A look at the key developments from the afternoon session on October 20th
7:00-12:00 Keywords: ZRO, Polymarket, Andrew Cuomo
1. This week, tokens such as ZRO and XPL will unlock large amounts, with a total value exceeding $180 million;
2. Ethereum received nearly $1 billion in stablecoin inflows in 24 hours, marking the largest single-day increase in history;
3. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo plans to turn New York into a cryptocurrency center;
4. The Federal Reserve will hold a payment innovation conference on the 21st, with representatives from Chainlink, Circle, and others attending;
5. Insider: Polymarket tokens will be issued in 2026, to be implemented after the reopening of the US market;
6. The founders of Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX projects are suspected of transferring $323 million worth of ETH;
7. Vitalik: The key to efficient operation of ZK-Provers lies in not needing to commit to any intermediate data layers.
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