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According to Gate market data, boosted by the after-hours rise of chip stocks such as Micron Technology (MU.O), Nasdaq futures opened up 2% on Thursday.

According to Bloomberg, the Abu Dhabi investment platform MGX has recently raised nearly $50 billion from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, global pension funds, and large institutional investors to accelerate investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure and related technology projects.Insiders say that this round of funding will primarily support MGX's large-scale expenditures on computing power, data centers, and AI technology layout, in order to promote its investment pace and scale in the regional and global AI industry chain.

According to Jinshi, U.S. President Trump stated on social media that the recently reached agreement has driven U.S. stocks to soar and oil prices to plummet. He will hold a press conference in France in 45 minutes and have dinner with leaders from France and other European countries. Trump pointed out that various indicators of the U.S. economy are performing excellently, with current employment numbers reaching an all-time high, attracting over $19.1 trillion in investment.

QCP Group's latest market commentary points out that the United States and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) over the weekend. The market expects the Strait of Hormuz to resume navigation, and the marginal easing of geopolitical risks has driven overall strength in risk assets. S&P 500 futures opened more than 100 points higher and broke historical highs, while oil prices fell below $75 per barrel, reflecting a decrease in market pricing for the risk of energy supply disruptions.

Driven by the news of the peace agreement between the United States and Iran and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, global risk appetite has significantly rebounded, with U.S. stock futures rising across the board and the technology growth sector performing actively. According to Gate market data, SanDisk (SNDK) reached a high of $2,075.72 in 24 hours, currently reported at $2,067.95, with a 24-hour increase of 3.74%; SpaceX (SPCX) reached a high of $169.59 in 24 hours, currently reported at $167.85, with a 24-hour increase of 1.21%. According to CoinGlass data, the contract open interest for Gate SNDK (SanDisk) reached $9.0399 million, and the contract open interest for Gate SPCX (SpaceX) reached $6.6192 million, both ranking among the industry's top.

The World Cup group stage continues. In today's two completed matches, Canada drew 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina, earning their first point in this World Cup; the United States defeated Paraguay 4-1, achieving a strong start in the group stage.Base's native leverage prediction market OmenX data shows that as the host teams take the field, the trading activity in World Cup-related prediction markets continues to rise. Among them, the prediction market trading volume for the Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina match reached $2.4 million; the trading volume for the United States vs. Paraguay match reached $3.5 million.So far, the cumulative trading volume in World Cup-related prediction markets on OmenX has reached $80 million, with markets related to championship outcomes, single match results, and popular teams becoming the most active trading directions for users.OmenX has recently launched a new sports page and introduced related prediction markets and themed activities around the World Cup, supporting users in leveraged prediction trading regarding match results, championship outcomes, and popular sports events.

According to Jinshi News, driven by strong U.S. employment data, the market generally expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, which has put pressure on the gold market and led to gold completely reversing its gains for the year.During the U.S. trading session, spot gold fell about 3.5%, breaking below $4320 per ounce, failing to maintain its upward trend this year. At the same time, both bond yields and the U.S. dollar exchange rate rose. Currently, the strong performance of the labor market leaves room for Federal Reserve officials to raise interest rates, although tensions in the Middle East have pushed up energy prices. Rising interest rates are generally unfavorable for non-yielding precious metals.

Despite reports that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have reached a 60-day ceasefire and a draft memorandum for discussions on the nuclear program, the cryptocurrency market remains under pressure, with Bitcoin falling below $73,000, down about 2.7% in 24 hours. The U.S. stock and bond markets were boosted, with the Nasdaq rising 0.6%, while WTI crude oil prices dropped below $90 per barrel.On a macro level, the first inflation report under the new Federal Reserve Chair Warsh shows that the U.S. core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index rose to 3.8% year-on-year in April, the highest level in nearly three years, up from 2.8% in February. Olu Sonola, the U.S. economy director at Fitch Ratings, stated that inflationary pressures may persist in the coming months, making it difficult for the Federal Reserve to ignore supply shocks that drive potential inflation.Market analysis indicates that in the short term, macroeconomic favorable factors have significantly boosted the stock market and oil prices, but the cryptocurrency market lacks similar direct stimuli, and Bitcoin and other digital assets still face selling pressure.

