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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stated that the 3.8% inflation rate in the Eurozone for September primarily reflects high energy costs, and the European Central Bank expects some relief next year. She pointed out that energy shocks are expected to keep Eurozone inflation above the central bank's target in the first half of 2027, but it is still appropriate to adopt a cautious policy response at this time. This statement was made on Saturday during the International Monetary Fund annual meeting.Lagarde also mentioned that the European Central Bank is designing a digital euro. She stated that in the retail payments sector, the European Central Bank is preparing to supplement cash in digital form by launching a digital euro for everyday payments. The digital euro will further stimulate innovation and competition in the retail payments sector, ensuring the continued coexistence of public and private solutions, thereby supporting Europe's strategic autonomy in the payments field.Previously, Cointelegraph reported on September 21 that the European Central Bank had launched the Pontes system, allowing financial institutions to settle wholesale tokenized asset transactions in central bank currency, providing an alternative for private settlement assets such as stablecoins. The system initially offers a set of core services, with full implementation expected by 2028.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh stated that despite the geopolitical shocks and tightening monetary policy faced globally, G20 economies have demonstrated unexpected resilience.Speaking at the IMF and World Bank annual meeting in Bangkok, he mentioned that the U.S. economy is expected to become stronger and more solid.

On-chain analyst Willy Woo stated that while the stock market continues to hit new highs, Bitcoin has retraced by 50%. Therefore, it should have strong resilience against potential pullbacks in the stock market.He further pointed out that the last time a similar pattern occurred was after the 2014 Mt. Gox incident crash, when the U.S. stock market continued to rise, while Bitcoin gradually moved upwards slowly, and the stock market fell into a bear market. It wasn't until later that the stock market returned to a bull market, and Bitcoin welcomed the major bull market of 2017.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "Dota 2: Team Resilience vs Yakult Brothers - DreamLeague China Closed Qualifiers Playoffs," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Ends During the Day" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 91% (a fluctuation of 41%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Gate market data, the New York silver futures fell 5% intraday, currently reported at 56.54 USD/ounce.

Ukrainian President Zelensky stated that the Russian military's ballistic missile strikes specifically targeted energy infrastructure, which is exactly what the ceasefire agreement announced by the U.S. President covers.

Multiple venture capital firms in Silicon Valley are competing to secure GPU computing power to provide exclusive resources for their AI startups. a16z established a computing power pool of about 20,000 GPUs as early as 2024 and is negotiating expansion with data center companies Switch and Volta. General Catalyst plans to build a data center for its portfolio companies and has brought in the former head of NVIDIA DGX Cloud in May this year to oversee AI infrastructure operations.Even if AI startups complete their financing, they may not be able to rent GPUs in a timely manner. In April this year, major cloud providers like Microsoft were reported to prioritize allocating computing power to internal teams and large clients, leaving some startups facing months of waiting. a16z previously disclosed that during times of computing power shortages, prices that could originally be secured with a six-month contract might require a three-year commitment. Model training requires a large amount of GPU usage in a short period, while inference demand is difficult to predict, making it easy to waste funds by locking in computing power for several years in advance.a16z is concentrating on purchasing and leasing computing power through the Oxygen project, redistributing it to its portfolio companies, allowing them to access prices and contract terms typically reserved for large clients. In August this year, a16z co-led a $300 million financing round for Volta, which is valued at $2.4 billion, with investments covering both AI startups and data center companies providing computing power. The small venture capital firm Crucible Capital has built a cluster with 576 NVIDIA B300 GPUs for its portfolio companies to test, while also selling some computing power to a cutting-edge AI laboratory. This model allows venture capital firms to take on investments that were previously mainly borne by cloud providers and data center operators.

