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According to DealRoom, the Web3 integrated consumption platform Beezie announced the completion of a $4 million financing round, with Psalion participating through its early-stage fund Psalion VC Fund III.The platform generates on-chain digital twins of physical goods, enabling programmability, tradability, and cross-scenario combinations. Through gamification mechanisms, it transforms physical asset transactions into interactive consumption experiences. The new funds will be used for global market expansion.

The rotation of hot spots in the US stock market continues, with strong performances from steel, healthcare, and entertainment consumer-related stocks. Data from the Gate platform shows that the top three stocks in terms of gains in the US market are Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF), up 15.87%; Medpace Holdings (MEDP), up 15.06%; and IMAX Corporation (IMAX), up 11.98%. Among them, CLF's single-day gain is close to 16%, reflecting the increasing attention of market funds on cyclical manufacturing and consumer service-related stocks.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) latest forecast shows that by 2035, electricity consumption by data centers in the United States will account for about 20% of the nation's total electricity consumption, a significant increase from the current level of about 5.9%. The agency has raised its forecast for data center electricity demand in 2035 to 106 GW, which is 36% higher than the 78 GW predicted in April this year. Currently, the operating capacity of data centers in the U.S. is about 40 GW, accounting for approximately 3.5%-4% of the national electricity demand, while under BNEF's baseline scenario, this proportion is expected to reach 8.6% by 2035. The high-growth model from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) indicates that if the combined effects of cryptocurrency mining and AI computing power are taken into account, the upper limit of this proportion also points to 20%.In response to the explosive growth in AI computing power demand, Bitcoin mining companies are actively transforming. Companies like Core Scientific and Riot Platforms have partnered with tech giants such as AWS and Google to convert their existing mining sites into AI data centers. Currently, Bitcoin mining companies have secured about 6 GW of electricity capacity, which is expected to expand to 12 GW by 2027, with some analysts estimating that about 20% of mining companies' computing power capacity will shift towards AI workloads by then. Data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) shows that data centers now account for about 90% of local large load applications, with many sites originally used for cryptocurrency mining being repurposed as AI computing facilities. This trend is also directly reflected in the capital markets, as Core Scientific has seen a significant rebound in its stock price after emerging from bankruptcy and partnering with AI cloud service provider CoreWeave.

According to Blockworks Research data, on-chain consumption of tokenized collectible card games reached a historic high of $324 million in June 2026, an increase of over five times compared to approximately $50 million in the same period last year, while Bitcoin fell over 20% to a 21-month low, with spot ETFs recording a record outflow of $4.5 billion.Platforms like Collector Crypt and Courtyard store professionally rated physical Pokémon cards in vaults and issue corresponding NFTs. Users receive tokens backed 1:1 by real cards after purchasing random card packs, which can be traded, held, or redeemed for physical cards. According to Global Market Insights data, the global collectible card market size reached $9.2 billion.Pokémon became the best-selling toy brand in the United States in 2025, with sales reaching $2.5 billion, an 87% year-on-year increase. Collector Crypt has tokenized approximately $40 million worth of cards, purchasing about $2 million weekly, with around 30% of users ultimately redeeming for physical cards. According to Dune data, 5% to 8% of NFTs on Courtyard are destroyed weekly to redeem for physical cards.

The Ministry of Commerce and seven other departments officially released the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Development of 'Artificial Intelligence + Consumption'," proposing 17 specific measures around five major areas: commodity consumption, service consumption, business innovation, and promotion guarantees. The aim is to address structural bottlenecks on both the supply and demand sides, promoting the accelerated integration of artificial intelligence technology into households and businesses.The "Opinions" clearly state that in the commodity sector, the supply of smart terminals will be expanded, a new track for humanoid robot consumption will be established, and a "people, vehicles, homes" full-scene interactive ecosystem will be created. It also promotes the deep integration of AI with cutting-edge technologies such as brain-machine interfaces and augmented reality. In the service sector, the focus will be on five major scenarios: home care, elderly care, and cultural tourism, researching the inclusion of smart homes in the "good housing" construction guidelines, and equipping elderly care institutions with smart nursing and rehabilitation robots. Furthermore, the "Opinions" also plan to embed AI technology in retail, e-commerce, and logistics to enhance circulation efficiency, and propose the establishment of "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption" aggregation areas and experience centers, requiring close alignment with existing consumption promotion policies such as "trade-in for new" for digital products, thereby shifting the logic of consumption growth in our country from reliance on external stimuli to gradual empowerment through technology.

