PANews reported on May 4 that American investor Warren Buffett announced at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting that he plans to retire at the end of the year, shocking shareholders present. Buffett said he would recommend to the Berkshire Hathaway board of directors that Greg Abel, vice chairman of non-insurance business, take over as CEO at the end of the year, saying he believed the time was right for Greg to serve as the company's CEO. According to the Associated Press, Buffett announced the news after a five-hour question-and-answer session and did not answer any related questions. Buffett said that the only board members who knew about this were his two children, Howard Buffett and Susie Buffett.

PANews reported on May 4 that according to documents on the Arizona official website, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed Senate Bill 1025 (SB 1025), which would have allowed public funds to be invested in virtual currencies. Hobbs said in her veto statement that the Arizona Retirement System is one of the strongest retirement systems in the United States, thanks to its sound and wise investment strategy. She emphasized that the state's retirement funds are not suitable for trying unproven investments such as virtual currencies.

PANews reported on May 3rd that according to Jinshi, Buffett said at the shareholders' meeting that he would not invest in everything around AI. He also pointed out that if he had to choose, he would invest in the reinsurance industry. Regarding AI products, the choice should be made by Ajit Jain, the head of Berkshire's insurance business. Ajit Jain said that artificial intelligence will become a real disruptor in the field of insurance and risk pricing.

PANews reported on May 3 that according to CoinDesk, Seth Wilks, Executive Director of Digital Asset Strategy and Development of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Raj Mukherjee, Executive Director of the Digital Asset Office, resigned on Friday, joining the ranks of more than 20,000 IRS employees who accepted the Trump administration's delayed resignation plan. However, according to people familiar with the matter, this personnel change does not represent any adjustment in the IRS's crypto asset regulatory strategy, but it occurred at a time when the U.S. regulatory environment continues to change, especially after the Trump administration came to power, and multiple crypto enforcement actions were revoked or suspended. At present, the IRS is still promoting tax compliance work related to digital assets, and it is not expected that the overall policy direction will change due to individual personnel changes.

PANews reported on May 3 that according to Forbes, Apple has modified its App Store policy to allow crypto-related app developers to direct users to external websites for transactions and payments within the app, a move that is seen as a major turning point in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency ecosystem. The change stems from Apple's defeat in the Epic Games case, with the court ordering it to lift the blockade on "external chain payments."

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced a net profit of $4.603 billion in the first quarter, a year-on-year decrease of 64%, from a profit of $12.702 billion in the same period last year; revenue in the first quarter was $89.725 billion, compared with $89.869 billion in the same period last year; net investment loss in the first quarter was $5.038 billion, compared with a profit of $1.48 billion in the same period last year.

Concerns about trade tensions eased further in the past week, and despite a series of mixed economic data, the unexpectedly strong non-farm payrolls report, the most closely watched, also eased concerns about slowing economic growth. Market attention will turn to central bank interest rate decisions in the coming week, including the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England.

PANews reported on May 3 that according to monitoring by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, over the past 8 days, Mrs. Trump's MEME project Melania continued to sell 9.99 million MELANIA (US$4.65 million) through unilateral liquidity and DCA.

PANews reported on May 3 that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article titled "Simplifying the L1", in which he pointed out that one of the biggest advantages of Bitcoin is that its protocol is very simple. Historically, Ethereum has often failed to do this (sometimes due to personal considerations), resulting in excessive development spending, various security risks, and an isolated R&D culture. Vitalik hopes that Ethereum will become as simple as Bitcoin in five years, including: simplifying the consensus layer, simplifying the execution layer, backward compatibility strategy for VM transition, and simplification through shared protocol components.

PANews reported on May 3rd that according to Onchain Lens monitoring, pump.fun sold SOL again. 111,993 SOL were withdrawn from Kraken through 4 newly created wallets and sold at an average price of US$150.8, in exchange for 16.89 million USDC and USDT.

The non-farm report released on May 3 showed that 177,000 new jobs were created in April, lower than the previous month but higher than expected, indicating that employment slowed down but was not as weak as the market feared; the unemployment rate remained stable at 4.2%, still at a high level. Average hourly wages increased by 0.2% month-on-month and 3.8% year-on-year, wage growth slowed down, and inflation pressure was mild. FedWatch showed that the probability of a rate cut in June dropped to 50%, and the market was still uncertain about the economy and policy path. Overall, the employment data was not bad but the wages were weak. The Fed may still remain on the sidelines, the market volatility intensified, and Bitcoin maintained a consolidation pattern in the short term.

PANews reported on May 3 that in response to the community's claim that users with three or four accounts can earn more through Binance Alpha, Binance co-founder CZ responded on the X platform: One person can only have one account, but the whole family is welcome to participate. In addition, CZ also pointed out that gold is not a limited supply asset, but saying this does not mean he is against gold.

PANews reported on May 3rd that Jason Osborne, the majority leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, said in a post that New Hampshire is expected to become the first state in the United States to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Currently, the states are competing. "Whichever governor signs the bill first will make history."

PANews reported on May 3 that the European Union officially passed the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR), which will prohibit all financial institutions and encryption service providers from providing anonymous encrypted accounts or wallets from July 1, 2027, and completely ban transactions of privacy coins (such as Monero, Zcash, Dash).