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Nasdaq-listed company NewGenIVF Group Limited has announced an additional $4 million in strategic funding for AI-native live streaming prediction platform K25.ai. Combined with its previous investment, the company's total investment in the project has increased to $6 million. The implied valuation of K25.ai post this funding round is $100 million. Following the completion of this strategic partnership, K25.ai founder and CEO Andy Cheung, along with two co-founders, will join the NewGenIVF board of directors. It is understood that the new funds will be fully utilized for platform iteration and development, accelerating the integration and commercial application of AI technology with the live streaming industry, digital assets, and prediction market businesses. (PRNewswire)
: Robotics AI startup Generalist AI has completed a new $400 million funding round, led by Radical Ventures, with participation from 8VC, Union Square Ventures, Hanabi Capital, and existing investors Nvidia and Bezos Expeditions. The company is valued at $2 billion post-investment. Founded by Pete Florence, Andy Zeng, and Andy Barry, the company focuses on leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to iterate robot models and develop intelligent robot products capable of handling complex tasks. The proceeds from this round will be used for advanced AI model research and development, as well as expanding robot application scenarios. (Bloomberg)
据 Cointelegraph 报道,美国参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)于 7月 31 日正式提出《反腐败局创建法案》(Anti-Corruption Bureau Creation Act),拟设立一个专职处理联邦层面腐败问题的新政府机构。 该法案明确点名特朗普,援引其 2025 年披露的逾 20 亿美元投资收益(其中加密相关收益达 14 亿美元),以及其家族持有与外国政府挂钩的逾 10 亿美元加密基金。拟设机构将由 7 名两党成员组成,经参议院确认后就任,具备调查、执法及预防行政腐败的"实质权力",并将联邦选举委员会、政府伦理办公室及特别顾问办公室整合至同一屋檐下。参议员 Andy Kim、Alex Padilla 和 Jeff Merkley 联署共同提案。 白宫副新闻秘书 Anna Kelly 对此回应称,特朗普的投资"由独立第三方金融机构管理的全权委托账户持有,不存在利益冲突"。
According to The Block, 44 state attorneys general led by Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson jointly submitted a public comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stating that the CFTC's proposed rules exceed the authority granted by the Commodity Exchange Act and requesting them to redraft new rules compliant with the Constitution. The letter emphasized that sports betting has historically fallen under state-level regulatory jurisdiction, and the federal government has never intervened. Meanwhile, the NFL also wrote to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, requesting to curb the expansion of sports prediction markets, arguing that the current proposed rules are insufficient to protect the integrity of events. Currently, the legal battle between states and the CFTC continues to intensify: a Minnesota court ruled to suspend the enforcement of the state's prediction market ban, allowing Kalshi and Polymarket to continue operations; however, a New York federal judge again refused to block New York State from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, and Michigan and Washington states have also issued temporary injunctions restricting Kalshi from conducting sports event contract business locally.
According to CoinDesk, the UK government plans to complete the first tokenized sovereign bond issuance tests through HSBC and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in early 2027, but industry experts point out that on-chain cash settlement issues remain the core obstacle hindering the implementation of the plan. Varun Paul, Global Head of Central Banks and Market Infrastructure at Fireblocks, stated that the project has secured sufficient institutional support, and a change in government (UK Prime Minister changing from Keir Starmer to Andy Burnham) is unlikely to reverse it, and tokenized government bonds are expected to boost market demand given the UK's current debt scale of nearly 3 trillion pounds (approximately 4 trillion USD). Jannah Patchay, Founder of Markets Evolution, pointed out that tokenized bond technology has been validated for nearly seven years since Santander Bank issued the first tokenized sterling corporate bond in 2019, but the absence of on-chain counterparty risk-free settlement assets has remained unresolved. She called on regulators to promote the use of compliant sterling stablecoins to provide an on-chain settlement mechanism. Currently, the global stablecoin market size reaches $300 billion, but TGBP, the largest pound stablecoin by market capitalization, is only worth about $34.2 million, accounting for a negligible proportion.
