Huang Renxun has left Beijing, and NVIDIA has not disclosed whether Huang Renxun met with the DeepSeek founder.

Robinhood-linked crypto and meme coin issuance platform Long.xyz founder Nate published a post summarizing the performance of its latest version: Pre-IPO trading pools for OpenAI and Anthropic have attracted roughly $1 million in deposits, with 24-hour trading volumes reaching $18.1 million and $14.6 million respectively. Pool data shows the OpenAI pool has a Total Value Locked (TVL) of $215,300 and an Annual Percentage Rate (APR) as high as 15193.60%, while the Anthropic pool has a TVL of $301,700 and an APR of 9583.99%. The synchronization between pool prices and Lighter_xyz perpetual contract Net Asset Value (NAV) has improved significantly. Nate stated this is the largest launch to date; next steps will include launching liquidity for AI-related trading pairs, increasing overall TVL, and expanding the open pairing model to more top trading pairs on the LONG platform. Today, Long.xyz launched OpenAI and Anthropic Pre-IPO trading pairs, with related contracts powered by Lighter. Meme coins CATGPT and ANTHROPIG paired with these assets have gained market popularity, seeing active trading that spiked briefly before pulling back.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that Bitcoin’s recent rally has lifted investor sentiment to its strongest level since March 2024. The market sentiment metric he tracked once surged above 89/100, entering the "extreme greed" territory. This indicator integrates multiple data points including the Fear & Greed Index, with a scale spanning -100 to +100, where -100 corresponds to extreme fear and +100 to extreme greed. Darkfost pointed out that extremely bullish or bearish market sentiment typically signals a potential trend inflection point. Currently, as prior market euphoria gradually recedes, the sentiment metric is cooling to a more normal level, while Bitcoin continues to struggle to defend its current price range.

Micron Technology announced it will distribute record 2026 fiscal year bonuses to its employees in Taiwan, China, with some staff receiving bonuses equivalent to up to 68 months of salary, and the minimum cash compensation reaching 1.7 million New Taiwan Dollars (approximately $53,800). Entry-level engineers are set to receive an average total bonus of around 3.4 million New Taiwan Dollars, plus annual equity grants. However, the Taoyuan Union, which represents roughly two-thirds of Micron’s workforce in Taiwan, China, still rejects the current plan, insisting that 15% of the company’s operating profit be allocated to employee bonuses. The union added that it will proceed with strike procedures if Micron does not respond to its demands. Micron currently employs about 15,000 people in Taiwan, China, with cumulative investments exceeding 1.6 trillion New Taiwan Dollars. The increased bonus payouts are widely viewed as tied to the profit-sharing mechanisms of South Korean memory chip makers. This year, Samsung Electronics, under pressure from union strikes, ultimately agreed to establish a special bonus pool equal to 10.5% of its semiconductor division’s operating profit. As labor negotiations between Micron and its staff in Taiwan, China enter a critical phase, a potential full-scale strike could disrupt Micron’s production schedule and further roil the global memory chip supply.

Oracle management explicitly stated during its earnings call that its fiscal 2027 capital expenditure (capex) of $90 billion to $95 billion will be focused on expanding AI data centers, naming suppliers including Dell and HPE. Boosted by this news, Dell Technologies’ U.S. stock surged 11.98% on Friday, hitting a record high, with its market capitalization exceeding $360 billion, bringing its year-to-date gain to nearly 350%. Oracle previously disclosed that its fiscal 2027 capex will increase significantly, primarily for purchasing AI server racks, liquid cooling systems, and networking equipment. Meanwhile, the company’s AI cloud orders continue to grow, further boosting visibility for Dell’s future AI server orders. RBC Capital initiated coverage on Dell and assigned it an "Outperform" rating, noting the company will continue to benefit from the multi-year AI infrastructure investment cycle, and highlighting its supply chain capabilities as a competitive moat. Dell currently has over 6,500 AI server customers; its AI server revenue hit $16.4 billion in the second quarter, up 100% year-over-year, with AI server backlog reaching $95 billion at the end of the quarter. As cloud providers like Oracle continue to ramp up AI infrastructure investments, Dell is emerging as a key beneficiary of the current AI capex expansion cycle.

The BRICS Leaders' Summit was held in New Delhi, India. As the ongoing conflict involving Iran continues to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, and international oil prices have topped $100, Iran emerged as one of the core topics at this year's summit. Member states including China, Russia and India have direct communication channels with Iran, a diplomatic advantage the U.S. currently lacks. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on member states ahead of the summit to establish alternative financial instruments to reduce reliance on the Western-led financial system, and criticized the U.S.-dominated global order. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, advocated for advancing the establishment of a BRICS platform more independent from Western rules, with a focus on strengthening cooperation in payments, investment, technology and infrastructure. However, it will not be easy for BRICS to position itself as a mediator in the Middle East crisis. Iran is on opposing sides of a conflict with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), another BRICS member, which has previously suspended trade and financial exchanges with Iran; India, meanwhile, must balance its relations with the U.S., Gulf states, Russia and Iran. Divergences among member states previously led to the foreign ministers' meeting failing to issue a joint statement. What the market is currently more focused on is whether BRICS can reach a minimal consensus on energy security, cross-border payments and the Middle East situation. With ongoing disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, whether the summit can ultimately deliver a unified stance will also serve as an important window for observing global energy and geopolitical trends.

Liz Miller, founder and president of U.S. wealth management firm Summit Place Financial Advisors, said that while markets widely expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next week, further policy tightening is "fundamentally unnecessary" given the overall economic stability. Miller noted, "I think most investors believe the Fed will raise rates next week, and I also think that’s highly probable. But it’s fundamentally unnecessary. I’d be interested to hear the discussions at the policy meeting, as some Fed officials firmly believe action is needed before overall inflation picks up to push it back to the 2% target. However, if we take a patient view of other parts of the economy, they are actually performing quite stably. I’m not sure a broad rate hike is truly necessary. We can continue to monitor whether rising oil prices will spill over and watch core inflation gradually fall."