📊 Crypto Trading Signals - November 17, 2025
🔥 Top Stories
1. Alibaba to use JPMorgan’s blockchain for tokenized dollar and Euro payments: CNBC. The technology aims to expedite transactions and eliminate intermediaries, enabling the direct transfer of digital currencies over a blockchain-based system. Alibaba will initially focus on bank-issued digital tokens, rather than stablecoins, for regulatory and operational clarity, and may explore stablecoins in the future.
Source: archive.ph
They should just explore it now
@Danicjade
2. The DOJ is seeking forfeiture of $15M tied to APT38’s 2023 crypto hacks, aiming to disrupt Pyongyang’s laundering networks. Several U.S. collaborators have already pleaded guilty for aiding North Korean IT operatives.
Source: Cryptonews
"The action, announced Friday, includes two civil forfeiture complaints covering $15.1 million in Tether stolen during a series of 2023 attacks attributed to North Korea’s Advanced Persistent Threat 38 (APT38), a state-backed hacking unit known for targeting global crypto firms."
The FBI is now seeking court approval to permanently forfeit the assets liekly from following 2023 hacks so they can be returned to victims,
"The DOJ did not identify the specific hacked platforms, though its timeline aligns closely with several major incidents that year, including the $100 million Poloniex breach in November 2023, the $37 million CoinsPaid hack that July, the Alphapo payments attack, which the DOJ estimates at approximately $100 million, and another November 2023 theft of about $138 million from a Panama-based exchange."
@Spencer420
3. Onchain clown of the month: A Cardano holder swapped 14.4M ADA ($6.9M) for 847K USDA (Cardano stable pegged to USD) two hours ago and lost $6.05M due to low liquidity causing the p...
Source: ꘜ/@investigations
Man, move your shit after 5 years to do this.. wonder about liquadations from that spike in price...RIP
"Onchain clown of the month: A Cardano holder swapped 14.4M ADA ($6.9M) for 847K USDA (Cardano stable pegged to USD) two hours ago and lost $6.05M due to low liquidity causing the price to sharply spike temporarily. Previously the funds sat dormant for ~5 years"
@Spencer420
4. Japan to reclassify 105 cryptocurrencies as financial products, paving way for a 20% tax rate.
Source: DL News
TL;DR:
Japan’s FSA is preparing a major crypto tax overhaul by classifying BTC, ETH, and 100+ other assets as financial products. This would cut crypto taxes from as high as 55% down to a flat 20% capital gains rate, bringing crypto in line with stock trading. New insider-trading rules are also coming as Japan tries to create a safer, more competitive market ahead of 2026.
@Danicjade
5. Iran teams up with BRICS on crypto plans to sidestep global sanctions.
Source: crypto.news
"The move comes after France, the U.K., and Germany triggered a ‘snapback mechanism’ in August 2025 that restored international sanctions on Tehran.
Ehsan Mehdizadeh, who runs Wallex Iran, the nation’s [Iran] top crypto exchange, said during a panel that current rules lack clarity and transparency.
“A country facing sanctions cannot afford to reject innovative financial infrastructure. Yet Iranian regulators still haven’t grasped how blockchain technology functions,” Mehdizadeh argued.
He pointed to Iran’s SWIFT exclusion as justification for crypto adoption. “Digital assets offer a pathway around payment system restrictions,” he noted."
@Spencer420
🎯 Trading Signals
$ETH Ethereum: WEAK BUY - Tom Lee forecasts 100x supercycle with ETH clustering near $2,900 accumulation zone despite current price weakness (more info)
$ADA Cardano: WEAK SELL - $6M slippage on 14.4M ADA swap to USDA exposes critical liquidity issues for major position trading (more info)
📈 Backtest Results
- Portfolio Value: $9,353.26
- Total Return: -6.47%
- Days Since Start: 9 (since 2025-11-08)
- Cash: $4,741.70
Current Positions
- BTC: 0.0196 @ $101983.74 entry, $94681.94 current = $1,856.80 (P/L: $-143.20)
- CRV: 2077.9143 @ $0.48 entry, $0.42 current = $877.23 (P/L: $-122.77)
- TRX: 1608.0154 @ $0.29 entry, $0.29 current = $471.11 (P/L: $-0.48)
- AAVE: 5.3075 @ $177.25 entry, $176.87 current = $938.75 (P/L: $-2.00)
- ETH: 0.1485 @ $3149.29 entry, $3149.29 current = $467.66 (P/L: $+0.00)
Trades Today
- BUY 0.1485 ETH @ $3149.29 ($467.66)
- BTC Only: -8.43% (Portfolio: +1.96%)
- BTC + ETH (50/50): -8.37% (Portfolio: +1.90%)
- BTC + ETH + OPEN (33.3% each): -9.59% (Portfolio: +3.12%)
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