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According to the latest industry reports and corporate disclosure documents, the technology industry is experiencing a large-scale wave of layoffs driven by artificial intelligence (AI) in 2026. Despite several companies achieving record high revenues, major tech giants are intensively restructuring their organizational frameworks to reallocate funds towards AI infrastructure development and to enhance operational efficiency through AI. Data shows that in May of this year, the number of layoffs in the tech industry reached the highest monthly record in years, with AI being the core reason for the layoffs.On the execution level, several leading companies have implemented large-scale personnel reductions. Oracle's latest documents reveal that in the past 12 months, 21,000 employees (approximately 13% of the total workforce) have been laid off due to internal AI technology deployment. Amazon cut 16,000 corporate positions in January this year, with management expecting that the widespread application of generative AI will significantly reduce the demand for traditional roles. While Meta laid off about 8,000 employees, nearly 7,000 were reorganized into core AI business positions. Block significantly reduced its workforce by 4,000, nearly halving its total number of employees to adapt to the flattened operational model brought about by AI tools.Additionally, companies including Cisco (4,000 people), Intuit (3,000 people), Atlassian (1,600 people), Cloudflare (1,100 people), Snap (1,000 people), as well as Coinbase, Salesforce, and others have announced substantial layoff plans related to AI transformation this year. At the same time, although Google, Microsoft, and IBM have not disclosed specific total layoff numbers, they are also continuously advancing rolling job replacements and restructuring linked to AI strategies.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially rising 0.9%, the S&P 500 index up 1.66%, and the Nasdaq up 3.07%. SpaceX (SPCX.O) rose nearly 20%, with a market value exceeding $2.5 trillion. Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose over 3%, and Oracle (ORCL.N) rose over 4%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed up 0.3%, and iQIYI (IQ.O) rose nearly 2%.

The AI native oracle Cournot Protocol, invested by YZi Labs, has officially integrated with 42, an event market backed by institutions such as Dragonfly and Coinbase Ventures, becoming its official AI native oracle. Cournot will provide continuous monitoring, evidence endorsement assessment, and a transparent analysis workflow driven by Cournot's "reasoning proof" framework.As the event trading platform expands into sectors such as sports, politics, creator economy, and crypto-native events, building a market adjudication mechanism is becoming a core challenge in the infrastructure domain. Unlike traditional data feed oracles, Cournot continuously tracks external dynamics, aggregates multi-source evidence for cross-examination, and analyzes the settlement conditions of various markets, generating an auditable reasoning chain while outputting adjudication results.The recent integration of the prediction market Myriad Markets by Cournot reflects the macro trend of the industry migrating towards "AI-assisted settlement" infrastructure. Cournot's core capabilities will gradually expand from empowering prediction markets to areas such as Agentic Commerce, complex RWA, card games, and parametric insurance. More and more platforms are realizing that complex real-world outcomes are often not adjudicated by a single API or a price feed, which is precisely why they are beginning to seek new types of oracles.

According to Gate market data, the US stock market opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.42%, the S&P 500 index up 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index up 0.5%. Oracle (ORCL.N) plummeted 11%, as the company plans to double its financing to $40 billion in the new fiscal year. Intel (INTC.O) rose 7%, as Bank of America upgraded its rating to "Buy."

WINkLink Oracle officially announces the addition of KGST price data support and the simultaneous launch of the KGST / TRX trading pair. By providing a stable, decentralized on-chain price feeding service, WINkLink will help $KGST connect to the TRON DeFi ecosystem more efficiently and securely, widely applied in on-chain financial scenarios such as lending, trading, and stablecoin exchanges.This price service support will officially take effect from May 14, 2026 (Singapore time). Users can now access the price feed details page to view real-time data, and the contract address for the KGST/TRX price pair has also been opened. In the future, WINkLink will continue to provide reliable oracle infrastructure for the TRON ecosystem.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, as ZEC and HYPE continue to decline, the whale Loracle's 10x leveraged long position in ZEC has lost over 3.2 million dollars, and the 2x leveraged long position in HYPE has lost 1.567 million dollars; it also holds long positions in NEAR, TON, ASTER, and XMR, with a total loss of 6.65 million dollars.

