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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated recently that the United States has ongoing plans to adjust troop deployments within NATO, indicating such adjustments are part of regular strategic planning.

According to Bloomberg Terminal data, on Friday, S&P 500 futures rose 0.5% and Nasdaq 100 contracts added 0.7% as chip stocks rallied ahead of a payrolls report. Microchip Technology climbed 2.4% after beating earnings estimates, while Nvidia, Micron, and Qualcomm also gained. West Texas

According to Odaily, AI automation startup Tessera Labs announced completion of a $60 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, and Osage University Partners. The company's AI-native platform automates enterprise

According to Mist Security CISO @im23pds, attackers recently compromised 13 accounts to inject 575 malicious Skills into Hugging Face and ClawHub (OpenClaw), as disclosed on X platform.

According to Ebury strategist Matthew Ryan, the UK gilt and pound markets have reacted calmly to Labour's local election losses on May 8, as the outcome was already priced in by markets. However, he warned that increased bets on leadership changes could shift sentiment rapidly. Potential policy

According to Bloomberg, Qualigen Therapeutics, a small pharmaceutical company that faced delisting risk from Nasdaq, rebranded to AIxCrypto Holdings LLC and began trading under ticker AIXC on May 8. The company shifted its focus from cancer treatment patents to AI within two months. Following the re

According to FloorForge's official announcement on May 7, the BNB Chain-based crypto launchpad FloorForge and Metya, an AI-powered Web3 social payment platform, announced a strategic partnership to integrate decentralized finance utilities with social engagement tools. The collaboration enables Floo

According to Federal Reserve Governor Milan on Friday, May 8, Powell should serve only briefly as a board member after stepping down as chair. Milan stated that it is important to ensure this is a transition period rather than a long-term arrangement. Powell said last week he will continue serving a

According to Golden Ten Data, on May 8, Germany's Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Christian Lindner called for the EU to strengthen cooperation with Canada, the UK, and other nations to protect against U.S. policy uncertainty. Speaking en route to Canada, Lindner stated that Europe has a

According to PANews on May 8, DeepSeek plans to raise up to RMB 50 billion in its first funding round, which would mark the largest single fundraising by a Chinese AI company. Founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng is expected to contribute the maximum amount. The company plans to accelerate large language m

According to ChainCatcher, sports AI infrastructure platform Sportix has completed a $3.2 million funding round. The round was led by Coinvestor Ventures, with participation from Animoca Brands, Becker Ventures, X21 Digital, and Alpha Capital. Sportix said it will use the funds to advance its AI

According to Bloomberg, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren recently criticized World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency project backed by the Trump family, over allegations that insiders are cashing out while ordinary investors face difficulties. Warren highlighted a Bloomberg report

According to Foresight News, EX.IO, a Hong Kong-licensed virtual asset trading platform, has completed the issuance and distribution of SpaceX equity-linked depository receipt (DR) tokens in Asia-compliant manner, in partnership with DigiFT (a Singapore MAS-licensed platform) and PrimeX (a

According to ChainCatcher, Balcony, an RWA infrastructure platform on Avalanche, completed a $12.7 million seed round led by Blockchange Ventures. The platform will deploy its real estate on-chain transaction and asset settlement services in the U.S. market, consolidating fragmented property

According to Ukraine's Security Service, Ukrainian forces struck Lukoil's oil refinery in Perm for the second consecutive day on May 7-8. The facility is a key Russian energy infrastructure asset.

Benzinga has recently launched a Korean translation engine and a large-scale Korean financial dataset designed for AI training, according to the company. The system translates U.S. market news into Korean in real time while preserving financial terminology, ticker references, and market context. The

According to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the regulator added StableStock and HabitTrade to its warning list on May 8 after discovering that the unlicensed platforms were inducing the public to use their services through online videos. The platforms claimed they could

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the southeastern front today, May 8.

According to Reuters, a Swiss initiative aimed at pushing the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold Bitcoin in its reserves has been abandoned. The campaign collected approximately 50,000 signatures, falling short of the 100,000 required to trigger a referendum. Initiative founder Yves Bennaim stated th

According to PANews, Circle minted 250 million USDC on Solana today (May 8), as confirmed by on-chain data.