BlockBeats News, July 2nd, pre-market, key market updates:

1. The U.S. unemployment rate in June unexpectedly fell to a one-year low of 4.2%, the lowest level since June 2025. Nonfarm payrolls in June were significantly below expectations, with a seasonally adjusted increase of 57,000, lower than the market's expected 110,000.

2. After the release of tonight's U.S. nonfarm data, U.S. stock index futures quickly rose, with NASDAQ futures up 0.60% intraday, S&P 500 index futures up 0.40%, and Dow Jones futures up 0.39%; U.S. bond yields dropped sharply.

3. The market has reduced its expectations of a Fed rate hike. The market has fully digested the expectation of a December Fed rate hike, previously expected in October.

4. International oil prices continued to decline. WTI crude oil futures prices fell by 2.01% to $67.200 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures prices fell by 1.66% to $70.379 per barrel.

5. International gold and silver spot prices rose across the board. Spot gold spiked, reaching $4,120 per ounce, up 2.20% intraday.

6. Major European stock indices rose across the board. The UK's FTSE 100 index rose by 0.52%, France's CAC 40 index rose by 0.84%, and Germany's DAX 30 index rose by 1.00%.

7. SoftBank plans to launch a new cloud service, NeoCloud, in the U.S. in July, with plans to deploy a 10-gigawatt AI infrastructure to meet the market's strong demand for AI computing power.

8. NVIDIA introduced a new AI infrastructure partnership model, providing financing support to emerging GPU cloud service providers and receiving a certain percentage of revenue sharing from partners.

9. Musk visited the Optimus robot production line at the Fremont factory, a sign that Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus is entering a critical phase of mass production.

10. OpenAI is reportedly proposing to offer a 5% stake to the U.S. government to seek support for the development of the AI industry and help alleviate regulatory and political resistance.

11. Apple has raised its target for foldable iPhone shipments to 10 million units, a 30% increase from previous expectations.

12. Amazon's hardware chief: the company will accelerate the development of in-house AI chips to prepare for device "chip swaps."

13. Goldman Sachs: Wash says inflation risks have receded, but still expects the Fed to keep the federal funds rate unchanged for the remainder of 2026.

14. Bank of America: The biggest bull market catalyst for U.S. stocks is fading, and AI giants may no longer be in the limelight. With a bearish outlook for the second half of the year, it is expected that the S&P 500 index may drop by about 5% from its current level.