Bank of Japan board members believe that interest rate hikes will have a limited impact on corporate capital expenditures, and the market expects a rate hike in December.

A whale that had been dormant for a year redeemed its tokens from Aave during the rebound and subsequently sold $6.357 million worth of ETH and stETH at an average price of $2,428.

Adam, a researcher at Greeks.live, stated that the US midterm elections have created significant uncertainty for crypto policies, exemplified by the Clarity Act. US President Trump has publicly supported Hyperliquid and instructed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to study a federal compliance path for it. Adam stated that the election results will influence Hyperliquid's legislative prospects and the pace of compliance implementation. If the derivatives market gains traction in the US and the AI investment bubble deflates, the crypto market may see further capital inflows.

In the past 16 hours, a16z-affiliated entities have deposited 148,100 HYPE tokens into various exchanges, with a total value of $12.63 million and an average deposit price of $85.26. Since October 30, the entity has transferred a total of 233,000 HYPE tokens, worth more than $20.6 million; if sold, it is expected to make a profit of $1.141 million.

In an interview with the Oxford Union, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated that the recent hacking incident was preventable, as some internal employees failed to adhere to basic operational security procedures. The attackers spent five to six months piecing together the attack chain, utilizing social engineering, phishing interviews, and AI techniques to find system vulnerabilities. Zhao Changpeng believes that while AI has exposed more security issues in the short term, in the long run, these issues will make the system more secure. The industry needs to collaborate with AI labs, law enforcement agencies, and security experts to promote a multi-layered defense system to cope with escalating attacks.

From October 24 to 26, an XCM executor vulnerability was exploited on Polkadot Asset Hub, causing pricing distortions in the DOT/dotUSD pool and creating arbitrage opportunities, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.381 million in DOT value. Polkadot Treasury, the sole liquidity provider for the pool, suffered no user fund losses. The fix for this vulnerability was completed through a bug bounty program in June, but it was not deployed to the mainnet version in a timely manner. On October 20, the reporter publicly mentioned the fix on a forum, which may have provided clues to attackers.