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AI and Macro Insights
Strategy perpetual preferred stock STRC fell below the $100 face value, Bitcoin's financing engine stalled, Michael Saylor's coin-buying plan was hindered, and market marginal buying pressure is shaky.
OpenAI releases GPT-Image-2: Designers' jobs may really be at risk
OpenAI released the revolutionary image model GPT-Image-2, parachuting to the top of the LM Arena chart with 1512 points, achieving a generational-level crushing. It possesses strategic-level visual intelligence, capable of independently conducting research, design, and multilingual precise typesetting, thoroughly overturning traditional design workflows.
Cook's farewell and the handover to Ternus: the fractures and reboot of Apple's 4 trillion empire
Cook left behind a heavy "AI debt", Apple is slow in the field of artificial intelligence with a fragmented organizational structure, currently in a passive situation relying on competitors (Google).
What does the outcome of the midterm elections mean for Trump and Crypto?
If Trump loses the House in the midterm elections, crypto policy will shift to being driven by executive orders, but the core bill window is pressing, and the industry is doing everything possible to promote the legislative process to seize certain opportunities.
Institutions and Celebrity Insights
“Bitcoin is both digital gold and the future global settlement asset.”
Investment master Jeremy Grantham shares 60 years of market insights, analyzing the AI craze, seven tech giants, and the current market bubble, emphasizing that seeing the big picture and value investing are the keys to long-term success.
The future asset allocation is “traditional finance + cryptocurrency.”
Dialogue with Cobie: AI, airdrops, K-type divergence, and the next decade of the crypto industry
The crypto industry is fulfilling its promises, but why aren’t you making money?
Fintech has entered the “fifth era” of competing for profitability and compliance, AI is “killing” mediocre financial companies.
The real winners have eaten up the rapidly growing RWA market, with core competition in enterprise-level sales and integration depth.
Seizing Opportunities
AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant steers the new fund USVC, with a $500 threshold leveraging investment opportunities in unlisted growth companies like OpenAI and xAI, interpreting how Pre-IPO channels open private market growth dividends to ordinary investors.
Leading players in the predictive market are directing the flames toward a larger derivatives stage. On April 22, Polymarket and Kalshi simultaneously delivered heavy news, with both predictive market giants planning to enter the perpetual contracts field.
Ethereum's Meme season is back
Mascots, aliens, and those crazy "sock people".
Web3 Matters
Notes from the Hong Kong Web3 Conference (continuously updated)
The industry has entered a "hellishly difficult" growth period, with a large number of mediocre market makers and “tourist-type” investors being eliminated, leaving mostly deep participants.
Review of 20 theft incidents: why is the crypto circle always being stolen?
Analyzing 20 crypto theft cases, breaking down the two paths taken by attackers, and explaining why one protocol's issue can hurt the entire ecosystem.
After AAVE was hit, what did Spark do right to attract $1.3 billion amid contrary trends?
Aave faced a $10 billion run due to rsETH vulnerabilities, while Spark attracted $1.3 billion with prudent risk control. This DeFi crisis reveals the value of a safety-first strategy, with funds shifting from seeking efficiency to seeking stability.
MetaMask co-founder has left, leaving behind a little fox crammed into an IPO prospectus
Are you still using that little fox?
Key Information
Riot Platforms deposits 500 BTC with NYDIG again, worth approximately $38.95 million
Cardano ecosystem NFT market JPG Store announces it will close on May 23
Aave collaborates with DeFi partners to respond to the aftermath of the KelpDAO hacking incident
Bitmine pledges over 98,000 ETH again, worth approximately $229 million
Coinbase adds VIRTUAL, PROS, and KAIO to the listing roadmap
Morgan Stanley increases its holdings to 143.34 BTC, total holdings rise to approximately 1964 BTC
Binance contracts will delist USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts such as B3 and DEGEN next week
Binance launches debit card page, intent application registration deadline is April 30
Grayscale: Bitcoin prices may have formed a stable bottom in the $65,000 to $70,000 range
Russia readopts the cryptocurrency bill, with the central bank to dominate market access
Etherealize updates long-term ETH price prediction to $250,000
US media: SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI company Cursor for over $50 billion
Predictive markets Kalshi and Polymarket plan to launch perpetual contract trading
A whale withdraws 35,000 ETH from Binance into BitGo custody
Binance launches AI infrastructure lending protocol token CHIP and marks seed labels
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