📰 10.8 Morning Brief | Overnight Headlines

🇺🇸 Fed September meeting minutes: All 19 officials supported a 25-basis-point rate hike, with most expecting one more hike before year-end. Inflation risks are tilted to the upside, and the AI infrastructure boom was cited as a potential source of added inflationary pressure.

🌊 Middle East tensions escalate sharply: Iran threatens to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, an oil tanker is attacked, and oil prices surge. $BTC briefly fell below the $84,000 mark.

🏛️ A wallet linked to the U.S. government transferred over $100 million worth of BTC and BNB; it has not been confirmed whether the assets were sold.

🔁 Major move in the Solana ecosystem: ORCA and Loopscale merged to form Formation. With cumulative trading volume exceeding $550 billion, it is targeting financing opportunities in AI, robotics, and defense.

🎮 Pudgy Penguins’ parent company is shutting down the Abstract blockchain, putting pressure on PENGU.

📈 Safe-haven demand rises: Global gold ETFs attracted a record $31 billion in the third quarter, while China’s central bank bought gold for the 23rd consecutive month. The SEC has approved applications for 3x leveraged ETFs on gold, silver, BTC, and ETH.

Volatility is picking up—manage your position sizes carefully.

NFA | DYOR

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