On October 1 local time, a spokesperson for New York Governor Kathy Hochul's office stated that New York State would not bear the operational costs for the Statue of Liberty as it did during the previous government shutdown. The governor mentioned that the torch of the Statue of Liberty might "go out completely" this time. Hochul noted that over 100,000 federal workers in New York State have been forced to take leave or face the risk of being furloughed, including dozens of staff working at the Statue of Liberty. It is currently unclear whether the Statue of Liberty will close and when it

Gate Perp DEX is now officially launched, setting a new benchmark for the decentralized derivation market with its institutional-level performance, transparent operation mechanism, and user-centric design philosophy (view details product introduction). From now on, Gate Perp DEX opens to public beta testing, completing a series of tasks, including submitting product feedback, completing the first transaction, and competing for trading rankings.

K Wave Media, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced that it has received approximately $1 million in equity investment from Galaxy Digital to support the launch of its entertainment tokenization platform, including the development of revenue-sharing tokens and automatic royalty distribution based on smart contracts. It is reported that Galaxy Digital also obtained additional warrants from the company.

The total revenue of the perpetual futures DEX Aster has reached $105 million, surpassing the $100 million mark. Most of the revenue came after the Aster TGE, with nearly $70 million in revenue over the past 7 days, accounting for nearly 70% of its total revenue. Data also shows that Aster's total trading volume has exceeded $840 billion, with nearly $200 billion in trading volume over the past 7 days, accounting for about 1/4 of its total trading volume. Currently, Aster has over 3 million total users and more than 800,000 traders.

According to Cointelegraph, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz stated in an interview with Kyle Chasse on YouTube on Friday that if the next Fed chair candidate to replace Jerome Powell takes an extremely dovish stance, the price of Bitcoin could rise significantly. "This could be the biggest bull run catalyst for Bitcoin and other Crypto Assets."

Golden Finance reported that Joe Consorti, head of growth at Theya, pointed out that since May, Bitcoin has not been tracking the global M2 Money Supply, while gold has followed it almost 1:1, reflecting the changes in correlation between assets amid a weak dollar and increasing geopolitical risks.

Today, cryptocurrency analyst and ITC Crypto founder Benjamin Cowen published an article predicting that Bitcoin's dominance is expected to return to above 60%. He pointed out that in the coming month, the price ratio of alts to Bitcoin may weaken, although ETH may reach new highs in the future, the current market liquidity is flowing back to Bitcoin.

0G is a first-layer blockchain network focused on the field of artificial intelligence, and its decentralized AI operating system aims to provide high-performance, transparent, and privacy-protecting artificial intelligence solutions. The total Lock-up Position for this financial product is 3.7 million 0G, and the limit will be closed once sold out.

, Tether's CEO Paolo Ardoino disclosed data on the X platform, stating that the market capitalization of USDT has surpassed 172 billion USD, setting a new record. According to Coingecko data, the current market capitalization of USDT has reached 172,020,028,458 USD, with a 24-hour trading volume of 54,165,468,335 USD, and the total market capitalization of all stablecoins has reached 296.956 billion USD.

Grayscale has submitted a revised S-1 filing, planning to convert its DOGE trust into an ETF, selecting Coinbase as the primary broker and custodian. If approved, the ETF will trade on the New York Stock Exchange Arca under the ticker GDOG. At the same time, Arca has proposed to amend Grayscale's Ethereum trust ETF to reduce regulatory requirements.

NBA player Tristan Thompson and the Improbable team have launched a Web3 project aimed at providing basketball fans with an innovative viewing experience. The project utilizes the Somnia Blockchain, supporting fan-player interaction, where player value fluctuates with fan sentiment. Fans can participate in roster building and rookie predictions to earn rewards.

According to Lookonchain's monitoring, after the Fed announced a 25 basis point interest rate cut, the OTC whale address 0xd8d0 used 112.34 million USDC to purchase 25,000 ETH, with an average cost of $4,493.

According to reports, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has planned to issue guidelines to licensed corporations to clarify the standards that should be followed when hiring financial KOLs and using digital platforms for promotion, and is currently conducting informal verbal consultations with the industry. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is considering tightening compliance requirements for licensed institutions hiring financial KOLs, including requiring brokers to conduct due diligence on KOLs, assess their background, reputation, and experience, and continuousl

According to ChainCatcher news, the dAPP infrastructure Epoch Protocol announced the completion of a $1.2 million financing round, with participation from L2 Iterative Ventures, Alphemy Capital, G20 Group, Longhash Ventures, SAFE, Hadron FC, and a group of angel investors. The company primarily builds an intent resolver coordination layer, serving as an interactive paradigm to abstract multi-chain interactions. The new funds are intended to support the phased launch of its public Testnet.

UMP price has reached a new high, and the account "0 xtyle-imToken" ranked TOP 2 in Hyperliquid's 24-hour revenue list holds a 5x leveraged PUMP long order with unrealized gains of 7.365 million USD. Currently, this account holds 1.94 billion PUMP (approximately 14.63 million USD).

On September 13 local time, U.S. Federal Judge Timothy Kelly ruled to continue freezing the Trump administration's policy aimed at expelling unaccompanied minor immigrants from Guatemala, temporarily extending it until the 16th to allow more time to review the related disputes.

Test, 2 hours ago, a whale who built a position at the price of 1626 dollars two years ago transferred 3000 ETH (approximately 13.99 million dollars) to OKX. This whale had accumulated a total of 12,315 ETH, and the current price is 1.87 times the build a position price, with an unrealized profit exceeding 37 million dollars.

According to SSR data, currently 16 Solana treasury companies hold over 10 million SOL, totaling 10.289 million SOL (worth approximately 2.5 billion USD), accounting for about 1.79% of the total supply, among which Sharps Technology, DeFi Development, and Upexi each hold over 2 million SOL.