PANews reported on October 25th that Paxos released an assurance report on its stablecoin, PYUSD, issued by KPMG, one of the "Big Four" accounting firms. The report revealed that as of October 15th, the total outstanding PYUSD tokens (Total Tokens Outstanding) had risen to 2,638,336,904, a record high. The notional value of redeemable collateral in total net assets was $2,652,728,424, exceeding the total outstanding PYUSD tokens. Paxos reportedly did not release its September assurance report, but in August, it reported a total outstanding PYUSD token of 1,169,714,720, representing a 125.5% increase in the past two months.


Bitcoin’s market cycles may stretch longer as ISM manufacturing data remains weak, hinting at extended macro headwinds and slower business recovery. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has historically aligned with major peaks in Bitcoin’s market cycles — a pattern that, if repeated, could imply a longer-than-usual cycle this time around.The correlation between the ISM PMI and Bitcoin’s (BTC) price was first popularized by Real Vision’s Raoul Pal and has since gained traction among macro-focused crypto analysts.“All 3 past Bitcoin cycle tops have broadly aligned with this monthly, oscillating index,” analyst Colin Talks Crypto noted, referencing the recurring overlap between Bitcoin’s market highs and the PMI’s cyclical peaks.Read more
