Daily Summary, 18 November

News of the day, for November 18

Macroeconomics and Politics

* Donald Trump stated that tariff dividends of $2000 will be sent to Americans by the middle of 2026.
* Brazil wants to introduce a tax on crypto transactions for cross-border payments.

Cryptomarket and Bitcoin

* Bitcoin collapsed below $90,000.
* Extreme fear reigns on the market — the Fear and Greed Index crashed to 11.
* Arthur Hayes in a new essay stated that the fall of BTC is related not to fundamental problems, but to a reduction in liquidity.
* The government of El Salvador took advantage of the correction and bought an additional 1,090 BTC ($100 million), in addition to the daily purchases of 1 BTC.
* The US banking regulator reported that banks can now hold cryptocurrency specifically for paying network fees in blockchains.

Technology and Ecosystem

* Ethereum Foundation presented the concept of Ethereum Interoperability Layer (EIL) — a unified compatibility layer that will unite all Layer2 networks into an integral ecosystem.
* Mastercard chose Polygon to create a system that will allow sending cryptocurrency directly to a username, and not to long wallet addresses.
* Revolut chose Polygon as the main crypto infrastructure for payments, trading, and staking.
* Jeff Bezos created the AI startup Project Prometheus and personally invested in it; the total amount of raised funding reached $6.2 billion.

Regulation

* The Central Bank of Russia intends to expand opportunities for qualified investors by giving them access to instruments directly related to cryptocurrencies.

Large Transactions and Investors

* Miners mined 95% of Bitcoin’s total supply — the volume of mined coins exceeded 19.95 million BTC out of the programmed limit of 21 million set by Satoshi Nakamoto.
* Forward Industries, which was actively purchasing Solana, transferred 1,887,962 SOL ($253 million) to Coinbase Prime.
* A large investor sold 31,005 ETH for $92 million, losing $18.8 million on this in just two weeks.