AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to Globenewswire, DMG Blockchain reported Bitcoin mining output of 69 BTC in Q2 2026, down 25% year-over-year, while the company accelerates its transition to AI data center operations. The company is focusing on two core strategies: core data center business and digital

According to Odaily, Hong Kong-listed company Guofu Quantum announced its investment in decentralized social and messaging platform Luffa AI. The company is acquiring 11.89 million existing shares for $19.8 million and subscribing for 10 million new shares for an additional $20 million, bringing its

According to ChainCatcher, Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company BNB Plus announced it has raised $4.1 million through issuance of Series B-1 and B-2 convertible preferred shares. The funding round included participation from crypto-native institutions including Comstock Multichain Fund and

According to Globenewswire, Nasdaq-listed Sharps Technology announced its rebranding to SkyAI, with stock ticker changing from STSS to SKYA on May 28. The company will also launch an AI agent financial platform built on Solana blockchain. The platform will provide emerging market users with

According to Beating, researchers from University of Waterloo and Brown University introduced Planning at Inference, a new test-time scaling framework in a paper submitted to ICLR 2026. The framework applies AlphaGo's Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) algorithm to long-form video generation for the

According to ChainCatcher, Gate completed an upgrade to Gate Pay for AI Agent, enhancing automated payment and execution capabilities for AI workflows. The update introduces service discovery, automatic payments, per-call pricing, high-frequency micro-payments, multi-wallet coordination, and automat

Market price movements are rarely driven solely by sentiment; when the probability of the CLARITY Act’s passage falls from above 70% to 54% within just a few weeks, while during the same period the bill advances in the Senate Banking Committee by a vote of 15 to 9, this seemingly contradictory trend does not reveal simple cyclical swings of market mood. Instead, it points to deeper structural impasses within the legislative process. As of May 27, 2026, on the Polymarket platform, the predicted p

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on March 11 at the BlackRock U.S. Infrastructure Summit that AI companies' future business model will shift to selling tokens. AI will function as a public service similar to water and electricity, with usage-based pricing. However, if computational capacity is

According to monitoring by Beating, closed-end fund Powerlaw Corp. (ticker: PWRL) will be listed on Nasdaq today, May 27, via direct listing. Unlike traditional IPOs, this listing does not issue new shares or raise capital; instead, it brings existing shares to market trading. The fund's core

According to the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea tested artificial intelligence-guided missiles for the first time on May 27, with Kim Jong Un personally overseeing the launches. The tests included a nuclear-capable cruise missile slated for deployment near the South Korean border and

Nexus is launching Frost Kingdom, a blockchain-based strategy simulation game, with a seven-day closed beta test scheduled from June 4 through June 10. The game is being developed by a China-based external studio and published exclusively by Nexus, marking a shift from the company's previous focus o

According to Beating Monitor, ByteDance plans to raise this year's capital expenditure to as high as $70 billion to expand AI infrastructure, nearly tripling last year's approximately $25 billion budget. If business conditions permit, the company may further increase spending to $100 billion next ye

Duco launched an agentic Operations platform designed to automate post-trade workflows using autonomous AI agents on deterministic reconciliation infrastructure. The platform builds on infrastructure already processing approximately 20 billion transactions monthly across more than 200 clients,

According to Beating, Hong Kong-listed AI firms Zhipu (02513.HK) and MiniMax (00100.HK) surged to record highs on May 27. Zhipu rose 5.95% to close at 1425 Hong Kong dollars, reaching an intraday peak of 1468 Hong Kong dollars with a market cap of 635.326 billion Hong Kong dollars. MiniMax

Figure AI announced a commercial partnership with Catalyst Brands on May 27 to deploy humanoid robots across its distribution and supply chain network, starting with operations in Reno, Nevada. The AI-powered robots will automate physically repetitive and labor-intensive warehouse tasks. Catalyst Br

Base has launched MCP Gateway on May 26, 2026, enabling users to execute blockchain transactions through natural language commands via AI interfaces like ChatGPT and Claude. According to Base's official announcement, the tool supports token swaps, digital asset transfers, and decentralized

According to OneMillion_AI, on May 26, President Trump appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and indefinitely postponed a planned executive order on AI model review that was originally set to be signed on May 21. The

According to Odaily, Slowmist researcher Yu Xian recommended today that all DeFi projects urgently deploy advanced AI tools to identify security risks in production code and DevOps workflows, and conduct offensive-defensive exercises with Slowmist or Security Alliance. Yu Xian advised at least