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Bitcoin weakness leads to sector divergence: exchange stocks Coinbase rise, Strategy stocks fall; mining stocks show mixed performance, with CleanSpark, Riot rising, Marathon falling, Core Scientific slightly up, Cipher and Iren declining; Japanese Metaplanet drops, small and mid-cap stocks like Tron, SharpLink retreat; Bitmain and Circle fluctuate near flat levels with limited movement. Market interpretation suggests that despite Bitcoin's weakness, some entities still rise, and selective positioning should be based on performance.

Cloud security startup Coppershield completes $7 million seed funding round led by TLV Partners, aiming to shift cloud environment security operations from manual to automated through a real-time decision engine called Context Lake and AI agents, providing actionable, transparent risk management. The founding team comes from Unity, McAfee, and RSA, with platforms covering network analysis, behavioral checks, adversarial simulation, and automatic remediation.

The easing of Middle East tensions and strong semiconductor earnings boost push the New York stock market to new highs. The S&P 500 rose to 7,165.08 points, the Nasdaq to 24,836.59 points, and the Dow retreated. Falling oil prices ease cost and inflation pressures. The semiconductor sector led the gains, with Intel exceeding expectations and soaring, Nvidia's market value surpassing $5 trillion, and AMD and Qualcomm strengthening. The US dollar and Treasury yields declined, with markets focusing on the Federal Reserve meeting on the 28th–29th and the outlook for interest rate cuts.

Hoskinson announced live that Cardano's next phase should go beyond slogans of decentralization, addressing the centralized reliance of off-chain infrastructure. By reconstructing the trust model through Midnight, MPC, ZK, TEE, and transforming BlockFrost into a decentralized infrastructure network, replacing the development platform as the intermediary gatekeeper, and promoting application layer decentralization and off-chain bottleneck elimination through end-to-end strategies, while also integrating with the long-term development of treasury voting.

Oil prices retreat as the possibility of US-Iran restart negotiations re-emerges, ending a five-day rally. Brent settles at $105.33, WTI at $94.40, with weekly gains of approximately 16% and 13%. The market focuses on US and Iranian delegations heading to Pakistan for negotiations and the security of the Strait of Hormuz, with conflicting signals increasing price uncertainty. Analysts say that if negotiations progress and Strait security is assured, oil prices will continue to fluctuate significantly; otherwise, they will remain influenced by geopolitical tensions and diplomatic developments.

Google is reportedly planning to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, with an initial $1 billion tranche. After performance targets are met, the investment will be increased to $3 billion, valuing the company at $350 billion. Over the next five years, Google Cloud will provide 5,000 gigawatts of computing power to support Claude, underscoring the decisive role computing power plays in AI. This month, Amazon invested $5 billion, and plans to invest an additional $20 billion in the future, for a total of approximately $65 billion. The market is optimistic about Anthropic’s pre-IPO prospects, expecting capital, data centers, semiconductors, and cloud computing to form an even stronger alliance; however, concerns about round-trip trading and regulation also remain.

The increased likelihood of Iran-U.S. negotiations has driven international oil prices to retreat within five trading days. WTI June contracts closed at $94.40 per barrel, down 1.51%, ending a four-day winning streak. Although the market declined due to prospects of negotiations, it is not seen as a sign of easing tensions; analysts warn that even if an agreement is reached, Iran may intensify threats to the Strait of Hormuz, and short-term oil prices remain susceptible to volatility. Investors are reducing long positions and waiting for further developments in negotiations.

Rilian completes $17.5 million seed round funding, launches AI-native security orchestration platform Caspian, targeting threat detection and response in regulated environments such as air-gapped and sovereign clouds, reducing update cycles from weeks to days, and has signed contracts with the United Arab Emirates. Global government security spending is expected to increase significantly by 2030, with Rilian emphasizing AI-driven integrated operations to reduce delays caused by procurement and personnel shortages.

The New York stock market opened mixed, with the Dow Jones falling, while the S&P and the Nasdaq rose, as the market assesses potential ways to resolve the US-Iran conflict and evaluates corporate outlooks. The Iranian Foreign Minister’s overseas visit is seen as a sign that tensions may ease, but the US still warns that sea mines could escalate, bringing renewed attention back to the Strait of Hormuz. Energy prices are in focus, with WTI rising. On individual stocks, Intel jumped sharply on strength in AI demand; Arm and Cohu (Cohu) rose; P&G rose; and Hartford came in below expectations. Defensive sectors outperformed, technology stocks faced pressure, and the market may see differentiation across both industries and individual stocks.

