Investors are paying attention to the upcoming FOMC meeting minutes in search of clues regarding the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates last month. BMO strategist Ian Lingen stated that the Market Watch Committee has discussed the framework for Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh to raise interest rates in order to maintain policy credibility, as well as how the FOMC evaluates the risk balance faced in achieving its dual mission. (Source: Jin Shi)

An engineer has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for a Bitcoin extortion conspiracy against his employer.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan stated that the pursuit of hundredfold tokens belongs to irrational exuberance and the game of passing the buck. Polymarket users tend to participate in event trading with predictable odds rather than searching for hundredfold tokens. Polymarket predicts a trading volume of 1.21 billion US dollars in the past 7 days, while Kalshi predicts a trading volume of 2.3 billion US dollars during the same period. Several states in the United States have taken legal action against Polymarket, Kalshi, or both regarding sports event contracts, and multiple countries and regions have restricted or blocked access to Polymarket. (Source: Cointelegraph)

The yield of the US 10-year treasury bond bond rose to 5.3496%, the highest level since 2002.

The spot gold price fell below $4080 per ounce, with a intraday drop of 2.01%.