Intel announced today that Patrick P. Gelsinger, Chief Executive Officer, is retiring from the company and stepping down from the Board of Directors, effective December 1, 2024, after a distinguished career of more than 40 years. Intel has appointed two senior executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, as interim co-CEOs, while the Board searches for a new CEO. Frank Yary, Independent Chairperson of Intel's Board of Directors, will serve as interim executive chairperson during the transition period. Intel Foundry's leadership structure remains unchanged. The board has formed a committee that will work hard and quickly to find a permanent successor to Patrick Gersinger.
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According to Galaxy Digital's financial report, the company plans to reduce bitcoin mining production in the coming quarters and transform its data center in Texas into an AI and high-performance computing (HPC) facility. This transformation is based on a 15-year escrow agreement with CoreWeave.
Musk posted on X that xAI acquired X in an all-stock deal. The deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, or $45 billion minus $12 billion in debt.
Spot gold rose 0.88% to $3,084.25 an ounce; COMEX gold futures rose 0.59% to $3,116.6 in June, up 2.26% this week; both continued to hit record highs. COMEX silver futures fell 0.82% to $34.795 an ounce, up 3.71% this week.
U.S. stocks opened lower and went lower. All three major indexes closed sharply lower. The Nasdaq fell 2.7% and fell 2.59% this week; the S & P 500 fell 1.97% and fell 1.53% this week; the Dow fell 1.69% and fell 0.96% this week. Large technology stocks fell generally. Netflix, Google, Amazon, and Meta fell more than 4%. Tesla, Microsoft, and Intel fell more than 3%. Apple fell more than 2%. Nvidia fell more than 1%.
Fidelity bought nearly $100 million worth of Bitcoin today, and Fidelity's Bitcoin ETF (FBTC) received an inflow of $94.20 million from Coinbase Prime, according to the latest data from Arkham. As of now, the total value of Bitcoin held by Fidelity FBTC has reached $16.60 billion.
According to AXIOS, a senior White House official has revealed that the Trump administration is unexpectedly considering higher taxes on wealthy Americans. Some White House officials believe that higher taxes on high-income groups will provide room for other priority issues. It also helps to blunt attacks from Democrats at a time when Republicans are trying to extend President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts.
According to market news, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its advisory opinion on the listing of virtual currency derivatives.
On March 29th, according to the US Geological Survey Earthquake Information Network, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurred in the central waters of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 1:17 am Beijing time on the 29th. The epicenter was located at 0.72 degrees north latitude, 29.76 degrees west longitude, and the focal depth was 6.4 kilometers.