U.S. rare earth stocks rose significantly on April 17, with Critical Metals up over 28% after gaining control of the Tasiusarsuaq deposit in Greenland. Other companies like USA Rare Earth, United States Antimony, and MP Materials also experienced gains.

Earth Venture Capital invested in Sygaldry Technologies, a quantum AI startup, contributing to a total funding of $139 million. Sygaldry develops hybrid servers for efficient AI workloads, co-founded by Chad Rigetti, previously of Rigetti Computing.

With rising demand for AI computing power and the rapid deployment of low-Earth-orbit satellites, space has become a new area for countries to invest in. Beijing plans to establish a space computing power innovation center to drive breakthroughs in key technologies and enable the use of computing power in space.

Abacus.AI CEO Bindu Reddy criticized Google's Gemini 3.0 as falling short of expectations, suggesting that Google focus on its core business and optimize its AI models. Elon Musk responded by stating that Google will win the AI race in the West, while noting that SpaceX has merged with xAI, reaching a valuation of 12.5 billion dollars.

Starcloud announces that later this year it will mine Bitcoin through space mining, becoming the first company to mine outside of Earth. CEO Philip Johnston mentioned that operating ASIC miners in space costs less than GPUs, and this industry is expected to grow rapidly. Starcloud's data center consists of 88,000 solar-powered satellites.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially launched a public review of a major proposal by SpaceX. The plan aims to deploy large-scale "Orbital Artificial Intelligence Data Centers" in low Earth orbit, sending energy-intensive AI computing tasks into space to support the training of xAI models, including Grok. This concept is seen as a key step for Musk in building a "Space Computing Power Network." According to submitted documents, SpaceX plans to operate a new satellite constellation at an altitude of approximately 500 to 2000 kilometers, with satellites interconnected via laser optical links and connected to the existing Starlink network to enable data processing and routing in orbit. The project is extremely large-scale and could potentially expand to hundreds of thousands or even millions of "data center-style" satellites in the future.

Gate News Bot Message, February 4th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, SPACE (Spacecoin) is currently priced at $0.01, up 21.82% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.01 and a low of $0.01. The 24-hour trading volume is $89.6 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $15.3 million, an increase of $2.73 million compared to yesterday. Spacecoin is the world's first internet network supported by blockchain satellites, dedicated to providing reliable, permissionless internet access to the 2.6 billion unconnected people worldwide. The project is built on Creditcoin and creates a global connectivity network through a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit, operating independently of ground infrastructure to ensure connectivity during natural disasters, government restrictions, and internet outages.

Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI, aiming to integrate their strategic布局 in artificial intelligence and space exploration. The company is expected to reach a valuation of $1.25 trillion. The merger will allocate resources to support goals in artificial intelligence and cosmic exploration, while also applying for permission to launch up to 1 million satellites into Earth's orbit.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to foreign media, Trump plans to launch a $12 billion mineral reserve program. U.S. rare earth companies surged in pre-market trading, currently up nearly 6%. (Jin10)

The Trump family-associated World Liberty Financial has reached a strategic partnership with Spacecoin, planning to combine DeFi and satellite internet through token swaps to provide payment and settlement services in remote areas. Spacecoin has launched 3 low-earth orbit satellites, and WLFi will offer USD1 stablecoins and lending services to support online transactions.