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Glonghui, April 23 | American Airlines CEO Robert Isom stated on Thursday that a potential merger with competitor United Airlines would harm consumer interests and constitutes anti-competitive behavior. He noted that merging the world’s two largest airlines has been infeasible from the outset, emphasizing that such a move would be disadvantageous to customers, the company, and its employees. The company also issued a statement saying it has not participated in or intended to initiate any merger discussions with United Airlines. Previously, reports indicated that United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby had raised this idea with officials from the Trump administration, hoping to expand their global business through a merger to compete with other international airlines.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, JPMorgan analysts stated that the frequent DeFi security incidents and the stagnation of total locked value (TVL) growth denominated in ETH continue to limit institutional interest in DeFi. The report says that a recent cross-chain bridge attack related to Kelp DAO caused about $20 billion of DeFi TVL to evaporate within a few days. The attacker minted approximately $292 million of unsecured rsETH and then used Aave to pledge and borrow actual ETH, resulting in about $230 million in bad debt. JPMorgan also noted that after security incidents, users tend to shift to Tether’s USDT as a safe haven.

GroLink News, April 23｜Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney maintained a “Neutral” rating and a $375 price target on Tesla. While he acknowledges progress in profit margins and a 51% year-on-year increase in Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscription rates, he warns that robotaxi deployment may proceed slowly in the short term, and an unsupervised FSD release for consumers may not arrive until the end of 2026. Delaney estimates that, given high investment costs, free cash flow will remain negative in both 2026 and 2027, only turning positive in 2028.