HashKey Daily News Highlights（2025/11/18）
2025-11-18
1. Ant International and UBS will collaborate in the field of blockchain-based cross-border payment and settlement
PANews reported on November 17 that, "According to the South China Morning Post, Singapore-based Ant International (a spin-off of Ant Group) is accelerating its global cash management business through a strategic partnership with UBS Group AG, while the two companies also hope to explore blockchain-based tokenized deposit innovations."
2. Data: 95% of the total Bitcoin supply has been mined
BlockBeats Newsreported on November 17th, "According to Bitcoin Magazine monitoring data, out of the total 21 million Bitcoins, 19,949,776.16 Bitcoins have already been mined, leaving only 5% of the remaining Bitcoins available for mining."
3. Vitalik Buterin releases "Kohaku," an Ethereum framework centered on privacy
PANews reported on November 18th that "Vitalik Buterin showcased "Kohaku" at Devcon. This open-source framework provides privacy and security modules for Ethereum wallets and applications. Kohaku's current GitHub repository includes protocol packages such as Railgun and Privacy Pools, supporting fund shielding and proof of innocence. Privacy Pools uses association lists to prevent illicit fund obfuscation. In the demonstration, the wallet integrated Railgun provided privacy protection for publicly accessible funds; future integration with Mixnets and the ZK browser may follow. The Ethereum Foundation established the Privacy Cluster (47 people) and renamed the PSE team to Privacy Stewards to advance features such as "private voting" and "confidential DeFi."
4. CBOE to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts on December 15
BlockBeats News reported on November 17th, "According to Bloomberg, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) will launch Bitcoin and Ethereum Continuous Futures contracts on December 15th."
5. The Singapore Exchange's derivatives division will launch cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts this month
PANews reported on November 17th that, "According to CoinDesk, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) derivatives division will soon allow institutional investors to trade cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts. SGX Derivatives announced on Monday that it will launch Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual contracts on November 24th, promising to combine the structure and credibility of the global derivatives market with the flexibility of popular cryptocurrency trading instruments. SGX's perpetual futures are benchmarked against the iEdge CoinDesk Crypto Index, ensuring alignment with benchmarks widely used for institutional price discovery."
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