Kraken & Deutsche Börse: A Love Story (Or Is It?) 🚀💰
Behold, the union of traditional finance and digital chaos! They claim it’s to “bridge” the gap, but really, it’s just a fancy way of saying, “Let’s monetize each other’s chaos!” 🤝💸
Behold, the union of traditional finance and digital chaos! They claim it’s to “bridge” the gap, but really, it’s just a fancy way of saying, “Let’s monetize each other’s chaos!” 🤝💸

On November 7, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission bore witness to a transaction that, in the annals of financial history, may one day be cited as a moment of quiet introspection. Frisch Financial, having held 180,506 shares of QQQE by quarter’s end, reduced its stake by nearly a quarter, leaving the position valued at $18.34 million. This was no mere arithmetic adjustment but a statement-a recalibration of faith in the equal-weighted doctrine amid the tempest of market forces. The price of QQQE, $101.08 on that date, bore the faint scars of a year’s labor, rising 8.12% yet trailing the S&P 500 by 3.88 percentage points, a subtle rebuke to the egalitarian ideals of its construction.

Lo, Solana strives to transform $140 from foe to friend, yet the $144 summit remains a stubborn wall, tested thrice in a month! Since mid-November, this coin hath danced betwixt $120 and $144, a waltz of weakness amidst tempestuous tides. A mere mortal would weep at such indecision.

Abu Dhabi-focused Solana infrastructure firm Solmate (SLMT) has signed a non-binding term sheet to acquire digital asset firm RockawayX in an all-stock deal that would create an institutional crypto group with more than $2 billion in assets and third-party stake. Because why not? 🤝

The Big Switcheroo

The Bitcoin-centric phantasmagoria known as Twenty One Capital marches toward its NYSE listing like a drunken sailor toward a bar, ticker “XXI” affixed to its forehead. The merger with Cantor Equity Partners (CEP), a SPAC of dubious repute, shall conclude Dec. 8, pending the usual bureaucratic incantations.

XRP ($XRP), that spectral wraith of the crypto cosmos, has returned to the spotlight, where traders perform a frenzied tango of speculation: Will it soar to $3 or collapse into the $1.20 abyss? 🕺💃

American Bitcoin (ABTC) is playing it smart, folks. Instead of wasting money on management extravaganzas, they’re investing in miners and buying Bitcoin like it’s a box of Magic Cards. The big idea? Each share should be like a tiny Bitcoin vending machine – more sats, more fun! Because who needs profits when you can have… more Bitcoin per share?

BlackRock isn’t merely whispering about ‘mega forces’ anymore; they’re gallantly positioning themselves at their very helm.
Krotinsky and Dheeraj, once toiling in Citadel’s ivory towers, claim their epiphany struck while attempting to pay users of a Reddit-like platform. Ah, the struggles of the modern alchemist! Now, they proclaim Fin as “the payments app of the future,” a phrase so grand it could only be uttered with a straight face in a world gone mad. 🌌😂