After being dormant for 3 months, a whale address spent 6 million U to buy HYPE.

On May 9th, according to the report in TechCrunch, Brad Smith, Microsoft's vice chairman and president, stated at a U.S. Senate hearing that an internal ban has been implemented, prohibiting all employees from using the DeepSeek application (including both desktop and mobile versions). Although DeepSeek is based on an open-source model and companies can deploy it on their own to avoid data leakage, Microsoft pointed out that there still exists a risk of "spreading propaganda or generating insecure code." It is worth noting that Microsoft has not completely banned competitors (such as Perplexity) from the Windows App Store. However, Google-related apps (including Gemini) have quietly vanished.

May 9th: The publicly listed Japanese company Metaplanet announced today the issuance of a $21.25 million zero-coupon bond, and the proceeds will be used to boost its holdings of Bitcoin.
BlockBeats previously reported that on May 7th, Metaplanet once again invested $53.4 million to increase its BTC holdings by 555 coins.

On May 9th, David Sacks, the White House cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence czar, emphasized in a post that "In order to win the artificial intelligence race, the diffusion rules of the Biden era for artificial intelligence must be abolished. The Trump administration will replace them with simpler rules to unleash America's innovation and ensure America's dominant position in the field of artificial intelligence." "The United States should serve as the gold standard and preferred partner in artificial intelligence for allies and strategic partners. If American companies are restricted by excessive regulations and foreign customers are unable to purchase technology, the US may risk losing global markets and influence. The US will continue to maintain its leadership position while strengthening the US technological ecosystem globally."

On May 9th, as per the monitoring of LookOnChain, a whale that deposited 3.36 million USDC into HyperLiquid just an hour ago and shorted ETH by 25 times has closed their position, thereby incurring a loss of $33,360. The whale's overall short position was 41,947 ETH (valued at $92 million) with a liquidation price of $2,247.1.

On May 9th, Binance will airdrop Doodles (DOOD) to MUBARAK, BROCCOLI714, TST, 1MBABYDOGE, and KOMA holders. This includes both the Binance platform and the Binance Wallet. Eligible users will receive the airdrop in their Binance accounts. The snapshot will be taken at 2025-05-07 00:00 (UTC). Airdrop 1: For MUBARAK, BROCCOLI714, TST, and 1MBABYDOGE Holders Binance will calculate the total value of MUBARAK, BROCCOLI714, TST, and 1MBABYDOGE held by each user in their Binance account and Binance Wallet. External wallets imported to the Binance Wallet will not be eligible for Airdrop 1. The top 40,000 users with the highest total holdings of MUBARAK, BROCCOLI714, TST, and 1MBABYDOGE will qualify for Airdrop 1. Airdrop 2: For KOMA Holders Binance will calculate the total value of KOMA held by each user in the Binance Wallet. External wallets imported to the Binance Wallet will not meet the criteria for Airdrop 2. The top 10,000 users with the highest KOMA holdings will qualify for Airdrop

On May 9th. According to the monitoring of ai_9684xtpa, within the past 25 minutes, the Trump family's crypto project WLFI used associated addresses to purchase 1587 WETH at an average price of $2200 and 9.7 WBTC at an average price of $103,092. The total value of these purchases amounts to $4.94 million.