1. The death toll from the Beirut attack has risen to 11, and at least 23 people were injured in the attack on Hezbollah senior commander Mohammed Haidar

2. It is reported that Hezbollah attacked the UN positions in southern Lebanon. A UNIFIL post in Shema was attacked by rockets fired by Hezbollah, injuring four Italian peacekeepers. This was the second attack on a UN post in a week. The previous attack also targeted another outpost in Ramya.

3. Russian President Vladimir Putin once again warned Ukraine and NATO: We will continue these tests, including under combat conditions, in accordance with the threats to Russia's security, especially considering that we have prepared for you the supply of such systems

4. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index: Confidence in the economic trajectory is rising as Republicans are elected (Figure 1)

5. The economic situation in a certain country is getting worse. According to the #GDP deflator, the economy of a certain country has been in deflation for 6 consecutive quarters, which is the longest since 1999, and industrial profits have fallen to the lowest level since the new crown crisis. In September, the industrial profits of large enterprises in a certain country plummeted by 27.1% year-on-year, the largest drop since the new crown crisis.

6. Continuing with the story of a certain country, the National Bureau of Statistics resumed publishing unemployment data: In October, the unemployment rate of the 16-24-year-old labor force in urban areas nationwide, excluding students, was 17.1%

The Ministry of Education predicts that the number of college graduates will reach 12.22 million in 2025, a record high. If the economic growth rate drops to 2.7% or below, the youth unemployment rate may reach 50%, and the fertility rate will plummet to 0.6 before 2030. Therefore, it is necessary to immediately initiate substantial reform and opening up to promote economic and consumption growth.

7. Speculators are using leveraged markets to invest billions of dollars, and MicroStrategy will lead in returns #BTC☀️ (Figure 2)

8. In July, gold demand jumped to a nearly 14-year high. Total gold demand has fluctuated around 1,200-1,300 tons over the past three years. At the same time, gold prices rose 48%, which exceeded the #标普500 index (27% increase).

9. Last week alone, China #ETF✅ saw $2 billion in outflows, the largest weekly outflow in history. Despite pandemic-like stimulus measures, recent data shows that China's economy is deteriorating. Investors are starting to withdraw funds again after China's stimulus measures brought in a large amount of funds. The largest China ETF $FXI saw withdrawals of $984 million last week.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in stimulus measures have been implemented, but China's consumer confidence is terrible. In the past three years, China's consumer confidence has dropped by about 50 percentage points. Such a decline in consumers' evaluation of the Chinese economy is almost unprecedented (Figure 3)

10. If the Trump deal is still followed, the closing price of $BTC this year will be between $108,000 and $155,000 (Figure 4 + Figure 5)

11. Ukraine is working hard to develop its domestic missile program. Despite limited funding and capabilities, Kiev is committed to advancing its missile program as a strategic tool to counter Russia.

12. Technical experts: Decentralized data crowdsourcing is the key to fighting the dominance of large technology. BCN believes that the market size of artificial intelligence#AIis expected to reach 184 billion US dollars by the end of 2024. The core of the artificial intelligence industry is data, and most of the data is owned by a few large technology companies. This is extremely scary.

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