[Kraken Completes $500 Million Financing, Valuation Reaches $15 Billion, Plans to Go Public in Q1 Next Year] Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken completed a $500 million financing round in September, bringing its valuation to $15 billion. Investors include Apollo Global Management, Oppenheimer, Jane Street, and HSG (formerly Sequoia Capital China). Additionally, Qube Research & Technologies, Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi, and Tribe Capital, a venture capital firm co-founded by Sethi, also participated in this round of financing. This fundraising lays the foundation for Kraken's plan to go public in the first quarter of next year. The company is expected to confidentially file an IPO registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the end of the year, though it remains unclear whether the U.S. government shutdown will impact the timeline.

[Bunni: Announces Closure and Distribution of Remaining Funds Due to Vulnerability Incident] Decentralized finance project Bunni has announced its closure following a vulnerability attack. The project team stated that the remaining funds will be distributed to holders. (Cointelegraph)

[The EU to Ban Transactions Involving Russia-Linked Stablecoin A7A5] The EU announced that starting November 25, transactions involving the Russia-linked stablecoin A7A5 will be prohibited.

[Investor Liquidates HYPE for $23.83 Million Profit, Increases SOL Holdings to 1.496 Million Tokens] Monitoring data shows that an investor liquidated 743,000 HYPE tokens, earning a profit of $23.83 million and concluding their 10-month investment in HYPE. After the liquidation, the investor transferred $93.64 million back to Solana and purchased 502,900 SOL at an average price of $186.2 per token. The investor's current total SOL holdings have reached 1.496 million tokens, valued at approximately $280 million, which includes 368,000 tokens from staking rewards and 127,900 SOL from HYPE investment profits. (Yujin)