Bitfish (@bitfish1) posted on X platform, stating that when there are security risks on the front end, hardware wallets should ensure asset security as the last line of defense. However, at present, blind signature issues are prevalent, which provides hackers with opportunities. This problem must be solved.

Lawyers from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) argued in a brief submitted to an appeals court that a federal judge "wrongly" allowed Kalshi to list and trade election contracts, and reiterated many of its arguments made in a lower court. Last month, a judge ruled that the CFTC could not prohibit Kalshi from listing election contracts. The regulatory agency applied for a stay to prevent the company from launching the product before the appeal's outcome, but the court's judge ruled that the CFTC failed to prove irreparable harm would be caused.

According to a report released on Wednesday by a16z crypto, the following seven survey results were published regarding their views on the state of cryptocurrency in 2024:

On October 17th, the Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea, Lee Ju-yeol, stated during a parliamentary audit that "we are investigating the issue of AVAIL coins traded on Bithumb." AVAIL was listed at 263 Korean won on July 23rd and rose to 3,500 Korean won within 15 minutes, but it fell to 296 Korean won less than a day later, raising suspicions of price manipulation. In response, Min Byoung-dug, a member of the South Korean Democratic Party, stated that "the AVAIL token incident means that Bithumb's own abnormal trading system did not work at all. Bithumb said that only trades that account for more than 5% of the total issuance would be considered abnormal trades."

According to a report by Aspen Digital, a wealth management platform, 76% of private wealth in Asia has entered the digital asset space (compared to 58% in 2022), and another 18% plan to invest in the future. The report surveyed 80 family offices and high-net-worth individuals across Asia, most of whom manage assets between $10 million and $500 million.

Mohinihan believes that if the United States does not balance its spending with economic growth, it will regret it. If this problem is not solved, the United States may lose its position as the "gold standard" of the economy.

Vitalik has released a new article titled "Possible futures for the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge" outlining the following key goals:

On Tuesday local time, former US President and Republican presidential candidate Trump gave a media interview, stating that if he were to take office, his core policies would revolve around economic growth and bringing businesses back to the United States. Trump vigorously defended high tariffs, believing it to be a way to stimulate economic growth. In his opening remarks, Trump claimed that he would impose tariffs on imported goods and reduce taxes on domestic businesses. "For me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariffs."

Mempool founder @mononautical posted on social media that OKX's wallet consolidation operations from block 846867 resulted in a total of 2385 confirmed and pending transactions, using 357092 inputs, with an average fee rate of 246.65 sat/vb and a total cost of 254.28 BTC (approximately $17.6 million). Mononautical stated that this appears to be caused by a poorly executed automated system that caused itself to bid for transactions, leading to uncontrolled fees.

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