Market news: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed cryptocurrency regulation bill.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang: Demand for Hopper chips is expected to increase this quarter.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: Blackwell chips will be shipped in the second quarter and production will increase in the third quarter.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang: Blackwell is expected to generate substantial revenue this year.

Nvidia (NVDA.O): New chip Blackwell is in full production. Demand for H200 and Blackwell far exceeds supply, and this situation may continue until next year.

Nvidia (NVDA.O): More major games will adopt RTX technology, including "Black Myth: Wukong".

Market news: Moderna (MRNA.O) and Pfizer (PFE.N) are in discussions with the United States on H5N1 avian influenza vaccines.

Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): No evidence of human-to-human transmission of avian influenza has been seen.

US chemical company DuPont is to split into three publicly traded companies, spinning off its electronics and water businesses.

News Corp shares rose 7.9% after the market closed as the company signed a multi-year global partnership agreement with OpenAI.

ECB Executive Board Member Schnabel: Wage growth is gradually slowing down.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Orr: Inflation persists in sectors that are less sensitive to the Official Cash Rate (OCR).

Citi Research: Continue to expect OPEC+ to maintain production cuts in the third quarter.

US President Biden: Plans to travel to Africa in February after his re-election.

New Zealand Reserve Bank Chairman Orr: The biggest risk we face is that inflation cannot stabilize at a low level.

Paul Ashworth, an analyst at Capital Economics: It will take at least a few months of improved inflation data before Federal Reserve officials will have the confidence to cut interest rates. We believe that there will be no rate cut before September.