# November 26 Crypto & Finance – Texas $10M BTC Purchase, Solana Memecoins Surge Back

*Fuck, I'm so dumb... Sorry for titling those news as October. We're in NOVEMBER!  Anyways, todays news...  Starting with Texas, the first state to buy Bitcoin spot ETF.*

By [The Crypto Drift](https://paragraph.com/@thecryptodrift) · 2025-11-26

#polymarket, #fed, #texas, #solana, #memecoins

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*   Over $800M flowed out of **BTC Spot ETFs** in a single day, while demand for altcoin market ETFs continues.
    
*   **Monad** mainnet launched after raising $431M, but the token is trading below its ICO price. Technical issues on launchpads like [nad.fun](http://nad.fun) and Alloca show that while hype is easy, real infrastructure is much harder to deliver.
    
*   **The U.S. state of Texas** became the first state to accumulate a Bitcoin spot ETF, purchasing $10M worth of BlackRock’s spot BTC ETF. The announcement came from the Texas Blockchain Council.
    
*   Walmart is now testing ads inside its AI shopping agent, Sparky hinting at the next phase of monetized chat experiences. Users were shown a “**Sponsored Prompt,”** and one click triggered Sparky’s answer followed by a direct click to buy ad, signaling how shopping might quietly shift into AI-driven funnels. Is it good or bad, I don't know...
    
*   Same with Binance they're also launching an AI agent to trade, search news and make yourself feel better. It's called "BiBi" I just started doing this and AI is already taking my job.
    
*   Memecoins are back in the spotlight, especially on Solana. **FARTCOIN** rebounded 55%, **WOJAK** hit all-time highs, and **USELESS** came back to life. This reflects Prospect Theory’s classic “risk-seeking in losses,” as investors hold tighter when underwater.
    
*   Polymarket received official approval from the CFTC for an amended designation, allowing the platform to open access to U.S. markets through intermediaries.
    
*   The Singapore Exchange’s BTC and ETH perpetual contracts saw 2,000 contracts and $35M notional volume on day one.
    
*   Deutsche Bank expects the Federal Reserve to cut rates by 25 bps in December. Polymarket users agree, assigning an 85% probability to a rate cut.
    
      
    

_There are several bullish signals for the market, but caution is still advised. You never know their next move... Thanks for reading stay tuned for more updates._

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*Originally published on [The Crypto Drift](https://paragraph.com/@thecryptodrift/november-26)*