A look at the key developments from the afternoon session on October 11th
7:00-12:00 Keywords: ASTER, interest rate cut, Tether
1. Aster: has completed the repurchase of 100 million ASTER tokens;
2. In October, there were 21 new applications for cryptocurrency ETFs in the United States;
3. The probability of a 25 basis point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve in October is 97.8%;
4. Bitmine's position of 2.83 million ETH currently has an unrealized loss of 1.93 billion USD;
5. Tether added 1 billion USDT on the Ethereum chain 3 hours ago;
6. Arthur Hayes: CEX's automatic liquidation of collateral is the main reason for the sharp drop in altcoins;
7. European Central Bank: A digital euro could trigger outflows of up to 700 billion euros in bank runs.
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