● The number of US unemployment claims hit a record high of 231,000

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the number of initial unemployment claims in the United States for the week ending May 4 was 231,000, exceeding the expected 215,000 and the previous value of 208,000, which is the highest since the week of August 26, 2023. At the same time, the number of continued unemployment claims in the United States for the week ending April 27 was 1.785 million, in line with expectations and the previous value was 1.774 million.

● On May 9, Grayscale GBTC had a net outflow of US$43 million, while Bitwise BITB, ARKB and Franklin EZBC had inflows of US$43 million.

According to PANews, HODL15Capital monitoring showed that on May 9, Grayscale GBTC had a net outflow of US$43 million, while Bitwise BITB, ARKB and Franklin EZBC had inflows of US$7 million, US$4.5 million and US$2 million, respectively.

● Grayscale parent company DCG Q1 financial report: revenue of US$229 million, a year-on-year increase of 51%

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Grayscale's parent company DCG released its Q1 financial report. Data showed that driven by the rise in cryptocurrency prices, its revenue reached US$229 million, a year-on-year increase of 51%. According to an investment letter, Grayscale's revenue was US$156 million, the same as the previous quarter. The rise in Bitcoin prices has led to a reduction in its fee income and the impact of capital outflows.

● Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped by 5.7%, the largest drop in nearly 18 months

According to Foresight News, BTC.com data shows that the difficulty of Bitcoin mining has been adjusted at block height 842,688 (22:51:52 Beijing time on April 24). The mining difficulty has dropped by 5.7% to 83.15 T, which is the largest drop in the past 18 months. The current average computing power of the entire network is 575.14 EH/s.

● Taiwan's Executive Yuan will pass four new anti-fraud laws to bring currency traders under control

According to the Central News Agency, the Executive Yuan of Taiwan will pass four new anti-fraud laws to bring currency traders under control. According to the draft amendment to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, businesses or personnel that provide virtual asset services and third-party payment services in the future shall not provide virtual asset services and third-party payment services if they have not completed the registration or login of money laundering prevention and service capabilities with the central competent authority of the relevant business; in addition, businesses or personnel that provide virtual asset services and third-party payment services established overseas shall not provide virtual asset services and third-party payment services in Taiwan if they have not registered the establishment of a company or branch in accordance with the Company Act and completed the registration or login of money laundering prevention and service capabilities.

● OpenAI plans to release an AI search product next Monday, which may compete with Google

OpenAI plans to announce its AI search product next Monday, a move that will intensify its competition with search giant Google, according to Odaily Planet Daily. The announcement date has not been reported before and may change. Earlier media reports said OpenAI is developing a search product that could potentially compete with Google and well-funded AI search startup Perplexity.

● Binance CEO Richard Teng: Always put user interests first and conscientiously fulfill the responsibility of compliance and maintaining market fairness

Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, said on Twitter that he always puts the interests of users first and conscientiously fulfills the responsibility of compliance and maintaining market fairness. In the past three years, Binance has removed nearly 355,000 users for violating the terms of use, with a trading volume of more than 2.5 trillion US dollars, which is the best proof.

● Binance Newcoin Mining launched the 54th project, using BNB and FDUSD to mine Notcoin (NOT)

According to the Binance announcement, Binance's new coin mining has now launched the 54th project - Notcoin (NOT). Users can put BNB and FDUSD into the NOT mining pool on the Launchpool website after 08:00 on May 13, 2024 (Eastern Time 8) to obtain NOT rewards. NOT can be mined for a total of 3 days.

● BNB Chain announced that the opBNB testnet will undergo a hard fork upgrade, aiming to reduce gas fees by 10 times

According to Odaily Planet Daily, BNB Chain announced on the X platform that the opBNB test network is scheduled to undergo a hard fork upgrade at 14:30 on May 15, aiming to reduce the gas fee on opBNB by 10 times. All opBNB test network nodes must be upgraded to the latest version before 14:00 on the same day.