Although global electric vehicle sales continue to grow, investment enthusiasm remains at a "half-recovery" stage. The IEA predicts that by 2025, global EV sales will reach 21 million units, a 20% increase year-over-year, but optimism has declined. By 2026, fundraising in the EV sector will total approximately $3.6 billion, far below the peak in 2021. Large investments are concentrated in promising companies such as Wave, Slate Auto, Also, as well as Chinese new forces like DeepWay and Ariz, with more funds focusing on a few sectors and major players, while exits and mergers and acquisitions remain relatively calm. In the long term, increased investment in autonomous driving may boost the EV ecosystem, but in the short term, investments remain selective.

Reuters reports that Italy will surpass Greece in 2026 to become the country with the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in Europe, at approximately 138.6%, up from 137.1% last year, affected by energy fluctuations and import dependence. DEF states that energy support needs to be provided to households and businesses; if growth continues to stay below 0.6%, fiscal pressure will increase. Conversely, Greece's debt ratio will decrease from 145.9% in 2025 to about 137%, driven by domestic demand and tourism. Future EU fiscal policies will balance growth and energy response.

Based on Solana, Luck.io announced the termination of operations, and users are advised to withdraw funds as soon as possible. Although it previously disclosed a total betting amount of $1.2 billion and 286 million transactions, the high costs maintained by monthly influencer marketing expenses of $500k are unsustainable in a bear market. Its "on-chain verifiable fairness" has been questioned, and the lack of code immutability and public audits has raised trust concerns, with allegations of connections to Rollbit and others. Please complete withdrawals through official channels and pay attention to the deadline and network congestion.

Xiaoxing's consolidated financial statements for Q1 2026 show sales of 530.2 billion Korean won and operating profit of 94.6 billion Korean won, with sales slightly declining but profits increasing. The core drivers are higher equity method income and a rebound in subsidiaries: heavy industry and TNC performance improve, and chemical achieves a turnaround. Looking ahead, if high-margin orders are secured and component sales in the Chinese market increase, performance is expected to continue improving.

Bitcoin has rebounded over 30% from its February lows, approaching $80k, but entering the dense resistance zone of 80,000–109,000 could amplify volatility. If it hits 81,750–94,330 and a structural crash occurs, it may trigger a downward wave. The market presents a trap of pessimism at lows and optimism at resistance levels; risk management should come first, and chasing the rally is not advisable. If buying again, it depends on whether a higher low is formed or if the daily RSI re-enters oversold territory and signals a rebound, while also paying attention to resistance at 78,324–79,260, the first support at 74,968–77,250, and channel support at 76,400.

Bitcoin developers announce a new hard fork chain based on Drivechain called "eCash," planning to manually reallocate suspected Satoshi holdings to new investors on the forked chain, touching on ownership and consensus disputes. Drivechain aims to expand BTC functionality through sidechains, with seven projects currently in development, and potential applications including smart contracts, privacy, low-cost payments, and decentralized finance. The name is easily confused, and its success depends on broad community and ecosystem support as well as transparent mechanisms.

This quarter, domestic economic data exceeded expectations, and South Korean government bond yields rose across the board, with 3-year, 2-year, 5-year, and long-term yields all increasing.
GDP grew by 1.7% quarter-on-quarter, significantly higher than February's forecast, boosting market expectations that the central bank may cautiously cut interest rates or even raise them, which dampens bond market sentiment.
Foreign investors continued to net sell government bond futures, indicating a bullish outlook on future yields.
The future direction of interest rates will be influenced by the May central bank meeting and global central bank decisions; if growth remains strong, expectations for rate cuts will be further delayed.

To boost consumption in local business districts, the government promotes the “Peer Celebration” and continues to stimulate domestic demand through measures such as on-site visits and support funds for those harmed by high fuel prices. At the Pyeonghwa Cultural Street in Incheon, Vice Prime Minister Chun Gyeong-ho purchased goods on site, stressing the advantage that local business districts offer high-quality products at relatively lower prices and urging the public to take part in consumption. The event has been linked with 50 locations nationwide since the 11th of this month. Its goal is to convert visits into sales, helping small merchants and businesses ease their burdens. In the future, it will continue to support domestic demand through coordinated celebration events, rapid fiscal support, and practical measures to stimulate consumption.

OpenAI has expanded the scope of “ChatGPT” beyond the existing conversation interface. The newly unveiled “WorkSpace Agent” is a feature designed to help business users automate repetitive work. Its core capability is that it can keep running in the cloud even when employees are offline.
On the 24th local time, OpenAI announced the WorkSpace Agent via a blog. The feature is based on the Codex model. It is not designed to be a simple question-and-answer chatbot; instead, it operates more like a “continuous human assistant.” The announcement says it can connect to external software, maintain contextual links across projects, and execute tasks that require multiple steps without needing repeated instructions.
The newly released feature is closer to an expanded version of the existing “GPTs.” GPTs are customizable ChatGPT features that let users achieve more without having to write code separately.