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The U.S. Treasury Department stated that the U.S. budget deficit and spending in October reached historical records for the month.

AI cloud computing company Nebius announced its third-quarter financial report, with revenue increasing by 571% year-on-year to $981 million, exceeding market expectations by about 8%; adjusted EBITDA reached $466 million, also higher than the expected $357 million. However, the company expects its full-year revenue for 2026 to fall at the lower end of the guidance range of $3 billion to $3.4 billion, below the market expectation of about $3.37 billion.What draws more market attention is that Nebius expects capital expenditures in 2027 to reach $40 billion to $45 billion, while providing a revenue outlook of $12 billion to $13 billion, approximately four times that of 2026. The company stated that customer prepayments and investment-grade contract asset-backed financing are expected to cover 75% to 85% of next year's capital expenditures, with the scale of prepayments expected to increase from about $10 billion this year to $17 billion to $20 billion.The company's CEO stated that since the third quarter, the total value of newly signed contracts has exceeded $12 billion, with Databricks, Datadog, Palantir, and Snowflake all signing multi-year agreements with the company for the first time. Despite significantly exceeding expectations, the full-year revenue guidance fell short of expectations, and the capital expenditure plan of up to $45 billion next year has raised market concerns about AI infrastructure expansion and financing pressures.

According to the Binance Research November 2026 market monthly report summary, the total market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market fell by 9.1% in October to $2.70 trillion. The report links the market correction to inflationary pressures, expectations of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, and declines in technology stocks. During the same period, the net outflow from the US spot BTC ETF was approximately $516 million, while the net outflow from the ETH ETF was about $1.6 billion.The report also mentions that the five major AI investment companies had a total capital expenditure of $230 billion in the third quarter, which is 2.2 times their operating cash flow, with a total free cash flow turning negative to about -$32 billion. Demand for AI inference continues to grow, but the revenue scale of related cryptocurrency inference service providers remains small. In addition, the tokenized stock product bStocks reached $1 billion in assets under management within 125 days of its launch, with an on-chain utilization rate of 18.54%, higher than the industry average of 13.91%.

According to Jinshi, John Luke Tanner, portfolio manager and head of fixed income at Aptus Capital Advisors, stated in a report that after the Democratic Party made progress in the gubernatorial elections, the market still needs to pay attention to whether AI capital expenditures and data center construction will be affected, or if they will simply shift to states with more favorable government policies.Tanner indicated that he believes related investments will slow down, but the extent of the slowdown may not be as significant as the market is concerned about. When discussing whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates further, he stated that if the main pressure on inflation comes from energy prices and AI expenditures, then the 25 basis point hike in September is likely to be the last of this rate hike cycle. He also mentioned that government gridlock typically drags down GDP growth, which could open up space for further declines across the entire yield curve.

As concerns about the sustainability of heavy investments in AI by tech giants grow in the market, the four major tech companies—Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon—updated their capital expenditure expectations for 2026 in the third fiscal quarter, showing a divergence in overall expansion pace. Based on current data, the combined capital expenditure cap for the four companies in 2026 is expected to exceed $74 billion, a significant increase from the actual total capital expenditure of $45.58 billion in 2025.Specifically, Meta has further raised the lower end of its full-year spending guidance, with the third-quarter expectation set at $135 billion to $145 billion, higher than the mid-year expectation of $130 billion to $145 billion. Microsoft has lowered its third-quarter expectation to $170 billion, down from the mid-year expectation of $175 billion, but official comments state that the change in figures is due to accounting adjustments, and the actual AI infrastructure investment plan remains unchanged from the beginning of the year. The capital expenditure expectations for Alphabet and Amazon remain unchanged, at $195 billion to $205 billion and $220 billion, respectively.

In the third quarter, Amazon's spending on real estate and equipment exceeded $77 billion, far exceeding analysts' expectations. The company is advancing the construction of data centers to meet the demand for artificial intelligence services, resulting in a free cash outflow of $42.4 billion. Revenue grew by 12% year-over-year, reaching $201.9 billion.

In September, the actual personal consumption expenditure month-on-month rate in the United States was 0%, with the previous value revised from 0.6% to 0.5%.

