Fed Hawkishness, China’s PMI Slump, and Crypto Liquidations: PALvatar Market Recap, October 31 2025

This podcast episode, presented by an AI avatar named Palvatar, provides a Halloween-themed overview of current global market trends and crypto news. It begins with a sponsored message for Figure Markets, detailing their Bitcoin and ETH-backed loans and new decentralized NPC custody. The market update covers Fed Chair Powell's hawkish comments, positive forecasts from Amazon and Apple, the dollar reaching a three-month high, declining oil prices, and gold losing sparkle. It also highlights China's manufacturing sector contraction, rising inflation in Tokyo, and falling CPI in the Eurozone, France, and Italy. In crypto, the fear and greed index indicates fear despite strong quarterly results from Coinbase, Strategy, and Riot Platforms, and mentions Sam Bankman-Fried's claims about FTX's solvency. The episode concludes by promoting upcoming segments with Raoul and other hosts.