This week's macro outlook: Fed meeting notes and CPI data are about to be released

This week's macro outlook: Federal Reserve meeting notes and CPI data are about to be released

 

According to Wushuo, last week's US September non-farm payroll data far exceeded expectations, enhancing confidence in the "soft landing" of the economy. Therefore, the market also correspondingly lowered its expectations for interest rate cuts this year. This week, the focus is on the US September CPI and Federal Reserve meeting notes.

 

APT, EIGEN and other tokens are scheduled to be unlocked this week, of which APT is worth about $100 million

 

According to PANews, Token Unlocks data shows that APT, EIGEN and other tokens will receive large unlocks this week, with a total value of over 200 million US dollars. Among them, Aptos (APT) will unlock about 11.31 million tokens at 3:59 am Eastern Time on October 12th, with a ratio of 2.25% to the current circulation and a value of about 103 million US dollars.

 

After Dencun's upgrade, Ethereum mainnet fees hit a historic low, and ETH turned to inflation

 

According to BlockBeats, on October 6th, according to IntoTheBlock data, after Dencun's upgrade, Ethereum mainnet fees hit a historic low. EIP-4844 reduced L2 costs by 10 times, driving a record number of transactions. However, due to the reduction in the number of Ethereum destroyed, ETH has shifted from deflation to inflation.

 

Analysis: Bitcoin long-term holders are reducing their positions, with their positions recently falling from $19 billion to $12 billion

 

According to Odaily Planet Daily, CryptoQuant analysis shows that long-term Bitcoin holders (holding for more than 155 days) are reducing their positions, with their positions dropping from $19 billion to $12 billion. Short-term holders' positions have recently surged by $6 billion.

 

Crypto firm financing $823 million in September, with Celestia leading the way

 

According to Blockworks, crypto companies raised a total of $823 million in September, involving 200 companies. Celestia topped the list with $100 million in ecosystem financing, followed by Infinex which raised $65 million through a public token sale. Strategic financing dominated, with the TON Foundation raising a large amount of money for its ecosystem fund.

 

According to TIE data, 41 companies completed seed rounds of financing last month. DeFi companies announced a total of 33 rounds of financing last month, but the protocol development sector raised the most funds, totaling $192 million.

 

Hong Kong Securities Supervision Commission proposes four strategic priorities to promote the regulation of virtual asset trading platforms

 

On the occasion of celebrating its 35th anniversary, the Securities Supervision Commission of Hong Kong has put forward four strategic priorities, emphasizing that it will promote the regulatory system of virtual asset trading platforms, support the tokenization of traditional products, and use blockchain and Web 3 technologies. It plans to complete the relevant framework next year.

 

Liang Fengyi, CEO of Securities Supervision Commission, mentioned that 11 platforms have applied for licensing and are currently undergoing the first stage of review. It is expected that there will be new developments before the end of the year, including the possibility of wholesale licensing. In addition, the Securities Supervision Commission has also formulated a new licensing system for cryptocurrency over the counter and custody services, and solicited industry opinions.

 

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