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Microsoft announced that its quarterly cloud business revenue exceeded expectations, with Azure cloud computing revenue growing by 48% to reach $33.17 billion, surpassing the market expectation of $32.84 billion. The company's free cash flow was $18.6 billion, far exceeding the market expectation of $8.54 billion. Microsoft’s stock rose nearly 6% in after-hours trading.

Microsoft announced that it will begin disclosing quarterly sales figures for its Azure cloud business, changing the company's long-standing practice of only reporting Azure revenue growth without disclosing specific income. Microsoft stated that considering the scale and importance of Azure, now is the right time to increase transparency. This adjustment marks the first major reform of the primary financial reporting structure since 2015.Microsoft has merged its existing Intelligent Cloud business and Productivity and Business Processes business into a "Agent and Infrastructure" department; more personal computing business has been adjusted to the "Devices and Consumer" department. Microsoft stated that artificial intelligence is changing the way the company builds products and operates, blurring the lines between products and reshaping business models.The company previously disclosed that Azure's sales for the fiscal year ending in June exceeded $100 billion, up from $75 billion in the previous fiscal year, accounting for about 30% of Microsoft's total revenue. This new reporting structure will officially take effect when Microsoft releases its first-quarter financial report for fiscal year 2027.

Market news reports that Meta Platforms is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Microsoft's Azure AI services.

Microsoft released its Q4 fiscal year 2026 financial report, with revenue of $90 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%, exceeding market expectations of $87.7 billion; adjusted earnings per share of $4.74, a year-on-year increase of 23%, which is 11.5% higher than expected; operating profit of $40.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%. Intelligent cloud revenue was $39.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%, with Azure and other cloud services revenue growing by 43%, significantly higher than the market expectation of 39.6%. Total revenue from Microsoft Cloud was $59.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%. CEO Satya Nadella disclosed that Azure's annual revenue has surpassed $100 billion for the first time, and paid users of Microsoft 365 Copilot exceeded 30 million.In terms of capital expenditure, the fourth quarter's property and equipment acquisition expenditure was $35.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of approximately 110%; total capital expenditure including finance leases was $41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 70%, but lower than the market expectation of $42.5 billion. The remaining performance obligations (RPO) for cloud business surged 84% year-on-year to $678 billion, about twice the annual revenue. Microsoft disclosed in a regulatory filing that new unexecuted data center lease commitments in the fourth quarter exceeded $130 billion, with the total unexecuted lease commitments increasing by 67.4% quarter-on-quarter to $329.1 billion. Annual revenue was $331.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%; net profit was $133.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 31% (GAAP).

Deutsche Bank stated in its latest research report that the market's concerns about Microsoft's surge in capital expenditure, AI investment returns, and the concentration of Open AI orders have been significantly overstated. The current valuation is attractive, maintaining a "Buy" rating and a target price of $550. Deutsche Bank expects Microsoft's fourth fiscal quarter (corresponding to the second quarter of the calendar year) revenue to be $87.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14.3%; non-GAAP earnings per share are expected to be $4.17. The growth rate of Azure, calculated at constant exchange rates, is expected to reach 40% to 41%, with enterprise cloud migration, AI computing demand, and new data center capacity continuing to support growth. Microsoft 365 commercial cloud revenue is expected to grow by 15% to 16%, and paid seats for Copilot may exceed 25 million by the end of the year.

According to Jinshi reports, NVIDIA announced that Anthropic's Claude series models are now available on Microsoft's Azure NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra platform.

ChainCatcher news, according to the popularity index ranking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, as of October 23 at 10:40, the top five projects in the Web3 popular projects Top 100 are: Scroll, Walrus, Aleo, DeAgentAI, Gaia.In addition, Azura has seen the largest ranking increase, rising 939 places overall.It is reported that RootData has launched the first "Web3 Popular Projects Ranking." This popularity ranking helps users capture the real pulse of attention and improve the accuracy of investment decisions through 4.3 million real user behavior data. The ranking is calculated in real-time based on weighted factors such as user search frequency, project click volume, user votes, and the popularity and influence on the X platform.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi platform Azura officially launched on Tuesday after raising $6.9 million in a seed round led by Initialized. Other investors include Volt Capital, Winklevoss Capital, and Solana co-founder Raj Gokal.The funds will be used to scale the application, including increasing company payroll, improving software, and purchasing better servers.According to Web3 asset data platform RootData, Azura is building an on-chain financial interface layer.