The unresolved ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has led to a rebound in crude oil prices, and the market's bets on another interest rate hike before the end of the year are heating up, putting pressure on the gold and silver markets once again. According to CoinGlass data, gold (XAU) is currently priced at $4,183.22, with a 24-hour decline of 0.61%; silver (XAG) is currently priced at $60.25, with a 24-hour decline of 1.42%.During the market fluctuations, the trading volume of related contracts on Gate has continued to rise: the trading volume of Gate silver contracts reached $124 million in 24 hours, ranking second in the industry; the trading volume of Gate gold contracts reached $363 million in 24 hours, firmly holding third place in the industry; meanwhile, the open interest of Gate XAU gold contracts reached $411 million, ranking second in the industry.Gate has pioneered the trading sector for perpetual metal contracts and CFD contracts, covering mainstream metal trading targets such as gold, silver, and platinum, supporting 24/7 trading and USDT settlement. Relying on Gate's innovative unified account system, users can configure diverse assets such as stocks, metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities without cross-platform operations, helping users achieve a more flexible and efficient one-stop global asset strategy layout amid volatile markets.

According to Gate market data, spot gold opened slightly lower on Monday, currently priced at 4,193 USD/ounce. Spot silver opened slightly higher, currently priced at 60.85 USD/ounce.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, three wallets suspected to belong to the same whale deposited 2,903 ETH into Coinbase after being inactive for over 9 years, valued at 7.22 million dollars.The aforementioned wallets received these ETH at a price of 9.9 dollars 9 years ago, currently making a profit of 7.19 million dollars, with a return rate of 250 times.

According to Galaxy Research, a certain Satoshi Nakamoto era address transferred 100.02 BTC (worth 8.55 million USD) after being dormant for 16 years, address: 1J3A7HovGXxK1GoCGMJpXGKa5sSwCrNHJ3.David Hoffman, founder of Bankless, stated that this transfer may be intended to prepare for quantum attacks.

According to Gate market data, spot silver has fallen by 3% during the day, currently priced at $59.5 per ounce. Spot gold's short-term decline has expanded to nearly $30, currently priced at $4,085.96 per ounce.

The venture capital firm Disruptive is raising up to $10 billion for a new fund, planning to invest in about 10 late-stage companies. Disruptive was founded by Alex Davis and has currently secured approximately $7.5 billion in funding commitments.

The Solana tokenized silver project Dominion has announced its closure. The team stated that a security incident in September led to a significant amount of SILV being compromised and sold off, resulting in a liquidity collapse, operational capital losses, and damage to market structure. The capital required for reconstruction has exceeded the project's remaining resources.Dominion has allocated most of its remaining liquid funds to a refund plan, allowing eligible pre-attack SILV holders to exit at $63 per token. SILV was originally designed to be a Solana token backed 1:1 by physical silver, with each token corresponding to one troy ounce of silver.On September 11, attackers gained control of its 3/5 multi-signature key and sold approximately 46,909 SILV on a thinly traded DEX, with a nominal value of about $3 million before the attack, ultimately cashing out around $238,000.

JPMorgan stated that the likelihood of the United States imposing tariffs on silver and platinum group metals is "decreasing."

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva" in the event "Brazil Presidential Election" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping sharply from 35.5% an hour ago to the current 15% (a fluctuation of 20.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to The New York Times, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao recalled that one day earlier this year, he was lying in bed handling work—after struggling with chronic pain for a long time, he often worked while lying down—when suddenly the window began to shake. He got up and walked to the balcony, where he saw a trail of smoke left in the sky.Changpeng Zhao lives on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, an area that faces Iran across the Persian Gulf, and not long ago, Iran had launched a missile towards the UAE.This attack marked the beginning of a geopolitical crisis that plunged the entire region into turmoil, but Changpeng Zhao was not overly worried. He returned to bed to continue working. "More people die in traffic accidents than from missiles," he later stated, "the security here is very good."

The GPU infrastructure financing platform Silicon Exchange has announced its launch, positioning itself as a financing method for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Users can hold real shares of GPU infrastructure, while the platform is responsible for deployment and hosting, and computing power clients use the related hardware.Silicon Exchange stated that users can visit its official website to view the first GPU vault. The official announcement has not disclosed the scale of the vault, hardware models, financing structure, or specific profit arrangements in this post.