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Gates Foundation Sold All Microsoft Shares in Q1, Worth $3.2 Billion
According to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Gates Foundation Trust sold its remaining approximately 7.7 million shares of Microsoft stock in the first quarter of 2026, valued at roughly $3.2 billion based on current share prices. As of the end of the quarter, the charitable foundation no longer holds any Microsoft stock. Market analysts believe this full divestment aligns with Bill Gates’ recent charitable planning direction. In May 2025, Gates announced that the foundation would gradually wind down its operations over the next 20 years and allocate all its assets to charitable purposes, with the goal of permanently closing the foundation by December 31, 2045; charitable expenditures during this period are projected to exceed $200 billion.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Liquidate All Microsoft Shares, Worth Over $3.2 Billion
Bill and Melinda Gates have sold all their Microsoft shares, totaling 7.7 million shares, worth over $3.2 billion. (Cointelegraph)
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Trump fined $200 again for delayed disclosure of multi-million dollar stock trades
Odaily According to Trump's latest investment disclosure filing, he sold between $5 million and $25 million worth of Microsoft and Amazon stock this February, and repurchased shares in both companies in March. However, he failed to disclose these transactions within the statutory 45-day window, resulting in a $200 fine. This marks the third time this year he has been penalized for the same violation.Notably, Trump also purchased Nvidia stock on February 10th. Just days later, Nvidia announced a multi-year partnership agreement with Meta, causing its stock price to rise by approximately 2.5%. Furthermore, his purchases of Microsoft and Amazon stock preceded the Pentagon's announcement of contracts to deploy confidential computing network technology with both companies by several months. Trump has not sold any of his stock portfolio during his second term; his assets are held in a trust managed by his children, differing from the blind trust arrangements commonly adopted by previous presidents. Although members of both parties in Congress have repeatedly introduced legislation to prohibit officials from trading stocks while in office, progress on such legislation has stalled. (Washington Post)
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Trump Discloses At Least $220 Million in Securities Transactions Involving Nvidia, Apple, and Multiple U.S. Public Companies
According to Reuters, two newly released financial disclosure forms published Thursday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics revealed that Donald Trump filed an ethics disclosure report detailing thousands of transactions involving securities of U.S. companies, with an estimated total value ranging from $220 million to $750 million. The disclosed transactions include holdings in Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Oracle, Broadcom, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and municipal bonds. Individual transaction values range from $1 million to $25 million and cover securities such as S&P 500 index funds, Nvidia, and Apple. The filings indicate that some transactions were executed through brokers, but do not specify the accounts used or the types of assets involved. His annual financial disclosure report is expected to be released in the coming months.
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Anthropic Launches Claude for Small Business, Further Deepening Its Presence in the Enterprise Software Market
According to Yahoo Finance, Anthropic has officially launched its AI product Claude for Small Business, designed specifically for small businesses. It supports integration with major applications such as QuickBooks, DocuSign, PayPal, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace, enabling tasks including payroll management, account reconciliation, business insights, and trend identification. Daniela Amodei, President of Anthropic, stated that small businesses account for nearly half of the U.S. economy but have long lacked the resources available to large enterprises—AI is the first technology capable of truly bridging this gap.
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Hackers Inject Malicious Code into Mistral AI Software Package
According to Decrypt, Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team disclosed that attackers had injected malicious code into Mistral AI packages distributed via the PyPI platform. This malicious code automatically executes when developers use the packages on Linux systems, downloading and running a malicious file named <code>transformers.pyz</code> in the background—the filename deliberately mimics the widely used Hugging Face Transformers library to evade detection. Microsoft noted that the malware primarily steals developers’ login credentials and access tokens. It avoids execution on Russian-language systems and includes logic that can randomly delete files on devices located in Israel or Iran. This attack is linked to the “Shai-Hulud” supply-chain campaign launched in September. In response, Mistral stated that its investigation found the attack originated from compromised developer devices, and its corporate infrastructure was not breached.
