1,832 BTC transferred from unknown wallet to Bitfinex, worth about $123 million
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.
Data: Trump family crypto project WLFI token sales exceed $10 million
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.
Liberty advocates launch petition calling for release and pardon of early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver
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.
Lee Ka-chiu: Promote the application of artificial intelligence in innovative financial services such as central bank digital currency and virtual asset trading
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:
U.S. prosecutors urge five-year prison sentence for $6 billion cryptocurrency heist mastermind
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.
Bank of Japan board member: There is no specific month to consider when the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again
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)
Survey: Only 7.5% of respondents use cryptocurrencies for transactions, but majority support President Bukele
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."
Yala testnet is now live
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.
Ripple Chief Legal Officer: SEC's appeal of federal judge's decision involving XRP will benefit the crypto industry
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."
Musk says he will build a self-sufficient city on Mars in the future
at 21:07 Beijing time, Musk replied to a user's question on Twitter about building a city on Mars. He said that if civilization remains stable in the next 30 years, a city with a population of one million that is self-sufficient will be built on Mars. Earlier, Elon Musk announced a new plan to launch five Starships to Mars within two years, send humans to Mars within four years, and establish the first Mars city TERMINUS with a population of one million by 2050.
Vitalik Buterin's marked address redeemed about 24 ETH through DOG transactions
According to data monitored by Zerion, a joint founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, exchanged DOG for 24.311 ETH, equivalent to $59,999.54.
Trump says Elon Musk vows to launch rocket to Mars before end of 'second term'
as reported by Fox News, former US President Trump stated that Musk vowed to launch rockets to Mars before the end of my "second term".
Ethereum's net supply increased by 5,934 in the past 7 days
Golden Finance reported that according to Ultrasound.money data, the net supply of Ethereum increased by 5,934 coins in the past 7 days, of which the supply of about 18,372 ETH increased, and 12,437 ETH was destroyed through the destruction mechanism. The current growth rate of supply is 0.257% per year.
SpaceX: Starship ignites and takes off
Golden Finance reported that SpaceX's Starship, owned by Elon Musk, carried out its fifth major test flight of the launch rocket, with the Starship igniting and taking off.
Overview of important developments on the evening of October 13
12:00-21:00 Keywords: Starship, Trump's election victory, Musk
Musk changed his X account profile picture to the Starship launch tower "Mechazilla"
Musk has once again changed his X account avatar, updating it from "Starship Flight 5" to the starship launch tower "Mechazilla". Previously, the news reported that "Mechazilla" successfully caught the returning Super Heavy, SpaceX's super heavy rocket booster, on the launch tower arm in Texas, marking an important milestone in the fifth test flight of the Starship.
The probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 25BP in November is 89.5%, and the probability of not cutting interest rates is 10.5%.
According to CME FedWatch, there is an 89.5% probability of the Fed cutting rates by 25 basis points in November, and a 10.5% probability of keeping rates unchanged.
Scam Sniffer: Google search Chainlist results contain phishing ad links
Scam Sniffer has warned on X platform that there are phishing ad links in the search results for Chainlist on Google. If users connect their wallets and sign the phishing link, their funds will be stolen. Users are reminded to be cautious.
Shenyu: Thanks to Arkham for reminding us in time and helping us recover funds from a batch of old addresses
Cobo co-founder and CEO Shenyu Yu posted on X, "Recently, I sorted out a batch of old addresses from 1000 days ago. Some of the old contracts in these addresses still have funds, but they are not displayed on the frontend. Thanks to Arkham for timely reminding and helping to retrieve these funds. I truly feel the warmth and progress of the industry."
KOR Protocol official X account was hacked and posted phishing tweets
Scam Sniffer has detected that KOR Protocol's official X account has been hacked and phishing tweets have been posted.