Check out the companies that make headlines in pre-market trading: Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems – Silicon Valley Chip Designer stocks have collected over 5% and 6% respectively. According to an announcement from companies in the industry, the US government has lifted restrictions on exporting chip design software to China. DataDog – Cloud surveillance providers have skyrocketed by more than 9% after S&P Global added it to the S&P 500 index before trading from July 9th. TripAdvisor – The online travel review company has won 7%, following a Wall Street Journal report that activist investor Starboard has acquired a 9% stake. Robinhood – Online brokerages fell nearly 2%, returning a portion of the 6% rally on Wednesday. Robinhood is considered a major candidate to replace the S&P 500 Juniper Network, and Openai is opposed to the recent announcement of tokenized stocks in artificial intelligence startups. Crypto Stocks – Ether (ETH) Equity Treasury ambitions expanded day two amid a surge in stable and renewed interest in stock tokenization. Bit Digital Rose 6%, Betting Platform Sharplink Gaming jumped 9%. Bitmine Immersion Technologies has been largely unchanged, but has skyrocketed by over 1,000% since it announced its own ETH financial plan on Monday. Kratos Defense and Security Solutions – Drone Maker added 1.5% after RBC Capital Markets repeated its excellent investment opinions. The company raised its 12-month price target at Kratos, believing that the mini-defense technology sector will continue to outperform as it grows in defence spending and “valuation mismatch” in 2026. Kratos stocks came out from a fresh height of 52 weeks earlier this week. – Reported by CNBC’s Tanaya Macheel, Pia Singh, Jesse Pound, Dylan Butts and Michelle Fox.