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According to CoinDesk, digital asset management company Grayscale pointed out in its latest report that the decentralized trading platform Hyperliquid is rapidly evolving from a cryptocurrency perpetual contract exchange into a blockchain financial infrastructure platform, and may even challenge traditional derivatives trading and exchange systems in the future, growing into a "financial services giant."The report shows that Hyperliquid is expected to achieve approximately $800 million in revenue by 2025, with an annual perpetual contract trading volume of about $2.9 trillion and an open interest size of around $7 billion, occupying a significant share of the cryptocurrency derivatives market. Grayscale believes that the platform is no longer limited to cryptocurrency trading but is expanding into tokenized stocks, commodities, and prediction markets through the HIP-3 and HIP-4 systems, gradually building an all-weather on-chain trading infrastructure.FalconX also pointed out in another report that Hyperliquid is competing with traditional derivatives exchanges such as CME Group and prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, making progress in new markets such as Pre-IPO. The report also emphasizes that regulation remains a key variable. Although Hyperliquid currently restricts access for U.S. users, as the regulatory framework becomes clearer and institutions like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Kraken explore perpetual contract products, this sector may welcome broader growth opportunities in the future.

According to Jinshi, Fed's Daly stated that it is necessary to ensure that the vulnerabilities in the labor market do not evolve into substantial weakness.

In the report "2026 Digital Asset Outlook" published by Animoca Brands Research, 0G Labs CEO Michael Heinrich emphasized the importance of "verifiable AI." He pointed out that as the development of autonomous agents surpasses human regulatory capabilities, blind trust will lead to systemic risks; therefore, artificial intelligence must evolve from "black box intelligence" to "verifiable intelligence."Heinrich stated that the future of AI lies not in trust, but in verification. 0G Labs is committed to using blockchain technology as a "layer of truth" to ensure that AI possesses auditability, provability, and outcome orientation. It is reported that the report gathers in-depth insights on the future of digital assets from over 60 industry leaders, including Heinrich.

Scott Lucas, Managing Director and Head of Digital Asset Markets at J.P. Morgan, stated at the Solana Breakpoint conference: "I believe this community is full of amazing innovations, and people are eager to explore. When you combine these two, you start to understand where business opportunities come from and how they relate back to the core proposition of economic growth, which is part of a grand narrative. Therefore, I think the key is to truly engage, integrating that originality and innovation into the exploration of opportunities. Not all innovations are perfectly suited for regulated markets, and that's normal. Some are aimed at retail users, while others focus on different markets, but there are certainly key elements that are highly valuable for our understanding and worth deep engagement and learning. Even if certain things temporarily fall outside our business scope, it is still crucial to draw from these sparks of ideas and push discussions forward—because that is how markets evolve. Those more innovative and adventurous concepts emerging within the Solana ecosystem often ultimately crystallize into mature solutions suitable for regulated markets, which is a very ideal development path. Innovation stems from such collisions of ideas and comprehensive debates. Being immersed in it, genuinely listening to the pulse of the industry, and absorbing its essence—this in itself is a highly valuable journey."

Trump's crypto advisor and Bitcoin Magazine chairman David Bailey posted on X platform: "The credit crisis in DeFi lending is evolving into a crypto liquidity crisis. If collateral cannot be used for margin calls or hedging failures, it is very likely to spread from DeFi to the CeFi space. This is the second round of impact brought by the 'October 11th crash.' I hope this does not happen, but please stay safe and avoid counterparty risk."

ChainCatcher news, according to the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes, most participants believe that a reduction in the federal funds rate should be considered this year under appropriate circumstances.Several participants indicated that they would be willing to consider a rate cut at the July meeting if the data develops as expected. (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk analyst and chartered market technician Omkar Godbole, the ratio of XRP to BTC has triggered its first golden cross on the weekly chart, indicating a bullish momentum shift. A golden cross occurs when the 50-day/week/month simple moving average (SMA) crosses above the 200-day/week/month SMA, suggesting that the short-term trend is now outperforming the long-term trend and could evolve into a major bull market.The confirmed cross on the XRP/BTC weekly chart increases the likelihood of this ratio breaking out of its four-year horizontal channel, implying that XRP is set to enter a significant bull market relative to Bitcoin. Since the end of 2020, this ratio has been in a narrow sideways trend.

ChainCatcher news, at the "Web3 Future Night" gala held during the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, Uweb founder and president Yu Jianing delivered a keynote speech on "Key Trends and Outlook for Web3.0 in 2025." He stated that the current Web3.0 is experiencing regression phenomena such as increased centralization, declining project quality, and weak capital inflows.He pointed out that from 2024 to 2030, Web3.0 digital assets will evolve along "two main lines": one is the market capitalization growth of individual assets driven by spot ETFs (vertical uplift), and the other is the expansion of asset pools driven by RWA tokenization (horizontal expansion). Compliance is key for mainstream institutions to enter the market.In addition, he also predicted that the Web3.0 industry will welcome nine major trends in 2025, including crypto-friendly policies driven by the Trump administration, widespread adoption of Bitcoin as a reserve asset, expansion of the RWA market, Hong Kong leading the compliance wave, explosive growth of Web3 AI Agent applications, continuous growth of the Meme ecosystem, Layer1/Layer2 reshaping on-chain logic, simplification of development experience through chain abstraction, and the Bitcoin ecosystem moving towards a new era of programmability and staking economy.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, YouHodler's market director Ruslan Lienkha pointed out that last year's consolidation phase for Bitcoin lasted for several months (even up to half a year) before the next wave of increase. However, he believes the current market environment is more complex."The pessimism in the U.S. stock market is prevailing, and concerns about a potential economic recession in the U.S. are also intensifying," Lienkha said. "Given these factors, the current consolidation period may evolve into a mid-term bear market."But Lienkha noted, "Although Bitcoin may potentially evolve into a safe-haven asset in the future, investors still view it as a high-risk asset at present, often reacting more dramatically to changes in market sentiment than traditional financial markets."

