1. Bitwise: The price of gold will rise far faster than BTC in 2025, which indicates BTC's own "golden moment"
There are two core questions in the current crypto market about Bitcoin: 1. Why has the price of gold far outperformed Bitcoin? 2. Given the massive purchases of ETFs and companies, why has the price of Bitcoin remained stagnant? In fact, if we carefully answer the first question, the answer to the second question will also emerge - and this answer paints a very bullish picture for the future of Bitcoin. Click to read
2. Bloomberg reports: Hong Kong Stock Exchange and other major Asia-Pacific stock exchanges oppose DAT companies
Asia Pacific's three largest stock exchanges are cracking down on cryptocurrency accumulators, or DATs, disguised as publicly traded companies. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has questioned at least five companies seeking to use digital asset treasury (DAT) strategies as core businesses in recent months, citing regulations that prohibit holding large amounts of liquid assets, according to people familiar with the matter. These sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the applications are confidential, have so far failed to gain approval. So-called DATs have faced similar opposition in India and Australia.
3. A comprehensive review of Web3 privacy projects
In the Web3 world, privacy is often overshadowed by issues of decentralization, self-custody, and transparency, but its criticality cannot be ignored. In an ecosystem built on a public ledger, all actions are visible to anyone with a block explorer. While this ensures accountability, it also deprives us of the right to keep parts of our digital lives private. Today, many projects are reshaping privacy as a core feature of decentralized architectures through advanced technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, trusted execution environments, and mixed-coin networks. Click to read
4. What signals does the Federal Reserve’s latest Fintech meeting send?
On October 21st, in Washington, D.C., a conference room at the Federal Reserve headquarters was filled with people who, just a few years ago, were considered troublemakers in the financial system. The founder of Chainlink, the president of Circle, the CFO of Coinbase, and the COO of BlackRock sat face to face with Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller to discuss stablecoins, tokenization, and AI-powered payments. Click to read
5. How will Friday’s CPI release affect Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is gearing up for the release of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September on October 24th – the first major macroeconomic data release since the US federal government shutdown. Analysts at "The Kobeissi Letter" highlighted the importance of this data update, noting that it is the first time CPI data has been released on a Friday since January 2018 , and comes just five days before the Federal Reserve meeting on October 29th. Click to read
