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According to a report by Jinse Finance, as disclosed by The Kobeissi Letter, global physically-backed gold ETFs saw a net inflow of $8.2 billion last month, marking the fifth largest monthly net inflow in at least two years. Previously, the net inflow in September was $17.3 billion, indicating that gold ETFs have achieved net inflows for five consecutive months. Asian investors dominated fund flows in October, with net inflows reaching $6.1 billion, making it the second strongest month in history. China alone accounted for $4.5 billion of Asia's total net inflows. Since the beginning of this year, gold ETFs have attracted $72.3 billion in capital inflows and are on track to achieve their strongest annual performance ever.

Jinse Finance reported that last night, the key vote on the "U.S. government restart"—specifically, the S.3012 motion, namely the "Federal Employee Appropriations Exemption Act"—did not pass. Affected by this news, the probability on Polymarket that "the government restart will be delayed until after the 16th" rose to 53.5%, while the probability that "the government restart will occur between the 8th and 11th" dropped to 12%.