According to foreign media reports, DeepSeek plans to raise $7.4 billion for research and development as well as computing infrastructure, raising the company's valuation to $74 billion and generating annual recurring revenue of $500 million. Existing shareholders such as Lixi Capital, Shixiang Capital, and CATL will inject new funds, and the company will allow more investors to invest directly. Previously, it was reported that investors including Tencent had valued DeepSeek at over $50 billion.

According to the GMGN market, influenced by the news that "Big Brother Ma Ji" plans to acquire Friend.tech for $1 million, the market value of FRIEND briefly hit $7.38 million, and the current market value is $6.48 million, an increase of more than 20 times within the day.

Vice Governor of the Bank of Japan, Ryozo Kaneno, stated that the Bank of Japan will consider scenarios and risks such as the Middle East conflict, demand for artificial intelligence, and foreign exchange impact to determine the pace and timing of future interest rate hikes.

[Connecticut Sues Kalshi, Demands Cease of Operations] According to Kalshi litigation head Jovy Dedaj, the state of Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against the prediction market platform Kalshi, demanding it immediately cease operations within the state. However, the state has not taken equivalent action against other prediction markets still operating locally. Jovy Dedaj believes this situation highlights inconsistencies in state-level enforcement and raises jurisdictional disputes between state-level gambling regulations and the federal regulatory framework.

According to Forbes, OpenMind's "Physical AI Readiness Index" reveals that without Chinese suppliers, the manufacturing cost of humanoid robots in the U.S. would increase from $46,000 to $131,000. The report ranks China first among 58 countries, followed by Japan and the U.S. While the U.S. leads in computing power and talent, its score of 48.5 in materials and supply chain lags behind China's 95. Critical components like rare earth permanent magnets remain bottlenecks. Restrictions imposed by the U.S. FCC on foreign-made advanced robots have raised costs for domestic manufacturers and slowed the deployment of robots.