OKX will delist SLERF, ALPHA, BADGER, OAS, MLN, AIDOGE spot trading

On October 16th, the decentralized energy company Daylight Energy announced today that it has secured $75 million to construct a cryptographically-powered distributed energy network in order to expedite the scaling of distributed energy. This fundraising round encompasses $15 million in equity financing, which is led by Framework Ventures and involves participation from a16z crypto, Lerer Hippeau, M13, Room40 Ventures, EV3, Crucible Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Not Boring Capital. Additionally, there is a $60 million project development financing led by Turtle Hill Capital.

On October 16th, the Nasdaq-listed and Tel Aviv-listed company ZOOZ Power Ltd. (Nasdaq: ZOOZ) (TASE: ZOOZ) announced that it has augmented its holding by 88.888 bitcoins. The average purchase price per bitcoin is $112,500, and the total amount is $10 million. After this acquisition, the company's total bitcoin reserves reach approximately 942 bitcoins.

On October 16, spot gold continued to reach a brand-new all-time high of $4250 per ounce, rising by more than 1% during the trading day. (Golden Ten)

October 16th: The US September retail sales data, which was originally scheduled to be released at 8:30 pm Beijing time tonight, has been postponed because of the US government shutdown. (Golden Ten)

On October 16th, Robinhood in the US launched ASTER for spot trading.

On October 16th, according to Synoptic, BlackRock is scheduled to launch a money market fund this coming Thursday. This fund is designed to meet the requirements of the GENIUS Act and is intended to simplify the reserve custody process for stablecoin issuers.