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GM. News in the crypto world comes fast - like a juicer on full blast.

Hold on to your cup while we pour out what matters today:

🍍 Government shutdown ends;

🚀 Spot XRP ETF;

🍋 Bitcoin Depot expands to HK, OpenAI launches GPT-5.1 + more

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🍍 Market flavor today

Fear and Greed Index
Find out more about the Fear & Greed Index here.

 Crypto Market Cap: $3.44T -0.98% (24H)
  Name   Price 24H 7D
Bitcoin Bitcoin BTC $101,394.13 -0.83% -0.99%
Ethereum Ethereum ETH $3,396.33 -0.58% 3.08%
XRP XRP XRP $2.44 3.39% 8.82%
BNB BNB BNB $959.64 1.34% 2.52%
Solana Solana SOL $153.41 -0.65% -2.42%
Prices as of 11:00 AM EST. Click here to see live data.

If you're a fellow gym rat, think back to your very first day in the gym.

You pushed yourself hard, even if the weights were embarrassingly light. Then the next morning you woke up, muscles sore, looked in the mirror, and... wtf, you're not ripped yet???

That's crypto rn. A lot of expectations, a lot of work... but no results.

The US government shutdown ended - paperwork signed, lights back on, all official - and Bitcoin still trades around $101K - $104K.

Bitcoin price chart from BitDegree, 11-13

Source: BitDegree

Why the muted response? A few key strands:

1️⃣ The shutdown's end matters because it restores government data flows and regulatory certainty, which are important for institutional crypto demand.

But the resolution was expected, not a surprise - so its impact is more "okay, one thing fixed" than "holy grail unlocked."

2️⃣ ETFs aren't showing bullish signals: Bitcoin ETFs had $278.1M in outflows, and Ethereum ETFs saw $183.7M head for the exit yesterday.

3️⃣ Caution's in the air - the Fear & Greed Index dropped to extreme fear for the first time since April.

Fear and Greed Index yearly chart from BitDegree, 11-13

Source: BitDegree

So, what does it all mean?

The end of the shutdown removed a big uncertainty, but the market doesn't believe the resolution alone is enough to trigger a major rally right now.

We gotta wait for a real catalyst - something that actually moves the market. That could be:

👉 ETF inflows flipping positive again;

👉 Bitcoin finally punching through the $105K - $106K ceiling;

👉 Or the next batch of US economic data coming in soft enough to tell traders, "Relax, the Fed isn't about to tighten the screws again."

If none of that shows up soon, the market might start eyeing $100K again.

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🥝 Memecoin harvest

Financial advisors hate them: see how these 4 coins made 10000x before breakfast 😼

Data as of 09:38 AM EST.

Check out these memecoins and plenty more here.

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🚀 Spot XRP ETF

Imagine you're at a family cookout.

The usual setup: someone's burning the burgers, your cousin's arguing about football, the playlist hasn't changed since 2014.

Then, out of nowhere, somebody wheels in a giant cooler packed with those ready-to-drink canned cocktails. Suddenly, the people who normally "hate" cocktails are happily cracking one open.

Spoiler: they don't actually hate them. They're just too lazy to mix them.

Meme about cookout table legs

And that moment? That shift from "eh, not worth the hassle" to "okay, sure, I'll try that"?

That's basically what just happened with XRP and the US financial system.

Canary Capital launched the first-ever spot XRP ETF in the US, trading under the ticker XRPC.

Regulators at the SEC cleared it, Nasdaq certified the listing, and the thing officially opened for trading at the US market open.

Canary Capital's tweet about XRPC

Source: @CanaryFunds

A "spot ETF" means the fund actually holds XRP. Not futures. Not synthetic exposure. Actual coins.

And now, anyone with a brokerage app can buy exposure to XRP just by punching in a ticker symbol and tapping "buy."

That means someone who's crypto-curious can buy exposure without dealing with wallets, keys, exchanges, or any of the friction that makes crypto feel intimidating.

And institutions love this stuff, because ETFs fit neatly into their compliance world - they're regulated, structured, familiar.

A pension fund can hold an ETF. Many can't hold raw crypto.

Plus, the fact that ETFs are expanding beyond the top two assets really proves that crypto isn't some side-quest - it can sit on the same shelf as stocks and bonds, at least for the average investor's experience.

Looking at phone happy

Back at the cookout, that cooler didn't convert everyone into cocktail obsessives. It just removed the hassle that kept most people from trying one in the first place.

That's the magic of a spot XRP ETF.

It doesn't change what crypto is; it changes how easy it is to participate.

Sometimes the biggest shift isn't a new flavor... just a smoother way to take your first sip.

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🍋 News drops you can't miss

🇧🇷 Sending money to Brazil and tired of guessing the cheapest way? We broke it all down so you can skip the headaches and get your cash there smarter.

🏧 Bitcoin Depot, the biggest Bitcoin ATM operator in North America, set up shop in Hong Kong. They're aiming to make it way easier for people there to turn cash into crypto.

🤖 OpenAI launched GPT-5.1 on November 12, bumping up ChatGPT so it's faster and chattier. It's their latest upgrade since GPT-5 came out in August.

🏦 Franklin Templeton connected its Benji Platform to the Canton Network, a blockchain built for big finance. Now banks and asset managers can easily manage tokenized assets together in one place.

📜 Vitalik Buterin and two Ethereum Foundation researchers dropped the Trustless Manifesto. They're urging devs to treat trustless design as the main focus, not just a bonus feature.

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🍌 Juicy memes

Meme about the IRS overreacting to minor profits in trading.

Source: @CryptoMemes

Meme about feeling underestimated while waiting for financial validation.

Source: @btc_charlie

Meme about a humorous need for more Bitcoin in everyday life.

Source: @dubzyxbt

Gode S. Web3 Market Analyst
Gode is a Web3 Market Analyst who researches the most important industry events and interprets how they affect the wider Web3 space. Her formal education in media culture & digital rhetoric allows her to employ a methodical approach to evaluating critical Web3 news data, including large-scale events and the wider social sentiment within the ecosystem.
Gode is a mutilingual professional, having studied in multiple universities all across Europe. This allows her to have a one-of-a-kind opportunity to analyze Web3 social sentiments spanning different cultures and languages and, in turn, develop a much deeper understanding of how the Web3 space is growing within different communities. With the rest of her team, Gode works to identify crucial crypto news patterns and provide unbiased and data-driven information.
Gode’s passions include working and communicating with people, and when she’s not researching Web3 news, she spends her time traveling and watching true crime documentaries.

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