PANews reported on November 11th that blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps disclosed on its X platform that a wallet purchased 20% of the GIGGLE token during its initial public offering (IPO), but sold it off before Changpeng Zhao (Zhao's founder) tweeted about it, missing out on $30 million in potential profits. In 2024, Changpeng Zhao launched the non-profit education platform Giggle Academy; in September 2025, the GIGGLE token was launched as a community fundraising project to raise funds. After Zhao's tweet of support, the token's market capitalization quickly exceeded $200 million. Before Zhao's tweet, several "early bird buyers" had already targeted GIGGLE. Analysis of the first minute of trading data after the IPO revealed that nine addresses were linked, each purchasing 20,000 tokens, totaling 180,000 GIGGLE (worth $28 million at current prices). However, this "early bird buyer" sold off most of the tokens that same day, making a profit of $170,000. It's worth noting that in the same block, another 240,000 GIGGLE tokens were snapped up (accounting for 24% of the total token supply), and no on-chain connection has been found between them and the first "early bird" token.

Legal experts are concerned that transforming ESMA into the “European SEC” may hinder the licensing of crypto and fintech in the region. The European Commission’s proposal to expand the powers of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is raising concerns about the centralization of the bloc’s licensing regime, despite signaling deeper institutional ambitions for its capital markets structure.On Thursday, the Commission published a package proposing to “direct supervisory competences” for key pieces of market infrastructure, including crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), trading venues and central counterparties to ESMA, Cointelegraph reported.Concerningly, the ESMA’s jurisdiction would extend to both the supervision and licensing of all European crypto and financial technology (fintech) firms, potentially leading to slower licensing regimes and hindering startup development, according to Faustine Fleuret, head of public affairs at decentralized lending protocol Morpho.Read more

