On Wednesday, the US dollar index closed at about 102.30, and the yield of US 10-year treasury bond bonds rose to about 5.324%, putting pressure on gold prices. The Middle East conflict, inflation risks, government debt, and the resilience of the US economy have driven up financing costs. Traders pay attention to the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting to assess the direction of Federal Reserve policy. The gold price is more than 25% lower than its historical high of nearly $5600 in January. (Source: Jin Shi)

Tom Lee stated that BitMine will cease purchasing ETH after holding 5% of the total supply of Ethereum. （Watcher.Guru）

The European Police Organization has released a report stating that cryptocurrency wallet keys are the main exposure point for quantum attacks, as attackers can deduce private keys from exposed public keys and transfer assets. Glassnode estimates that 6.04 million Bitcoin public keys have been exposed, and holders need to migrate their assets to a new wallet before the attack occurs. The report also mentioned that protocols such as TLS, SSH, and OpenPGP face the risk of first collecting and then decrypting, and the immediate interception before transaction confirmation constitutes a direct quantum risk. (Source: Decrypt)

Intel CEO Chen Liwu stated in Tokyo on October 7th that Intel will continue to participate in Musk's Terafab project. (Source: Bloomberg)

The US goods and services trade deficit rose to $105.6 billion in August, an increase of 13.7% from the revised $92.8 billion in July, reaching a 17 month high. The US import volume increased by 4.3% to $420.8 billion in August, and exports increased by 1.4% to $315.2 billion. Capital goods imports increased by 6.2 billion US dollars to 146.4 billion US dollars, reaching a historic high, with strong demand for semiconductors and industrial electromechanical equipment related to AI data center construction. (Source: US Department of Commerce)