AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

South Korea's National Data Agency announced comprehensive AI and data infrastructure initiatives on the 15th. The announcement was made during a presidential briefing at the Blue House guest house presided by President Lee Jae-myung. The agency unveiled plans to establish a secure national data

WebX 2026 debuted in Tokyo on July 13, featuring a special dialogue between Taiwan lawmakers Kuo Ju-yun (葛如鈞) and former Taiwan Minister of Digital Development Audrey Tang (唐鳳). The discussion focused on two major regulatory framework projects completed by Taiwan in the first half of 2026: the Virtual Asset Service Provider Act (VASP) and the AI Basic Act. Audrey Tang discussed the next phase direction for Taiwan’s digital governance, covering regulatory philosophy, the “late-mover advantage,” c

Coinbase platform head Rob Witoff revealed in an interview with Cointelegraph that more than 95% of Coinbase’s code is now written by LLMs (large language models) or completed in collaboration with them. In May, Coinbase laid off 700 employees, and in an employee email, the company said it needed to “return to startup speed and focus” with AI at the core. Coinbase platform head: 95% to 100% of code is written by LLMs or developed in collaboration In an interview with Cointelegraph, Rob Witoff sa

According to its official announcement, AI compliance infrastructure company Hadrius completed $27 million in seed and Series A funding on July 15. Crypto-focused venture firm CRV led the Series A round, with participation from Y Combinator, Pathlight Ventures, Altruist, and angel investors

Gate News message, July 15 — According to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, NEURO (NeuroWeb.AI) is trading at $0.01474, up 54.05% over the past 24 hours. It touched a high of $0.01480 and fell to a low of $0.00954. The 24-hour trading volume is $3,608.06. Its current market cap is approximately $2.9479 million. NeuroWeb is a decentralized artificial intelligence blockchain designed to encourage people to create, share, and connect knowledge through knowledge mining. Its utility token

JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs reported combined second-quarter net profits of $49 billion, according to Yahoo Finance on July 14 local time. The figure represents a 39% increase compared to the same period last year, driven by a global artificial intelligence

Google Cloud showcased its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform at the Google AI for Business 2026 event held July 14-16 at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. The company demonstrated a conversational financial service developed with KB Kookmin Bank and highlighted Samsung

Google Cloud demonstrated a Gemini-powered conversational banking assistant at the Google AI for Business 2026 event held July 14-16 at Shilla Hotel in Seoul. The prototype, developed in partnership with KB Kookmin Bank, allows users to ask voice-based questions such as 'When will SK Hynix stocks st

BNK Financial Group announced on the 15th an organizational restructuring for the second half of the year centered on strengthening its regional finance role. The restructuring aims to enhance the group's capacity to support local economies in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam region through specialized res

Anthropic announced on July 15 that it will provide a total of 10 million Canadian dollars in Claude API credits to eight research organizations in Canada, enabling them to use Claude models for free. The recipient institutions cover areas including mental health models, low-resource languages, agriculture, and quantum computing. Anthropic stated that this will not affect research directions and does not claim ownership of research outcomes. Research applications for the eight recipient institut

According to Yonhapinfomax, Google Cloud and KB Kookmin Bank unveiled AI-powered financial services using Gemini at the Google AI for Business 2026 event held in Seoul on July 14-16. The conversational AI assistant provides personalized banking recommendations, financial analysis, and currency

On July 15, 2026, Beijing time, the global semiconductor market experienced a landmark event. SK Hynix’s American depositary receipts (ADRs) surged 27.29% in a single day on Nasdaq, closing at $193.92, setting a new all-time high since listing. The gain not only fully recovered the 9.3% decline from the previous trading day but also widened its ADR premium over SK Hynix’s ordinary shares listed in South Korea to 51%, far above the roughly 3% issuance premium during last week’s IPO. {currencycard

MetaMask, the crypto wallet developed by ConsenSys, marks its 10th anniversary, announces the appointment of Gal Eldar as Chief Product Officer (CPO), and launches the “Open Money” plan. The goal is to integrate payments, savings, investments, and digital assets into a single self-custody platform, enabling expansion from a crypto wallet to a broader financial services platform. MetaMask Appoints Gal Eldar as Chief Product Officer According to reports, MetaMask has appointed Gal Eldar as Chief P

According to The Hindu Times and Nikkei Asia Review, Indian tech startups have increasingly adopted Chinese AI models such as DeepSeek and Alibaba Qwen since mid-2025, reducing costs significantly compared to U.S. AI services. Future Venture India CEO Puneet Kumar noted on July 15 that multiple Indi

According to a working paper released by Brookings Institution and Federal Reserve economists on July 15, U.S. artificial intelligence productivity improvements could reduce the annual fiscal deficit from roughly 6% of GDP to 2%, cumulative savings of approximately $2.2 trillion by 2036. However, fi

According to OpenAI product lead Tibo, Codex and ChatGPT Work active users reached 8 million, up 2 million over two days (from 6 million to 7 million to 8 million). OpenAI reset usage quotas for all users and removed the 5-hour usage limit, enabling broader access to GPT-5.6 Sol. The company is

Bitcoin (BTC) once again rebounded, temporarily around $64,707 on July 15. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said he froze more than $130 million in Iranian digital assets. According to Reuters, the European Central Bank (ECB) has selected 36 banks and payments companies from 50 applicant institutions to take part in the digital euro pilot program. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said he froze more than $130 million in Iranian digital assets. According to on-chain an

According to PANews, Tencent launched the light social WeChat mini-program "Tongpin Pai" on July 15, designed to help users find like-minded friends based on personality and interests. The app is currently in closed beta, available only to Tencent internal staff, and supports one-tap WeChat login.

According to BCG and HealthKois in a July 15 report, private equity and venture capital investment in India's pharmaceutical sector rose 2.1x over five years to US$731 million in FY26. The growth was driven by investment in AI-enabled drug discovery, advanced therapeutics, and platform

According to TechCrunch, Reflection AI, a U.S. startup founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind researchers, signed a $1 billion compute deal with Nebius on July 14 to access Nvidia's latest chips for training and deploying its models. Reflection plans to release open-weight models and