Danish Bank strategists pointed out that despite the rise of the S&P 500 index and the European Stoxx 600 index, AI-related stocks rebounded for the third consecutive day, but Alphabet and Microsoft's earnings reports showed a divergence in AI-related revenue and capital expenditures.The flat capital expenditure guidance may limit the gains in the data center and semiconductor industries. The market reacted negatively to the earnings reports of major cloud computing companies, with the Korea Composite Stock Price Index falling 0.7% and Nasdaq futures dropping 0.9%.

Microsoft expects its Azure cloud business revenue to grow by 49% to 50% in the second fiscal quarter, with total revenue reaching between 96 billion and 97.1 billion dollars.Revenue from the Intelligent Cloud and Infrastructure segment is expected to be between 80.1 billion and 80.7 billion dollars, while revenue from the Devices and Consumer segment is projected to be between 15.9 billion and 16.4 billion dollars. Microsoft also anticipates that capital expenditures in the second fiscal quarter will exceed 50 billion dollars.

Alphabet executives stated that research and development expenses increased by 36%, primarily driven by AI talent recruitment and depreciation.

Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that the strong performance of capital expenditures is no longer limited to a few sectors.

Fitch Ratings stated that a significant reassessment of the long-term monetization prospects of artificial intelligence could lead to a reduction in capital expenditures and impact the entire artificial intelligence value chain.

Meta Platforms expects capital expenditures to be between $135 billion and $145 billion in 2026, with the lower end of the range raised by $5 billion.

According to data from Hyperliquid News, the Hyperliquid auction mechanism has cumulatively spent 346,005 HYPE, which is valued at approximately 27 million dollars based on the current price.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that Strategy spent $22.1 million to purchase Bitcoin last week and spent $193.1 million to repurchase its own STRC preferred shares.From October 12 to 18, Strategy added 267 Bitcoins, with an average purchase price of $82,900; this round of funding came from the sale of 140,872 common shares, increasing its Bitcoin holdings to 848,517 coins. The Strategy board also raised the authorized amount for digital credit repurchases from $2 billion to $3 billion.

Meta announced its third-quarter 2026 performance early this morning Beijing time, with revenue of $64.601 billion, a year-on-year increase of 26%, exceeding market consensus expectations (approximately $63.3 to $63.7 billion). Net profit was $9.860 billion, a year-on-year increase of 264%, with a GAAP diluted earnings per share of $3.83.Operating profit decreased by 37% year-on-year to $12.988 billion, and the operating profit margin fell to about 20% (compared to about 40% in the same period last year), mainly due to a legal expense of $9.89 billion. This expense is related to the agreement reached with the attorneys general of various states in the U.S. regarding lawsuits related to youth mental health and social media, with a total payment cap of approximately $18.59 billion. Excluding this expense, operating profit was $22.88 billion, corresponding to an adjusted diluted earnings per share of approximately $7.40.The significant year-on-year growth in net profit was also influenced by the low base effect of the previous year's effective tax rate, which was as high as 87%; the effective tax rate for this quarter was 24%. Ad impressions increased by 10% year-on-year, and the average ad price rose by 14%. Family daily active people were approximately 3.64 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3%. Family of Apps revenue was approximately $64.16 billion, of which ad revenue was about $63.06 billion; Reality Labs revenue was approximately $443 million, with an operating loss of about $4.13 billion.Capital expenditures for the third quarter (including principal payments on finance leases) were approximately $34.9 billion, with free cash flow of negative $2.12 billion, and cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities at the end of the quarter were approximately $82.4 billion. The company expects fourth-quarter revenue to be between $73 billion and $76 billion. The full-year capital expenditure guidance has been narrowed to $135 billion to $145 billion, and the full-year expense guidance has been raised to $175 billion to $179 billion, mainly due to the inclusion of legal expenses; excluding this expense, full-year operating profit is still expected to be higher than in 2025. The company also expects Reality Labs operating losses in 2026 to be approximately $18 to $19 billion, with hopes of narrowing next year.According to Gate market data, possibly influenced by the earnings report information, META's stock price rose by 2.17% in after-hours trading.

Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Financial Officer announced that this year's capital expenditure guidance has been raised to 20 billion dollars.