ChainCatcher news, eGirl Capital partner Degen Spartan shared his views on social media, citing investment expert Charles D. Ellis's classification, which considers modern investing as a "loser's game," where victory depends on making fewer mistakes.Degen Spartan believes that the crypto market has gradually evolved from an early "winner's game" requiring high technical skills to a "loser's game," where merely surviving is considered a victory.Taking the memecoin craze as an example, while some have profited through technical analysis and social influence, many others have lost due to a lack of advantages. From the perspective of a "loser's game," avoiding participation in high-risk activities is a victory in itself.Degen Spartan also reflected on his experiences in mining high-yield but worthless tokens, emphasizing the importance of clearly understanding one's own advantages, and advising investors to focus on survival strategies, such as maintaining sufficient cash reserves and avoiding high-risk trades without advantages.He concluded that the essence of the crypto market is to "stay alive," and by avoiding unnecessary risks, surviving provides the opportunity to wait for future market opportunities.

ChainCatcher message, The ETF Store President Nate Geraci posted on X: "Creating a meme coin only takes a few clicks, which is why 60,000 meme coins are created every day, and this is well known.At this point, if you get 'rug pulled'—whether by Trump, Milei, or anyone else—this is not an indictment of crypto, but rather your own 'fault.' For my traditional finance friends who haven't played with meme coins yet, the focus should be on the technology, not the 'grift.'The technology is nearly flawless; it is currently just a real-time testing environment serving what you see, but it will evolve further from this stage."

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju stated on social media that although he is not a fan of Memecoins, he believes they have potential value. He compared cryptocurrency exchanges to channels for the influx of internet capital into social spiritual energy; however, currently, Memecoins mainly have a negative impact and have led to criticism of industry leaders such as cryptocurrency exchanges.He further pointed out that the current Memecoin phenomenon is similar to primitive collective consciousness, where these communities operate like shared belief systems, potentially evolving from a "shamanistic movement" into a more structured belief system.Ki Young Ju believes that harmful Meme communities should be rejected, while those that promote positive spiritual energy in Meme culture can be supported. Although Memecoins have limited value at this stage, in the long run, Meme tokens with practical uses and mature systems may emerge.He envisions that in the future, religious organizations, charities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may issue Memecoins with social value, providing new social and economic models for internet communities.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju posted on X, stating that the debate over Bitcoin's strategic reserves has evolved into a dilemma:Supporters argue: As the dominance of the dollar weakens, Bitcoin will become an inevitable alternative and should be adopted early.Opponents worry: Bitcoin threatens the dollar's hegemonic status and should not disrupt the status quo.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Beam, with the approval of the Avalanche community proposal ACP-77, the Etna upgrade will be implemented soon, affecting all subnets, including the Beam Network.After this upgrade, Beam Network will officially be referred to as a Layer 1 blockchain network, as it will free itself from more restrictions of the Avalanche network while still enjoying its infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoSlate, FTX has reached a settlement with Evolve Bank and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), which could allow it to recover up to $21 million in assets. The agreement is pending court approval, with a hearing scheduled for November 20.Previously, Evolve Bank held over $13 million in deposits in accounts opened for FTX affiliate West Realm Shires Services Inc. After multiple negotiations, FTX reached an agreement with Evolve Bank to return approximately $12.77 million to the bankrupt FTX, while retaining $462,700 as compensation fees.In addition, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation SVCF also agreed to return $8.57 million and the remaining FTT tokens to avoid the need for litigation.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com News, crypto KOL Murad Mahmudov stated in a blog video that the next wave of Meme coins will go beyond basic animal themes and shift towards tokens that represent specific ideas and ideologies.He believes that this new type of Meme coin could become a symbol of group identity, thereby redefining the development direction of the Meme coin sector.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin mining hosting provider Revolve Labs plans to establish an artificial intelligence data center in central Minnesota, having previously withdrawn a mining expansion proposal due to community opposition.Revolve Labs held a meeting with the Glencoe Economic Development Authority in September, planning to expand its facilities in the city to accommodate one or two artificial intelligence data centers, along with cooling systems and backup generators. The project is expected to have a capacity of 10 megawatts, employ about 10 staff, and cost between $40 million and $60 million. As part of the Revolve Labs proposal, they intend to purchase two parcels of land totaling 6.2 acres and build a substation for the expansion.Revolve Labs currently operates a Bitcoin mining facility in Glencoe with a capacity of approximately 20 megawatts and a hash rate of 537 PH/s. According to reports from last month, the company had attempted to increase its mining capacity in Winton, Minnesota, but withdrew its application after community opposition due to noise concerns.