According to HK01, the Hong Kong Police Force’s Financial Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong Association of Banks, jointly organized an “Anti-Money Laundering Exhibition.” Hong Kong Police Commissioner Andy Tsui revealed data indicating that over 9,400 fraud cases were recorded in Hong Kong during the first quarter of this year—a decrease of approximately 60 cases compared to the same period last year. However, losses totaled over HK$1.85 billion, an increase of nearly HK$300 million year-on-year. Around 2,000 individuals were arrested in the first quarter of this year for fraud- and money laundering-related offenses, approximately 70% of whom were “money mule account” holders. The Hong Kong Police Force warned that, under current legislation, conviction for money laundering carries a maximum penalty of a fine of HK$5 million and up to 14 years’ imprisonment; courts may also impose additional penalties depending on the circumstances.
the U.S. government's export controls and access restrictions on Anthropic's models, Fable 5 / Mythos 5, were partly driven by Amazon's cybersecurity research and AWS CEO Andy Jassy's communications with the White House.It is understood that research submitted by Amazon indicated that through a series of prompt tests, researchers could induce Fable 5 to output sensitive information potentially usable for cyberattacks, raising security concerns. Subsequently, Andy Jassy reported these findings to the U.S. government level, prompting the White House to implement further restrictions, including banning foreign users from accessing the model.Meanwhile, former U.S. Commerce Department official Kate Koren revealed that the White House's existing policy stance towards Anthropic may have also influenced this decision. This is because Anthropic has disagreements with the White House over the boundaries of AI safety, including refusing to use its models for mass surveillance or lethal autonomous weapons systems. Although the two sides had eased tensions and expanded cooperation earlier this year, this incident could reignite strained relations between them. (The Wall Street Journal)
Eleanor Terrett disclosed that after members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee submitted over 100 amendments to the CLARITY Act last night, the DeFi Education Fund (DEF) is tracking what it calls "anti-DeFi amendments" among them. It is urging supporters to pressure senators to oppose these amendments before the bill is considered tomorrow.According to DEF, these amendments come from Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Andy Kim, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren, and Jack Reed. They involve weakening the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), limiting protections for non-custodial software developers and DeFi frontends, adjusting tokenization provisions, and expanding BSA/AML obligations for developers and digital asset companies.
According to Fortune magazine, Amazon released its Q2 2026 earnings report, showing strong overall performance, with after-hours stock price rising over 9%. In terms of core data, AWS cloud business revenue reached $42.2 billion, a year-over-year increase of 37%, marking the fastest growth in nearly 18 quarters; operating income was $16.6 billion, up 64% year-over-year, with profit margin rising to 39.4%; AWS customer contract backlog reached $496 billion. The company's overall net sales increased by 20% year-over-year to $200.6 billion, with operating income of $27.5 billion. Regarding outlook, CEO Andy Jassy stated that Amazon's 2026 capital expenditure expectation was raised from $200 billion to $220 billion, mainly driven by rising memory costs, but even so, capacity is expected to remain insufficient to meet all demand in the next two years. Jassy also pointed out that 85% of global IT spending is still on-premises, the cloud migration wave is far from over, and AWS is winning the "largest share" of enterprise migration plans.
According to The Block, 44 state attorneys general led by Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson jointly submitted a public comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stating that the CFTC's proposed rules exceed the authority granted by the Commodity Exchange Act and requesting them to redraft new rules compliant with the Constitution. The letter emphasized that sports betting has historically fallen under state-level regulatory jurisdiction, and the federal government has never intervened. Meanwhile, the NFL also wrote to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, requesting to curb the expansion of sports prediction markets, arguing that the current proposed rules are insufficient to protect the integrity of events. Currently, the legal battle between states and the CFTC continues to intensify: a Minnesota court ruled to suspend the enforcement of the state's prediction market ban, allowing Kalshi and Polymarket to continue operations; however, a New York federal judge again refused to block New York State from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, and Michigan and Washington states have also issued temporary injunctions restricting Kalshi from conducting sports event contract business locally.
