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Joe Flanagan, co-founder of the on-chain asset management platform Maple, announced his decision to leave Maple. He stated that Maple has been the center of his life for the past seven years, and leading and building this company has been his full commitment. His partnership with co-founder Sid Powell has lasted nearly a decade, during which they built a business that he has always been proud of. Over time, their views on strategy, leadership style, and life orientation have gradually diverged, and these differences are no longer beneficial to the team or the business. He believes it is more appropriate for one co-founder to continue leading Maple forward than to allow these differences to persist and widen.Joe Flanagan stated that as a co-founder, he needs to agree with the decisions he has participated in, the direction he asks others to follow, and the choices for which he still needs to be responsible. He mentioned that he can no longer continue to do so with conviction and loyalty to his own values, and therefore chose to leave rather than continue to support a direction he cannot agree with. He will assist with the transition for the remainder of this year and provide support as requested by Sid and the team, after which he will no longer participate in Maple. He also stated that he has not left the industry and is currently formulating his next steps, which he will share more about soon. Maple officially confirmed that Joe Flanagan will step down as chairman and leave the company, describing this as an orderly transition agreed upon by both parties, with the company's direction remaining unchanged; since 2019, he has helped Maple expand its managed assets to $4.8 billion and its loan issuance to $20 billion.

Arkham claims to have marked the Bitcoin address of CoinShares Physical Bitcoin ETP, which holds approximately 20,652 BTC.

According to Gate data, U.S. cloud service providers and the storage sector continue to strengthen, with CoreWeave's increase expanding to 20% and NEBIUS rising over 15%. At the same time, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's increase expanded to 5.10%, reporting 10,500.83 points, as the U.S. semiconductor sector surged.SanDisk surged over 14.7%, Lumentum rose over 12.6%, Micron Technology increased over 11.2%, Coherent rose over 11%, and Seagate Technology increased over 10.2%; SK Hynix rose over 9.6%, Marvell Technology increased over 9.1%, Arm Holdings rose over 9.0%, Intel increased over 6.9%, Lam Research, Broadcom, Applied Materials, and AMD rose over 5%, TSMC increased over 3.4%, and NVIDIA rose over 3.0%.

According to the Coinbase blog, its MCP service Coinbase for Agents has launched Agent Controls, allowing users to set limits, product permissions, and stop conditions for trades conducted through the AI Agent. The relevant control settings run on Coinbase's server side, and users must log into their accounts via the Coinbase App or web to manage them; the AI Agent cannot modify or bypass them on its own.The features launched include: Maximum trade size, which sets the maximum amount for each trade in USD; 24-hour volume limits, where trades exceeding the limit cannot be executed; Auto-stop, which will stop the AI Agent from placing orders when the portfolio loss exceeds a set percentage, until the user re-enables trading in the App.In addition, the product permissions feature will soon be available, allowing users to choose the categories of products that the AI Agent can trade, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and derivatives.

According to TASS, the Central Bank of Russia stated that the Russian exchange can start cryptocurrency trading from November 22, 2026, but must first reach an agreement with regulatory authorities on trading rules. The Russian Ministry of Justice has registered the Central Bank of Russia's directive regarding organized trading requirements for digital currencies and digital rights.According to the regulations, exchanges must register participants in cryptocurrency trading such as brokers, trust managers, and central counterparties, maintain records of orders and transactions, and monitor trading. They must also calculate current prices, weighted average prices, market prices, and closing prices, and report trading information to the Central Bank of Russia in the same manner as existing other assets.Previously, the Central Bank of Russia finalized the rules for retail cryptocurrency trading, which will be implemented starting November 17.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, driven by better-than-expected performance from CoreWeave Inc., market anticipation for Anthropic PBC's initial public offering, and strong third-quarter results from OpenAI, collectively boosting enthusiasm for artificial intelligence trading.The S&P 500 index futures rose by 1%, and the Nasdaq 100 index futures rose by 2%. CoreWeave's stock price surged by 19% in pre-market trading.

Concerns about artificial intelligence trading have intensified, and the S&P 500 index resumed its decline on Tuesday, ending a two-day rebound. Previously, the index plummeted 4.4% last Thursday, marking the largest single-day drop since 2025.Although futures indicate a possible rise on Wednesday, the buying strength at lower levels has significantly weakened. Inflation data exceeded expectations, and the Nvidia scandal has increased market pressure.

According to Fortune, AI sales startup Rox has completed a $100 million Series B funding round, with a valuation of $1.3 billion. This round was co-led by General Catalyst and March Capital, with Sequoia and GV continuing to invest, and Prosperity7 joining as a new investor.Rox stated that its AI agent can research customer accounts, recommend priority follow-up targets, and prepare customer outreach efforts.Rox co-founder Ishan Mukherjee said the new funds will be used for more AI research and product development, and the company plans to expand its sales, marketing, and business teams in the U.S. fivefold next year.

