The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been publicly advocating for quite some time that both Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) are commodities. However, that regulatory assessment appears to have changed radically yesterday.

Blockchain oracle provider Chainlink is preparing to launch staking on the Ethereum network. It is part of a long-term sustainable economic program for the blockchain network.

South Korea’s leading crypto bank Delio (CEO James Jung) announced a staking service launch for five digital assets such as Solana (SOL), Polkadot (DOT), Tezos (XTZ), Cardano (ADA), and Kusama (KSM).

The Ethereum Foundation says <a href="https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/11/30/ropsten-shutdown-announcement">in a blog today</a> that the blockchain’s Ropsten test network (testnet) has begun to wind down, with a full shutdown anticipated for sometime between December 15-31.

On Tuesday, 29 November, the leading Solana wallet, Phantom, <a href="https://twitter.com/phantom/status/1597597365774749697?t=Pq8aq4lFRYf1q_T9PWu8rw&amp;s=19" target="_blank">announced</a> that it would enable functionality for assets on the <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/polygon-traders-going-short-on-matic-can-watch-out-for-these-levels/">Polygon</a> and <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/reasons-eth-investors-can-be-disappointed-despite-ethereums-latest-milestone/">Ethereum</a> blockchains.

Bitcoin security firm Casa plans to expand its services to Ethereum and Ethereum-based assets, the company announced Wednesday.&nbsp;

Lyra has raised $3m from Framework Ventures and GSR in a strategic round. Lyra will continue to work with respected and capable venture capital partners as the protocol continues building towards the vision of becoming the volatility engine that powers DeFi.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lyra.finance/">Lyra</a>&nbsp;is a protocol for options liquidity built on Ethereum.

Vitalik Buterin has taken a controversial stance on <a href="https://decrypt.co/resources/what-are-governance-tokens-how-token-owners-shape-dao" target="_blank">governance tokens</a>, arguing that governance is not a good reason for such tokens to be treated as “valuable.”

This article contains my opinion on why the top 20 (or top 100) of these indexes don’t present any realistic ranking of cryptocurrencies.

Ether (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price">ETH</a>) rallied 5.5% in the early hours of Nov. 29, reclaiming the critical $1,200 support. However, when analyzing a broader time frame, the 24% negative performance in the past 30 days significantly impacts investors' sentiment. Moreover, investors’ mood worsened after <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockfi-files-for-bankruptcy-as-many-expected-cites-ftx-collapse-for-its-troubles">BlockFi filed for bankruptcy</a> on Nov. 28.