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OpenAI Lawsuit Continues Trial, Sam Altman to Testify in Court
Odaily In a related lawsuit against OpenAI being heard at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, California, one of the highly anticipated key witnesses, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is expected to testify in court today.The case was filed by Elon Musk in 2024, accusing OpenAI and its management of violating their non-profit mission commitments and questioning whether their transition to a commercial structure breached charitable fiduciary duties.During the trial, OpenAI Board Chair Bret Taylor continued to testify, stating that the company was "on the brink of collapse" during the management turmoil in 2023. He noted that the restructured organization is now clearer, though the non-profit entity retains control.Meanwhile, Satya Nadella testified that when Microsoft invested over $13 billion in OpenAI in 2019, it "took on significant risk when no one else was willing to bet on them." He also stated that he had never received formal questions from Musk regarding the compliance of the investment.The case continues to focus on the legality of OpenAI's transition from a non-profit organization to a commercial structure. Altman's testimony is seen as a pivotal moment in this phase of the trial. (CNBC)
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Microsoft had planned to earn a $92 billion return from its early investment in OpenAI.
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft’s early 2023 planning documents set a target of generating $92 billion in returns from its early large-scale investment in OpenAI. This information was disclosed on May 11 local time during a trial at the U.S. Federal Court in Oakland, California, related to Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in court that “the investment worked well because we took the risk.”
OpenAI Lawsuit: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Testifies in Court as Altman-Musk Dispute Escalates to Core Partnership Relations in the AI Giant
Odaily Odaily News: In the OpenAI lawsuit, Satya Nadella testified in court as Microsoft's CEO at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, California. The case centers on the ongoing legal dispute over OpenAI's non-profit structure and its path to commercialization. The lawsuit, filed by Elon Musk in 2024, accuses Microsoft of "aiding and abetting the breach of charitable trust obligations" during OpenAI's transition from a non-profit organization to a commercial entity. Microsoft has been making strategic investments in OpenAI since 2019, with cumulative investments reaching approximately $13 billion by 2023, making it one of OpenAI's most important external supporters.During the trial, Satya Nadella reviewed the early partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI, mentioning that the two parties had established deep technological and computing power collaboration before the launch of ChatGPT. In his earlier testimony, Musk stated that Microsoft's additional investment of approximately $10 billion in OpenAI in 2023 was the key turning point that prompted him to file the lawsuit, adding that the scale of the investment altered OpenAI's original non-profit-oriented structure. During the trial, Musk stated: "We are concerned they are turning a charitable organization into a commercial tool." He also questioned Microsoft's potential dominant position in the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and pointed out that its deep integration with OpenAI could impact the competitive landscape of the industry.The case is currently still under trial, and the debate surrounding OpenAI's governance structure, non-profit status, and control over the AI industry is expected to continue. (CNBC)
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Bitget U.S. IPO Prime Phase II: OpenAI’s IPO Subscription Opens on May 12
According to the official announcement, the second asset launched on Bitget IPO Prime is preOPAI—a digital token issued by the regulated issuer Republic on the Solana blockchain, designed to mirror OpenAI’s post-IPO economic performance on a 1:1 basis. As the world’s leading consumer AI provider, OpenAI reports approximately 900 million weekly active users, according to official data. Its most recent funding round raised $122 billion, with participants including Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, and SoftBank. Bitget IPO Prime operates on a subscription model, whereby users receive subscription quotas based on their account tier. Upon completion of token allocation, users may trade the tokens on the upcoming spot market. Alternatively, after the lock-up period for preOPAI’s underlying debt assets expires, the issuer will authorize Bitget to convert users’ holdings into either stock tokens or USDT, referencing the underlying company’s (OpenAI’s) publicly traded stock price. IPO Prime Details: • OpenAI Implied Valuation: $898.21 billion • Total IPO Prime Subscriptions: 29,082 • Total Subscription Value: $21,084,450 • Subscription Price: 1 preOPAI = $725 • Accepted Subscription Currencies: USDT or USDGO • Total Subscription Pool Cap: $300,000,000
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IREN Discloses $3.4 Billion AI Cloud Contract with NVIDIA and Accelerates Bitcoin Mining Transformation
According to GlobeNewswire, IREN, a Nasdaq-listed company, released its latest financial results and disclosed that it has signed a $3.4 billion AI cloud contract with NVIDIA. Under the agreement, IREN will deploy air-cooled Blackwell GPU infrastructure for NVIDIA over a five-year term. The financial report also indicates that IREN is accelerating its transition from Bitcoin mining to AI cloud services. Construction of the data center related to its $9.7 billion contract with Microsoft is underway. As of April 30, IREN held $2.6 billion in cash. Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 totaled $144.8 million, down from $184.7 million in the prior quarter. The company reported a net loss of $247.8 million, primarily driven by non-cash impairments related to the retirement of mining equipment.
