📢 Apple & Intel Reportedly Strike Chip Deal

Big move in the semiconductor space

• Intel could begin manufacturing chips for Apple devices
• Marks a major partnership between two longtime tech giants
• Could strengthen Intel’s position in the global chip race

📢 Global equity funds have seen a record $210 billion in inflows over the past six months as investor appetite for international stocks keeps rising.

📢 $TON currently offers the highest staking yield among the top 50 cryptocurrencies based on annual returns.

📢 Amazon launched AgentCore payments with Coinbase and Stripe, allowing AI agents to autonomously make stablecoin payments for APIs and web services.

📢 Coinbase posted a record 8.6% market share alongside $202 billion in quarterly trading volume, while increasingly focusing on Base, USDC, and onchain payments.

📢 According to Bitwise, BNY Mellon, Citi, DBS, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Société Générale, and UBS are among the major banks with the deepest involvement in crypto across trading, payments, ETFs, and tokenization.

📢 According to a16z, AI is speeding up book production, with even authors who were publishing before the AI wave now putting out more titles than before.

📢 $LINK climbed to $10.48, its highest level since January, as growing social interest and over 13.5M LINK moving off exchanges helped reduce available supply.

📢 Markets are increasingly expecting the Fed to keep rates unchanged for longer, with the next rate cut not currently priced in until December 2027.

📢 Customer service hiring is expanding faster than the broader job market as companies increase support teams and adopt more AI-assisted operations.

📢 Crypto security breaches climbed to more than $635 million across 28 incidents in April 2026, making it the worst month for crypto-related exploits so far this year.

📢 The U.S. CLARITY Act is set for a Senate Banking Committee vote on May 14 following months of delays.

📢 The World Uncertainty Index has climbed to its third-highest level on record, now sitting above levels seen during both the Dot Com Bubble and the Global Financial Crisis.

📢 Garrett Bullish has sent $250 million in Ethereum to Binance. This week, he has now deposited more than $820 million in Ethereum.

📢 Bitcoin ETFs have now recorded six consecutive weeks of positive inflows.

📢 European potato prices have jumped from roughly €2.5 to €18.5 per 100KG as concerns grow over fertilizer supplies tied to tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.

📢 Ethereum’s dominance in DeFi total value locked has dropped from 63.5% to 54% this year, although it still remains the leading network with about $45.4 billion locked.

📢 According to CryptoQuant analyst Satoureireal, Binance deposits are rising again, suggesting retail investors are returning to exchanges as market sentiment shifts from fear toward cautious optimism.

📢 Global gold ETFs recorded $6.6B in inflows during April, rebounding from March’s record $12B in outflows and lifting year-to-date inflows to $19B.

📢 Electricity prices in the U.S. have climbed roughly 40% over the past five years, largely driven by rising grid investment costs.