Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, stated that the government will continue to promote the policy stance and guidelines of innovative financial services such as central bank digital currency, mobile payments, virtual banks, virtual insurance, and virtual asset trading applications of artificial intelligence. Measures include:

Bank of Japan policy board member Masayoshi Amamiya said that there is currently no specific month under consideration for when the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again. At the same time, our interest rate hike measures have had the expected effect so far, but we must avoid pushing Japan back into deflation by raising rates too early. (Jinshi)

According to The Data Nerd, 8 hours ago, a new whale withdrew 242.21 BTC (approximately $13.65 million) from Binance. Within 4 days, they withdrew a total of 1,145 BTC (approximately $65.07 million) with an average entry fee of $56,830.

According to local media reports, five individuals in South Korea who were involved in cryptocurrency fraud have been sentenced to prison for deceiving a private investor of $7.5 million. They made false promises to exchange cash at prices lower than the market rate.

According to WhaleAlert, a blockchain data tracking service, at around 11:19 AM Beijing time, 1,832 BTC (valued at $122,961,443) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Bitfinex.

Stuart Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer of Ripple Labs, said that as the US SEC prepares to appeal the decision regarding XRP with a federal judge, the agency will face another failure.In an interview, he said, "This will have a boomerang effect on the SEC. I feel good about our case in the Southern District of New York, and even better about the case in the Second Circuit."Alderoty said that when the US SEC first filed a lawsuit against Ripple and its two executives in 2020, the company publicly announced that its legal fight was "representative of the entire industry." He added that this move showed that the SEC "will take action against the entire industry."

Telegram has changed its policy on "illegal" content in private chats, allowing users to flag such content for review by moderators. This marks a significant shift from the app's previous stance of treating private groups as off-limits. The change comes after CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in France for allegedly failing to police law-breaking content on the platform. The move could potentially impact Telegram's reputation as a facilitator for illegal activity.

A certain whale has accumulated 1,145 BTC (worth $65.07 million) in 4 days, as monitored by on-chain analyst Yu Jin. Over the past 4 days, the whale has continued to withdraw BTC from Binance and has accumulated 1,145 BTC through 7 transactions, with an average withdrawal price of $56,830.

On October 21st, founder of AI robot Truth Terminal, Andy Ayrey, tweeted that "I hold 1.25 million GOAT, which was given to me by others. I have airdropped some of them to friends and AI researchers. Since it started going crazy and causing CT speculation (good and bad), my tokens have not been traded."

US prosecutors told a judge that the mastermind behind one of the largest cryptocurrency heists ever should be sentenced to five years in prison for a money laundering conspiracy related to the $6 billion hack of Bitfinex exchange.

According to a new survey by Francisco Gavidia University, only 7.5% of respondents in El Salvador reported using cryptocurrency for transactions, while 92% admitted to not using cryptocurrency and only 1.3% believed that Bitcoin is the country's main future development direction. In addition, about 58% of respondents said they believe the country is moving in the right direction, with the majority supporting President Bukele. In an interview with Time magazine in August, President Bukele said that the number of Salvadorans using Bitcoin was lower than expected and that "Bitcoin has not been widely adopted as we expected."

A certain high-frequency trading ETH whale monitored by on-chain analyst Yu Jin bought 5,153 ETH with 12.23 million USDT 20 minutes ago.

The sales of WLFI tokens from World Liberty Financial, the encrypted project of the Trump family, have surpassed $10 million, which is approximately 3.4% of its goal of $300 million.WLFI started selling on October 15th, offering a total of 20 billion tokens, but only sold 687 million tokens worth about $10.3 million after 14 hours. According to Etherscan data, only 6,832 independent wallet addresses hold WLFI, far lower than the 100,000+ registered users announced by the project team the day before the token was released.

Libertarian advocate Aaron Day has initiated a petition calling for the release and pardon of early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver, which has collected 245 signatures out of a required 500. Ver is facing extradition to the United States on charges of tax evasion.

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams posted on X platform that scammers are using compromised UN accounts or other accounts with grey checkmarks to send direct messages to cryptocurrency users. These messages often contain enticing proposals or requests aimed at tricking users into clicking on malicious links or providing personal information. This is a scam, do not reply or interact with these messages, simply ignore them. If you have any doubts, please verify the authenticity of your account through official channels.

The release of US non-farm payroll data on Friday will be the biggest test for Citigroup and JPMorgan, who have boldly bet on a 50 basis point rate cut in September. For more than a year, foreign exchange traders have never been as excited as they are now before the release of the US employment report. Options used to measure the trend of the US dollar against major trading partners' exchange rates hit the highest level since March 2023 on the eve of the key non-farm payroll data release. Risk reversal data shows a pervasive bearish sentiment for the US dollar. Since the weaker-than-expected July non-farm payroll data was released on August 2, Citigroup and JPMorgan have predicted that the Fed will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in both September and November, and by 25 basis points in December. Interest rate swap contracts show that the probability of the Fed cutting interest rates by 50 basis points at the September 17-18 meeting is about 35%, but traders and economists believe that a 25 basis point cut is still the most likely.

On October 21st, according to market information, GOAT rebounded by 50% in the past 2 hours, now reporting at $0.31825 with a market value of $316 million.

On October 16th, Yala announced on X platform that its testnet is now live. Through Yala testnet, users will be able to deposit YU, manage their positions, and stake YU to earn points.

A certain high-frequency trading ETH whale monitored by on-chain analyst Yu Jin bought 5,153 ETH with 12.23 million USDT 20 minutes ago.

According to foreign media such as TASS and Russia's Sputnik News, Jinse Finance reported that on the afternoon of September 5th local time, Russian President Putin said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum 2024 that Russia will "support" the US Democratic Party presidential candidate and vice president Harris as recommended by the US President Biden in the upcoming US presidential election. When asked how he viewed the 2024 US election, Putin said it was the choice of the American people. The new US president will be elected by the American people, and Russia will respect the choice of the American people. Putin also said that just as Biden suggested his supporters to support Harris, "we will do the same, we will support her." The report said that Putin also joked that Harris' laughter is "expressive and infectious," which shows that "she is doing everything well." He added that this may mean that she will avoid further sanctions against Russia.