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21Shares Launches First U.S. ETF Tracking Canton Network’s Native Token
According to The Block, 21Shares’ Canton Network ETF began trading on Nasdaq Thursday under the ticker symbol TCAN. This fund is the first ETF in the U.S. to offer direct exposure to Canton Coin—the native utility token of the Canton Network. The Canton Network is a privacy-preserving blockchain ecosystem built for institutional finance, with core developer Digital Asset backed by Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and DTCC. Over the past year, the U.S. market has launched ETFs tracking various crypto assets, including SOL, XRP, DOGE, HBAR, and Polkadot.
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Anthropic's implied valuation in the on-chain Pre-IPO market surges past $1.2 trillion, surpassing OpenAI for the first time
Anthropic's implied valuation in the on-chain Pre-IPO market has instantly surged to $1.2 trillion (approximately RMB 8.7 trillion), officially surpassing OpenAI. Its current pre-IPO valuation is now about 20% higher than OpenAI's. If listed at this valuation, it would directly become the world's 11th largest publicly traded company by market cap, trailing only Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, TSMC, Broadcom, Tesla, and Saudi Aramco. (Sina Finance)
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OpenAI, in collaboration with multiple chip and cloud vendors, announces the open networking protocol MRC
According to an official announcement, OpenAI has partnered with AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and NVIDIA to launch Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC), a new open networking protocol designed to help large AI training clusters operate at higher speeds and with greater reliability, while reducing GPU time waste.
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Among the "Magnificent Seven" US tech stocks that have reported earnings, only Alphabet saw a post-market rise
Odaily Odaily reports: As four of the "Magnificent Seven" US tech giants released their earnings reports after the market close, only Alphabet (GOOGL.O) seemed to perform well enough to appease investors. Alphabet's fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 22%, reaching nearly $110 billion, surpassing analysts' expectations. Net profit was $62.6 billion, a year-over-year increase of 81%. Additionally, the company's fiscal 2025 sales reached a record $403 billion, with profits of approximately $132 billion. After exceeding earnings expectations, Alphabet's stock price rose 3.9%. Unsurprisingly, CEO Sundar Pichai attributed much of the company's growth to its underlying AI investments. Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft also reported strong growth, but their stock prices fell, with Meta declining over 5%. Meta's sales guidance was in line with expectations, and it also raised its capital expenditure plans for this year, reflecting higher component prices and, to a lesser extent, additional data center costs.
White House Trump Banquet Hall Total Investment Rises to $400 Million, Multiple Crypto Companies Previously Disclosed as Donors
Fortune magazine disclosed the total investment in the White House Trump Banquet Hall has risen from the initially estimated $200 million to $400 million. The funds primarily come from tax-deductible private donations, which will be managed through the non-profit organization Trust for the National Mall. Fortune previously revealed that multiple crypto industry companies and individuals have participated in the donations, including Coinbase, Ripple, Tether America (a subsidiary of Tether), as well as prominent figures in the crypto space such as Paxos co-founder Charles Cascarilla, Cameron Winklevoss, and Tyler Winklevoss. Additionally, major tech companies like Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are also on the donor list. Among them, Google's parent company Alphabet had previously reached a settlement with Trump and pledged $22 million of that amount towards the banquet hall's construction.
