Strive Acquires 444 Bitcoins, Valued at Approximately $33.9 Million

On May 4, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defense reported detecting four cruise missiles originating from Iran. Three were successfully intercepted in its territorial waters, while the fourth fell into the sea. Separately, a fire erupted at the Fujairah oil industrial zone in the UAE following an Iranian drone strike.

May 4 — Bitget data indicates the UAE’s Ministry of Defense has reported its defense system is currently responding to a missile threat from Iran. In response, U.S. stocks saw short-term dips, with the three major indices trading lower during the session: Dow Jones down 0.77%, S&P 500 off 0.42%, Nasdaq down 0.38%.

On May 4, U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yields topped 5.01%, hitting their highest level since July 2023, according to market sources.

May 4th: Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced in his personal channel that Telegram will replace the TON Foundation, emerging as TON’s driving force and its largest validator. On the news, Ton token prices spiked quickly from $1.375 to $1.4528 (a gain of over 6%) per HTX data, and are now trading at $1.426.

**May 4 — On-chain data shows the native token of Agent Work Protocol (AWP) has surged over 300% in the past 24 hours.** AWP is an AI agent work protocol, with its token launched via a 100% fair distribution—no venture capital backing, no team reserves, no presale—all tokens distributed exclusively through protocol emissions. The protocol currently boasts over 300,000 integrated AI agents. **Meanwhile, Ardinals—the first epigraphy subnetwork in the AWP ecosystem—is now in its minting phase.** Billed as the "first on-chain dictionary minted by AI," Ardinals features 21,000 multilingual words turned into unique, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by AI agents via puzzle-solving competitions. Each word is one-of-a-kind and non-interchangeable.

**May 4 – Bitget’s CFD segment has recorded daily trading volume exceeding $8 billion, per an official announcement.** Driven by global macroeconomic conditions and asset allocation demand, activity in gold-related products has surged, accounting for roughly 95% of the volume increase and emerging as the core driver of cross-asset trading. Regional breakdown shows synchronized global growth: Chinese-speaking markets contribute 42% of incremental volume, European markets 27%, and Southeast Asian markets 16% — together making up 85% of total incremental share. Leveraging its UEX panoramic model, Bitget CFD enables users to trade commodities, precious metals, forex, and indices with USDT, allowing efficient capture of macro trend opportunities via a single account.