AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to ChainCatcher, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a request for comment on August 19 to better understand and regulate compute derivatives markets. CFTC Chair Michael S. Selig stated that a robust compute derivatives market is essential for the U.S. to compete in

According to Guru Club, on Wednesday, August 20, President Trump stated that artificial intelligence's importance may exceed the internet, calling for regulations that support industry leadership rather than stifle growth. Speaking at a White House meeting with cryptocurrency executives and

According to Mike Cagney's announcement on X on August 20, the SoFi and Figure co-founder launched The Wallet Co, a mobile application combining fintech usability with self-custody, blockchain-native features, and AI agents. The platform will offer yield-bearing cash products, tokenized real-world a

Nvidia (NVDA) stock fell 1% on Wednesday to close at $217.56 and is down 4% this week as the company heads into next week's earnings report scheduled after the closing bell on Aug. 26. Wall Street expects another beat-and-raise quarter, with Fiscal.ai projecting fiscal second-quarter 2027 revenue

South Korea's 12th Basic Plan for Long-term Electricity Supply and Demand projects 2040 annual electricity consumption at 847.3TWh under a baseline scenario and 885.1TWh under an upward scenario, representing increases of approximately 27-28% over initial forecasts, according to Professor Choi

According to South Korea's 12th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand, unveiled on August 20, the country's projected annual electricity consumption for 2040 stands at 847.3 TWh under the baseline

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI's DeepSeek-V4-Flash model is now free to use across both Web and API on August 20. The platform offers zero-cost access to the top-tier model as part of its initiative to lower barriers to AI adoption for developers and Web3

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) removed 3,106 fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platforms during FY26, marking a near-30% increase from the previous financial year, the regulator announced Aug. 17. The surge is driven by criminals deploying generative AI, deepfake

On August 20, ExcelScale launched its AI infrastructure platform in Malaysia, providing organizations access to more than 100 AI models through a single OpenAI-compatible API. The platform enables technical teams to integrate multiple AI providers without separate integrations for each, supporting t

According to Bloomberg, multi-chip AI workload scheduling platform Callosum completed a $100 million funding round on August 20, with Atomico leading the investment. Plural, DCVC, and the U.K. Sovereign AI Fund also participated. The funding will support Callosum's development of an intelligent sche

According to ChainCatcher, at the 2026 Wyoming blockchain conference, industry leaders including Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley warned that AI agents could enable hackers to breach Wi-Fi networks, passwords, and wallets at unprecedented scale, making current billion-dollar-level crypto a

According to Meta, the company launched AI tools for small businesses on August 20 across meta.ai, its mobile app, and desktop application. The features enable businesses to connect their Facebook and Instagram accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace apps to analyze performance and

According to Beating, Google is offering college students free 1-year subscriptions to its paid AI services through December 31, 2026. U.S. students receive Google AI Pro, typically priced at $19.99 monthly, which includes Gemini's 4x usage allowance, 5TB storage, and Gemini Spark. Students in 140+

Tardigrades, a team of security researchers from blockchain auditing firm Cantina, advanced to the SCAN 2026 digital asset tracking competition finals scheduled for September 28 at 9 AM in Seoul. The team secured their position among 20 finalists from 416 competing teams by developing a custom AI

According to PANews, embodied AI company SinoSynth Fifth Era has completed consecutive A1 and A2 funding rounds in August, raising over 1 billion yuan in total. The A1 round was led by investors including Xigao Capital and Bank of China's subsidiary CITIC AIC Fund, while the A2 round included

According to Shanghai Securities News, embodied AI startup Zhongke Wuji completed Series A1 and A2 funding rounds recently, with total funding exceeding 1 billion yuan. The A1 round was led by investors including Xigao Investment and the Bank of China's AIC fund. The A2 round included

According to South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSC), the regulator launched an AI-powered market surveillance system on August 20 to detect unfair trading in digital assets in real-time. The system combines generative AI and machine learning algorithms to identify suspicious

According to DigitalAsset and Chainanalysis, Tardigrades, a team of security researchers from Cantina, advanced to the finals of SCAN 2026, the world's first digital asset tracking competition, competing among the top 20 teams selected from 416 total participants. The team developed a proprietary

According to Rapid7, the cybersecurity firm recently discovered Operation ASTERIX, a cryptocurrency fraud campaign combining mass account enumeration, phishing emails, voice-phishing calls, and counterfeit wallet applications to steal users' recovery phrases. The campaign used exposed

According to PANews, MiniMax launched MiniMax Design, a multimodal creation agent workbench, today (August 20). The platform is designed to unlock the productive capabilities of the company's native H3 video model and integrate it into commercial content production workflows. MiniMax Design