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According to ChainCatcher, citing Golden Ten Data, the Federal Reserve is expected to lower its benchmark interest rate at this week's meeting, but this rate cut may have a "hawkish" tone. JPMorgan traders pointed out that, firstly, the dot plot shows the Fed expects only one rate cut next year; secondly, Fed Chair Powell emphasized that concerns about inflation still exist and did not commit to further rate cuts.

Foresight News reported, according to Cointelegraph, that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on social media that the Ethereum network can handle temporary loss of finality without facing serious risks. This comment was made after a recent vulnerability in the Prysm Ethereum client, which nearly disrupted the blockchain’s confirmation mechanism. Vitalik emphasized that what truly needs to be avoided is “finalizing the wrong block,” rather than occasional delays in finality. Experts generally support this view. Fabrizio Romano Genovese, a PhD in Computer Science from Oxford University, pointed out that loss of finality only temporarily changes Ethereum’s confirmation mechanism from deterministic to probabilistic, similar to how bitcoin operates.