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However, the company's share price fell about 6% in after-hours trading. D.A. Davidson analyst Alex Pratt said, "Market expectations for IONQ were very high ahead of today's earnings report, especially considering the strong performance of the stock over the past month. I believe we also saw some skepticism emerge, which has persisted over the past several quarters, mainly around the feasibility of the technology and the development path that IONQ has taken regarding trapped ion qubits." Since the start of this year, the company's share price has risen by about 17%. IonQ is committed to developing trapped ion quantum computing systems and related networking, sensing, and security technologies. It provides access to its hardware via the cloud, aiming to solve complex computational problems that traditional computers cannot handle.

Crude oil fell more than 10% intraday, while gold futures closed up nearly 3%. The yen surged 1.8% within half an hour, suspected to be due to Japanese intervention. Trump stated that the US and Iran are "very likely" to reach an agreement. US media: The US and Iran are close to reaching a memorandum to cease hostilities first, followed by a 30-day negotiation period, with key terms in the nuclear talks showing signs of loosening. Iran stated it will ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz and proposed the only viable solution to the strait issue: a permanent end to the war, lifting blockades at sea, and resuming normal passage. Wang Yi held talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister, with China stating: comprehensive cessation of hostilities is urgent, restarting conflict is inadvisable, and persisting with negotiations is of particular importance; Iran stated: the issue of reopening the Strait of Hormuz can be resolved as soon as possible under the current circumstances. The Lebanese Prime Minister said the country does not seek normalization of relations with Israel and is committed to achieving peace. Since the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, Beirut was hit by Israeli airstrikes for the first time, with Israeli media claiming to have killed a Hezbollah elite military commander. US April "small nonfarm" ADP employment increased by 109,000, reaching a 15-month high, while manufacturing employment remained sluggish. The US Treasury Department continues using a "delay strategy": debt issuance will remain stable through 2027, with the risk of short-term debt reliance gradually increasing. In April, China’s RatingDog Services PMI rose to 52.6, accelerating expansion, with new orders increasing for 40 consecutive months. Domestically developed large models are sparking a financing boom: DeepSeek is rumored to have a post-investment valuation of up to $45 billion; reports suggest Kimi is raising another $2 billion, pushing its valuation past $20 billion. Arm's fiscal Q4 2026 revenue grew 20.2% year-on-year, exceeding expectations; AGI CPU demand for fiscal years 2027-28 has already exceeded $2 billion. Musk: xAI will no longer exist as an independent company and will be renamed SpaceXAI. SpaceX’s first super chip factory plans revealed: initial investment of $55 billion, total amount reaching $119 billion. Anthropic and SpaceX signed a 300 MW computing power agreement aimed at meeting the growing demand for AI. NVIDIA signed a long-term agreement with Corning: Corning’s optical connectivity capacity will increase tenfold, and NVIDIA will receive up to 18 million share purchase rights. Related article: Wallstreetcn Breakfast FM-Radio | May 7, 2026

According to reports, on May 7, Aave liquidated all 116,500 rsETH positions held by the Kelp DAO attacker. As part of the recovery plan, Aave temporarily manipulated the oracle price through a governance vote to complete the forced liquidation. The collateral from the liquidation will be transferred to the Recovery Guardian multi-signature address managed by DeFi United and used to restore the rsETH asset backing and compensate affected users. Currently, DeFi United has raised more than $320 million. On April 28, suspected North Korean hackers exploited a vulnerability in the LayerZero bridge to mint 116,500 rsETH and conducted cross-protocol lending arbitrage.