
CoinShares Survey: Affluent Investors Plan to Boost Crypto Exposure
A CoinShares survey reveals that over 85% of affluent digital asset investors in five major economies plan to increase their crypto exposure in 2026.
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A CoinShares survey reveals that over 85% of affluent digital asset investors in five major economies plan to increase their crypto exposure in 2026.

Zcash and Monero posted the strongest gains among major cryptocurrencies, rising 3% and 2.14% respectively while Bitcoin remained nearly flat.

ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone stated that a pan-European digital payment solution is essential to maintain monetary sovereignty and prevent market fragmentation.

Tokenization platform Securitize saw its shares climb nearly 8% following a memorandum of understanding with LG CNS, positioning the firm for South Korea's upcoming regulatory framework.

BlackRock’s new report suggests AI agents will prefer stablecoins for payments and bitcoin for value preservation, citing inefficiencies in traditional financial rails.

The SEC will hold a virtual national seminar on November 19, 2026, to help chief compliance officers enhance investor protection programs.

Research published in the Journal of Financial Crime reveals flash loan attacks caused $1.211 billion in losses across 72 incidents between February 2020 and July 2024.

Developers successfully ran a single Fedimint federation across three independent codebases during the Ecash Hackday in Berlin.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network withdrew proposed rules targeting unhosted wallets and cryptocurrency mixing, marking a significant regulatory shift.

Real Vision founder Raoul Pal states that a weakening US dollar is essential for crypto's continued rally, while noting capital rotation from AI stocks.

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX raised an undisclosed sum at a $25 billion valuation from existing partners including Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures and Circle.

Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade went live on the Sepolia testnet, introducing enshrined proposer-builder separation and block-level access lists to enhance layer-1 scaling.