• $2.02B in $BTC options is set to expire tomorrow, with a Put/Call Ratio of 0.90 and a Max Pain Price of $69,000 - [EI]

• $350M in $ETH options set to expire tomorrow; Put/Call Ratio at 0.66 and Max Pain Price at $2,550 - [EI]

• Bitcoin's journey began 16 years ago today with the publication of Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper outlining $BTC - [NN]

• US jobless claims at 216K for the week of Oct. 26, below the 230K estimate; continuing claims at 1.862M for the week of Oct. 19, below the 1.885M estimate - [DB]

• US September personal income rises 0.3% m/m, matching estimates; personal spending increases 0.5% m/m, above estimates; real personal spending gains 0.4% m/m, exceeding estimates - [DB]

• US September PCE price index rises 0.2% M/M and 2.1% Y/Y; core PCE increases 0.3% M/M and 2.7% Y/Y - [DB]

• U.S. initial jobless claims at 216K, lower than expected 229K and previous 228K - [EI]

• S&P 500 opens down 0.8%, NASDAQ declines 1% - [DB]

• Franklin Templeton becomes the first asset manager to operate on the Base blockchain by moving its tokenized Treasury fund to the Layer 2 platform - [NN]

• Spot gold falls 1.3% to $2,750/oz after reaching a record high - [DB]

• NASDAQ 100 falls 1.8%, on track for worst day since Sept. 6 - [DB]

• Microsoft shares fall 6%, marking the largest drop since October 2022 - [DB]

• Trump's World Liberty reduces fundraising target by 90% to $30M - [AGGR]

• Donald Trump celebrates the 16th anniversary of Satoshi's Bitcoin White Paper, stating, "We will end Kamala's war on crypto, and Bitcoin will be produced in the U.S." - [NN]

• Florida CFO reports state portfolio includes $800M in crypto-related investments - [Zoomer]

• Altman confirms GPT-5 will not be released in 2024 during Reddit AMA - [DB]

• Iran plans major retaliatory strike from Iraq within days - [DB]

• Amazon rises as much as 5% following earnings release - [DB]

• Coinbase shares fall 15% today, marking the largest single-day decline since 2022 - [NN]

• Tether reports $2.5 billion net profit for Q3 2024 and surpasses $100 billion in U.S. Treasury bond assets - [NN]

• Apple shares fall 2% in postmarket trading after results - [DB]