This week in crypto highlights innovation, regulation, and market activity. Antix launches AI-powered digital humans for scalable content and personalized brand experiences. MoonPay secures a New York trust charter, expanding its regulated services and crypto custody offerings. Metaplanet draws $130 million in Bitcoin-backed loans to accelerate BTC accumulation and income strategies.
Meanwhile, a Monad airdrop farmer loses $112,000 in failed transactions, underscoring the risks of aggressive token farming.
But first, let's check our weekly top 3 gainers and losers.
Top gainers and losers
- SPX6900 (SPX) - Gained significant 48.64% up to a price of $0.7007
- Kaspa (KAS) - 48.11% rise to a price of $0.05682 total week price
- World Liberty Financial (WLFI) - Significant rise of 34.69% to a price of $0.1622
- Starknet (STRK) - Lost 42.56% ending week with a price of $0.1448
- MemeCore (M) - 35.77% loss to a price of $1.28
- Zcash (ZEC) - this week dropped 28.57% to end price of $479.59
AI-driven digital humans step into the mainstream with new platform
Antix has launched AIGE, a platform that creates hyper-realistic, emotionally intelligent digital humans by combining generative AI, onchain identity and tokenized markets. The system allows brands, creators and enterprises to scale content production and interactions while reducing the cost and complexity of traditional video and customer engagement.
Antix CEO Roman Cyganov describes AIGE as the next generation of human–AI interaction.
“The digital human economy is fast growing, with experts projecting the industry to exceed $125 billion by 2035, and adoption surging across customer service, sales, healthcare, and education. In two years, digital humans are going to be like social media profiles, everyone will have them,” Cyganov noted.
Digital humans on AIGE act as an always-on creative layer. They can generate videos, host livestreams, provide virtual assistance, support education, entertain, and interact with customers, all autonomously. Users can design avatars, customize behaviors, and monetize them through Antix’s marketplace, powered by the ANTIX utility token.
The platform can turn a few photographs or prompts into lifelike avatars capable of speaking multiple languages across social media, games, the metaverse, and customer service channels.
Antix is collaborating with social network MeWe, giving over 21 million users AI-powered tools for content creation and real-time social storytelling.
Carlo Betancourt, CEO of MeWe. “By bringing cutting-edge AI with hyper-realistic digital humans into the MeWe ecosystem, we’re giving our 21 million users access to tools once reserved for elite studios and enterprises.”
Following a $9 million presale and growth to over 400,000 community members, Antix plans to expand in 2026 with gaming, e-commerce, brand integrations, enterprise automation, and APIs to power chatbots, websites, and digital assistants.
MoonPay secures New York trust charter, expands regulated services
MoonPay has been granted a trust charter by New York’s Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), allowing the cryptocurrency payments company to provide crypto custody and over-the-counter trading services in the state.
The approval follows MoonPay’s acquisition of a BitLicense from NYDFS in June, making it one of a few firms in the sector to hold both credentials.
CEO and co-founder Ivan Soto-Wright said the charter will enable MoonPay to expand its regulated offerings and strengthen relationships with global financial institutions. Other companies with both a trust charter and BitLicense include Ripple Labs, Coinbase, and NYDIG. Coinbase and Ripple have also applied for federal trust charters with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, though no decision has been announced.
The move comes as MoonPay positions itself within the growing stablecoin market. Following the GENIUS Act, which provides a framework for payment stablecoins, MoonPay launched an initiative on Nov. 13 to allow issuers to create and distribute their own stablecoins. While the law has not yet taken effect, it has already influenced broader industry activity. Visa expanded stablecoin offerings on its settlement platform in July, and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan indicated the bank is considering a stablecoin in partnership with other financial institutions.
Metaplanet taps $130M Bitcoin-backed loan to accelerate BTC strategy
Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has drawn $130 million in Bitcoin-backed credit, part of a broader $500 million facility, to expand BTC purchases, income-generation programs, and potential share buybacks. The loan, executed under a previously announced credit line, brings the company’s cumulative borrowings from the facility to $230 million, up from $100 million at the end of October.
Metaplanet acknowledged that borrowing against its BTC exposes it to collateral calls if prices fall, but said its reserves are sufficient to absorb volatility.
“Given the substantial scale of Bitcoin holdings relative to the loan amount, the Company expects to maintain sufficient collateral headroom,” it stated.
The company operates a two-track financing strategy. The credit facility offers flexible, on-demand liquidity secured by BTC, while a parallel initiative seeks $135 million through new Class B perpetual preferred shares. These shares provide long-term funding, fixed annual payouts, conversion options into regular stock, and potential buybacks under certain conditions. Together, the mechanisms allow Metaplanet to grow its Bitcoin treasury even during periods of unrealized losses.
BitcoinTreasuries.NET data shows Metaplanet is holding nearly a 20% unrealized loss on its BTC, with an average purchase price of $108,036 versus the current price near $87,000.
Despite this, the company continues to accumulate Bitcoin. Bitcoin strategy director Dylan LeClair confirmed on X that the firm is “HODLing,” while community observers noted the timing of the latest loan coincided with a BTC dip to $82,000, likely used to acquire more at lower prices.
Monad airdrop farmer burns entire $112K MON reward on failed transactions
A suspected airdrop farmer lost roughly $112,700 in Monad (MON) tokens after spending the entire reward on gas fees from hundreds of failed transactions, according to Solscan data. The wallet, 0x7f4, had received the MON allocation for pre-launch activity but proceeded to drain it in unsuccessful attempts that still incurred network fees.
“Congratulations to 0x7f4e...fa7d who managed to spend their entire Monad airdrop (112.7k) on failed txn fees,” investor Joe wrote on X.
The meltdown came as users reported missing allocations tied to a vulnerability in Monad’s claim portal. SlowMist founder Cos said the flaw allowed attackers to bind another user’s airdrop to a wallet they controlled by hijacking a session on the claims page, bypassing wallet confirmation. Multiple recipients reported allocations being diverted before they could claim them.
Airdrop farming remains a point of friction for new crypto projects, with value-extraction strategies often undermining distribution goals.
In 2023, Arbitrum hunters funneled $3.3 million in ARB from nearly 1,500 wallets into just two. Earlier this year, OpenSea paused its airdrop reward system after backlash that it incentivized wash trading over real participation.
Gunel Ismayilova
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