Haruhiko Kuroda, former governor of the Bank of Japan, said that as the interest rate gap between Japan and the United States is expected to narrow sooner or later, the yen is likely to strengthen to a level of 120 to 130 yen per US dollar. "The current exchange rate of around 153 yen per US dollar is too weak," Kuroda said in an interview with Bloomberg TV during the Barclays Asia Forum in Singapore on Thursday. "At some point, the yen exchange rate will rise to 120 or 130 yen per US dollar," he said.
data released by the World Gold Council on October 30th showed that the total global gold demand in the third quarter of 2025 (including off-exchange transactions) reached 1313 tons, with a total amount of demand of 146 billion US dollars, setting a record high for quarterly gold demand.
On October 30th, according to 4E observation, the trading volume of Bitwise Solana Staking ETF exceeded $72.4 million on the second day of listing, breaking the record of $56 million on the first day, becoming the most active among nearly 850 new ETFs this year. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said: "This is a very good signal." At the same time, the daily trading volumes of Canary Litecoin ETF and HBAR ETF were $8 million and $1 million respectively, remaining stable.
the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission warned the public to beware of an entity named "VEX/Volcano Exchange", which is suspected of engaging in fraudulent activities related to virtual assets, and has included it and its website on the alert list. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission added that VEX or Volcano Exchange claims to be a licensed virtual asset trading platform operating in Hong Kong, but has not obtained a license from the Securities and Futures Commission. The entity also falsely claims to be cooperating with a company licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong, but the licensed corporation has confirmed that it has no relationship with it.
CZ stated on social media, "I have never 'sold' (except for using BNB for consumption). In addition, my BNB was not distributed, I bought it with my own money, in the early days."
On October 30th, according to official social media sources, the world's first Chinese decentralized contract trading platform, Sun Wukong, will host a live broadcast on the theme of "Sun Wukong 72 Debates: Sun Wukong's assets exceed one billion! Does the next era of cryptocurrency belong to decentralized markets?" today at 20:00 (UTC+8). At that time, Alan Sun, Xiao Wu, Gao Shanyangzhi, CrazyoxAI, DaDa, Zheng Rongshuo and other crypto KOLs will be invited to attend, to explore in depth the development potential of decentralized contract trading and whether decentralized markets can lead the next round of the crypto cycle and other core topics.
according to CNBC, President Trump stated that he has reached a one-year agreement with China on rare earths and key minerals, and will cut tariffs on fentanyl to China by half to 10%. The leaders of the two countries held their first meeting in six years in Busan, South Korea, with the talks lasting 1 hour and 40 minutes.
YZiLabs announced that it has led a $11 million seed round financing for VideoTutor. VideoTutor is an AI education agency founded by a 20-year-old Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur in AI. This round of financing also attracted participation from JinQiu Fund (ByteDance affiliate), Baidu Ventures, AminoCapital, BridgeOneCapital and other institutions. This is YZiLabs' first AI software investment since expanding its investment scope earlier this year, reflecting its broader strategic vision to support breakthrough technologies that drive human learning through AI.
Arthur, the founder of DeFiance Capital, posted on social media, saying, "The speculative sentiment of Asian crypto-native users has hit a new low in this cycle, and I have not seen such poor market sentiment and performance after 2022."
the Thai police arrested Chinese citizen Liang Ai-Bing on Wednesday, who is suspected of being involved in a $14 million cryptocurrency fraud case related to the now-defunct platform FINTOCH. FINTOCH had promised a daily return rate of 1%, falsely claimed to have the support of Morgan Stanley, and even hired actors to play the role of a fake CEO, ultimately running off with the funds in May 2023 (exit scam).
according to market news, Bitcoin OG Owen Gunden has been continuously selling BTC recently, depositing a total of 2587.6 BTC to Kraken in less than 10 days, worth about $290 million.
according to BlockSec monitoring, an unknown contract on the Base chain was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $219,000 (55 WETH). The reason for the attack is suspected to be improper access control, allowing arbitrary calls to the transferFrom function, resulting in the theft of assets authorized by the victim.
the market shows that BTC has fallen below $108,000, now trading at $107,948.16, with a 24-hour decline of 4.22%. The market is volatile, please manage risks.
according to on-chain data analysis, the "100% win rate whale" has partially sold ETH orders, adding 10,580.88 ETH to its position. The current total value of ETH holdings is approximately $92.42 million, with a floating loss of about $6.49 million.