Former Treasury Secretary Downplays Economic Recession Concerns, Calls Stock Market Pullback a Natural Phenomenon

According to crypto analyst Specter, since the Bitget attacker transferred stolen funds via Zcash’s privacy features, other stolen funds have also started flowing into ZEC, including funds from the Cryptobills Ledger incident and the $12 million Triple-A hack.

On October 15, the Arbitrum Foundation launched its Stablecoin Growth Program for protocols holding stablecoin balances of no less than $1 million, requiring selected teams to designate USDG as their primary stablecoin on Arbitrum One. The program offers a 2 million ARB reward pool: the first 10 teams that achieve a 30-day average USDG balance of $10 million will each receive up to 200,000 ARB (capped at $200,000). The reward pool is valid through December 31, 2027, and each participant is eligible for only one reward.

According to Hong Kong media outlet HK01, Hong Kong’s BBB Group (Chinese name: Hao Hao Hao Group) is suspected of running a scam, as it claims to invest in Malaysia’s agarwood industry while selling over-the-counter (OTC) stocks and digital assets. The company has reportedly stated it will convert its OTC stocks into "digital assets" (cryptocurrencies) by or before February 2027. Hong Kong Police have received 21 complaints related to these investment projects, involving HK$14 million. The Commercial Crime Bureau is investigating the case on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, and has carried out arrest operations, with four suspects taken into custody so far. Additionally, the official website of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has listed "Malaysian Agarwood Plantation Investment / Agarwood Tree Scheme / Agarwood Potted Trees / APT4.0" as a suspicious investment product.

Bloomberg senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone wrote in a post yesterday that a 20% pullback in U.S. stocks could push Bitcoin toward the $10,000 support level. "The first cryptocurrency (BTC), launched in 2009, led the rally in risk assets, but Bitcoin’s 2025 peak above $100,000, gold’s rise to over $5,000 in Q1, and most central banks turning cautious amid surging government bond yields may signal the end of this cycle," he noted. In response, crypto analyst Darkfost countered that a 20% U.S. stock pullback has never historically aligned with a roughly 92% drop in Bitcoin from its highs, so he deemed the price target "highly unlikely."

According to tokenization service documents released by DTCC, the offering initially makes 25 tokenizable securities available, with underlying assets being DTC-custodied securities valued at approximately $30 trillion. The tokens maintain a 1:1 parity with the underlying securities, use the same CUSIP identifiers, offer identical rights and investor protections as book-entry securities, and official ledger records remain held by DTC. 24/7 peer-to-peer transfers are permitted between DTC-registered wallets, with tokens subject to compliance-focused transfer restrictions. U.S. Treasury coupon payments and maturity services will be executed on-chain, with funds disbursed in fiat to participants’ traditional accounts. Initial supported assets include Russell 1000 constituents (starting with select large-cap stocks), certain ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries. The first networks to launch are Canton Network (CIP-56) and DTCC’s private Besu network (ERC-20); Stellar (SEP-41) and Circle’s Arc (ERC-20) are expected to be integrated in 2027. The future roadmap includes expanding the range of tokenizable securities, adding controls such as single sign-on and maker-checker workflows, expanding corporate action services for stocks and ETFs, merging book-entry and on-chain stock holding records, supporting on-chain net settlement, collateral, and digital cash, and gradually expanding the pool of compliant DTC participants. Priorities for 2027 and beyond will be determined in consultation with participants and industry stakeholders.

Well-known trader Killa recently released a video predicting market trends around the U.S. midterm elections. His analysis summarizes the historical timeline correlation between midterm elections and Bitcoin’s bottoming: in 2014, Bitcoin bottomed roughly 70 days after the midterms; in 2018, 40-44 days post-midterms; in 2022, it bottomed almost during the midterm period itself. He believes Bitcoin could form a weekly-level bottom ahead of the November 3 U.S. midterms. Killa outlined two main scenarios: 1. Early bottom scenario: BTC forms a low before or around the midterms (possibly testing the current low, or holding above $80k), then rebounds, first testing the $80k zone, and potentially hitting $95k eventually. This would lead to a bullish fourth quarter, contrary to the widespread expectation of "post-election de-risking". 2. Classic de-risking scenario: Bitcoin rallies to a high (possibly hitting $94-$95k), then sees the typical post-election sell-off/de-risking drop observed in history (3 out of the past 4 midterm cycles followed this pattern). Killa advises investors to closely monitor price action ahead of the midterms and adjust positions accordingly: if an early bottom forms, hold bullish positions post-election; if the rally weakens after peaking, consider de-risking. He stresses that patterns are accelerating, so the historical "post-election must fall" experience cannot be simply copied. As a quantitative trader focused on BTC, Killa correctly predicted the peak of the current bull market in May 2025, and has over 200,000 followers on X. In mid-April, he shorted Bitcoin at $74,688, and switched to long positions during the broad market sell-off on June 5.