Jay Qian

TradingKey - On July 10, Eastern Time, Meta Platforms (META) rose more than 4% at one point in pre-market trading. As of press time, it was trading around $655.45. Meta closed up 4.7% the previous day.

TradingKey - On July 10, Eastern Time, SK Hynix (SKHY) will officially list on the Nasdaq, priced at $149 per ADR. Raising approximately $26.5 billion, the offering surpasses Alibaba’s 2014 record of $25 billion to become the largest US IPO by a foreign company.

TradingKey - On July 10, Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock index futures showed mixed performance in pre-market trading. As of press time, Nasdaq 100 Index futures fell 0.34%, S&P 500 Index futures declined 0.05%, and Dow Jones Index futures rose 0.12%.

TradingKey - The takeover battle for easyJet has taken a dramatic turn in just one week. U.S. private equity giant Apollo Global Management (APO) has emerged with a £5.7 billion bid, surpassing Castlelake, which had previously reached an agreement in principle. This move has intensified the bidding war for Europe’s second-largest low-cost carrier.

TradingKey - As SK Hynix officially listed on Nasdaq on July 10, the South Korean semiconductor giant's debut on the U.S. stock market is triggering a chain reaction. According to market sources, six new leveraged and inverse ETF products tracking the performance of SK Hynix ADRs are in the final stages of preparation and are expected to be listed collectively next week, providing global investors with more diverse trading tools.

TradingKey - According to a report by LatePost, multiple sources within Tesla’s supply chain revealed that the company recently issued specific procurement guidance for Optimus components to its suppliers. The guidance requires production capacity to be increased to 1,000 units per week by September this year, with a further increase to between 2,000 and 2,500 units per week by year-end. Based on the projected weekly capacity for the end of the year, suppliers will have the capability to provide components for approximately 100,000 Optimus units annually to Tesla by year-end.

TradingKey - On July 9, Eastern Time, US stock index futures were mixed in pre-market trading. As of press time, Nasdaq 100 Index futures rose 0.64%, S&P 500 Index futures rose 0.13%, and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 0.16%.

TradingKey - On July 8, Eastern Time, Japanese lunar exploration company ispace announced a partnership with SpaceX (SPCX) to lease Starship payload capacity for low-cost lunar cargo transportation services. Following the announcement, ispace's share price in the Japanese market surged by nearly 20% intraday, ultimately closing up 18.69%.

TradingKey - On July 9, Eastern Time, OpenAI officially released the GPT-5.6 series models to the public, including three models: Sol, Terra, and Luna, ending the limited preview implemented since June 26 due to US government security reviews. This release is more than just a product iteration; it is a carefully orchestrated "roadshow" for the capital markets. Sol entered the market at approximately half the price of its competitor, Claude Fable 5 (at $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens), while scoring 91.9% on the Terminal-Bench 2.1 programming benchmark, surpassing Claude Mythos 5's 88%. However, behind the glitzy product launch, a more severe issue is looming: if OpenAI postpones its IPO to 2027, the impact on artificial

TradingKey - On July 8, Eastern Time, in pre-market trading, the three major US stock index futures fell further. As of press time, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 0.94%, S&P 500 index futures slid 0.70%, and Nasdaq 100 index futures dropped 1.03%.

TradingKey - U.S. President Trump stated at the annual NATO summit on July 8 that he believes the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding is "over." This means the temporary ceasefire between the two countries, which had just shown signs of easing, has officially come to an end.

TradingKey - A recent in-depth report released by research firm SemiAnalysis shows that Anthropic, an AI large model company, is projected to achieve over $1 billion in GAAP EBIT by the third quarter of 2026, with its annual recurring revenue (ARR) surging from $9 billion at the end of 2025 to over $60 billion. SemiAnalysis believes that if Anthropic continues to execute its strategy efficiently, it has the potential to become the first company to reach a market capitalization of $6 trillion.

TradingKey - According to disclosures by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX submitted an application to the FCC this week, requesting approval to launch and operate a third-generation (Gen3) constellation consisting of 100,000 satellites, aiming to build a global communications infrastructure for the AI era.

TradingKey - On July 7, Eastern Time, Amazon (AMZN) returned to the U.S. investment-grade bond market, launching an eight-tranche benchmark bond issuance. The company plans to raise at least $25 billion to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure and for general corporate purposes. Amazon's share price ticked slightly higher in pre-market trading, up about 0.62% at the time of writing.

TradingKey - On July 7, Eastern Time, media reports indicated that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is independently developing its own AI inference chips, a move that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia (NVDA) and Huawei chips. Following the news, Nvidia shares fell by as much as 2% in pre-market trading. As of press time, Nvidia's pre-market share price stood at approximately $192.62, down 1.5%.

TradingKey - Anticipation surrounding the release of GPT-5.6 has recently continued to build within the developer community. Polymarket prediction data showed that the probability of the model's official public release today (July 7) once reached 68% to 74.5%.

TradingKey - On July 7, EST, in pre-market trading, the three major US stock index futures showed mixed performance. As of press time, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 0.21%, S&P 500 index futures fell 0.13%, and Nasdaq 100 index futures fell 0.91%.

TradingKey - During the Asian trading session on July 7, Japanese memory chip giant Kioxia Holdings plummeted over 12% at one point, leading losses in the Japanese and South Korean semiconductor sectors. SoftBank Group fell over 4%, while South Korean tech giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics both tumbled by approximately 10% at one point. As of press time, Kioxia was down 11.24% at 72,420 yen per share. Dragged down by the collective weakness in chip stocks, the Nikkei 225 Index fell 1.75% to 68,576.85 points.

TradingKey - On July 6, Eastern Time, Broadcom (AVGO) filed a document with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), disclosing that it has reached a multi-year agreement with Apple (AAPL) to extend their technical cooperation through 2031. Under the agreement, Broadcom will develop and supply a range of custom ASIC chips for multiple generations of Apple products, including iPhone RF chips, wireless LAN and Bluetooth connectivity chips, and other networking semiconductors. Following the announcement, Broadcom's share price rose over 4% in US pre-market trading.

TradingKey - On July 6, Eastern Time, just one day before SpaceX (SPCX) was officially included in the Nasdaq 100 Index, the company submitted a routine semi-annual report to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The report shows that over the past six months, SpaceX actively deorbited 260 Starlink satellites, with another 349 retired satellites awaiting disposal. The total of 609 satellites accounts for 5.7% of its active in-orbit constellation.