AI + Crypto Daily | April 30, 2026

🏆 TOP 1 | Anthropic in Talks for $50 Billion in New Funding, Valuation Targeting $900 Billion

Source: TechCrunch (April 29)

Anthropic, the maker of Claude, has received multiple pre-emptive funding rounds to raise approximately $50 billion at a valuation of $850 billion to $900 billion, according to six sources familiar with the matter. The company just announced in April that its annual revenue run rate had surpassed $30 billion (compared to approximately $9 billion at the end of last year, now approaching $40 billion), primarily from its Claude Code and Cowork platforms. An institutional investor has offered to invest $50 billion — but has yet to schedule a meeting with CFO Krishna Rao. The board will make a final decision at its May meeting. If the deal goes through, Anthropic’s valuation will jump from $380 billion to nearly $900 billion in less than a year, surpassing Salesforce.

🏆 TOP 2 | White House Rejects Anthropic Mythos Expanded Access

Source: WSJ / Coin Bureau (April 30)

The White House reportedly opposed Anthropic’s plan to expand preview access to Mythos to general users, citing the core concern that Anthropic’s computing power is insufficient to guarantee the quality of government use while expanding access. Ironically, Mythos is currently providing classified workloads for the NSA — while the Pentagon had previously listed Anthropic as a “supply chain risk.” Essentially, this is a classic case of a strategic AI asset being effectively taken over by the state.

🔥 TOP 3 | Musk vs Altman Trial Day 2: His Own Tweets Are His Biggest Enemy

Source: The Verge (April 30)

The trial entered the cross-examination phase, and Musk’s performance left the jury members looking at each other in bewilderment. The Verge reporter Elizabeth Lopatto wrote, “I have never felt so sympathetic towards Sam Altman.” Musk refused to answer any questions with “yes” or “no,” repeatedly “forgot” what he had said in his morning testimony, and even reprimanded the opposing lawyer in court. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, after the jury left the room, commented that Musk was “sometimes difficult to deal with.” Even more damaging was the direct contradiction between Musk’s afternoon testimony and his public tweets on X — tweets that his lawyers were attempting to describe as “inaccurate, rapid reactions.”

🔥 TOP 4 | Claude Code HERMES.md Controversy: Privacy Community in an Uproar

Source: Hacker News #2 (12 hours ago, 1088 points)

A GitHub issue has been exposed: Adding the string HERMES.md to commit messages causes requests to be automatically routed to the “extra usage” billing system instead of regular usage. Anthropic has confirmed the existence of this issue. The essence of the problem: Users believe they are debugging locally, but in reality, the request is being silently billed; and because Claude Code inspects the entire code repository, HERMES.md may be automatically recognized as a valid instruction.

🔥 TOP 5 | Meta AI Spending Forecasts $145 Billion, Stock Price Drops in One Day

Source: Fortune / Nypost (April 29)

Meta raised its 2026 AI capital expenditure forecast to $145 billion, causing its stock price to fall the following day. Fortune described this as “the first time since the AI ​​boom that investors have truly backed down on the scale of computing power spending.” The core fear is not how much is invested, but when and how these infrastructure investments will translate into verifiable returns.

💡 TOP 6 | Google Cloud Surpasses $20 Billion, But Growth is Constrained by Computing Power

Source: TechCrunch (April 29)

Google Cloud’s Q1 revenue surpassed $20 billion, but the company explicitly stated in its earnings call that growth is “constrained by computing power capacity.” Meanwhile, Alphabet’s President of Global Affairs, Kent Walker, defended a confidential AI contract signed with the Pentagon — after a petition from Google employees opposed it. In an internal memo, Walker wrote, “Engaging with governments, including in the national security arena, will help democracies benefit from responsible technology.”

💡 TOP 7 | OpenAI’s Nerdy Personality Causes Goblin Over-Rewards: Official Explanation

Source: OpenAI Official Blog (April 29)

OpenAI released a lengthy article formally explaining the technical root cause of the goblin incident: The “Nerdy Personality” system cue word configuration introduced in GPT-5.1 applied excessive positive reward signals to words such as “goblin” and “magic creature,” causing these words to be continuously reinforced in subsequent versions. Solution: Removed the reward signal and filtered irrelevant training data; the issue has been fixed via a Codex update.

💡 TOP 8 | Satya Nadella: Ready to “exploit” the new OpenAI deal

Source: TechCrunch (April 29)

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated during the earnings call that the company is ready to “exploit” the new OpenAI deal. Microsoft was recently granted permission to retain a minority stake in OpenAI following its restructuring and waived exclusivity clauses. Nadella emphasized that Microsoft’s strategy is to “constructively utilize” the relationship, rather than passively waiting.

🏆 TOP 1 | White House Crypto Advisor Hints at “Major Announcement” Imminent

Source: The Block / coindesk (April 27)

A White House crypto advisor revealed to the media that a “major announcement” regarding the “Trump Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” is expected in the coming weeks. The market’s long-awaited major signal — the pace of the Bitcoin reserve plan — is about to become clear. BTC recently retreated from its high of $79,400, which the market generally interprets as profit-taking coupled with a wait-and-see attitude during a policy vacuum.

🏆 TOP 2 | Clarity Act Imminent, Entire Crypto Market Eagerly Awaits

Source: Cryptonews (April 29, 🔥Marked)

The Clarity Act, long awaited by the entire crypto industry, is about to be officially launched, with positive reactions from multiple directions. This is key legislation for clarifying US crypto regulation, aiming to provide a clear legal classification and regulatory framework for digital assets. Once implemented, it will sweep away the uncertainty of the past few years where the SEC “enforces but does not legislate.”

🔥 TOP 3 | Cardano CEO: Bringing Core Bitcoin Functionality to ADA

Source: Cryptonew (April 28)

The CEO of the Cardano Foundation announced that several core Bitcoin functions — including parts of the PoW security model and proof-of-reserve mechanism — will be ported to the ADA ecosystem. This move aims to improve Cardano’s Bitcoin compatibility and DeFi capabilities, attracting Bitcoin holders to the Cardano ecosystem for yield farming.

💡 TOP 4 | Meta + Stripe Stablecoin Payments Officially Launched

Source: Decrypt (April 29)

Meta, in partnership with Stripe, officially launched the USDC stablecoin payment function. Creators can receive USD stablecoins on the Solana and Polygon chains through the Link wallet. Currently in trial operation in Colombia and the Philippines, it is planned to expand to 160+ markets. This marks the first time stablecoins have achieved large-scale practical application at the level of a major technology platform.

💡 TOP 5 | Alchemy CEO: Crypto is Designed for AI Agents, Not Humans

Source: Coindesk (April 25)

Alchemy’s CEO argues that current cryptocurrencies are actually better suited for AI agents than human use. DeFi protocols, token economic models, and on-chain settlement — these mechanisms are naturally adapted to programmatic calls and settlements. The rise of AI agents will lead to an exponential increase in on-chain token interactions.

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