According to Business Insider, the blockchain venture capital firm BlockBooster announced the launch of its first fund, BlockBooster Digital Venture Fund I, on May 15, with a scale of $50 million. The fund focuses on four major tracks: AI infrastructure, on-chain transaction ecosystems, on-chain asset management, and tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), marking the company's formal entry into the digital economy as a comprehensive alternative asset manager.

According to ChainCatcher, Binance has rolled out a major update in its latest app version, integrating RootData’s team data for all 400+ Binance Alpha tokens. The added information includes team members’ roles, social media links, X follower counts, and X influence scores, enabling users to gain a comprehensive understanding of each project’s team background and industry influence for more informed investment decisions. Previously, Binance Wallet had already integrated RootData’s project overviews, funding history, and event calendars into its Earn page. RootData now serves over 260 API clients, including the Ethereum Foundation, OKX Wallet, Gate, CertiK, Blockworks, Amber Group, CMT Digital, Coinglass, BlockBeats, Everstake, and Token Pocket.  Through strategic partnerships with Binance and others, RootData continues to strengthen its position as a trusted data infrastructure provider, driving greater transparency across the crypto industry and delivering more reliable, efficient data support to projects, investors, and institutions.

After the U.S. Senate reached a compromise on the issue of stablecoin yields, expectations for the advancement of the cryptocurrency market structure bill have significantly improved. Industry insiders say this progress has "significantly boosted market sentiment," and the Senate Banking Committee may advance the review and vote next week.Previously, the probability of the bill passing was only about 20%–30%, but expectations have now risen to about 60%. However, ethical issues surrounding Donald Trump and his connections to cryptocurrency businesses are still seen as a key obstacle. The bill aims to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework at the federal level for the first time and delineate the regulatory authority between the SEC and CFTC.

The global stock market has reached a milestone moment. According to data from the Gate platform, NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 Index) strongly refreshed its intraday historical high yesterday, reaching a maximum of $28,817.49; US30 (Dow Jones 30 Index) broke the 50,000-point mark for the first time, peaking at 50,116.03 points. Although the subsequent gains narrowed, the two indices closed at 28,637.55 points and 49,679.17 points respectively, but the new highs of these two core indices have significantly boosted market sentiment, establishing a premium space for a new round of market rally.Gate has launched the world's first perpetual contracts for indices, with 15 trading pairs now available in the contract area, providing the most comprehensive global mainstream stock indices and volatility indices, fully supporting USDT settlement and 24/7 continuous trading. With a well-established layout in the fields of crypto assets, metals, indices, commodities, foreign exchange, and popular stocks, Gate continues to offer global users a one-stop, multi-scenario asset allocation choice, further enhancing the platform's competitiveness and brand influence in the global comprehensive trading market.

OKX founder Star commented on OKX Boost while retweeting a post from RootData, stating that it is not just an incentive but also an early discovery and price discovery mechanism for new projects.In the tweet, RootData, in collaboration with OKX, released the first quarter report for OKX Boost, which shows that during the event, 23 projects distributed over $11 million in incentives, with an average of about 20,000 active participants per event and an average transparency score of over 70%. The listing rate for OKX spot or futures reached 45%.

According to official news, OKX Wallet has officially launched the X Launch event for Fluent Network (BLEND) in the OKX Boost product. Eligible users can participate to share a prize pool of over 3 million BLEND.It is reported that Fluent Network is a blockchain specifically built for reputation-based applications. OKX Wallet, as an industry-leading one-stop Web3 gateway, supports over 140 popular public chains.RootData information shows that Fluent Network has a transparency score of 78% (out of 100%), which is above average, indicating that information disclosure is relatively complete.

OpenGradient (OPG) has been listed on the OKX Boost leaderboard, with a 24-hour increase of +128.69%. It is reported that OKX Boost launched the OpenGradient X Launch event on April 20, and eligible users can share a reward of 3 million tokens. The claim started on April 21 at 8 PM. According to the official event information, a single address can claim up to 2,769 OPG tokens, currently valued at 1,162 USD.It is reported that OpenGradient is positioned as an open intelligent network layer, a decentralized AI infrastructure used to carry, execute, and verify models. Through an architecture similar to AI co-processors, applications and on-chain systems can call GPU and TEE nodes to complete computations, ensuring that all inference results are verifiable in consensus.RootData information shows that OpenGradient is currently at the top of the trending list, with a transparency score of 69% (out of 100%), indicating a relatively complete information disclosure.