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ChainCatcher news, DefiLlama data shows that Polymarket's TVL exceeded $530 million, reaching $5.37, a record high. In addition, the platform's fee income in the past 7 days exceeded $8 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, an address related to World Liberty Financial (WLFI) sold 8,500 ETH at a price of about $2,268 8 hours ago, in exchange for about $19.27 million USDC. The address then repaid the entire borrowed money and withdrew all funds from Aave.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to on-chain data, the giant whale Maji was partially liquidated in the market pullback, and turned from profit to loss during the week. It reduced some ETH and BTC long positions during the early morning market decline, but some positions were still forced to be liquidated. According to the data, its current overall position size is about $30 million, of which the ETH position liquidation price is $2,197 and the BTC position liquidation price is $72,194.1.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Sources said that the Trump administration informed Anthropic that it opposes expanding access to the Mythos model. (Jin Shi)

Bank of Korea officials: If necessary, action will be taken to stabilize financial markets and the conflict in the Middle East is being watched. (Jin Shi)

According to crypto analyst Ember @EmberCN, a whale who bought 103 trillion SHIB for 37.8 ETH in the early days transferred 800 billion SHIB to the exchange in the past day, worth about $4.91 million. The address, which was valued at $9.1 billion at its 2021 high, still holds approximately 95.42 trillion SHIB, accounting for approximately 16.2% of the total supply, valued at approximately $588 million at current prices.

According to ChainCatcher news, Samsung Electronics' operating profit in the first quarter increased by 756.1% year-on-year to 57.23 trillion won (about $38.5 billion), a quarterly high, of which the chip business contributed most of the revenue, and revenue increased by 69.2% year-on-year to 133.87 trillion won, and net profit increased by 474.3% to 47.23 trillion won. The Device Solutions segment, which is responsible for its semiconductor business, achieved revenue of KRW 81.7 trillion and operating profit of KRW 53.7 trillion. These results far exceeded market expectations. According to financial data provider FnGuide, local brokerages generally expected revenue of 117.13 trillion won and operating profit of 38.12 trillion won in the past month. Samsung Electronics' latest quarterly revenue and operating profit both exceeded record highs set in the previous quarter (93.84 trillion won and 20.07 trillion won, respectively).

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, CITIC Securities Research Report pointed out that after Walsh becomes chairman of the Federal Reserve, it is expected that the benchmark situation will be cut by 25 basis points once in the second half of the year. The report emphasizes that in the future, it is necessary to pay close attention to the speeches of the 12 incumbent voting committee members, the Fed's monetary policy path depends more on the balance of votes among FOMC members, and the role of the Fed chairman's personal speech in guiding the market has declined compared to the past.

According to the Financial Times, sources revealed that SoftBank Group plans to establish and list an independent intelligent robot and data center company called "Roze" in the United States. SoftBank plans to list Roze within this year with a target valuation of $100 billion. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is driving the process, a move aimed at recovering tens of billions of dollars invested by his company in artificial intelligence. SoftBank has been increasing its debt, and Son has tried to position himself as a key player in the global AI boom, making a massive investment in OpenAI. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, CICC Research Report said that the Fed kept interest rates unchanged at the April meeting, in line with market expectations, but four officials voted against it, indicating that the monetary policy stance has become more cautious. The high oil prices caused by the US-Iran conflict and the effect of previous tariffs have complicated the inflationary environment. CICC believes that the possibility of the Fed raising interest rates this year is low, and the road to interest rate cuts will be longer, and the next rate cut may be postponed to the fourth quarter.

ChainCatcher news, Tether Investments proposes to push Twenty-One Capital (XXI) to optimize its structure through a series of merger transactions, including a merger with Bitcoin financial services company Strike and further integration with Bitcoin mining company Elektron Energy. If the transaction is completed, the merger entity will combine financial services platforms, global distribution and compliance infrastructure, as well as large-scale mining power and computing resources to form a comprehensive platform covering Bitcoin reserves, mining, and financial services, with Elektron founder Raphael Zagury planned to serve as president.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, CME's "Fed Watch" shows that the probability that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged by June is 99%, and the probability of a cumulative rate cut of 25 basis points is 1%. The probability of keeping interest rates unchanged by July is also 99%, and the probability of rate cuts is 1%. The probability of keeping interest rates unchanged by September is 98.8%, and the probability of rate cuts is 1.2%.

Odaily Planet Daily News U.S. Treasury Secretary Besant said that it would be extraordinary for outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Powell to remain on the Fed governor's term. For a man who has always emphasized norms, his unilateral decision is contrary to tradition. Kevin Walsh will bring a new atmosphere to the Fed with a clear accountability system, effective management mechanisms, and prudent policy formulation.

ChainCatcher news, according to Golden Ten, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said that domestic private final demand (PDFP) is actually higher than 2%, which is seen as a good thing.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said that everyone except one person believes that keeping interest rates unchanged is the right decision.

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said at a press conference that although at the latest monetary policy meeting, some people voted against maintaining the same wording in the statement, but he believes that officials are not inclined to raise interest rates. "People are not saying that we need to raise interest rates now, but more about discussing the question of whether the Fed should remain neutral on the policy outlook," Powell said. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, Brad Conger, chief investment officer of Hirtle & Co., said that a small-scale dispute broke out within the FOMC today, and dissidents tend to adopt a tightening policy stance, which sets the direction of the "struggle" for the incoming chairman. The bond market has been pricing in this situation for weeks, and Conger believes that the hawks will have the upper hand in this contest based on strong growth in private consumption and corporate investment.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said that the current policy is moderately restrictive or neutral.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said that in this cycle, the question of changing guidance has become more urgent.