【Policy News】
1. The probability of the Federal Reserve not raising interest rates in December is 98.5% (next decision time: December 14, 2:00 a.m.)
2. New Jersey, USA, seeks to classify digital assets sold to institutions as securities, and the Kenyan parliamentary committee proposes to expand the definition of securities to include cryptocurrencies
3. ECB: Crypto assets can provide value storage for people in countries with unstable currencies
4. Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission: Will work with the police to develop risk assessment criteria for virtual asset cases to decide on further investigation or law enforcement
【Macro News】
1. Data: Tonight at 20:30 the number of layoffs by Challenger companies in the United States in November, and at 21:30 the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending December 2.
2. A Reuters survey showed that 52 of 102 economists believed that the Federal Reserve would not cut interest rates until at least July; another 50 believed that the interest rate would be cut before July; and 72 of the 102 economists believed that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by 100 basis points or less in 2024.
3. The U.S. "small non-farm" ADP in November recorded 103,000 jobs, which was lower than expected, for the fourth consecutive month that it was lower than expected; wages of employed people increased by 5.6%, the lowest wage growth rate since September 2021.
4. The EU is about to reach a milestone in artificial intelligence regulation (AI regulation officially begins to take effect)
【Coin Circle News】
1. Data: Bitcoin options open interest reached a record high of about $20 billion. In the past 24 hours, call options accounted for 60% of transactions, while put options accounted for only 40%.
2. Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr: It is not necessary to eliminate all inscriptions to benefit Bitcoin (previously stated that he would fix a vulnerability that might cause the inscriptions to disappear)
3. zkSync will stop supporting Goerli in January 2024 and is currently migrating to Sepolia
4. Data: Thailand's cryptocurrency trading volume reached US$116.4 billion, setting a new record
5. BlackRock's latest spot Bitcoin ETF revision mentions the possibility of Bitcoin being classified as a security
6. Crypto stock short traders lost $2.656 billion in the past three months. ARK Invest sold another $33 million of Coinbase stock yesterday.
7. Grayscale CEO: Optimistic after communicating with SEC about spot Bitcoin ETF
8. JPMorgan Chase CEO: If I were the government, I would shut down cryptocurrency
Greed and Fear Index: 72 (Moderately Greedy)
Nine Gods Index (Ahr999): 1.00 (fixed investment period)