Source: The White House is set to nominate Mike Selig as the U.S. CFTC Chairman nominee
October 13th. According to Crypto In America, the White House is on the verge of making a decision regarding the nominee to assume the leadership of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after Brian Quintenz. Two sources having knowledge of the process declared that Mike Selig, the SEC's Chief Advisor for Cryptocurrency, still stands as the top candidate for the U.S. government.
Meanwhile, the White House has initiated the process of reviewing potential commissioner nominees in order to reconstruct the five-person commission that is currently being led solely by Acting Chair Caroline Pham.
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BitMine increased its ETH holdings by over 202,000 coins last week, with a total holding now exceeding 3.03 million coins.
On October 13th, according to prnewswire, BitMine purchased 202,037 Ethereum (ETH) during the previous week, with an approximate value of $8.3426 billion.
Currently, BitMine holds a combined total of 3,032,188 ETH, and the total value is approximately $12.52 billion.
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Play Solana announces that the PLAY presale will start tomorrow at 01:00.
On October 13th, according to official channels, Play Solana announced that the presale of its first-generation gaming handheld PSG1 token PLAY will commence on October 14th at 01:00 (Beijing time). The total supply for this Metaplex Genesis presale amounts to 1.5 billion PLAY tokens, which constitutes 3% of the total supply of 5 billion tokens.
The price for Play Solana community members is $0.016 per token, while for regular users, it is $0.020 per token. Community members eligible for the discounted price include purchasers of PSG1 Wave 0, 1, and 2, NFT holders, and PlayDex's XP Farm users.
All community presale tokens can be claimed directly on the purchasing platform during the Token Generation Event (TGE), with 100% unlocked at TGE and no vesting requirement.
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Federal Reserve Officials to Speak Frequently Ahead of Silent Period This Week
October 13th. Due to the U.S. government shutdown, there was a scarcity of official economic data releases this week. Nevertheless, ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting from October 28th to 29th and the commencement of the quiet period, several officials still have speaking engagements.
The newly appointed President of the Philadelphia Fed, Paulson, is scheduled to deliver her first major speech on Monday since she is set to become an FOMC voter starting in January of next year.
Federal Reserve Chair Powell is anticipated to give a speech on Tuesday afternoon to provide an update on his economic and policy views. New Fed Governor Milan is also planned to participate in four different public events on Wednesday and Thursday. (FXStreet)
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Hyperliquid has completed the HIP-3 upgrade, and Hyperunit has acquired its first Ticker, "XYZ100."
On October 13th, according to on-chain data, Hyperliquid has accomplished the HIP-3 upgrade. The Hyperunit purchased its initial Ticker "XYZ100" and officially launched its HIP-3-based decentralized exchange (DEX) on the mainnet. This indicates the first deployment of a DEX since the launch of HIP-3 a few hours ago. After the successful launch of HIP-3, deployers will be capable of initiating a Perp DEX on HyperCore without permission by staking 500,000 HYPE.
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Strategy increased its BTC holdings by 220 coins last week, at an average price of $123,561 per coin.
On October 13th, as per official channels, Strategy purchased 220 bitcoins for around $27.2 million within the time frame from October 6th to October 12th, with an average of roughly $123,561 per bitcoin.
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