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, multiple developers received emails from Microsoft stating that due to local regulatory requirements, the Microsoft Azure OpenAI service will be shut down on October 21, and in the future, only enterprise customers in mainland China will be able to subscribe to Azure's OpenAI services.Most developers received the email on the morning of the 17th. One developer stated, "This was the only window for personal identity to use OpenAI compliantly in the country, and now it is closed." Meanwhile, some developers expressed dissatisfaction with Microsoft for "only giving four days to handle this." As for this matter, Microsoft has not yet made a statement.

ChainCatcher message, the prediction market Azuro posted on social media to remind users that if they want to maximize their bets on Azuro and Sophon, no action is required. If you do not wish for the AZUR tokens to be automatically converted to stAZUR, please withdraw before August 22, 2024, 00:00:00 UTC.Note: The unbinding of AZUR's stAZUR requires a 14-day unbinding period.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from RootData shows that the Azuro token (AZUR) has increased by 38.54% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.175.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData indicates that Azuro serves as the infrastructure/liquidity layer for on-chain predictions. It features a new liquidity pool design called the liquidity tree, which can create and maintain market liquidity. Azuro supports thousands of sports markets and other games, along with a rich set of features that anyone can use without permission to create various applications, embedded integrations, or derivatives.

ChainCatcher news, Aevo announces that Aevo Pre-launch traders and Aevo stakers are eligible for an exclusive airdrop of pre-release tokens.The tokens that have been airdropped so far include $ZERO and $AZUR, with some tokens still unclaimed.

ChainCatcher news, Aevo announced on X that its second Aevo airdrop project is open for claims, and users can claim the $AZUR airdrop through the Aevo airdrop page. Eligible wallets need to hold ETH on the Ethereum mainnet to claim the airdrop.Previous news, Aevo announced on X the launch of the second Aevo airdrop project Azuro, which will distribute 666,666 AZUR tokens to users eligible for the Azuro Aevo airdrop.

ChainCatcher news, Aevo announced the launch of the second Aevo airdrop project Azuro on X, which will distribute 666,666 AZUR tokens to users eligible for the Azuro Aevo airdrop.The claim link will go live at 8 AM UTC on June 25.

ChainCatcher news, the prediction layer Azuro on the Polygon chain announced on social media that it will launch the AZUR token on the Ethereum mainnet this week.It is reported that the total supply of AZUR is 1 billion tokens: 37.5% reserved for community and ecosystem growth (9.2% will be unlocked at TGE, 3% will be used for Azuro Score airdrop, 25.3% for Azuro Waves incentive program, DEX liquidity provision incentives, and ecosystem fund, infrastructure programs, etc.), 26% allocated to core contributors, 22% allocated to investors, and 13.5% allocated to the DAO treasury.Azuro stated that the AZUR token will be launched on Uniswap v3 and CEX, with 15.2% circulating supply available at TGE, an initial price set at $0.075, and a circulating market cap of $11.4 million at issuance. Providing LP positions in the AZUR/ETH trading pair on DEX will earn AZUR incentives.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain prediction layer Azuro posted on X reminding: Users can still stake the airdrop rewards obtained from Snapshot 1 before the TGE and receive:10% staking rewards;Level multiplier for the first wave of community airdrop 2.Previous news on June 13, Azuro stated on the X platform that the first snapshot has been completed, and the airdrop query page is now live. Staking can earn rewards (with a time limit until TGE), and users can earn points before the second snapshot.

ChainCatcher message, for on-chain prediction liquidity layer Azuro tweeted that the AZUR snapshot 1 has been completed, where airdrop tokens can be checked in the Azuro App and staked for rewards. Users can also earn more points in snapshot 2.

ChainCatcher news, the pre-sale market Whales Market on the Solana chain announced on social media that its Pre-Market has launched Azuro (AZUR).It stated that Azuro is expected to become a leading project in the prediction market. The high trading volume of over 1 million dollars in the points market fully demonstrates its potential.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the on-chain prediction liquidity layer Azuro is developing autonomous agents that can operate within the Azuro ecosystem using the autonomous AI agent network Olas, which predicts sports event outcomes. Azuro will also host a hackathon to provide tools and frameworks for developing new autonomous agents and expanding use cases for prediction markets.It is reported that Azuro is the leading infrastructure layer for sports and entertainment prediction markets on EVM chains and has become the top revenue-generating protocol on Polygon. Olas is known for its composable stack that supports the development of autonomous services, providing a framework for building advanced autonomous agent technology.