Vitalik posted on platform X, stating that building index-tracking assets based on options rather than debt is worth considering and trying, using options as the foundation of DeFi instead of CDPs and liquidation mechanisms. This design can avoid the extreme price fluctuations that cause severe and global liquidation effects, allowing exposure to the index to deviate from preferred exposure in a smoother secondary manner.Its key advantage is that it does not require instant oracles and can operate based on slow oracles, which are the types of oracles used in prediction markets. The design has a clear drawback, which is the need for regular rebalancing, and it remains to be clarified whether and how rebalancing can have sufficient slippage resistance.Vitalik added that compared to relying on oracles that must provide real-time answers and may be induced to give incorrect real-time answers without human remediation time, he believes that holding algorithmic stablecoins placed within such mechanisms is safer.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale Loracle has closed its short positions in BTC, LIT, TON, and VVV. The HYPE short position is still being closed, with a remaining 1.518 million HYPE short positions (approximately 10.5 million USD), resulting in a loss of over 36 million USD. New long positions have been opened in ZEC (10x), ASTER, and TON (5x), and the holdings are still increasing.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale trader Evaded has closed its short positions in Bitcoin and Ethereum, realizing a profit of approximately 1.77 million dollars.After closing the positions, Evaded immediately established long positions in Microsoft (MSFT) and Oracle (ORCL) with 10x leverage, holding 41,400 shares of MSFT and 56,600 shares of ORCL.Based on current data, the total value of the two positions is approximately 31.5 million dollars, indicating that its funds are shifting from short trading in crypto assets to betting on the rise of AI and cloud computing-related tech stocks.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, Loracle has again unstaked 892,513 HYPE, worth 55.9 million USD, which may be sold. Currently, he also holds 1.75 million HYPE short positions, with an unrealized loss of 287.7 million USD.

The Hyperliquid ecosystem project Ventuals posted on X: "We have noticed that about an hour ago, there was an incident in our SPACEX market. One of the off-chain data providers, which is a component of the oracle price, returned erroneous data, causing severe fluctuations in the oracle price and mark price of that market, which in turn triggered the liquidation of some users' positions.We have taken immediate measures to prevent similar situations from occurring in any Pre-IPO market and are assessing the impact of this incident on affected users to formulate an appropriate compensation plan. Affected users will receive compensation within the next 48 hours.According to previous news from ChainCatcher, the SPACEX-USDH perpetual contract on Hyperliquid experienced a 45% flash crash last night."

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Loracle (@loraclexyz, 0x8def...2dae) is suspected to have begun confirming its HYPE 5x short position loss, which has exceeded 29 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Loracle (0x8de...dae) has opened a 3x VVV short position, which is currently its only profitable position; it currently holds positions in HYPE, BTC, LIT, XYZ100, TSLA, as well as a very small TON short position, with a total position value of 141 million dollars and an unrealized loss of over 30 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, HYPE once broke through $63, setting a new historical high. The whale address "0x082" has a current unrealized profit exceeding $33.3 million from going long on HYPE.Meanwhile, Loracle (@loraclexyz)'s HYPE short position currently has an unrealized loss exceeding $31.4 million.

According to the official status page of Pyth, Pythnet/Hermes has been down for over 4 hours, affecting both Price Feeds and Sponsored Feeds. The page indicates that the root cause of the problem has been identified, and validators are coordinating to restart the network, with services expected to resume at 20:30.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale Loracle (@loraclexyz) has deposited 616,670 HYPE (36 million USD) into HyperLiquid and has started selling, with only 78,000 HYPE left for sale. Its 5x HYPE short position loss has expanded to 23 million USD, with a liquidation price of 83.34 USD.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has shorted HYPE with a scale exceeding 100 million dollars, currently facing an unrealized loss of over 23 million dollars, with a liquidation price of 69.49 dollars.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has an unrealized loss of nearly 20 million dollars on its HYPE short position, but it is still increasing its position. Currently, it holds 1.71 million HYPE (95.79 million dollars) in short positions, with a liquidation price of 69.78 dollars.