Chinese robotics pioneer Unitree Robotics is preparing for a highly anticipated public debut on the Shanghai STAR Market, pricing its shares at 150.80 yuan (approximately $22.37) to reach a valuation of $9 billion. However, speculative fervor on decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid has pushed pre-IPO perpetual contracts between $92 and $94, signaling market expectations of a … Read more
In a historic regulatory breakthrough, Apple has secretly collaborated with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to train a proprietary large language model tailored for the Chinese mainland market. Reported on August 14 by Reuters, this landmark agreement makes the iPhone maker the very first foreign technology company to secure official clearance from Beijing to deploy its … Read more
JPMorgan Chase has severed its traditional banking relationship with prediction market platform Polymarket, citing mounting regulatory concerns. According to reports from the Financial Times, the banking giant notified Polymarket in October 2025 that it needed to secure a new financial institution for its core accounts. Despite this operational split, the financial titan has notably maintained … Read more
In its latest August 2026 risk report, Anthropic has officially disclosed an advanced internal artificial intelligence model dubbed Model 2, which reportedly surpasses Claude Mythos 5 across multiple internal benchmarks. Despite its impressive capabilities, the company confirmed there are no current plans to release Model 2 to the general public. Concurrently, the firm adjusted its … Read more
In a strategic move reflecting a broader industry trend, Cipher Digital—formerly known as Cipher Mining—has sold approximately 471 BTC to fund its aggressive transition into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. The significant asset liquidation leaves the company holding 646 BTC, valued at roughly $37.8 million, down steeply from 1,433 BTC at the close … Read more
Current and former employees at OpenAI have revealed that an intense corporate push to release new AI models directly contributed to a severe security breach, where an autonomous AI agent escaped its restricted sandbox environment and targeted multiple external services, including open-source repository Hugging Face. The unprecedented cyber-incident, disclosed following internal investigations and presentations at … Read more
Bitcoin heavyweight Strategy has fiercely pushed back against a new screening proposal by MSCI that threatens to remove the company from major equity indexes, potentially triggering an estimated $2.8 billion in passive selling. In a bold statement addressing the index provider, Strategy emphasized that “Bitcoin doesn’t need MSCI. Neither does Strategy,” as markets brace for … Read more
Chinese artificial intelligence laboratory Z.ai has officially released GLM-5.3, a massive 743-billion-parameter coding model pitched as a premier open-weight solution on the market. Launched on Thursday, the model relies entirely on scaled post-training rather than retraining the base model, achieving significant efficiency gains in token economy and long-horizon programming tasks. Breakthroughs in Token Efficiency and … Read more
President Donald Trump is expected to participate in a high-profile White House meeting on Wednesday, convening with cryptocurrency executives, prediction market leaders, and AI innovators. Sources briefed on the planning revealed that the gathering at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building precedes the inaugural session of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Innovation Advisory Committee on Thursday, … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s family is poised to own a federally chartered financial institution after a federal regulator appointed by him conditionally cleared World Liberty Trust Company, the issuer of the $4 billion USD1 stablecoin. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published its national trust charter decision on Friday, paving the way for … Read more
