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Trump's Visit to China: Which CEOs Were on Air Force One

Eight American CEOs accompanied former President Trump on his visit to Beijing. The delegation included Elon Musk (Tesla), Tim Cook (Apple), Jensen Huang (NVIDIA), Larry Fink (BlackRock), Kelly Ortberg (Boeing), David Solomon (Goldman Sachs), Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone), and Jane Fraser (Citigroup), among others from Meta, Mastercard, and Visa. The article argues their collective presence highlights a profound structural dependence of top U.S. companies on the Chinese market. Key reasons for their attendance included: Tesla's reliance on its Shanghai gigafactory; Apple's unfinished supply chain transition from China; NVIDIA's need to resolve H200 chip export and tariff issues; BlackRock's pursuit of critical licenses; Boeing's hope for a landmark aircraft order; Goldman Sachs safeguarding its full-owned securities business; and Citigroup awaiting approval for a brokerage license. The analysis concludes that the ability of Beijing to convene this powerful group signals a shift in leverage, where access to China's market, supply chains, and regulatory approvals has become a strategic necessity, not merely an option, for major U.S. corporations.

marsbit05/14 04:59

Trump's Visit to China: Which CEOs Were on Air Force One

marsbit05/14 04:59

Wall Street Bets Big on RWA: BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Morgan Stanley Are Moving Financial Markets On-Chain

Wall Street is fully embracing Real World Assets (RWA), with giants like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and JPMorgan Chase actively moving traditional financial markets onto the blockchain. The global RWA market has now surpassed $30 billion. BlackRock continues to expand its tokenization efforts, recently filing a new structure with the SEC that integrates blockchain-based fund shares directly into the regulated U.S. fund registry system, bridging the gap between on-chain and traditional finance. Its BUIDL fund, launched with Securitize, has grown to approximately $2.3 billion in assets. Franklin Templeton has partnered with Kraken's parent company to explore tokenizing traditional financial products, including stocks and yield-generating instruments. This shift highlights traditional finance's growing acceptance of blockchain as a core component of the future financial system, not just a niche market. JPMorgan Chase is advancing its on-chain dollar liquidity system by filing for a second tokenized money market fund (JLTXX) on Ethereum. This move aims to create a complete on-chain USD ecosystem where digital dollars can earn yield, moving beyond simple stablecoin payments. The trend signals a broader shift in crypto from speculative assets to building new financial infrastructure. RWA tokenization is enhancing efficiency through real-time settlement, transparency, and 24/7 global markets, positioning blockchain for a foundational role in the future of global finance.

marsbit05/14 02:51

Wall Street Bets Big on RWA: BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Morgan Stanley Are Moving Financial Markets On-Chain

marsbit05/14 02:51

Introducing a 'Paid Subscription' in the Chinese Market, What's Doubao Thinking?

Chinese AI assistant "Doubao" (from ByteDance) has announced it will launch a paid subscription service alongside its free version, with plans priced at 68, 200, and 500 yuan per month. This move follows its achievement of over 345 million monthly active users and 1.8 billion daily interactions. The paid tiers aim to serve professional users with advanced features for complex tasks like PPT generation and data analysis, while basic functions remain free. The timing is strategic: user growth from free services is plateauing, and the market is now more receptive to paying for high-value AI tools. ByteDance leverages its technical edge in model efficiency and cost control to support this shift. However, significant challenges remain. The Chinese market is characterized by low long-term subscription loyalty, with users often paying only for immediate needs. Doubao's premium features face competition from free alternatives offered by rivals. Furthermore, the core business model of AI subscriptions struggles with scalability—more paying users mean higher compute costs, potentially creating a cycle where revenue fails to cover expenses. Intense price competition from rivals could also force difficult choices between maintaining premium pricing or engaging in a race to the bottom. In summary, while Doubao's massive user base ensures short-term subscription uptake, its long-term success depends on creating uniquely valuable, "sticky" services within ByteDance's ecosystem and solving the fundamental industry dilemmas of low renewal rates and unsustainable cost structures. The outcome will serve as a critical test case for the viability of premium C-end AI subscriptions in China.

marsbit05/14 02:50

Introducing a 'Paid Subscription' in the Chinese Market, What's Doubao Thinking?

marsbit05/14 02:50

Suzerain State: Anthropic

Anthropic, a five-year-old AI lab dubbed a "suzerain," has rapidly gained unprecedented influence by securing massive financial and computational commitments from tech giants, positioning itself at the center of AI infrastructure power dynamics. In May 2026, it announced securing over 300 MW of computing power from SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, on top of earlier multi-billion dollar deals with Amazon and Google, effectively locking in over 20 GW of future compute. These investments are tied to reciprocal spending commitments on the investors' cloud platforms, resembling infrastructure pre-sales. This "suzerain" status is fueled by explosive growth. By May 2026, Anthropic's annualized revenue reportedly surged to over $44 billion, with Claude surpassing OpenAI in LLM market share. Its high-revenue-per-user efficiency and flagship product Claude Code have secured a strong enterprise foothold. However, its pre-IPO status faces scrutiny. OpenAI challenged Anthropic's accounting, alleging its reported revenue includes gross payments shared with cloud partners, unlike OpenAI's net revenue reporting. The resolution of this debate is critical as both companies approach public listings. Currently, Anthropic holds unique leverage as the only top-tier model available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, inverting traditional vendor-customer dynamics. Yet, its suzerainty is considered a time-limited game, dependent on converting its current advantages into sustainable, audited profitability and navigating the complex web of strategic dependencies with its powerful patrons.

