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The Huobi HTX VIP private class "AI + Trading from Theory to Practice" was held in Shanghai, where Cloud, the Chief Analyst of HTX Research, shared "New Trading Opportunities in the AI Era."He believes that AI is a huge gold mine waiting to be explored, and trading is the fastest and most efficient way to monetize AI. Ordinary traders face three major challenges: emotional interference, limited energy, and cognitive biases, which form the "impossible triangle" of trading. AI is the key to breaking this dilemma. AI can achieve objective and emotionless decision-making, large-scale parallel monitoring, surpass human pattern recognition capabilities, and multi-modal signal fusion, fundamentally reshaping trading decision logic.

Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform that Bitcoin's volatility and correlation are increasingly approaching gold levels. This trend is significantly underestimated in the current market adjustment and may be a positive signal amid recent market turbulence.According to the 60-day historical volatility comparison data between IBIT and the Gold ETF (GLD) since its launch, it can be seen that Bitcoin's volatility structure is gradually aligning with gold, indicating that its asset characteristics may be changing.Eric Balchunas added that despite the highly volatile market environment, the BlackRock Bitcoin Spot ETF (IBIT) has continued to outperform U.S. stocks since the escalation of the Iran conflict, achieving more than double the excess returns compared to the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) since the approval of the BlackRock ETF.

J.P. Morgan analysts, including Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, stated that as signs of easing tensions in the Middle East emerge, investors are gradually withdrawing from the Bitcoin and gold markets. The "devaluation trade" that previously drove demand for both is losing momentum.In the past two weeks, both Bitcoin and gold-related ETFs have seen significant capital outflows, and institutional positions in the CME futures market have also weakened concurrently. This trend indicates that investors are retreating from the macro hedging trades that became popular due to inflation concerns and global instability, and it is not a case of Bitcoin funds shifting to gold; rather, both asset classes are facing a simultaneous decline in demand. Since the Iran conflict, Bitcoin has been a major representation of the "devaluation trade."

According to Gate market data, spot gold has fallen below 4400 USD/ounce for the first time since March 27, dropping more than 50 USD during the day, a decline of 1.25%.

Hua Xia Fund (Hong Kong) announced the official launch of the tokenized gold exchange-traded fund "Hua Xia Digital Gold ETF," which will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 29, 2026. This fund relies on a native blockchain architecture, with physical gold stored in institutional-grade vaults in Hong Kong, adopting a physical replication strategy and not involving futures or other derivative investments.

Recently, the volatility in the metal market has continued to intensify, with gold and silver prices maintaining high-level fluctuations. According to market data from the Gate platform, silver (XAG) reached a 24-hour high of $77.61 and is currently reported at $76.89; gold (XAU) reached a 24-hour high of $4,549.78 and is currently reported at $4,514.90, with an overall strong trend. According to CoinGlass data, the 24-hour contract position for silver (XAG) on the Gate platform reached $100 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $131 million; the 24-hour contract position for gold (XAU) reached $180 million, both ranking among the top two globally. As global macro uncertainty increases, market risk aversion continues to rise, further driving the growth of metal trading activity.Gate has pioneered the metal contract trading sector, providing 24/7 uninterrupted trading, offering users greater strategic flexibility and asset management efficiency in volatile markets. Gate contracts cover a variety of traditional financial assets, including stocks, metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities, supporting trading in core assets such as gold, silver, and globally popular stocks. Gate continues to build a more efficient and professional multi-asset one-stop trading platform for global users.

According to Jinshi News, Goldman Sachs has raised its target for the S&P 500 index to 8,000 points by the end of 2026, up from the previous target of 7,600 points.

Michael Widmer, Managing Director and Head of Metal Research at Bank of America, stated that gold prices will face pressure in the short term due to a decline in market expectations for U.S. interest rate cuts. However, the bank maintains a bullish outlook on gold and reiterates its forecast for gold prices to rise to $6,000 per ounce in the next 12 months.The current pressure on gold is related to the market's repricing of inflation risks and the path of U.S. interest rates against the backdrop of rising energy prices due to the Middle East conflict. Despite these pressures, gold is expected to continue rising, supported by ongoing purchases by central banks, a rebound in investor demand, and weakening economic growth indicators.