According to The Block, OKX and the New York Stock Exchange's parent company Intercontinental Exchange's joint venture OKXICE plan to launch a tokenized securities trading platform on November 23, applicable to the five-year innovation exemption from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The two companies stated that they have currently confirmed 70 assets from issuers such as Coinbase, Circle, and Robinhood, as well as 59 exchange-traded funds. U.S. customers who complete the account opening process and hold a CeDeFi wallet can use the platform.The report noted that as of the documents dated November 5, 67 companies have chosen not to allow their stocks to be traded in a tokenized manner on the platform, including Meta, Tesla, and Netflix.

According to Bloomberg, the cryptocurrency industry's efforts to rewrite the way stock trading works are accelerating amid widespread opposition.Represented by the tokenized stock platform in collaboration between OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, these products plan to allow stocks of U.S. listed companies to be traded in token form and extend trading hours. Robinhood has expressed support for its stocks to be listed on this platform, while companies like Apple and Meta have publicly opposed it, citing unauthorized reasons, and the number of publicly opposing listed companies has continued to increase since the end of October.The controversy centers on three points: whether tokens are issued by a third party or authorized by the issuer, who maintains the shareholder register, and whether the token price will decouple from the underlying stock. Supporters believe this can lower the barriers to cross-border trading and extend trading hours to all day; opponents worry that investors may mistakenly view tokens as products endorsed by the company and question whether shareholder rights will be diluted.

According to Cointelegraph, Barclays' submitted 13F filing shows that as of September 30, the bank held approximately 3.94 million shares of BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT, an increase of 48% from 2.66 million shares at the end of the second quarter, with a position value of approximately $187 million.Citigroup disclosed a new position in Fidelity's spot Bitcoin ETF FBTC valued at approximately $119 million, with its IBIT holdings also increasing from about 347,000 shares at the end of the second quarter to about 521,000 shares.After comparing 1,389 institutions that submitted third-quarter reports as of last Friday, Bitwise found that the total value of spot Bitcoin ETFs held by these institutions rose from $3.35 billion in the second quarter to $5.25 billion. The report noted that the increase in position value does not necessarily indicate new purchases, as IBIT's price rose by approximately 41% in the third quarter.

Adam posted on platform X that on the first full trading day after the Elysium mainnet launch, the on-chain DEX trading volume reached 122 million USD, involving approximately 58,700 wallets. Among them, Launchpad tokens contributed about 40.5 million USD in trading volume, accounting for 33.2% of the total trading volume.Currently, Montra leads the Elysium ecosystem Launchpad track with a market share of 71.1%.

Patrick Witt stated in an interview that the Treasury Department has discussed potential paths for purchasing Bitcoin, including re-evaluating gold reserves, utilizing the Foreign Exchange Stabilization Fund, converting other assets, and collecting taxes and fees in Bitcoin. These proposals still require further legal validation.Bitcoin held by U.S. government agencies is undergoing a second round of verification to improve data accuracy, and it has not yet been decided whether to disclose specific holdings; the Treasury is also establishing a Bitcoin custody system that may combine self-custody and third-party custody. The position of Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council will not be filled, and related responsibilities will be shared among the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, the White House Counsel's Office, and other departments.

On November 11, according to the latest market data from the Gate platform, multiple technology stock tokens and leveraged ETFs in the gStocks section recorded increases. Among them, CoreWeave tokenized stock (CRWVG/USDT) rose 15.57% in 24 hours, currently priced at 56.57 USDT; the three times long semiconductor ETF (SOXLG/USDT) increased by 13.91%, currently priced at 62.00 USDT; and the two times long ETF of Maiwei Technology (MVLLG/USDT) rose 12.55%, currently priced at 11.53 USDT.The daily trading volume of Gate gStocks has exceeded 160 million US dollars, and the trading activity of stock tokens on the platform continues to increase. Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 full native stock reserve mechanism, with each tokenized security corresponding to an equal number of native stocks as underlying asset support, and supports 24/7 trading, unified account management, and a minimum investment of 1 USDT with fractional share trading, covering multiple fields such as AI, semiconductors, electric vehicles, and storage.

Fidelity increased its holdings in Strive by 2.35 million shares, bringing the total shareholding to 265.3 million USD.

The social protocol Lens announced its launch on the public chain Monad. Lens stated that this social network is decentralized and permissionless, allowing users to own their accounts and followers, with accounts not being locked and joining without invitations. Lens was initiated by Aave founder Stani Kulechov in 2022, and according to RootData, the protocol has raised over 46 million dollars in total funding, with investors including Tencent, Robot Ventures, Wintermute, Circle Ventures, and Variant Fund.Monad indicated that Lens will completely rebuild its social graph on-chain from the ground up and will launch on Monad. Users will own their accounts and connections, and anyone can build clients based on this social graph, with users also able to decide the content displayed in their information feed. Users who already have a Lens account or a Farcaster account can log in using their existing accounts.

On November 11, WEEX announced that the BNB trading airdrop is in full swing, with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT.During the event, new users who net recharge ≥ 100 U and choose BNB for their first spot trading (no limit on trading volume) will receive a reward of 10 USDT; if the first BNB spot trading results in a loss, platform compensation can be obtained, with a maximum of 50 USDT bonus; if the cumulative BNB spot trading volume ≥ 500 USDT, users can unlock a lucky blind box worth 5-50 USDT; inviting friends to participate in the event can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.