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09:48
Alchemy Pay launches its mainnet, creating the world's first dual-compliant payment public chain
According to ChainCatcher, Alchemy Pay announced today that the Alchemy Chain mainnet has officially launched. This public chain focuses on stablecoin payments and aims to build a global compliant stablecoin payment network.
09:45
Hyperliquid S&P 500’s largest long position takes first profit: $10 million closed, with $64 million position remaining
BlockBeats news, on May 7, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the largest long position on S&P 500 on Hyperliquid with a position size of 74 million USD has, for the first time, taken profit after nearly a month of heavy holdings. During this period, the position accumulated an unrealized profit of over 4.2 million USD. In the past 2 hours, this address closed nearly 10 million USD of positions in batches around 7,370 USD, with this round of profit-taking recording about 550,000 USD in gains. After reducing the position, it still holds a 5x leveraged S&P 500 long order, with a remaining size of 64 million USD and an average opening price of 6,946 USD, so the long position base remains solid. Address: 0xd47587702a91731Dc1089B5DB0932cF820151A91
09:44
The number of layoffs in US companies rose by 38% in April compared to the previous month, but decreased by 50% year-on-year from the beginning of the year.
Golden Ten Data, May 7 – Employment company Challenger, Gray & Christmas released a report on Thursday showing that US companies announced 83,387 layoffs in April, a 38% increase compared to 60,620 in March, but a 21% decrease from 105,441 in the same period last year. The total number of layoffs in April is the third highest since 2009, surpassed only by April 2025 and April 2020. So far this year, US companies have announced a total of 300,749 layoffs, a year-on-year decrease of 50%. The technology sector announced 33,361 layoffs in April, with a year-to-date total of 85,411, up 33% year-on-year. This is the highest cumulative number of layoffs within the sector since 2023. Federal, state, and local government agencies announced 9,149 layoffs in April, the highest monthly number for the sector since March 2025. The services sector announced 4,110 layoffs in April, with a cumulative total of 10,797 this year, a year-on-year decrease of 50%. Pharmaceutical companies announced a cumulative 7,440 layoffs through April this year, a year-on-year increase of 500%. Artificial intelligence was the leading cause of layoffs for the second consecutive month, with 21,490 AI-related layoffs in April, accounting for 26% of all layoffs. Since the beginning of this year, layoffs announced due to AI have totaled 49,135.
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