According to CoinGlass data, gold (XAUT) is currently priced at $4520.46, with a total market position of approximately $697 million. Among them, the XAUT contract position on the Gate platform is about $166 million, ranking second in the entire network. Meanwhile, silver (XAG) is currently priced at $76.46, with a total market position of approximately $355 million. The XAG contract position on the Gate platform is about $101 million, also ranking second in the entire network, further reflecting the platform's liquidity and product advantages in the precious metals derivatives market.Currently, Gate has fully deepened its TradFi layout, with the spot section supporting stock and metal trading, and the contract section covering diversified assets such as gold, silver, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities. With a flexible USDT settlement mechanism and up to 100 times leverage, Gate continues to assist global investors in achieving cross-market, round-the-clock asset allocation and risk management.

Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon wrote in The New York Times that the market's concerns about AI triggering a "massive wave of unemployment" are exaggerated. The U.S. economy will continue to create more new jobs through technological transformation, just as it did during the past industrial revolution and the internet era. Solomon stated that Goldman Sachs expects AI or automation to affect about 25% of existing work hours over the next decade, with significant impacts on white-collar sectors such as banking, accounting, and law. Research from Stanford shows that entry-level positions in highly automated roles like software engineering and customer service have declined by 16% compared to less automated industries.However, he pointed out that AI is also creating new job demands. For example, since 2022, the construction of data centers in the U.S. has generated over 200,000 construction jobs. Goldman Sachs itself may reduce some compliance and account opening positions but will increase hiring for client-facing roles in banking, trading, and asset management. Solomon believes that AI is more likely to enhance productivity rather than directly eliminate 25% of jobs. He stated, "Technological advancement and cultural change do not occur simultaneously; being replaceable does not mean one will necessarily be replaced." He also called for the government and businesses to jointly promote large-scale job retraining to address the structural changes in the workforce brought about by AI.

According to the official announcement, Gate has launched the fifth phase of the CFD Gold Lucky Bag event from May 25 at 15:40 to June 9 at 16:20 (UTC+8), during which a total of 2,304g of gold will be given away. Since its launch, the Gate CFD Gold Lucky Bag series of events has distributed over 5kg of gold.As of now, Gate CFD has launched over 430 trading assets, covering mainstream traditional financial assets such as stocks, metals, foreign exchange, global indices, and commodities, and supports 24-hour trading on both App and Web.As one of the first cryptocurrency trading platforms to make large-scale layouts in CFD contract trading, Gate has currently built a unified margin system around traditional finance and on-chain assets, allowing users to conduct cross-product trading and fund allocation through a single USDT account, further enhancing multi-asset trading efficiency and fund utilization flexibility.In addition, Gate has pioneered an adjustable leverage mechanism in the industry, further enhancing users' strategy flexibility and position management capabilities in different market environments. As global demand for trading traditional assets such as US stocks and gold continues to grow, Gate is continuously promoting the integration of crypto and TradFi scenarios to create a one-stop trading platform covering mainstream global assets.

a16z crypto stated that the current tokenized commodity market is almost entirely dominated by gold. It cited data from rwa.xyz indicating that as of May 7, 2026, the on-chain tokenized gold market has reached approximately $5 billion, capturing the vast majority of market share; in contrast, the tokenized silver market is only about $28,100,000, the tokenized gold ETF (iShare Gold Trust) is about $14,100,000, and other commodity categories total approximately $2,950,000.a16z pointed out that gold possesses characteristics such as global circulation, standardization, and a long-standing reliance on paper certificate trading, making it naturally suitable for tokenization. Products including Tether Gold (XAUt) and Pax Gold (PAXG) essentially map the ownership of gold stored in vaults to on-chain wallets. It also noted that, apart from gold, tokenized oil, agricultural products, energy, and computing power commodity assets are still in a very early stage, with relatively limited market share.

