Austria has asked the European Union to explore establishing a stronger presence for Anthropic within Europe following US restrictions on foreign access to some of the company's most advanced AI models.
AnaisFirmus Technologies will build a 360MW AI data centre campus in Indonesia through a partnership with Nvidia and DayOne. The deal gives Firmus access to up to 170,000 Nvidia AI chips and could generate up to US$30 billion in customer agreements.
WeatherlySBI Holdings will acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank for US$289 million, creating Japan's largest regulated crypto platform by assets under custody. The deal strengthens SBI's stablecoin strategy as consolidation accelerates in Japan's crypto market.
AnaisSingapore's MAS has added Hyperliquid to its Investor Alert List, stating that the crypto trading platform is not licensed or authorised to operate in the country.
WeatherlySamsung Electronics and SK Hynix will invest about 881 trillion won (US$576 billion) to build four new chip plants and expand AI infrastructure in South Korea's southwest region. The government hopes the plan will boost semiconductor production and meet rising global demand for AI memory chips.
AnaisAI tools are cutting animation production costs by up to 90%, leading studios to reduce production teams. Los Angeles' film industry lost 6,700 jobs in the year to May 2026 as AI adoption accelerated.
WeatherlyBreez has launched a feature that lets users pay with Bitcoin while recipients receive USDC or USDT across more than 30 blockchain networks. The system uses the Lightning Network and automatic conversion to simplify cross-chain payments.
AnaisWhatsApp will allow its more than three billion users to create usernames, letting people connect without sharing their phone numbers. The privacy-focused feature will be rolled out globally over the coming months, with username reservations starting from 29 June.
WeatherlyChinese businessman Guo Wengui was sentenced to 30 years in a US prison for running a fraud scheme that raised more than US$1 billion from investors and supporters. Part of the scheme involved promoting H-Coin with false claims that the cryptocurrency was backed by gold, helping him raise more than US$262 million.
AnaisMore than 140 companies, including Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase, have launched Open USD, a new US dollar-backed stablecoin. The project aims to challenge Tether and Circle with fee-free transactions and a shared revenue model.
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