According to CoinDesk, the UK government plans to complete the first tokenized sovereign bond issuance tests through HSBC and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in early 2027, but industry experts point out that on-chain cash settlement issues remain the core obstacle hindering the implementation of the plan. Varun Paul, Global Head of Central Banks and Market Infrastructure at Fireblocks, stated that the project has secured sufficient institutional support, and a change in government (UK Prime Minister changing from Keir Starmer to Andy Burnham) is unlikely to reverse it, and tokenized government bonds are expected to boost market demand given the UK's current debt scale of nearly 3 trillion pounds (approximately 4 trillion USD). Jannah Patchay, Founder of Markets Evolution, pointed out that tokenized bond technology has been validated for nearly seven years since Santander Bank issued the first tokenized sterling corporate bond in 2019, but the absence of on-chain counterparty risk-free settlement assets has remained unresolved. She called on regulators to promote the use of compliant sterling stablecoins to provide an on-chain settlement mechanism. Currently, the global stablecoin market size reaches $300 billion, but TGBP, the largest pound stablecoin by market capitalization, is only worth about $34.2 million, accounting for a negligible proportion.
: Prediction market platform Kalshi has officially launched the beta version of its professional trading terminal, Kalshi Pro. The product is targeted at high-frequency, professional event traders to meet real-time trading demands across multiple markets. The terminal is equipped with several institutional-grade features, including real-time public trade data feeds, full order book depth, multi-leg contract calculation, and batch order management. It also introduces professional charting tools and position risk management tools tailored for perpetual contracts. Kalshi Product Lead Andy Chang stated that active traders now view prediction markets and perpetual contracts as standardized trading asset classes comparable to stocks and bonds. Kalshi Pro aims to provide professional investors with the complete suite of institutional trading capabilities they require. (CNBC)
the U.S. government's export controls and access restrictions on Anthropic's models, Fable 5 / Mythos 5, were partly driven by Amazon's cybersecurity research and AWS CEO Andy Jassy's communications with the White House.It is understood that research submitted by Amazon indicated that through a series of prompt tests, researchers could induce Fable 5 to output sensitive information potentially usable for cyberattacks, raising security concerns. Subsequently, Andy Jassy reported these findings to the U.S. government level, prompting the White House to implement further restrictions, including banning foreign users from accessing the model.Meanwhile, former U.S. Commerce Department official Kate Koren revealed that the White House's existing policy stance towards Anthropic may have also influenced this decision. This is because Anthropic has disagreements with the White House over the boundaries of AI safety, including refusing to use its models for mass surveillance or lethal autonomous weapons systems. Although the two sides had eased tensions and expanded cooperation earlier this year, this incident could reignite strained relations between them. (The Wall Street Journal)
Eleanor Terrett disclosed that after members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee submitted over 100 amendments to the CLARITY Act last night, the DeFi Education Fund (DEF) is tracking what it calls "anti-DeFi amendments" among them. It is urging supporters to pressure senators to oppose these amendments before the bill is considered tomorrow.According to DEF, these amendments come from Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Andy Kim, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren, and Jack Reed. They involve weakening the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), limiting protections for non-custodial software developers and DeFi frontends, adjusting tokenization provisions, and expanding BSA/AML obligations for developers and digital asset companies.
Odaily News Amazon, Microsoft, and Google Cloud all reported Q2 cloud revenue above market expectations. Amazon disclosed that AWS Q2 revenue grew 37% year-over-year to $42.23 billion, the fastest growth rate since 2021, with Amazon's overall revenue surpassing $200.6 billion for the first time and operating profit reaching $16.6 billion.Microsoft's Q4 fiscal 2026 revenue grew 18% year-over-year to $90.007 billion, with Azure revenue growth accelerating from 40% in the previous quarter to 43%, and full-year revenue surpassing $100 billion for the first time. Google's parent company Alphabet disclosed that Q2 Google Cloud revenue grew 82% year-over-year to $24.8 billion, with contract backlog increasing to $514 billion.Amazon raised its capital expenditure guidance for this year from approximately $200 billion to $220 billion, primarily for data centers, servers, network equipment, and AI semiconductors. Alphabet raised its capital expenditure guidance for this year to up to $205 billion, while Microsoft's quarterly capital expenditure was $41 billion, up 69% year-over-year.Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai stated that demand for AI infrastructure and AI solutions is driving cloud business growth, with 90% of Fortune 100 companies using Gemini Enterprise. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that even with the $220 billion investment, it will still not be enough to meet all customer AI demand this year, and this situation will continue into next year.
