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Flash Crashes, Exploits & Market Conviction | November 9th, 2025


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Flash Crashes, DeFi Exploits & Market Conviction

The crypto market faced one of its most chaotic weeks of 2025. A $1.27 billion long-squeeze sent Bitcoin below $100 K and plunged sentiment into Extreme Fear, while the Balancer DeFi hack drained over $110 million and forced an emergency halt on Berachain.

Yet, innovation pressed forward. Monad confirmed its mainnet launch for November 24 backed by $240 million, and MegaETH’s oversubscribed sale revealed a controversial “conviction round” model favoring long-term lockers. Meanwhile, CZ’s $2 million ASTER buy ignited a 30 % rally, and Ripple deployed $500 million to expand Prime brokerage and stablecoin settlement rails.

Despite ETF outflows of $800 million and macro stress, builders continued to build — proving conviction outlasts volatility.

In This Episode

💥 $1.27 B liquidation event and BTC’s drop below $100K

💣 Balancer’s $110 M exploit & Berachain’s emergency fork

⚡ Monad mainnet launch (10 K TPS, 225 K airdrop addresses)

🔐 MegaETH’s 28× oversubscribed sale & allocation backlash

📈 CZ’s ASTER buy triggers +30 % rally

💰 Ripple invests $500 M into Prime brokerage with Mastercard

🏛️ ETF flows, Trump’s pro-crypto remarks & global policy updates

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The NiftyNoon Podcast - Your Weekly Dose of Crypto NewsBy The NiftyNoon Team