Axe Compute Inc. (NASDAQ: AGPU), a Nasdaq-listed company, announced today the signing of a 36-month AI infrastructure contract with an enterprise client, valued at approximately $260 million. According to Odaily, the deployment includes 2,304 NVIDIA B300 GPU dedicated clusters and a high-speed AI storage system, expected to go live in a U.S. Tier 3 data center by the third quarter of 2026. This marks the largest single enterprise contract in Axe Compute's history. The underlying computing infrastructure for Axe Compute is supported by Aethir's decentralized GPU cloud. The contract includes a dedicated 4.8 MW N+1 redundant power supply, with the deployment location and service standards specified by the client, utilizing a structured payment arrangement. Daniel Wang, co-founder and CEO of Aethir, stated that the contract is the result of months of deep collaboration between the two teams. "The enterprise-level workload supported by 2,304 NVIDIA B300 GPUs is exactly the scale we aimed for when building Aethir's computing infrastructure. Today's announcement demonstrates that decentralized GPU infrastructure is capable of handling AI workloads for top global enterprises." Following the announcement, Axe Compute's stock (NASDAQ: AGPU) experienced significant volatility, with an intraday peak increase of over 166%, reaching $14.47. The day's trading volume exceeded the three-month daily average by more than a hundredfold.

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Nasdaq-listed Axe Compute Inc. (NASDAQ: AGPU) today announced that it has signed a 36-month, approximately $260 million AI infrastructure contract with an enterprise customer. The contract includes a dedicated cluster of 2,304 NVIDIA B300 GPUs and a high-speed AI storage system, expected to go live in a Tier 3 data center in the United States in the third quarter of 2026. This is the largest single enterprise contract in Axe Compute's history. Axe Compute's underlying computing infrastructure is supported by the Aethir decentralized GPU cloud. The contract includes a dedicated 4.8 MW N+1 redundant power supply, with the customer specifying the deployment location and service standards, and employs a structured payment arrangement. Aethir co-founder and CEO Daniel Wang stated that this contract is the result of months of deep collaboration between the two teams: "The enterprise-grade workload supported by 2,304 NVIDIA B300 GPUs is exactly the scale we aimed for when we built Aethir's computing infrastructure. Today's announcement proves that decentralized GPU infrastructure is capable of handling AI workloads from the world's top enterprises." Following the announcement, Axe Compute (NASDAQ: AGPU) stock price experienced significant volatility, with a daily increase of over 166%, reaching $14.47, and trading volume more than 100 times higher than the three-month daily average.

Public companies are experiencing gains, while index fund investors are encountering difficulties. According to PANews, the current market dynamics have led to a situation where publicly traded companies are reaping benefits, whereas those investing in index funds are not seeing similar returns. This disparity highlights the varying outcomes for different types of investors in the current economic climate.

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国投白银LOF has announced a temporary suspension of trading to protect investor interests. According to Jin10, the fund will halt trading from the market opening on April 24, 2026, until 10:30 AM. Trading will resume at 10:30 AM on the same day, while redemption services will continue as usual during the suspension. If the secondary market trading price premium does not effectively decrease on April 24, 2026, the fund reserves the right to apply to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for measures such as intraday temporary suspension, extension of suspension time, or continuous suspension to warn the market of risks. Further details will be provided in subsequent announcements.

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