[ZEC Miners' Daily Earnings Slightly Increase, Mining Difficulty Nears Historical High] On November 21, CoinWarz data shows that due to fluctuations in the network's hash rate and a slight rebound in coin price, Zcash (ZEC) daily mining earnings have moderately increased, with average daily output earnings slightly higher than the previous day. Currently, ZEC network mining difficulty stands at 154.26 M, nearing its historical peak.

FlowDesk flags sustained sell pressure from old wallets, QCP notes a sudden hawkish Fed repricing, and Deribit data shows downside positioning now dominating.

[Crypto Whale Adds 57,725 ETH in a Single Day, Total Holdings Reach $1.21 Billion] On-chain analytics platform Lookonchain data shows that the crypto whale identified as '66kETHBorrow' added 57,725 ETH today, worth approximately $163 million. After the addition, the whale's total ETH holdings reached 432,721 ETH, with a total value of approximately $1.21 billion. Additionally, the address has borrowed a total of $602.6 million in stablecoins on the lending platform Aave.

**[Strong Employment Data Impacts Rate Cut Expectations, International Spot Gold Sees High-Level Volume Turnover]** Affected by strong employment data, rate cut expectations were suppressed, and international spot gold saw volume turnover above $4,000.

[Citibank and Swift Complete Fiat and Digital Currency PvP Settlement Pilot] Citibank and Swift have announced the completion of a Payment-versus-Payment (PvP) settlement process pilot between fiat and digital currencies, validating the interoperability between traditional financial systems and distributed ledger networks. The pilot was based on the existing Swift infrastructure, integrating institutional-grade blockchain connectors, business process coordinators, and smart contracts. In the pilot, Citibank used the test version of USDC on the Ethereum Sepolia testnet to simulate scenarios close to a production environment.