Goldman Sachs' risk appetite drops to its lowest level in the early stages of the Iran War, investors sell off AI stocks

According to a Reuters survey, 94 out of 100 economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise the federal funds rate to 4.00% -4.25% by the end of 2026, and all 100 economists expect the Fed to raise interest rates in December 2026. (Source: Reuters)

[Former Sequoia Executive Jeff Wang's Augnition Global Investors Completes $1 Billion Fundraising] The technology hedge fund Augnition Global Investors, founded by Jeff Wang, former head of Sequoia Capital's global equities business, has completed fundraising exceeding $1 billion. The fund launched with $570 million in capital, approximately 45% of which was internal capital. Augnition Global will primarily invest in public and private technology companies. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bitget has confirmed that there has been no user data leakage after the security incident on TiDB Cloud, and Bitget has stored some public transaction logs on the platform.

The real-world asset platform tx has launched the US dollar stablecoin USTX for its wallet and tokenized stock market. Users can use USDC from 8 blockchains to mint USTX and exchange it back for USDC, supported by networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Base. Brale, a fintech platform, is responsible for issuing USTX, managing reserve assets, and executing casting and redemption. Ashley Ebersole, co-founder and chief legal officer of tx, said that USTX adopts an independent 1:1 reserve structure through Brale. Each USTX is supported by assets of $1. The reserves include cash, bank deposits, government money market funds and short-term U.S. treasury bond bonds. USTX users who meet the criteria can receive rewards through the tx wallet program, and Ashley Ebersole stated that the reward program is designed based on legal advice to comply with the relevant provisions of the GENIUS Act.

Binance Alpha will launch Axis Robotics token AXIS on October 21st. Eligible users can use Binance Alpha points to receive airdrops on the Alpha Events page after the trading is open.