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The Federal Reserve's Beige Book indicates that overall price growth is described as strong in three districts, while eight districts noted moderate growth. Three of the districts mentioned that input price pressures are intensifying and have even grown strongly.

U.S. inflation data exceeded expectations, prompting traders to bet on interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, with the dollar rising to its highest level in over a year. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index surged significantly on Wednesday, rising as much as 0.4% during the session.For the four weeks ending October 9, the dollar has accumulated a nearly 3% increase, marking the longest consecutive rise since early 2025. The market expects the total interest rate hikes in the U.S. to exceed 90 basis points in the future.

Galaxy Digital Research Director Alex Thorn stated that over half of the BTC supply is located in addresses of unknown ownership. Despite the trend of institutionalization and centralized holdings in recent years, there is still a massive (possibly even the majority of) amount of Bitcoin being self-custodied by individuals.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $79,619, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.369 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $87,451, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.216 billion.

According to Bloomberg, the only Renminbi clearing bank in Hong Kong, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, plans to issue interbank certificates of deposit in the mainland market, with the quota already registered with the People's Bank of China. A statement released by Bank of China Hong Kong on Tuesday indicated that the company plans to issue up to 22.2 billion Renminbi (approximately 3.3 billion US dollars) in interbank certificates of deposit this year.Interbank certificates of deposit are short-term debt instruments with a maturity of one year or less, commonly used by domestic banks to raise funds from peers. Bloomberg stated that this move is another step by Chinese authorities to strengthen Hong Kong as a hub for Renminbi business.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 140 million dollars, with long positions liquidated at 81.1417 million dollars and short positions liquidated at 58.8602 million dollars. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at 8.3832 million dollars, Bitcoin short positions at 11.7261 million dollars, Ethereum long positions at 10.4508 million dollars, and Ethereum short positions at 10.1375 million dollars.

Affected by geopolitical and supply risk premiums, international oil prices have recently maintained a relatively high level of fluctuation. According to market data from the Gate platform, WTI crude oil (CLUSDT) is currently priced at $93.67, with a 24-hour increase of 2.09%. According to CoinGlass data, the 24-hour contract open interest on the Gate platform for CLUSDT is $131 million, ranking among the top three in the industry; the 24-hour contract trading volume reached $79.01 million, also ranking high in trading activity within the industry.

According to Hongxing News, Hong Kong actor and singer Anthony Wong recently revealed his investment losses. He stated that he lost a lot of money from buying NFTs. "I dare not tell my family about the money I've lost. My wife asks me every day how much I've lost, how many digits. I haven't said anything; I've lost more than I did when I was trading stocks." He also warned everyone not to follow his example in stock trading, as he was always thinking about getting rich overnight, which led to such significant losses.Anthony Wong was born on February 26, 1980, in Hong Kong, China. He was originally a swimmer and entered the entertainment industry in 2001.

According to the latest ranking of stock derivatives exchanges published by RootData, the three exchanges with the largest spreads among the listed exchanges are HTX, OrangeX, and BingX, with spreads of 0.836%, 0.233%, and 0.197% respectively.It is reported that this spread is the weighted spread based on the 24-hour trading volume, and a higher value typically indicates higher trading costs.

According to Bloomberg, informed sources revealed that Bank of America will no longer act as a potential underwriter for the initial public offering of the Chinese artificial intelligence startup Dark Side of the Moon.Previously, Bank of America had engaged in discussions to serve as the overall coordinator for Dark Side of the Moon's Hong Kong IPO, but negotiations ultimately failed to reach a formal authorization. The report noted that this change comes at a time when the company is facing strict scrutiny in the United States.

Mark Newton, an analyst at Tom Lee's fund, stated in an interview that he expects global stock markets to consolidate in the short term before experiencing a stronger rally; the global stock market is expected to perform well from November to April, while a weakening dollar will also benefit emerging markets. Mark Newton believes that now is not the time to panic, and the pullback from mid to late October to November could create the best buying opportunity of this cycle.

Recently, the police in Binhai City, Shandong, China received a report from a citizen named Xie, stating that 1,300 USDC stablecoins and NFTs worth tens of thousands of yuan had mysteriously disappeared from his digital wallet. There were no obvious transfer alerts or signs of phishing links in the wallet. The police began an on-chain investigation into the virtual currency transfer records and actively sought cooperation with enterprises to analyze the suspect's account.After extensive work, a major suspect named Chen (30 years old, from Fengyang County, Chuzhou, Anhui) was identified. On October 9, technical police officers went to Fengyang County to arrest him. Upon arrival, Chen initially denied the allegations. However, the police utilized the immutable and traceable characteristics of blockchain evidence to gradually break down his psychological defenses. Chen ultimately confessed to the theft. Chen has now been criminally detained in accordance with the law, and his family has actively compensated the victim for the losses. This case marks the first instance of virtual currency theft in Binhai City.

Binance will launch bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs: BBB/USDT, MDBB/USDT, PENGB/USDT, and UVXYB/USDT on October 14 at 20:00, and will enable spot algorithm trading bots and smart position trading bot services.Within one hour of the bStocks launch, users can exchange for BTC, USDT, or other tokens without any fees, and the zero maker fee promotion will last until November 1 at 07:59.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to 8.524 billion USD, with long positions totaling 3.99 billion USD, accounting for 46.8% of the holdings, and short positions totaling 4.535 billion USD, accounting for 53.2% of the holdings. The profit and loss for long positions is 307 million USD, while the profit and loss for short positions is -291 million USD.Among them, the whale address 0x5b5d..60 has shorted ETH with a 5x leverage at a price of 2322.64 USD, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -20.2231 million USD.

Jeonbuk Bank is reportedly the first commercial bank in South Korea to start issuing Korean won loans secured by Bitcoin, according to local media. The Bitcoin is held by a third-party custodian; the effective changes to the execution rules allow the bank to sell the collateral through a court ruling for recovery without actually receiving the Bitcoin.The loan scale, interest rate, and loan-to-value ratio have not been disclosed. A representative from Jeonbuk Bank told Chosun that one loan has already been issued.

According to Coinglass data, the total liquidation across the network in the past 24 hours was 729 million dollars, with long positions liquidated at 592 million dollars and short positions liquidated at 137 million dollars.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,378, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $979 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,624, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $805 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $79,134, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.811 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $87,312, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.305 billion.

On October 13, Ruantong Power was reported to have received 8,000 NVIDIA GPU cards, specifically the NVIDIA 6000D (domestic "special edition" of the Blackwell architecture), which will be used for the production of related servers.

According to the announcement from HashKey Exchange, the Solana spot ETF under Pandu officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 13, with the stock code 2831.HK. The fund directly holds SOL, with an annual management fee of 0.6%.HashKey cited the closing data from SoSoValue, stating that, based on assets under management, this fund has become the largest product among the listed and regulated Solana spot ETFs in Asia. HashKey Exchange serves as the digital asset trading platform for this fund, while HashKey Custody Services provides secondary custody services for SOL, supporting the custody, trading, and redemption settlement of the underlying assets.