Taiwan’s central bank has begun a pilot to hold seized Bitcoin as part of its reserves. The government is studying how digital assets could be used alongside traditional currency and gold.
AnaisSingapore will trial tokenized MAS bills in 2026, using a central bank digital currency to speed up and simplify settlements with primary dealers. The pilot is part of MAS’s Project Guardian, aiming to test digital finance, tokenized assets, and stablecoin regulations while improving efficiency and reducing risks.
WeatherlyGoogle DeepMind released SIMA 2, a new AI agent that can act, learn, and solve tasks inside 3D virtual worlds using Gemini. It handles new games better than the first version and learns through its own trial and error, showing early signs of skills that could one day help real-world robots.
WeatherlyAB 慈善基金会新增三位在物理科学、心理学和可持续教育领域有国际声誉的院士，加入高级顾问委员会。基金会表示，他们将为区块链、人工智能和多学科公益项目提供专业指导和战略支持。
AlexAB Charity Foundation has appointed three internationally recognised Fellows as Senior Advisors, covering physical sciences, psychology, and sustainable education. They will provide expert guidance and strategic support for the foundation’s blockchain, AI, and cross-disciplinary philanthropic projects.
AlexElon Musk denied reports that xAI raised an extra $15 billion, after claims surfaced suggesting the company had secured new funding. The rumour spread through media outlets, but Musk said it was false and gave no further details.
AnaisApple was blocked from appealing a UK ruling that found it charged excessive App Store fees, potentially costing the company £1.2 billion. Meanwhile, a US judge allowed Elon Musk’s antitrust lawsuit over Apple’s AI integration with ChatGPT to proceed, keeping claims of monopoly and unfair exclusion alive.
WeatherlyAmazon and Microsoft are supporting a U.S. law, the GAIN AI Act, to restrict exports of high-performance Nvidia AI chips to China until domestic demand is met. Nvidia has opposed the move, warning it could hurt global competition and cost the company billions, while the U.S. frames it as a national security measure.
WeatherlyBitcoin fell back to its end-2024 price as traders pulled away from risky assets and ETF outflows picked up. The drop followed fading excitement over the Trump administration’s crypto stance and rising fears across global markets.
WeatherlyPeter Schiff criticised Michael Saylor and Strategy, calling their Bitcoin-focused business model a “fraud” and challenging Saylor to a debate. The attack comes as Bitcoin fell below $99,000 and Strategy’s stock dropped over 50% since July, while gold remains strong above $4,000 an ounce.
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