OKX market data shows that BTC has broken through 109,000 USDT and is currently trading at 109,008.4 USDT, a 24-hour increase of 2.19%. (This newsletter was generated by AI)

ZEROBASE, a blockchain zero-knowledge proof infrastructure project, announced today that Constantin Gao has officially joined the team as Chief Governance Officer. This position will focus on designing the governance structure and coordinating relationships between the ZEROBASE Foundation and the ZEROBASE DAO, aiming to promote the DAO's independent operation and achieve its autonomous goals. ZEROBASE stated, "We believe Constantin's extensive experience in decentralized governance, multi-stakeholder coordination, and public goods funding will help ZEROBASE build a sustainable, verifiable, and self-driven governance ecosystem." Constantin Gao has long been active in the decentralized community and crypto public service funding, and is a well-known DAO architecture researcher in the Chinese community. His appointment marks a key step forward for ZEROBASE in its governance structure and global community co-governance.

The UK tax authorities have sent approximately 65,000 "demand letters" to individuals suspected of defaulting on cryptocurrency taxes, doubling the number from last year. Under the UK's current tax system, the sale, exchange, or consumption of cryptocurrencies is generally subject to capital gains tax, while staking rewards and airdrop income are considered taxable income. (The Block)

According to Galaxy Research, the US government has authorized the Treasury Department to include seized digital assets as part of its strategic Bitcoin reserve since March of this year. With the recent inclusion of Prince Group's confiscated assets in the reserve, the size of the reserve has increased by 64% overnight, now equivalent to approximately 3.5% of US gold reserves in US dollar terms.

OKX market data shows that ETH has broken through 3900 USDT and is currently trading at 3900.72 USDT, a 24-hour increase of 1.04%. (This newsletter was generated by AI)

On Oct 19, 2025, 17:12 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has crossed the 1,130 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 1,130.689941 USDT, with a narrowed 3.94% increase in 24 hours.

On Oct 19, 2025, 17:10 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has crossed the 109,000 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 109,025.398438 USDT, with a narrowed 2.23% increase in 24 hours.

On Oct 19, 2025, 17:05 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Ethereum has crossed the 4,000 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 4,010.550049 USDT, with a narrowed 3.82% increase in 24 hours.

Research into Bitcoin’s energy use has extended to mining’s total environmental cost and whether it can accelerate the green transition. source: https://decrypt.co/344761/professor-coin-bitcoin-energy-future-sustainable-crypto

A well-known crypto analyst is urging investors to rethink the old trade of gold for Bitcoin, calling current market signals a rare buying window. Related Reading: Biggest Shiba Inu Burn In Months — And It Came From A Coinbase Account According to CryptoQuant author Joao Wedson, a set of bottom signals in the BTC/Gold ratio are flashing, and that could mark a turning point in how the two assets move against each other. Rare Signals Point Toward Bitcoin Wedson’s chart shows two tags — one blue and one green — that line up with a normalized oscillator he says is at a low. According to him, the blue tag marks a bottom in the BTC/Gold ratio while the green tag appears when both indicators reach lows together source: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/bitcoins-moment-analyst-urges-traders-to-swap-gold-for-crypto/

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The NEAR Foundation, which is at a critical juncture in its ecosystem development, has made one of its most significant senior-level personnel adjustments in recent years, appointing five senior industry professionals to oversee key areas such as product, business, marketing, technology, and human resources.

Faced with stagnant business growth and profit anxiety, OpenSea is actively seeking transformation. It is not only trying to transform itself into a full-chain integrated trading platform, but also re-attracting users and liquidity through airdrop incentives.

In the history of American politics, no president has ever interwoven state power, personal brand and financial speculation into a global experiment like Trump.

In 2025, the total amount of token repurchases exceeded US$1.4 billion, of which the repurchase expenditures of the top 10 projects accounted for as much as 92%, indicating that the market's attention to the token repurchase mechanism has increased significantly.

Tempo, a collaboration between Stripe and Paradigm, may ultimately be the test of how much people are willing to pay for decentralization.

By rebuilding the problem that TradFi has already solved: the clearing system.

Golden Finance has launched the 2850th issue of "Golden Morning 8:00", a morning newspaper for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, providing you with the latest and fastest digital currency and blockchain industry news.

Trump, who once slammed cryptocurrencies as "empty talk," is now one of the biggest Bitcoin players in the United States. How did he quietly build a trillion-dollar crypto empire while serving as president?

Golden Weekly is a weekly blockchain industry summary column launched by Golden Finance. Its content covers the week's key news, market and contract data, mining information, project dynamics, technological progress and other industry trends.