The smart contract wallet Argent has launched the Telegram Accelerator Program, which aims to connect Telegram users to Ethereum and Starknet. Currently, application channels are open and will close on November 1st. The official will fund up to 20 high-quality teams, with each team receiving $25,000 in start-up capital and up to $1 million in subsequent funding.

Tezos network equity holders Josh Jarrett and his wife Jessica Jarrett have once again filed a lawsuit against the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the tax treatment of their tokens. In the latest lawsuit filed on October 10th in the Tennessee federal court, the Jarretts argued that the tokens they created through staking should be considered property and only taxable upon sale, not before. They believe that staking tokens involves creating a "new property" because no one else owned them before, making them similar to "a farmer's crop, a writer's manuscript, or a manufacturer's product" in that they do not generate any income before being sold.

According to CryptoQuant's data, since October 7, 2024, more than 63,000 BTC have been sent to cryptocurrency exchanges, including approximately 28,000 BTC on October 7, 23,500 BTC on October 8, and approximately 12,000 BTC on October 9.

On October 23rd, a dormant wallet withdrew 4.26 million TRUMP (@MAGAMemecoin) from the MEXC exchange, equivalent to approximately 13.9 million US dollars, 20 minutes ago.

On September 11th, Veda Labs founder Steph Vaughan tweeted that the official X account of the DeFi yield protocol had been hacked.

On October 23rd, Celestia Labs announced the concept verification of the Mammoth Mini test network, with an average unlicensed data throughput of 27 MB/s. Many improvements of Mammoth Mini (such as FBSS) have completed the research phase and entered the design phase, while others (such as Vacuum! and the redesigned QUIC-based p2p stack) are in the prototype and MVP stages and undergoing iterative improvements. The core developer community hopes to propose these improvements when they are ready for deployment in 2025.

According to Bloomberg, options traders in the crypto market are increasingly betting on bitcoin reaching new highs by the end of November. The $75,000 strike price has the highest open interest for options expiring on November 8, indicating a significant area of focus for the market during that time. Despite the upcoming U.S. presidential election, some traders believe that bitcoin will surpass its previous highs in the coming weeks. The rise in stablecoin liquidity and bitcoin transactions in October may contribute to this bullish sentiment.

According to monitoring data from HODL15Capital, the net inflow of Grayscale Mini BTC was $41 million on September 10th.

According to an anonymous source it is expected that Trump will record an interview with podcast giant Joe Rogan on Friday. The interview will take place in Rogan's studio in Austin, Texas.

Canadian cryptographer Peter Todd, who was identified as Satoshi Nakamoto in the HBO documentary "Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery," has been forced into hiding. Todd claimed that documentary director Cullen Hoback used misleading evidence to come to the wrong conclusion, and that it has put him at risk of security threats, including potential kidnapping and robbery. Todd said he agreed to appear in the HBO documentary because he believed it was about the history of Bitcoin, not an attempt to uncover the truth.

Startup Exowatt has announced its ceramic battery technology to address the energy needs of data centers. The company claims that its technology can store solar energy for months, helping to address the rapid growth of power consumption in data centers. The company has received $20 million in seed funding, with investors including a16z and Alterman. According to reports, Exowatt has accumulated orders of 1.2 gigawatts, mainly focused on data centers and encryption mining projects in the United States.

Maran's Crypto, a community user, posted on social media that the bad guys have lost control and thanked CZ for reminding the community to be wary of fake "cz" accounts. They hope that CZ can regularly release content to the community. In response, CZ stated that he will do so, but for now, he wants to enjoy his quiet time.

According to monitoring data from Arkham, about 12 hours ago, Franklin Templeton transferred 1167 bitcoins to an unmarked address starting with bc1qeq, worth approximately 66.41 million US dollars. Historical data shows that about six days ago, Franklin Templeton also transferred 1189 BTC to another unmarked address, worth approximately 66.99 million US dollars.

Alliance has released a 2024 trend report on cryptocurrency startups, which provides insights into trends observed from the application data and their potential impact on the wider startup ecosystem. The key points are as follows:

Fed's Daly said: the economy is clearly in a better state. Inflation has fallen sharply, and the labor market has returned to a more sustainable track. 

QCP Capital analysts believe that the uncertainty surrounding the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on Tuesday night is affecting the US stock market and, in turn, the cryptocurrency market. The analysts pointed out: "Macro-economic uncertainty is currently dominating the cryptocurrency market, with a 30-day correlation with the MSCI Global Stock Index reaching 0.6, the highest level in nearly two years."

Sony Block Solutions Labs, a joint project between Sony Group and Singapore's Startale Labs, announced on Friday that it will launch a new 2-layer network called Soneium on the Ethereum blockchain. Soneium is expected to go live on the test network in the coming days and will utilize Optimism Rollup technology, which allows users to transact on the Ethereum network at lower costs. It will be built using the OP Stack of the Optimism blockchain ecosystem, a customizable toolkit that allows developers to create their own networks using Optimism's technology and connect to other networks in the ecosystem through "superchains".