marsbit05/14 00:41

Suzerain State: Anthropic

marsbit05/14 00:41

Tian Yuandong Announces Startup Venture After Leaving Meta

After leaving Meta, Tian Yuan Dong has announced his new venture. The startup Recursive_SI has officially launched with a list of founders including Tian Yuan Dong. The founding team also comprises Richard Socher (CEO), Tim Rocktäschel, Jeff Clune, Tim Shi, Caiming Xiong, and Alexey Dosovitskiy, among others. These members have experience building AI research labs at companies like Salesforce and Uber, and have held leadership roles at OpenAI, DeepMind, Google Brain, and Meta. Recursive_SI aims to develop artificial intelligence capable of conducting experiments autonomously and safely improving itself through an open-ended, automated scientific discovery process. This is seen as a promising path toward superintelligence. The company has raised $650 million at a valuation of $4.65 billion, led by GV (Google Ventures) and Greycroft, with significant investments from AMD Ventures and NVIDIA. The team has grown to over 25 members, including new additions like Zhuge Mingchen. Zhuge, a Founding Member, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from KAUST under Professor Jürgen Schmidhuber. His research focuses on Coding Agents, Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI), and next-generation machine paradigms, with contributions including early RSI systems like GPTSwarm and work on agentic AI frameworks. The founders shared their vision on X: building AI that can automatically discover knowledge and recursively self-improve, fundamentally changing the way science and technology advance. The team is recognized as a leader in core areas of recursive self-improving AI, with past breakthroughs in open-ended algorithms, AI-generated algorithms, automated testing, world models, Vision Transformers, RAG, and AI scientists. There is high anticipation for Recursive_SI's future research.

marsbit05/14 00:26

Tian Yuandong Announces Startup Venture After Leaving Meta

marsbit05/14 00:26

Ethereum Lands JPMorgan’s New Tokenized Money Market Fund

JPMorgan is launching a tokenized money market fund on the Ethereum blockchain, offering shares under the ticker JLTXX. The fund is a conservative government money market fund investing primarily in U.S. Treasury securities with maturities of 93 days or less. It aims to maintain a $1.00 net asset value (NAV) and carries a 0.16% net expense ratio. The launch marks a significant step by a major Wall Street institution into public blockchain-based financial infrastructure. While the fund uses blockchain technology to process investor transactions, the legal record of ownership remains with a traditional transfer agent, not the blockchain itself. The system, built and maintained by JPMorgan's Kinexys Digital Assets unit, operates as a permissioned framework on top of the public Ethereum blockchain, requiring approved wallet addresses. Currently, Ethereum is the only supported blockchain, though expansion to others is anticipated. This move follows similar institutional activity, such as BlackRock's tokenized funds, reinforcing Ethereum's growing role as a settlement layer for institutional tokenized products.

bitcoinist05/13 18:08

Ethereum Lands JPMorgan’s New Tokenized Money Market Fund

bitcoinist05/13 18:08

The AI Bull Market Revalues Everything, Including the 'Male Valuation System' in the Dating Market

AI Bull Market Reprices Everything, Including the "Male Valuation System" in the Dating Market A new hierarchy is emerging in dating markets, driven by the AI boom. Men working for AI infrastructure and core companies are now considered top prospects. The article presents a "Dating Desirability Ranking" for men in the AI era. **Top Tier ("Extremely Hot"): NVIDIA & SK Hynix Employees** NVIDIA, viewed as the "oil" of AI, and SK Hynix, a leading HBM memory maker, are in a league of their own. SK Hynix employees, in particular, have become highly sought-after in South Korea's matchmaking scene due to their massive performance bonuses, which averaged ~$65,000 per employee last year and are projected to reach millions. This has led to increased interest in office romances for "economic synergy." **High Tier ("Hot"): Anthropic & OpenAI Employees** Employees at these leading AI labs have seen significant wealth realization through large-scale employee stock sales. Unlike the paper wealth of the dot-com era, substantial amounts have been cashed out, placing their actual wealth far above traditional tech workers. They are considered high-growth, high-volatility assets. **Elite Tier ("Top Tier"): DeepSeek & ByteDance AI Team Members** Fierce competition for AI talent has made employees at these companies highly valuable. ByteDance's valuation has soared with its massive AI investment, leading to significant employee stock appreciation. DeepSeek is also fighting to retain core talent with substantial funding rounds. Being on the "main stage" of AI makes these individuals extremely scarce. **Mid Tier ("NPC"): Samsung & Tencent Employees** Once dominant, these companies are now seen as playing catch-up in the AI race. Samsung has lost ground to SK Hynix in the HBM market, leading to employee strikes demanding better bonuses. Tencent's more cautious AI investment, compared to ByteDance's aggressive spending, and slowing traditional growth raise questions about its future in AI. **Bottom Tier ("Fallen Off"): Traditional Finance Bros & Crypto Bros** Their appeal has diminished as the core wealth distribution shifts to AI. Compared to the massive bonuses and stock windfalls in AI, the traditional allure of finance and the fading "get-rich-quick" narrative of crypto have lost their luster in the current dating market. The AI revolution is not just reshaping industries and stock prices, but also the social and economic perceptions that influence personal markets like dating.

