The People's Bank of China has increased its gold reserves for the 21st consecutive month.

An Nvidia spokesperson has refuted market reports that the company is accelerating its entry into the telecom operator market and seeking base station manufacturing partners in China, stating: "This report is completely unfounded, and the description of our activities in the region is also untrue." Earlier reports had claimed Nvidia is speeding up its push into the telecom operator market and looking for base station partners in China. (The Paper)

MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor posted that Bitcoin does not need the CLARITY Act, but rather the U.S. does. Today's reports indicate that the U.S. Senate has delayed the vote on the CLARITY Act until September.

Greeks.live macro researcher Adam released today’s options expiration data, showing: 32,000 BTC options expired, with a put-call ratio (PCR) of 0.26, max pain at $64,000, and a notional value of $2.06 billion. 177,000 ETH options expired, with a PCR of 0.77, max pain at $1,900, and a notional value of $340 million. Bitcoin has remained hovering around $64,000 this week, fluctuating for over two months. The price zone above $65,000 is a dense trading area from this year’s rally. Currently, global market focus is not on cryptocurrencies, so speculative funds will not flow in, and Bitcoin may choose to move downward. Key options data shows that 9% of this week’s options expired, a notable proportion, with most being out-of-the-money call positions, leading to relatively dispersed gamma exposure (GEX), while put positions are very few, and GEX is relatively concentrated on the downside. Bitcoin’s PCR has stayed at the low level of 0.26, indicating extremely low put option positions.

According to BIT (bit.com) market data, U.S. pre-market trading on Friday saw simultaneous gains across the semiconductor, memory, and optical communications sectors. Semiconductor stocks edged higher: Lam Research (LRCX) rose 1.22%, Intel (INTC) gained 1.17%, Applied Materials (AMAT) added 1.43%, and Arm (ARM) climbed 1.77%. The memory sector strengthened, with SK Hynix (SKHY) up 0.21%, Micron Technology (MU) rising 1.28%, Western Digital (WDC) advancing 2.1%, SanDisk (SNDK) climbing 2.15%, and Seagate Technology (STX) up 0.94%. Optical communications-related stocks led the gains, with Astera Labs (ALAB) up 2.36%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) surging 15.5%, Coherent (COHR) rising 5.07%, Credo (CRDO) gaining 2.07%, and Lumentum (LITE) advancing 4.91%.

Microchip Technology (MCHP.O) gained 9% in pre-market trading after forecasting second-quarter revenue and profit both beating expectations.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Chainlink repurchased 139,956.08 LINK tokens today, worth approximately $1.13 million, and transferred these tokens to its reserve wallet. Currently, Chainlink’s reserve wallet holds 5.35 million LINK tokens, valued at around $43.9 million, with an average acquisition cost of $11.19 per LINK.