【Blockchain Briefing 0507】
I. Macroeconomic data:
1. US dollar index: closed up 0.04% at 105.09
2. Treasury prices: 10-year US Treasury yield closed at 4.490%. The 2-year US Treasury yield, which is most sensitive to the Fed's policy rate, finally closed at 4.837%
3. Gold price: closed up 0.96% at $2,323.71 per ounce
4. WTI crude oil: WTI crude oil finally closed up 0.87% at $78.43 per barrel
5. Stock market: Dow Jones closed up 0.46%, S&P 500 up 1.03%, Nasdaq up 1.19%
6. USDCNY: 7.22
7. Rate hike expectations: According to the Fed's interest rate monitor, the probability of maintaining interest rates at 5.25-5.50 in June is 91.1%, and the probability of cutting interest rates to 5.00-5.25 is 8.9%.
8. Cryptocurrency: The overall market value rose by 0.35% to $2.35T, the 24-hour trading volume rose by 47.37% to $73.37B, and the stablecoin market value decreased by 0.12% to 155.61B
9. ETH pledge status: The current pledge amount is 32.25METH, and the pledge rate is 26.82%
II. 9 ETF holdings data:
Updated on May 6:
9 ETFs increased by 3,710 $BTC (+US$236 million).#Grayscaledecreased by 938 $BTC (-US$59.66 million), and currently holds 291,239 $BTC (US$18.53 billion).#Fidelityadded 1,662 shares of $BTC ($105.7 million) and currently holds 151,241 shares of $BTC ($9.62 billion).
III. Yesterday's macro news:
1. Hamas agreed to a draft ceasefire agreement that includes Israel's complete withdrawal from Gaza, but Israel responded that the agreement was far from Israel's requirements. The wartime cabinet unanimously decided to continue military operations in Rafah, but would continue negotiations on a ceasefire. At present, Israel has launched limited operations in parts of Rafah. 100,000 civilians in eastern Rafah have received "evacuation orders". Unconfirmed reports say that Israeli ground forces have participated in the attack on Rafah. The White House claims that Israel should not put Rafah civilians in danger.
2. New York Fed President Williams said that the Fed will eventually cut interest rates, but it depends on the data; Richmond Fed President Barkin believes that the full impact of the rate hike has not yet fully emerged and believes that the current restrictive interest rate level is sufficient to curb demand; in addition, the Fed's latest bank loan survey shows that more banks tightened their loan standards in the first quarter.
3. According to TASS: Russia will hold tactical nuclear weapons exercises.Kremlin: Russia's tactical nuclear weapons exercise is a response to Western statements about sending troops to Ukraine. France denies sending troops to Ukraine.
4. The US Aviation Administration investigates Boeing 787 inspections and potential record falsification.
5. US media: Tesla launches a new round of layoffs involving software and service team employees.
6. According to The Information: Microsoft prepares new artificial intelligence models to compete with Google and OpenAI.