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OpenAI Announces a New Phase in Its Partnership with Microsoft
According to an official announcement from OpenAI, OpenAI has officially announced that its partnership with Microsoft has entered a new phase, with both parties reaching several key agreements on top of their existing collaboration. Per the announcement, Microsoft will continue serving as OpenAI’s primary cloud service partner and retain preferential access rights; Microsoft has also been granted a non-exclusive license to OpenAI’s intellectual property; furthermore, Microsoft will continue participating in OpenAI’s business growth as a major shareholder. OpenAI stated that this upgrade to the partnership aims to keep pace with the rapid innovation tempo currently unfolding across the AI field.
CFTC Chairman: AI to Be Used for Reviewing US Crypto Market Registration Applications and Enhancing Market Surveillance
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig, in an interview with CoinDesk, stated that the CFTC is developing tools leveraging AI to review registration applications for the U.S. crypto market and monitor trading activity. Mike Selig noted that due to federal government layoffs, which have reduced the agency's workforce by more than one-fifth, AI and automation technologies will be used to fill the manpower gap and improve the efficiency of document review. Currently, his employees are undergoing training on Microsoft Copilot, while the agency is also developing internal tools for reviewing swaps data and market surveillance.Furthermore, Mike Selig stated that the digital asset classification guide jointly released by the CFTC and the SEC is the most important initiative during his tenure, aimed at providing regulatory clarity for market participants. Regarding prediction markets, Mike Selig reiterated the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction and emphasized that strict enforcement actions will be taken against violations such as insider trading.
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Gate Prediction Market: Market Expectations Highly Concentrated for Second-Largest Company by End of April, Alphabet Probability Reaches 99%
in the Gate Prediction Market event concerning the "Second-Largest Company by the End of April," Alphabet's current probability has reached 99%, significantly领先 over other options such as Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, and Saudi Aramco, indicating a highly concentrated market expectation. In terms of related asset trading, Gate's Perpetual Contract Stock Section has listed several popular tech stock perpetual contracts, including GOOGLXUSDT, NVDAXUSDT, and TSLAXUSDT, providing users with diverse participation pathways from event assessment to asset trading.Meanwhile, the Gate Prediction Market has completed multiple functional upgrades: added a one-stop search and intelligent recommendation mechanism, supporting keyword quick retrieval and category browsing; enhanced historical billing and filtering functions, making fund flows clearer and more traceable; added a multi-level category and breaking news section on the homepage to help users efficiently capture hot opportunities; and expanded the sports market to include more derivative gameplay, enhancing strategic flexibility while lowering participation barriers.Currently, Gate's performance within the Polymarket partnership channel continues to improve, with its market share ranking among the top two in the industry. Users can access the prediction market directly through the Gate App, enter the Polymarket page via the Alpha feature on the platform's homepage, and use USDT in their exchange account to participate in event predictions. This integration marks a key step for Gate in merging the crypto trading ecosystem with the prediction market, offering users a diversified market experience from expectation assessment to trading participation.
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Microsoft Adjusts OpenAI Partnership Agreement: Will No Longer Pay Revenue Share to OpenAI
Microsoft has officially announced an updated partnership agreement with OpenAI, further clarifying the long-term nature of their collaboration. Under the new agreement, Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will continue to launch first on Azure—unless Microsoft is unable or chooses not to support the relevant capabilities. At the same time, OpenAI may now deploy all its products on any cloud service provider. The agreement also states that Microsoft holds a license to OpenAI’s model and product intellectual property through 2032; however, this license has changed from exclusive to non-exclusive. Microsoft will no longer pay revenue-sharing payments to OpenAI, while OpenAI’s revenue-sharing payments to Microsoft will continue through 2030 at the same percentage rate—but subject to an overall cap. Additionally, Microsoft will remain a significant shareholder and continue participating in OpenAI’s growth.
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