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

May 1 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has greenlit public companies to cut their financial disclosure frequency from quarterly to semi-annual, a plan that has cleared White House review and is moving closer to implementation. Per U.S. government website information, the review wrapped up earlier this week, allowing the SEC to formally announce the plan and seek public input. Once public feedback is received, SEC commissioners will need to vote again on the rule’s final version before it takes effect — a vote typically held several months later. The SEC has been advancing this corporate disclosure reform plan since last year, when former President Trump called for replacing quarterly reports with semi-annual ones. U.S. public companies have been required to file quarterly financial disclosures since 1970.

As of May 1, Bitget market data shows Intel’s U.S. stock market capitalization has topped $500 billion, with its share price exceeding $100—up 4.8% intraday and over 173% year-to-date. In August last year, the Trump administration converted $8.9 billion in "Chip Act" appropriations and Secure Enclave funding into 433.3 million Intel shares at $20.47 apiece, securing roughly 9.9% ownership. With Intel’s intraday share price hitting $100 today, that holding is now worth around $49.5 billion—nearly a fivefold jump in less than a year. Additionally, the U.S. government holds warrants to purchase an extra 5% stake at $20 per share.

May 1: An Ethereum Foundation-linked wallet deposited 1,744 ETH (valued at $4.03 million) to Kraken, per OnchainLens monitoring.

On May 1, per Bitget market data, the S&P 500 hit an intraday high of 7272.52 points, notching a new all-time high.

May 1 (CCTV International News) — U.S. officials say the U.S. Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has departed the Middle East. With the Ford’s departure, the Navy now maintains two aircraft carrier strike groups in the region: the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS George H.W. Bush.

On May 1, Arkham Data notes that BlackRock has deposited 26,273 ETH (valued at ~$59.89 million) to Coinbase Prime via its Ethereum ETF, ETHA, and 226.677 BTC (worth ~$17.54 million) to the same platform through its Bitcoin ETF, IBIT.