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Breaking the “never fundraise” rule ⬇️
Tencent and Alibaba plan to invest in DeepSeek with a valuation of over $20 billion @deepseek_ai
With a valuation of $20 billion, what level is DeepSeek at on the global stage?
1️⃣OpenAI @OpenAI Valuation: $852 billion (after March 2026 funding)
2️⃣Anthropic @AnthropicAI Valuation: $800 billion (rumored)
3️⃣xAI @xai Valuation: $250 billion
4️⃣Cursor (Anysphere) @cursor_ai : Valuation: $600 billion (SpaceX acquisition option price)
5️⃣Dark Side of the Moon Valuation: approximately $45 billion - $50 billion
6️⃣Zhipu AI Valuation: approximate

🚨GPT-5.5 has appeared in the Codex model selector, OpenAI @OpenAI has not officially announced it yet.
GPT-5.5 has appeared in the dropdown list of OpenAI Codex's model selector, located at the top of the list. As of now, OpenAI has not released any official announcement or documentation regarding GPT-5.5.
Previously, multiple media reports indicated that the next-generation cutting-edge model codenamed "#Spud" by OpenAI had completed pre-training by the end of March. The public widely speculated that its official name would be GPT-5.5 or GPT-6, with a release expected in the second quart

🧵 The “god-tier” projects SBF invested in: Cursor and FTX’s $3 billion miss story:
SBF @SBF_FTX once invested $200,000 for about 5% of Cursor @cursor_ai. If he held the position until now, it would be worth about $3 billion.
SpaceX @SpaceX has officially announced a strategic partnership with AI coding wonder Cursor (Anysphere). The specific terms are that Cursor grants SpaceX an option to acquire the company for $60 billion later this year; if SpaceX does not exercise it, then $10 billion will be paid as a partnership fee.
😭 The most tragic “sold at original price” in history ⬇️
FTX

Iran 🇮🇷 Fires on Oil Tankers Victimized by Crypto Scams
Recently, Iran announced a Bitcoin toll of $1 per barrel for oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and scammers immediately impersonated Iranian government officials to send false information to shipowners. On April 18, at least one oil tanker that had paid Bitcoin fees to scammers was intercepted and forced to turn back after being fired upon by Iranian vessels while attempting to pass through the strait.
💡: Under normal operations, the total daily oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is about 20 million barrels. D

⚠️Philippines 🇵🇭 SEC @SECGov warns that platforms like dYdX @dYdX, Aevo @aevoxyz, gTrade @GainsNetwork_io, Pacifica @pacifica_fi, Orderly @OrderlyNetwork, Deriv @DeriveXYZ, and Ostium @OstiumLabs are not registered or licensed as cryptocurrency asset service providers locally.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investor warning stating that these platforms are not registered in the country and have not obtained relevant licenses for cryptocurrency asset service providers.
SEC states that individuals promoting these platforms within the Philippines may face criminal ch

🍎Apple Announces Leadership Change: Cook Will Step Down as CEO, John Ternu to Succeed (Includes Cook’s Letter to All Staff)
The achievements during Cook’s era at Apple can be summarized as—
When he took over in 2011, Apple’s market value was about $350 billion ▶️ By 2026, Apple’s market value has surpassed $4 trillion (more than 11 times)
In 2011, annual revenue was $108 billion ▶️ In 2025, revenue reached $416 billion
As of now, the number of active iPhone devices worldwide has reached a record 2.5 billion.
Let’s take a look at the resume of the new CEO ⬇️
Joined Apple in 2001, starting as a

💸 Prediction Market Platform Polymarket @Polymarket plans to raise $400 million with a valuation of approximately $15 billion
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, invested $600 million in this round of funding last month
This valuation level is vastly different from its competitor Kalshi @Kalshi. Last month, Kalshi secured a $1 billion funding round led by Coto Management, with a post-money valuation of $22 billion. Despite this, Polymarket's new valuation is still over 66% higher than its funding round in October of last year. At that time,

🔥Anthropic releases its latest model Claude OPUS 4.7
On April 16, Anthropic @AnthropicAI announced its latest model Claude OPUS 4.7.
This model shows significant improvements over Opus 4.6 in advanced software engineering, capable of handling complex long-term tasks and performing self-output verification. Opus 4.7 supports higher-resolution image processing, with the long edge reaching up to 2576 pixels.
In terms of security, the model has built-in protections for automatic detection and interception of malicious cybersecurity requests, and has launched a network verification program.

Details below⬇️
🪧Drift @DriftProtocol announced on their official website that Drift Protocol has received support from Tether and other partners, with Tether planning to invest $127.5 million, and other partners planning to invest $20 million, to jointly support user recovery efforts following the attack on April 1.
This support plan includes a $100 million revenue-linked credit line, ecosystem grants, and loans to market makers. Drift will establish a dedicated user recovery pool aimed at gradually addressing the $295 million in outstanding user losses as trading revenue grows. Addition

Bitwise and 21Shares respectively updated their $HYPE spot ETF application documents in the past two days, along with HIP-3 traditional bulk trading breaking the circle, and both institutions and retail investors betting on the market’s expectations for HIP-4. These factors have driven $HYPE ’s coin price to strongly rebound to high levels.
HYPE broke through $45, and the coin price returned to the level before the "1011" crash 📈
On April 16, according to market information, HYPE broke through $45, currently trading at $45.7412, with a 24-hour increase of 2.52%.
As a result, $HYPE ’s c

🚨 South Korea's storage giant "SK Hynix" lists in the U.S.: A $10 billion "wealth protection battle"
Listing method: American Depositary Receipt (ADR).
Target timeline: June to July 2026 (significantly accelerated from the previous expectation of the second half).
Fundraising scale: About $150k (equivalent to approximately 13-15 trillion Korean won), potentially setting a new record for Korean companies' U.S. listings.
Latest development: Has secretly submitted a registration application (Form F-1) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and has assembled an underwriting