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BlockBeats News, April 13th. According to the police's "Cyber ​​Security and Technology Crime Bureau" platform, a romance scam involving a single loss of over 2 million dollars occurred in the past week. It is reported that the scammer took the initiative to follow a female victim in her fifties on Instagram, started a conversation through comments on posts, quickly established a romantic relationship, and then claimed to be a "cryptocurrency investment expert." Using "no-risk investment" as bait to commit the fraud. The scammer first asked the victim to transfer 40,000 dollars as an "account opening fee," then induced her to go to a physical currency exchange store seven times to exchange USDT with cash and transfer it to the scammer's account through an e-wallet. Once the funds were received, the scammer immediately "disappeared" and went incommunicado. The police remind the public to be vigilant when making friends online. If someone claims to be an investment expert and requests a transfer for any reason, they should immediately pause and think calmly.

Golden Ten Data reported on April 13 that wage growth in Australia remains relatively moderate, which is reassuring given that inflation rates could rise sharply in the coming quarters and potentially prompt workers to demand higher wage increases. The latest Commonwealth Bank of Australia "Wage Insights" series report shows that wages grew by 0.8% in the three months to March, with the annual growth rate stabilizing at 3.1%. The bank’s head of Australian economics, Belinda Allen, stated that wage growth appears to have found a new base, and the bank’s data has not yet reflected any response to tightening labor market conditions.

Gelonghui April 13 ─ Morgan Stanley has released a report stating that the market may be severely underestimating the actual force and depth of the AI revolution. Top large language models (LLMs) are experiencing a nonlinear leap in capabilities, and the explosive growth of AI is encountering systemic supply bottlenecks. The global gap in computing power and electricity demand is expected to continue expanding over the long term. The report cites data showing that in the first quarter of this year, global weekly token usage surged 250% to 22.7 trillion, and some LLM providers have already set limits on user usage. Morgan Stanley forecasts that future growth in computing power demand will be three times the compound annual supply growth projected by NVIDIA, with computing power shortages persisting and becoming even more intense. With the launch of next-generation chips, AI computing costs will drop significantly, further fuelling demand, meaning chip manufacturers, optical communications, and data center equipment suppliers will see long-term structural benefits. Additionally, energy is becoming a “time bomb” restricting AI development. The firm estimates that between 2025 and 2028, U.S. data centers will face a power shortage of around 55 GW. Even with alternative solutions such as natural gas, fuel cells, or nuclear power, the net deficit may still reach as high as 18% to 30% of total deployed capacity.