Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, shared insights on the firm's initial investment in Bitcoin back in 2015. According to NS3.AI, Wood mentioned that ARK Invest faced widespread skepticism when it first took a position in Bitcoin. Despite the doubts, this skepticism fueled her interest in the technology. Wood now views Bitcoin as a representation of a global monetary system.

Nikita Bier, the product manager for X, stated in an article on the X platform that the Cashtags feature has been launched on the web, and X will become a core component of the user's trading terminal, providing real-time charts and posts for each asset.

WTI crude oil prices increased by 0.55%, reaching $108.44 per barrel, while Brent crude saw a 0.65% rise to $117.80, according to NS3.AI. The market snapshot also indicated gold trading at $4,629.57 per ounce and silver at $74.404. Meanwhile, the volatility indexes for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) experienced declines, reflecting a shift in market dynamics.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, 8 hours ago, Tom Lee's Bitmine pledged another 162,088 ETH, worth $366 million. Currently, Bitmine has a total of 4,194,029 ETH pledged, worth $9.48 billion, representing 82.59% of its total ETH holdings.

Justin Sun has withdrawn an additional $3.2 million in USDT from the Spark DeFi protocol, according to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa. Since April 29, Sun's total withdrawals from the platform have amounted to $96.62 million.

Carrot, a DeFi protocol within the Solana ecosystem, announced that its continued operations have been severely impacted by the Drift vulnerability incident, and Carrot will be delisted. May 14th is the deadline for withdrawing remaining funds from Boost, Turbo, and CRT. Afterwards, deleveraging will begin, reducing all leverage to zero to release full liquidity for CRT redemptions.

According to the latest data from Gate, gold prices rose to $4,629.57 per ounce, a daily increase of 0.16%. Silver prices rose to $74.404 per ounce, a daily increase of 0.95%. The BVIX (BTC Volatility Index) is currently quoted at 41.08, a daily decrease of 0.77%. The EVIX (ETH Volatility Index) is currently quoted at 57.42, a daily decrease of 3.30%. In the foreign exchange market, the USD/CNH exchange rate fell 0.02% to 6.82928. The USD/JPY exchange rate rose 0.35% to 157.174. In global stock indices, the Euro Stoxx 50 rose 1.61% to 5,883.42 points; the UK FTSE 100 rose 0.17% to 10,371.32 points; and the German DAX 40 rose 1.89% to 24,286.35 points. In commodities, WTI crude oil rose 0.55% to $108.44 per barrel, and Brent crude oil rose 0.65% to $117.80 per barrel. Gate allows users to trade traditional financial market products directly on its platform, providing a one-stop solution for precious metals, forex, global equity CFDs, major indices, and commodities, achieving deep integration of crypto assets and traditional financial assets. Gate TradFi features have been fully integrated into the Gate App and Web platform, allowing users to easily participate in global asset price trading without switching platforms, unlocking more strategies and opportunities outside the crypto market, and continuously enhancing their diversified asset allocation experience.

Riot Platforms has recently deposited 500 Bitcoin with NYDIG, according to BlockBeats On-chain Detection. This follows an earlier transaction at the beginning of April, where Riot Platforms deposited a total of 1,500 Bitcoin with NYDIG.

Founders Fund, a venture capital firm led by Peter Thiel, is investing approximately $624 million in the latest funding round for Anduril, according to ChainCatcher. This makes Founders Fund one of the largest investors in this round. The funding round for Anduril, an American AI military startup, is approximately $4 billion, with the company's valuation expected to reach $60 billion. The round is led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Thrive Capital. Anduril was founded by Palmer Luckey, who previously collaborated with Peter Thiel to launch Erebor, a digital bank designed for cryptocurrency and tech startups.

1. Musk claims "most cryptocurrencies are scams" during OpenAI lawsuit trial; 2. US Senate bans senators from participating in prediction market trading; 3. Trump says he may need to break the Iran ceasefire agreement; 4. Trump: Doesn't care if Powell remains on the board; 5. Iranian Foreign Ministry: Expecting a swift outcome in US-Iran negotiations is unrealistic; 6. Pantera Capital address transfers 83.9 million ONDO tokens, worth $22.11 million; 7. Coinbase to launch MEGA perpetual contracts; 8. Address suspected to belong to Justin Sun withdraws another 3.2 million USDT from Spark; 9. Caixin: Partner of a Chongqing law firm goes missing, possibly involved in a 210 million yuan stablecoin bribery and money laundering case.

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