 on November 18

Binance Wallet announced that the TGE event for Predict will resume at 17:00 on November 18 Beijing time. Users who have received the Prime Sale key previously can view their token balance and conduct transactions through Binance Alpha after PREDICT goes live.

Upbit will end withdrawal support for ICX on November 18

Upbit stopped support for the ICX/KRW trading pair on October 19, and the related withdrawal services will remain available until November 18. After a review, the exchange determined that issues related to ICX being listed as an investment warning target have not been resolved, thus it has decided to delist and stop supporting subsequent airdrops, wallet upgrades, migrations, and hard forks for that asset.

Project Updates:

Harmony will close its block explorer on November 18

Harmony announced it will discontinue its block explorer on November 18. The team will provide a historical query tool to support viewing address activity and transaction records since January 1, 2025.

US Stock Earnings Reports:

NVIDIA will report its Q3 earnings for fiscal year 2027 around 5:20 AM on November 18 Beijing time and will hold an earnings call at 6 AM.

Industry Events:

Singapore FinTech Festival will be held on November 18, focusing on AI and capital flow topics

The Singapore FinTech Festival will take place from November 18 to 20 at the Singapore Expo, focusing on topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), global capital flows, investment, talent, and financial regulation. Organizers will invite financial industry participants to discuss the fraud and cybersecurity risks brought by artificial intelligence, changes in global capital flow, whether the investment frenzy related to artificial intelligence can continue, and how financial institutions can train employees affected by artificial intelligence.

November 19

Macroeconomics:

The Federal Reserve will publish the minutes of the FOMC monetary policy meeting held on October 27-28 at 3 AM on November 19 Beijing time.

The United States will announce the initial unemployment claims number for the week ending November 14 at 21:30 on November 19 Beijing time.

Special Attention:

Anthropic is expected to begin trading on NASDAQ on the evening of November 19

Anthropic's IPO arrangement shows that the company plans to set the offering price on November 18, Eastern Time, and begin public trading on November 19, which corresponds to entering the first U.S. trading period on November 19 evening Beijing time. The company plans to list on NASDAQ under the ticker "ANT." The aforementioned timeline remains subject to regulatory approval and final issuance arrangements, and the exact timing of the first transaction has yet to be determined.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of two SEC commissioners on November 19

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a nomination hearing on November 19 to review the candidates for two SEC commissioner positions: Democrat Kristin Johnson and Republican Steven Levine. The nominations will need to be approved by a full Senate vote following the hearing.

NVIDIA's interim CEO will hold a company-wide meeting on November 19

NVIDIA's interim CEO Colette Kress stated that the company will hold a meeting for all employees at 1 AM on November 19 (UTC+8). Previously, it was announced that NVIDIA would report its Q3 financial performance for fiscal year 2027 on November 17 and hold an earnings call, with related arrangements remaining unchanged.

Exchanges:

Binance will adjust the BITOUSDT perpetual contract amount on November 19, with an adjustment coefficient of 0.5

Binance announced in a contract notice that due to the underlying asset of the BITOUSDT perpetual contract, the ProShares Bitcoin ETF (BITO), conducting a reverse split of 1 share to 0.5 shares, Binance will adjust the contract amount of the BITOUSDT U-based perpetual contract at 09:00 on November 19, 2026, expecting to complete this by 11:30. The adjustment coefficient is 0.5. After completion, the contract will enter a cancel-only phase lasting up to 5 minutes.

Project Updates:

Netflix's FTX-themed series "The Altruists" will be released on November 19

Netflix plans to release "The Altruists" on November 19. This eight-episode series is based on Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, telling the story of FTX's rapid expansion and subsequent bankruptcy, starring Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner as the two main characters, with Higher Ground involved in production.

Kalshi launches a $1 million grant program to support up to 50 independent studies on the U.S. midterm elections

Prediction market platform Kalshi has launched a $1 million research grant program aimed at funding up to 50 independent studies analyzing the 2026 U.S. midterm elections using prediction market data. According to official rules, eligible users can submit applications before 12:59 Beijing time on November 19.

November 20

Policy and Regulation:

The U.S. SEC will hold a briefing on cryptocurrency assets at midnight on November 20

The SEC’s national compliance outreach seminar will start at 21:30 Beijing time on November 19. Among them, the "current issues briefing" session including cryptocurrency assets is scheduled from 5:15 to 6:20 AM on November 20 Beijing time. Taylor Lindman, the chief legal advisor of the SEC's cryptocurrency working group, will participate in the discussion. The meeting is aimed at investment companies and investment advisors and will be held online, requiring no prior registration.

Exchanges:

Binance futures will adjust the contract amount for SNDKUSDT U-based perpetual contract

Binance Futures announced that it will adjust the contract amount for the SNDKUSDT U-based perpetual contract on November 20, 2026, at 09:00 (UTC+8) due to a 1-for-8 stock split of the underlying asset, Sandisk Corporation shares (Nasdaq: SNDK). The adjustment is expected to be completed by 13:30 on November 20 (UTC+8), after which the contract will enter a cancel-only phase lasting up to 5 minutes. The adjustment coefficient is 8.

Project Updates:

The withdrawal, repayment, and un-staking window for Echo Protocol will close at 07:59 on November 20

The exit arrangements announced by Echo Protocol indicate that the deadline for user withdrawals, repayments, and un-staking will be at 07:59 Beijing time on November 20. Loans that are not repaid on time will enter collateral liquidation, and remaining positions will also be settled according to subsequent arrangements. After the protocol ceases operations, the cross-chain bridge redemption service from Aptos to B² Network will remain available.

AI programming startup Conductor has been acquired by Meta, and its cloud services will shut down on November 20

Meta has acquired AI programming startup Conductor. Conductor developed an AI programming tool that allows users to deploy AI agents in multiple parallel workspaces to initiate and advance multiple software projects simultaneously. Conductor's founder and CEO Charlie Holtz announced the news on Wednesday, stating that the company is making plans for the next generation of interactive interfaces, with new developments expected early next year. Meta confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch but did not disclose transaction details.

Founded in 2024, Conductor's core product was launched last summer. The company's AI agents can be deployed in the cloud, on local devices, or mobile phones, assisting software engineers in collaboratively handling independent parts of the same project. Holtz stated that the core functions of Conductor will continue to operate as before before early next year, but its cloud services will shut down on November 20 and begin deleting user cloud data.

Token Unlocks:

LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock about 23.29 million tokens at 19:00 on November 20 Beijing time, with a circulation ratio of approximately 3.69%, valued at around $34.7 million.

Bedrock (BR) will unlock about 4.92 million tokens on November 20, with a circulation ratio of approximately 1.66%, valued at around $2 million.

Kaito (KAITO) will unlock about 17.6 million tokens at 20:00 on November 20, with a circulation ratio of approximately 3.56%, valued at around $3 million.

November 21

None

November 22

Policy and Regulation:

Russian exchanges may start cryptocurrency trading as early as November 22

The Central Bank of Russia has stated that exchanges may commence cryptocurrency trading starting November 22, but must first reach agreement with regulatory authorities on trading rules. Exchanges are required to register participants, retain records of orders and transactions, monitor trading, and calculate relevant price indicators to report to the central bank. This date represents the earliest time that qualified exchanges are permitted to start trading, with actual launch dependent on the arrangements of each platform.

Token Unlocks:

MBG By MultiBank Group (MBG) is expected to unlock about 23.6 million tokens at 20:00 on November 22, with a circulation ratio of approximately 4.58%, valued at around $2.4 million.

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