Pete Hegseth confirms US push for Bitcoin strategic plan

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Riot Platforms deposited 500 bitcoins worth approximately $38.24 million into NYDIG 5 hours ago.

[Founders Fund Invests $624 Million in Anduril] According to The Information, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund invested approximately $624 million in Anduril's latest funding round, becoming one of the largest contributors in this round. The total funding round amounts to about $4 billion, with an estimated valuation reaching $60 billion, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Thrive Capital. Anduril is a U.S.-based AI military startup, whose founder Palmer Luckey previously collaborated with Peter Thiel to launch the digital bank Erebor.

According to data from msx.com, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.62%, the S&P 500 rose 1.02%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.89% at the close of the US stock market. Cryptocurrency concept stocks generally rose, with BNB Network up 11.87%, MARA up 11.85%, BTCS up 8.42%, DFDV up 8.4%, and RIOT up 7.88%. Msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has launched hundreds of RWA tokens, including AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, and other US stock and ETF targets.

According to official sources, the Solana ecosystem DeFi protocol Carrot has announced its closure due to the Drift vulnerability incident. Carrot has set May 14th as the deadline for withdrawing funds from Boost, Turbo, and CRT, after which the system will deleverage and release liquidity for CRT redemption. Carrot stated that Drift's recovery funds will still be allocated as promised, but there is currently no specific timeline.

According to Deribit data, approximately $2.14 billion in cryptocurrency options will expire today. Among them, the nominal value of Bitcoin options is 1.74 billion US dollars, the put/call ratio is 1.10, and the maximum pain point is 76000 US dollars; The nominal value of Ethereum options is $394 million, with a put/call ratio of 0.95 and a maximum pain point of $2325. At present, the spot price of Bitcoin is at its biggest pain point, while the trading price of Ethereum is below that level.