According to Gate platform data, gold (XAU) reached a maximum of $4561.69 and a minimum of $4495.52 in 24 hours; silver (XAG) reached a maximum of $77.20 and a minimum of $74.55 in 24 hours. The metal market has experienced a short-term correction, maintaining overall high volatility, which has driven active trading. According to CoinGlass data, the 24-hour trading volume for Gate XAU contracts reached $171 million, with a current open interest of $136 million; the 24-hour trading volume for XAG contracts reached $190 million, with an open interest of $108 million, both ranking among the industry's top.Gate pioneered the metal contract trading sector, providing 24/7 uninterrupted trading, offering users higher strategic flexibility and asset management efficiency in volatile markets. Gate contracts cover various traditional financial assets, including stocks, metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities, supporting trading in core assets such as gold, silver, and globally popular stocks. Gate continues to build a more efficient and professional multi-asset one-stop trading platform for global users.

According to Gate market data, spot gold has risen sharply in the short term, reaching a high of $4,540 per ounce, and is currently pulling back to $4,536 per ounce; the dollar index DXY has fallen sharply in the short term, hitting a low of 99.17.

According to Gate's market data, gold (XAUUSDT) has risen above the $4,500 mark, currently priced at $4,556.71, with a 24-hour increase of approximately 1.57%; silver (XAGUSDT) has broken above $76, currently priced at $76.36, with a 24-hour increase of 2.97%, driving active trading in related contracts.According to CoinGlass data, the trading volume of gold (XAU) contracts on the Gate platform in the last 24 hours reached $213 million, with an open interest of $138 million, ranking among the top two globally; the trading volume of silver (XAG) contracts was approximately $194 million, with an open interest of about $118 million, also ranking among the top two globally.Gate has pioneered the metal contract trading sector, providing 24/7 uninterrupted trading, offering users greater strategic flexibility and asset management efficiency in volatile markets. Gate's contracts cover various traditional financial assets, including stocks, metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities, supporting trading in core assets such as gold, silver, and globally popular stocks. Gate continues to build a more efficient and professional multi-asset one-stop trading platform for users worldwide.

OpenAI has been working with investment banks to prepare for the submission of an initial public offering (IPO) application in the coming days or weeks. Investment banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are assisting OpenAI in drafting the IPO prospectus, and the company plans to submit the documents confidentially to regulators soon, possibly as early as this Friday. Some insiders have indicated that OpenAI aims to go public as early as September, although the plans remain subject to change.Earlier this week, OpenAI cleared a significant hurdle on the road to its IPO: the company won a legal dispute with co-founder and now rival CEO Altman against Musk. Musk has stated that he plans to appeal the ruling. OpenAI still needs to overcome a series of other challenges, the most significant of which is the market's concern about its ability to generate enough revenue to support its substantial data center expenditure commitments.

As cryptocurrency trading platforms gradually extend from trading single digital assets to traditional asset trading scenarios such as stocks, gold, foreign exchange, and indices, platform competition is shifting from "asset coverage" to "trading entry points, operational paths, and execution efficiency." Whether users can discover opportunities faster, enter the market, and complete transactions is becoming an important measure of the product experience on exchanges.Recently, Bitget announced the launch of the 10-second gold buying challenge, inviting users to record the entire process from opening the Bitget App homepage to completing a XAUUSD gold CFD transaction, with a chance to win rewards if completed in less than 10 seconds. The activity showcases the changes in mobile TradFi trading paths through actual user operations, reflecting that cryptocurrency exchanges are attempting to further streamline and simplify the trading experience of traditional financial assets.According to Bitget, the platform has previously brought TradFi to the first-level entry of the App homepage, covering traditional asset trading scenarios such as gold, stocks, foreign exchange, and indices. Compared to the past, where traditional asset trading typically required completion on independent platforms or through multiple entry points, Bitget aims to allow users to engage with various asset types more directly within the same platform through a unified entry point and optimized mobile processes.

According to the South China Morning Post, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Hui Ching-yu, stated that gold can serve as a potential bridge between traditional finance and new finance. Hong Kong needs to provide more development opportunities for the digital asset market to support its sustainable growth. He also mentioned that based on the trend of "integration" between traditional finance and innovative finance, Hong Kong has not chosen to establish an independent regulatory body for digital assets. Hui Ching-yu noted that both gold ETFs and blockchain-based tokenized gold products have emerged in the market simultaneously.Previously, HSBC and Hang Seng Investment launched Hong Kong's first tokenized non-listed Hang Seng Gold ETF category product on HashKey Exchange in April.

According to Arkham monitoring, Goldman Sachs sold $152 million XRP, $500 million ETH, and $450 million BTC, and bought HYPE.