BroadChain learned on April 28 that China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) exercised its veto power for the first time, explicitly prohibiting foreign acquisition of AI startup Manus. Meta has been required to complete the transaction reversal within weeks, with the founder set to leave Meta, and discussions underway regarding investor buybacks and technology divestiture. This marks China's first instance of blocking a foreign acquisition in the AI sector.
OpenAI failed to meet revenue and user growth targets ahead of its IPO, potentially impacting its valuation expectations and listing timeline. Internal Disney documents reveal that its technology team heavily relies on Anthropic's Claude and Cursor, with one employee averaging 51,000 API calls per day, indicating that major media companies are deeply integrating AI into content creation.
DeepSeek increased its registered capital from 10 million yuan to 15 million yuan, with founder Liang Wenfeng's stake surging from 1% to 34%. Multiple sources indicate that Tencent and Alibaba are in talks to participate in DeepSeek's first external funding round. The community is discussing why it chose to build its own data center in Inner Mongolia rather than renting cloud computing power, with speculation involving data sovereignty, cost efficiency, and technological autonomy.
David Silver, the father of AlphaGo, left DeepMind and his new startup secured $1.1 billion in funding, aiming to build AI systems capable of fully autonomous learning without human-labeled data. Kevin O'Leary liquidated all altcoins, adjusting his portfolio to 90% Bitcoin and Ethereum, citing changes in regulatory clarity and institutional capital flows.
Bitcoin fell 2.4% in 24 hours to $76,923, with mainstream coins like Ethereum and Solana generally declining. Brent crude oil rose for seven consecutive days, as geopolitical risks are draining liquidity from the crypto market. Cross-chain protocol ZetaChain suspended all cross-chain functions due to a vulnerability in the GatewayEVM smart contract, with the team assessing losses and preparing fixes.
On-chain data shows that Bitcoin short positions currently face a $1.4 billion liquidation risk. If Bitcoin breaks through $78,000 strongly, a wave of forced liquidations could push the price to $80,000. TSMC announced it will mass-produce five 2-nanometer wafer production lines this year, with first-year output 45% higher than the 3-nanometer node, and Apple and Nvidia have locked in initial capacity allocations.
Slack sued Microsoft in a UK court, alleging that bundling Teams with the Office suite constitutes anti-competitive behavior, seeking substantial damages and injunctive relief. Spotify refused to offer an option to filter AI-generated music, with BBC reporting that this has drawn criticism from listeners and independent musicians. Spotify's first-quarter revenue grew 8% year-over-year, with paid users reaching 293 million, but slowing user growth has raised concerns.