according to Ember monitoring, the suspected Bitfinex address mortgaged 300,000 ETH on Aave (about $1.17 billion) to borrow 500 million USDT and transfer it out, and the funds may be used to participate in the Stable pre-deposit activity.

on the morning of October 24th, Bitcoin browser data showed that block 920472 of Bitcoin was successfully mined by a miner named Tether/Est3lar, receiving a reward of approximately 3.13 BTC. The output label on Coinbase shows "ckpool / mined by Tether/Est3lar". Earlier on October 20th, Tether/Est3lar had mined block 919923. The same payment address had previously mined on F2Pool, with a hashrate of around several hundred PH/s. According to public information, ckpool is a standalone mining software that allows miners to mine individually without running a node, enabling them to operate independently and have the chance to directly win all block rewards.

Zepz, a digital remittance service provider (which owns WorldRemit and Sendwave), has launched a new encrypted wallet on the Solana blockchain called Sendwave Wallet. In a press release, Zepz stated that the wallet will offer cross-border payment services using stablecoins to users in over 100 countries worldwide.

 according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the "100% win rate mysterious whale" went long on 16,093.71 ETH (62.4 million USD) with 5x leverage, with an average entry price of 3862.37 USD and a floating profit of 240,000 USD. It has now become the second largest long position for ETH on Hyperliquid.

 JPMorgan analysts maintained their bullish view on gold on Thursday, expecting the average gold price to reach $5055 per ounce by the fourth quarter of 2026.

 investors are focusing on the US CPI for September, which is expected to rise by 0.4% compared to the previous month, while the core CPI is expected to rise by 0.3%. Despite the government shutdown entering its fourth week, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics will still release the inflation report to assist the Social Security Administration in setting the annual cost of living adjustment for 2026. Julien Lafargue, Chief Market Strategist at Barclays Private Bank, stated that the CPI data would need to be significantly higher than expected in order to change the market's view on the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates again. 

according to analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale who received 30 million UNI investment allocation in 2020 transferred 1.882 million UNI (approximately $11.61 million) to Wintermute six days ago, and today transferred 2.5 million UNI (approximately $15.75 million) to the same address, suspected to be preparing to continue selling. The address still holds approximately 24.9 million UNI (worth $149 million).

 AMINA Bank AG, a Swiss encrypted bank, has partnered with Tokeny, a tokenization company in Luxembourg, to provide a regulated channel for issuing digital securities. This collaboration will combine AMINA Bank's bank-level custody and settlement services with Tokeny's issuance system based on the ERC-3643 standard - ERC-3643 is a permissioned token standard designed for assets that need to meet compliance requirements and have been verified. The two companies describe this collaborative framework as a "regulated banking bridge" for real-world assets (RWAs) such as bonds and commercial paper.

according to market sources, 10 wallets directly associated with the owner of Stable Vault deposited 500 million USDT before the public announcement.

 according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, Canton Network, a global financial operating system developed by Digital Asset with a financing of 135 million US dollars, has launched a series of ecological activities, indicating an upcoming TGE. It is reported that Canton's co-founder Yuval Rooz previously worked at the quantitative trading giant DRW and was a member of the digital asset market subcommittee of the Global Markets Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

 according to OnchainLens monitoring, a whale withdrew 2 million US dollars USDC from Kraken and bought 518 million PUMP at a price of 0.0039 US dollars.

medical technology company ENDRA has completed a round of private placement financing to provide funding for its foray into the digital asset field, and immediately used some of the funds to allocate HYPE tokens - which will become a core component of its actively managed asset library. According to news on October 23, the medical technology company based in Ann Arbor has completed a round of private placement equity financing (PIPE), raising $4.9 million, with institutional investors and crypto investors as the main participants in this financing.

 according to analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the founder of the suspected Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX projects, Richard Heart, recently transferred 154,000 ETH (about $611 million) to 22 new wallets. These ETH were all purchased at an average price of $3,779 in March 2024, with a total cost of 621 million DAI. What is even more noteworthy is that in the past 8 hours, he further transferred 10,900 ETH (about $42 million) to the privacy tool Tornado Cash.

the financial blog Zerohedge on X platform said that the end of the quarter has passed, and Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase expect the Federal Reserve to change its strategy due to the drop in reserves below $3 trillion.

the US September CPI data will be released later on Friday. Prior to this, Asian currencies against the US dollar were consolidating in early trading. StoneX analyst Matt Simpson said that the currency market currently expects the Fed to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week and another 25 basis points in December, with probabilities of 99% and 93% respectively. If the CPI data exceeds expectations, it may challenge these expectations and push the US dollar higher across the board. 

 according to TraderT monitoring, the net outflow of the US spot Ethereum ETF was $127.47 million yesterday.

according to TraderT monitoring, the net inflow of the US spot Bitcoin ETF was $19.9 million yesterday.

according to sources cited by Yahoo Finance, the report in The Wall Street Journal about the government negotiating to invest in quantum computing companies does not align with the actual considerations of the Trump administration. The newspaper claimed on Thursday that companies such as IonQ, Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum are in discussions with the Department of Commerce to exchange equity for federal funds, while companies like Quantum Computing and Atom Computing are also considering similar arrangements. Sources revealed that although these companies have reached out to the White House proactively and the government has received numerous proposals for equity financing, Trump insists on being responsible with taxpayer funds, and any investment will utilize the remaining funds promised by the Trump administration's restructuring of the Biden version of the "chip bill." The current evaluation of the plan may involve stock options or loans, and may not necessarily be limited to the companies mentioned in the report.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, Grayscale deposited 525 BTC worth $57.22 million and 21,030 ETH worth $80.84 million into Coinbase Prime 3 hours ago. BlackRock withdrew 681 BTC worth $74.72 million and 6,000 ETH worth $22.91 million from Coinbase Prime 1 hour ago.

according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the "1011 Insider Whale" associated address "0xc2A" has made 8 profitable operations of both long and short positions recently. Its ETH limit long orders have been triggered, starting to long ETH. The current positions are as follows: