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Parallel is a science fiction trading card game (TCG) that uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to give players ownership of their cards and other game assets. The cards can be used to construct a deck and play in an online client or mobile game, which is currently in development.
Polish Parliament Deliberates Four Crypto Bills in Parallel
Polish Sejm Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty announced the parliament has officially begun deliberations on four competing bills for crypto asset regulation, following President Karol Nawrocki's two vetoes of related legislation. The review involves legislative proposals from the government, the Presidential Office, the Poland 2050 party, and the Confederation party, with the second reading vote expected on Thursday. Key disagreements center on the scope of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority's (KNF) power to freeze accounts and the maximum penalties for violations. The president's draft sets a maximum fine of approximately 20 million zloty (about $5.5 million), while the Treasury's version raises it to 25 million zloty (about $6.9 million).Meanwhile, the opposition Law and Justice party (PiS), after withdrawing support for an earlier regulatory proposal, submitted a separate bill on Monday advocating for a complete ban on crypto asset-related activities in Poland, further complicating the regulatory debate. Speaker Czarzasty stated that the PiS ban draft will enter the deliberation process only after the four main regulatory bills are completed, and questioned the links between crypto industry funds and political activities, specifically naming potential political funders including zondacrypto. (The Block)
Ethereum Foundation Releases Glamsterdam Upgrade Progress: Devnet Launched, Hegotá Expansion Roadmap Advances in Parallel
the Ethereum Foundation has disclosed the outcomes of a recent interoperability meeting among core developers held in Svalbard, Norway, and provided an update on the key technical progress of the next upgrade phase, "Glamsterdam." During the meeting, multi-client teams collaborated on network scaling and execution layer optimization, making progress in several areas. Developers confirmed that a "credible path" post-Glamsterdam has been agreed upon, based on the combined results of ePBS, BAL optimizations, and the EIP-8037 repricing mechanism.On the execution layer side, ePBS (External Proposer Separation) has been running stably on the multi-client Glamsterdam-devnet. The external block builder process has completed end-to-end testing, covering nearly all client implementations. Meanwhile, EIP-8037 has been finalized, establishing the fixed cost_per_state_byte model and completing the full repricing parameter output on bal-devnet-6.The expansion track "Hegotá" has also made progress. FOCIL-related prototypes now have operable implementations. The scope of requirements for Account Abstraction (AA) has been defined, and the next phase will move to multi-client devnet verification. Current development efforts remain focused on the final delivery of Glamsterdam, while simultaneously advancing the Hegotá expansion design and the subsequent Strawmap roadmap evolution. The devnet is now live, and features like FOCIL are expected to be further deepened in the next phase of testing.At an organizational level, this interop meeting also marked the official start of leadership restructuring within the Protocol Cluster. The new leads include Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn, and Fredrik. Will Corcoran will oversee zkVM proofing and post-quantum consensus coordination, Kev Wedderburn will lead zkEVM research and development, and Fredrik will be responsible for protocol security and the Trillion Dollar Security project. Former Protocol Cluster leadership team members Barnabé Monnot and Tim Beiko will gradually step back from management roles, while Alex Stokes is entering a sabbatical cycle. The Foundation stated that during their tenure, the Protocol team successfully advanced modularization and drove the Fusaka upgrade to launch (December 2025), introducing PeerDAS and increasing mainnet gas capacity.
Former Twitter CEO Launches AI Startup Parallel Web Systems, Raises $100M in Series B Funding with $2B Valuation
According to The Wall Street Journal, Parallel Web Systems—an AI startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal—has raised $100 million in its Series B funding round, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. The company’s valuation has risen to $2 billion, bringing its total funding to $230 million. Parallel focuses on building web search infrastructure for AI agents, supporting in-depth research use cases such as investment research, insurance claims processing, and government contract analysis. Over 100,000 developers are already using its platform, with customers including legal AI company Harvey. Proceeds from this round will be used to expand the sales team and strengthen R&D efforts.
Tempo Launches Privacy Solution Zones, Supporting Permissioned Parallel Blockchains
According to The Block, Layer 1 blockchain Tempo has launched a privacy solution called Zones, designed for institutional use cases such as payroll distribution, treasury management, and payment settlement. Zones provide a confidential execution environment in the form of parallel blockchains connected to the Tempo mainnet; transactions within a Zone are confidential by default, yet assets remain interoperable with the Tempo mainnet, other Zones, fiat on/off-ramps, and liquidity pools. Tempo states that each Zone will be managed by a trusted entity, whose operators can view activities within the Zone and enforce access controls—but do not control the underlying assets. Users retain full control and may withdraw funds locked in smart contracts on the mainnet at any time.
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Ray Dalio on Decision-Making in the AI Era: Principled Thinking Should Run in Parallel with AI, and Human Insight Remains Irreplaceable
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, stated that against the backdrop of rapid AI advancement, investment decisions cannot rely solely on model outputs; instead, principled thinking must be integrated with artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making quality through a systematic and verifiable logical framework.
Polish Parliament Deliberates Four Crypto Bills in Parallel
Polish Sejm Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty announced the parliament has officially begun deliberations on four competing bills for crypto asset regulation, following President Karol Nawrocki's two vetoes of related legislation. The review involves legislative proposals from the government, the Presidential Office, the Poland 2050 party, and the Confederation party, with the second reading vote expected on Thursday. Key disagreements center on the scope of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority's (KNF) power to freeze accounts and the maximum penalties for violations. The president's draft sets a maximum fine of approximately 20 million zloty (about $5.5 million), while the Treasury's version raises it to 25 million zloty (about $6.9 million).Meanwhile, the opposition Law and Justice party (PiS), after withdrawing support for an earlier regulatory proposal, submitted a separate bill on Monday advocating for a complete ban on crypto asset-related activities in Poland, further complicating the regulatory debate. Speaker Czarzasty stated that the PiS ban draft will enter the deliberation process only after the four main regulatory bills are completed, and questioned the links between crypto industry funds and political activities, specifically naming potential political funders including zondacrypto. (The Block)
Ethereum Foundation Releases Glamsterdam Upgrade Progress: Devnet Launched, Hegotá Expansion Roadmap Advances in Parallel
the Ethereum Foundation has disclosed the outcomes of a recent interoperability meeting among core developers held in Svalbard, Norway, and provided an update on the key technical progress of the next upgrade phase, "Glamsterdam." During the meeting, multi-client teams collaborated on network scaling and execution layer optimization, making progress in several areas. Developers confirmed that a "credible path" post-Glamsterdam has been agreed upon, based on the combined results of ePBS, BAL optimizations, and the EIP-8037 repricing mechanism.On the execution layer side, ePBS (External Proposer Separation) has been running stably on the multi-client Glamsterdam-devnet. The external block builder process has completed end-to-end testing, covering nearly all client implementations. Meanwhile, EIP-8037 has been finalized, establishing the fixed cost_per_state_byte model and completing the full repricing parameter output on bal-devnet-6.The expansion track "Hegotá" has also made progress. FOCIL-related prototypes now have operable implementations. The scope of requirements for Account Abstraction (AA) has been defined, and the next phase will move to multi-client devnet verification. Current development efforts remain focused on the final delivery of Glamsterdam, while simultaneously advancing the Hegotá expansion design and the subsequent Strawmap roadmap evolution. The devnet is now live, and features like FOCIL are expected to be further deepened in the next phase of testing.At an organizational level, this interop meeting also marked the official start of leadership restructuring within the Protocol Cluster. The new leads include Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn, and Fredrik. Will Corcoran will oversee zkVM proofing and post-quantum consensus coordination, Kev Wedderburn will lead zkEVM research and development, and Fredrik will be responsible for protocol security and the Trillion Dollar Security project. Former Protocol Cluster leadership team members Barnabé Monnot and Tim Beiko will gradually step back from management roles, while Alex Stokes is entering a sabbatical cycle. The Foundation stated that during their tenure, the Protocol team successfully advanced modularization and drove the Fusaka upgrade to launch (December 2025), introducing PeerDAS and increasing mainnet gas capacity.
xAI Case Reveals Challenges of Large-Scale GPU Parallel Utilization: "Buying" AI Computing Power ≠ "Using It Well"
the latest practices from xAI show that even after successfully acquiring a large number of Nvidia server-grade GPUs, how to utilize them efficiently remains one of the core bottlenecks in AI training.As AI developers continue to compete for Nvidia computing resources, the tight supply of GPUs has been widely recognized. However, the new challenge for the industry lies in "utilization efficiency" itself. AI model training typically exhibits a distinctly "bursty" nature: GPUs operate intensively for short periods, then enter idle phases for result analysis and strategy adjustments.This uneven pattern of computing power usage makes it difficult for large-scale GPU clusters to maintain consistently high utilization rates, resulting in significant waste of computing power even when hardware is abundant.Industry insiders point out that this issue is forcing AI companies to redesign training architectures and scheduling systems to improve the overall utilization efficiency of GPU clusters, rather than simply expanding the scale of computing power. (The Information)
Former Twitter CEO Launches AI Startup Parallel Web Systems, Raises $100M in Series B Funding with $2B Valuation
According to The Wall Street Journal, Parallel Web Systems—an AI startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal—has raised $100 million in its Series B funding round, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. The company’s valuation has risen to $2 billion, bringing its total funding to $230 million. Parallel focuses on building web search infrastructure for AI agents, supporting in-depth research use cases such as investment research, insurance claims processing, and government contract analysis. Over 100,000 developers are already using its platform, with customers including legal AI company Harvey. Proceeds from this round will be used to expand the sales team and strengthen R&D efforts.
Tempo Launches Privacy Solution Zones, Supporting Permissioned Parallel Blockchains
According to The Block, Layer 1 blockchain Tempo has launched a privacy solution called Zones, designed for institutional use cases such as payroll distribution, treasury management, and payment settlement. Zones provide a confidential execution environment in the form of parallel blockchains connected to the Tempo mainnet; transactions within a Zone are confidential by default, yet assets remain interoperable with the Tempo mainnet, other Zones, fiat on/off-ramps, and liquidity pools. Tempo states that each Zone will be managed by a trusted entity, whose operators can view activities within the Zone and enforce access controls—but do not control the underlying assets. Users retain full control and may withdraw funds locked in smart contracts on the mainnet at any time.