marsbit05/13 13:00

The AI Bull Market Revalues Everything, Including the 'Male Valuation System' in the Dating Market

marsbit05/13 13:00

AI Bull Market Reprices Everything, Including the 'Male Valuation System' in the Marriage Market

The AI boom is redefining value across markets, including the male "valuation system" in the dating scene. A new hierarchy is emerging, based on company valuation, employee income, and industry status within the AI sector. At the top are NVIDIA and SK Hynix employees, dubbed the "T0 version." NVIDIA is the AI world's cash machine, while SK Hynix employees are seeing astronomical bonuses due to HBM demand, making them highly sought-after "AI concept stocks" in Korea's dating market. Next are OpenAI and Anthropic staff, representing the "new elite." Unlike the paper wealth of the past internet boom, these employees are actively realizing significant wealth through stock sales, though their status is considered more volatile. DeepSeek and ByteDance AI team members are rated as "top-tier." Their companies are engaged in fierce talent wars with massive investments, making these employees scarce, high-value players. Samsung and Tencent employees are seen as "NPCs" still searching for their AI "ticket." Samsung has been outpaced by SK Hynix in the memory race, while Tencent's more cautious AI investment contrasts with ByteDance's aggressive strategy, raising questions about their future position. Finally, traditional finance and crypto men are rated at the bottom ("pulled"). Their once-dominant wealth and status are being eclipsed by the new AI-driven economic order and its redistribution of value and opportunity.

Odaily星球日报05/13 12:53

AI Bull Market Reprices Everything, Including the 'Male Valuation System' in the Marriage Market

Odaily星球日报05/13 12:53

eToro Reports Strong Q1 Profit Growth Despite Crypto Trading Slump

eToro reported strong Q1 profit growth despite a downturn in cryptocurrency trading. Net income rose 37% year-over-year to $82 million, driven largely by a nearly 400% surge in commodities trading volume, which accounted for about 60% of trading commissions. Key metrics also showed growth: net contribution increased 19% to $258 million, adjusted EBITDA grew 35% to $109 million, and assets under management climbed 15% to $17 billion. While commodities thrived, crypto activity declined. The number of crypto trades fell 32% year-over-year in April, with the average investment per trade dropping 22%. To bolster its offerings, eToro launched an AI-powered "Agent Portfolios" feature and enhanced its AI agent, Tori, with Grok 4.2 market sentiment analysis. The company also expanded by activating its BitLicense for New York crypto trading, adding Japanese equities, and finalizing the acquisition of self-custody wallet provider Zengo. By late April, total assets under management had risen further to $18.7 billion.

TheNewsCrypto05/13 12:21

eToro Reports Strong Q1 Profit Growth Despite Crypto Trading Slump

TheNewsCrypto05/13 12:21

TurboFlow Announces Strategic Partnership with Global Giant Susquehanna Crypto, Introducing Wall Street Institutional-Grade Liquidity and Dynamic Odds Market Structure Support

TurboFlow announces a strategic partnership with Susquehanna Crypto, a leading global proprietary digital asset trading firm. As part of this collaboration, Susquehanna Crypto will act as an on-chain liquidity provider and market maker for all TurboFlow products. This partnership brings institutional-grade liquidity, market-making support, and expertise in professional trading, market structure, price discovery, and risk management to the TurboFlow ecosystem. This marks a significant milestone for TurboFlow as it expands its product suite, which includes perpetual contracts and newly launched Event Contracts with durations as short as 30 seconds. Enhanced liquidity depth, efficient price discovery, and market stability are becoming increasingly critical for user experience. Notably, TurboFlow is transitioning its Event Contracts from a traditional fixed-odds model to a more dynamic, market-driven odds structure. Susquehanna Crypto will inject deep liquidity through TurboFlow's proprietary PFOF (Payment for Order Flow) architecture. This aims to ensure minimal slippage and millisecond-level execution for users, even during extreme market volatility, whether trading 1000x leveraged perpetuals or short-duration event contracts. Looking ahead, TurboFlow plans to onboard more top-tier institutional market makers to build a diversified liquidity network. The platform will continue expanding its product ecosystem across several verticals: Event Contracts (extending to assets like crude oil and gold), prediction markets and Telegram Mini Apps, and perpetual contracts. TurboFlow's mission is to democratize trading by making professional-grade infrastructure and a simplified, engaging experience accessible to all users.

链捕手05/13 10:23

TurboFlow Announces Strategic Partnership with Global Giant Susquehanna Crypto, Introducing Wall Street Institutional-Grade Liquidity and Dynamic Odds Market Structure Support

链捕手05/13 10:23

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