1. The long-awaited shift in the Federal Reserve has finally arrived, with Chairman Powell announcing a 50 basis point cut in the federal funds target rate to 5.00%, exceeding market expectations and bringing a surprise to the market.

2. Trump's visit to a Bitcoin bar in New York is seen as an effort to restore his reputation in the cryptocurrency community.

Bitcoin users are typically not forgiving—especially towards those seen as apostates or imitators of other cryptocurrencies. That's why the visit of Donald Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, to a beloved Bitcoin bar in New York last week seems timely—following his and his family's promotion of a decentralized finance project seemingly rooted in other blockchain ecosystems, his visit was aimed at restoring lost credibility. -Original

3. A whale has purchased 2448 BTC in the past two days, worth approximately $154.6 million, demonstrating large capital's confidence in Bitcoin.

A whale bought 953 BTC an hour ago, worth approximately $60.57 million; the whale has purchased 2448 BTC in the past two days, worth approximately $154.6 million. -Original

4. A researcher from Greeks.live stated that this Friday will mark the quarterly settlement, with whales positioning for Q4, and trading will be very active around the time of the election.

Adam, a researcher at Greeks.live, posted on social media that this Friday will mark the quarterly settlement, with significant decreases in IV for major terms. Currently, BTC's quarterly option open interest accounts for 33% of the total open interest, and ETH's quarterly option open interest accounts for 38% of the total open interest, which is relatively small for a quarterly settlement. There has been a large volume of bearish option transactions recently, most likely for position shifting. The next quarter covers the U.S. election, and there is currently a lot of uncertainty, but the overall implied volatility level is low, with less than 30% of the time in the past year being lower than the current level. Whales are positioning for the next quarter, especially with trading being very active around the time of the election. -Original

5. Meta has released a new virtual reality headset, as Zuckerberg attempts to further enter the metaverse by integrating social networking with technology.

Meta unveiled a range of new products, including an updated, low-cost Quest 3S virtual reality headset and a series of enhancements to its artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, at an event at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California on Wednesday. These updates will bring a range of celebrity voices to the company's AI assistant—including Awkwafina, John Cena, and Dame Judi Dench—who will respond to user queries. The assistant is integrated into most of Meta's mainstream applications, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook. These new products represent Zuckerberg's attempt to combine his vision for social networking with current technological possibilities. Despite Meta's success in selling virtual reality headsets and the unexpected popularity of Ray-Ban's augmented reality glasses, Zuckerberg's metaverse vision is still several years away from realization. In recent years, Meta has invested nearly $50 billion in its Reality Labs division (the part of the company engaged in hardware business). The division is not expected to be profitable in the short term. Additionally, Meta's costs for expanding into artificial intelligence and data centers are also increasing. -Original

6. Morgan Stanley has rated several Bitcoin mining stocks as "outperforming the market," believing that their infrastructure value exceeds the expected appreciation of Bitcoin.

Morgan Stanley has given "outperforming the market" ratings to stocks of MARA, Riot Platforms, Core Scientific, CleanSpark, and Cipher Mining. They stated that the concentration of commodity resources such as power infrastructure, computing, and bandwidth "represents actual value that exceeds the expected appreciation of Bitcoin." -Original

7. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has disclosed in his testimony that fines and recoveries for the 2023 fiscal year amounted to $4.9 billion.

Gary Gensler of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed the full text of his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, revealing that the enforcement division's work is at the core of the SEC's investor protection responsibilities. In the 2023 fiscal year, the SEC took 784 enforcement actions, with fines and recoveries totaling $4.9 billion. In feasible situations, the civil penalties and recoveries obtained by the SEC in civil enforcement actions will be returned to affected investors. In the 2023 fiscal year, $930 million was distributed to affected investors. -Original

8. ZachXBT reports that Truflation, supported by Coinbase Ventures, has been hacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $5 million.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT stated that Truflation was targeted in a hack, resulting in the theft of approximately $5 million from "financial multisig and personal wallets." Truflation stated that it detected "anomalous activity" and was subjected to a malware attack. -Original

9. U.S. stocks closed with mixed results, with the Nasdaq rising by 0.04%, the Dow falling by 0.7%, and the S&P 500 index dropping by 0.18%.

At the close of the U.S. stock market, the Dow fell by 0.7%, the Nasdaq rose by 0.04%, and the S&P 500 index dropped by 0.18%. -Original

10. The CEO of Deribit stated that the expiration of Bitcoin options at the end of May on Friday may trigger significant market volatility.

Luuk Strijers, CEO of Deribit, stated that the expiration of Bitcoin options at the end of May on Friday may significantly impact market volatility. Major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have traded flat in the past 24 hours. -Original

11. OpenAI relinquishes control of its non-profit board and transfers ownership to Sam Altman.

12. Starknet announces that the first phase of staking has begun and will be completed this year, moving towards decentralization.

Starknet posted on the X platform that while it has always placed great importance on decentralization, the transition of Starknet to a fully decentralized PoS network will take some time. However, the first phase of staking has begun and will be completed this year. Community governance on STRK staking parameters: Testnet for the first phase (Q4 2024) First phase of mainnet. -Original

13. The U.S. SEC has postponed its decision on the proposed Ethereum ETF options by BlackRock and Bitwise, delaying it until November 10th.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its decision on the proposed rule change by Nasdaq, which aims to approve the listing and trading of Ethereum ETF options by BlackRock and Bitwise. The decision, originally scheduled for this Thursday, has been postponed until November 10th. Last week, the SEC approved the listing and trading of options for BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). -Original

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