According to Fortune magazine, Amazon released its Q2 2026 earnings report, showing strong overall performance, with after-hours stock price rising over 9%. In terms of core data, AWS cloud business revenue reached $42.2 billion, a year-over-year increase of 37%, marking the fastest growth in nearly 18 quarters; operating income was $16.6 billion, up 64% year-over-year, with profit margin rising to 39.4%; AWS customer contract backlog reached $496 billion. The company's overall net sales increased by 20% year-over-year to $200.6 billion, with operating income of $27.5 billion. Regarding outlook, CEO Andy Jassy stated that Amazon's 2026 capital expenditure expectation was raised from $200 billion to $220 billion, mainly driven by rising memory costs, but even so, capacity is expected to remain insufficient to meet all demand in the next two years. Jassy also pointed out that 85% of global IT spending is still on-premises, the cloud migration wave is far from over, and AWS is winning the "largest share" of enterprise migration plans.
据 Cointelegraph 报道,美国参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)于 7月 31 日正式提出《反腐败局创建法案》(Anti-Corruption Bureau Creation Act),拟设立一个专职处理联邦层面腐败问题的新政府机构。 该法案明确点名特朗普,援引其 2025 年披露的逾 20 亿美元投资收益(其中加密相关收益达 14 亿美元),以及其家族持有与外国政府挂钩的逾 10 亿美元加密基金。拟设机构将由 7 名两党成员组成,经参议院确认后就任,具备调查、执法及预防行政腐败的"实质权力",并将联邦选举委员会、政府伦理办公室及特别顾问办公室整合至同一屋檐下。参议员 Andy Kim、Alex Padilla 和 Jeff Merkley 联署共同提案。 白宫副新闻秘书 Anna Kelly 对此回应称,特朗普的投资"由独立第三方金融机构管理的全权委托账户持有,不存在利益冲突"。
According to The Block, 44 state attorneys general led by Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson jointly submitted a public comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stating that the CFTC's proposed rules exceed the authority granted by the Commodity Exchange Act and requesting them to redraft new rules compliant with the Constitution. The letter emphasized that sports betting has historically fallen under state-level regulatory jurisdiction, and the federal government has never intervened. Meanwhile, the NFL also wrote to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, requesting to curb the expansion of sports prediction markets, arguing that the current proposed rules are insufficient to protect the integrity of events. Currently, the legal battle between states and the CFTC continues to intensify: a Minnesota court ruled to suspend the enforcement of the state's prediction market ban, allowing Kalshi and Polymarket to continue operations; however, a New York federal judge again refused to block New York State from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, and Michigan and Washington states have also issued temporary injunctions restricting Kalshi from conducting sports event contract business locally.
: Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun have announced they will join the international AI consultation mechanism led by global tech leaders including NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, and will jointly discuss industrial strategies for the artificial intelligence era at an event in Silicon Valley, USA, in November. It is reported that in addition to Lee Jae-yong and Chung Eui-sun, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman, and ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet will also join. (NATE)
According to Business Insider, Amazon is aggressively restructuring the AI architecture of Alexa+, routing more requests to in-house models and reducing calls to Anthropic Claude models through caching mechanisms, while optimizing GPU utilization to cut operating costs. Internal documents show that Alexa+'s AWS cloud costs are projected to reach approximately $1.7 billion in 2026, nearly triple the previous year, and exceeding target costs by about 60%. Even with approximately $450 million in potential savings identified, internal assessments still indicate that the business will struggle to meet financial targets. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has publicly emphasized the urgency of reducing AI inference costs, and this architectural adjustment is the concrete implementation of this strategic direction.