Public data shows that since the launch of evoevo, the AI economy project NeoSoul's self-evolving Agent network has accumulated a Token consumption of over 15 billion, with the number of Agents in the network reaching over 200,000 and the number of Agent activities exceeding 1.5 million.The above data reflects to some extent that market attention to AI Agent applications that operate continuously is on the rise. Compared to single-question-and-answer tools, Agents that can operate long-term, record behaviors, and adjust based on feedback are becoming an important direction for the development of AI applications.NeoSoul's AI Agents primarily make judgments and interact around real-world issues, with related activities being recorded on-chain for observing and training their long-term performance.In the future, NeoSoul will continue to build around the real-world operation and behavior recording of Agents, further exploring the direction of the AI Economy.NeoSoul Co-founder Kaelan stated, "The key to the AI Economy is not just how many Agents are created, but whether these Agents can continuously interact in real environments. They need to form judgments, receive feedback, leave records, and accumulate long-term capabilities in the process."

According to Cryptopolitan, Kenya's 2026 Finance Bill proposes a 10% consumption tax on virtual asset service providers, which is double the 5% rate for the gambling industry. The bill also requires crypto companies to pay a one-time licensing fee of 150 million Kenyan Shillings and an annual renewal fee of 2 million Kenyan Shillings before operating in Kenya, and to submit an annual report to the Kenya Revenue Authority containing user and transaction details.Analysts believe this move could force crypto trading platforms and users to relocate their business to countries that are more friendly to cryptocurrencies, undermining Kenya's significance in the African crypto market. Protests led by GenZ have resumed in places like Nairobi, protesting the increased tax burden on digital services, cryptocurrencies, mobile, and financial transactions.

The AI infrastructure platform B.AI has released a history of Credits consumption record optimization and compensation explanation. With the continuous upgrade of the Credits billing system and display dimensions, the platform has recently conducted a comprehensive review of historical consumption records. During this process, it was found that for certain requests made between May 1, 2026, 00:00 and May 3, 2026, 03:00 (SGT), the consumption details displayed on the front end did not fully present all cost components. This was mainly due to the underlying cache-related fees not being displayed on the page, causing users to typically only see input/output token consumption, leading to a misunderstanding of the overall Credits consumption.To address the above issues, the platform has now completed data corrections and realigned with historical records. Additionally, based on more cautious and user-friendly rules, Credits compensation will be automatically issued to affected accounts (valid for 30 days from the date of receipt) without any action required from users. Please pay attention to account balance updates. In the future, B.AI will continue to upgrade the Credits display system to further enhance long-term transparency and user experience.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Goolsbee stated that the Federal Reserve needs to be cautious of current economic behaviors that seem to be based on future "rich returns," such as consumption driven by the wealth effect or local markets overheating due to investments in data centers.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that people are still spending, and there has not yet been a noticeable slowdown due to rising gasoline prices.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that whether consumption will decline to offset the impact of inflation remains an unresolved issue.

According to market news, Ramp, supported by top Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, will allow payments and consumption through Plasma using stablecoin channels.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that prolonged high oil prices will dampen consumption, but it is still unclear whether this will be the case.

According to Jinshi reports, "the Fed's mouthpiece" Nick Timiraos stated that the core PCE annualized for 1 month is 4.5%, for 3 months is 3.7%, and for 6 months is 3.1%; the overall personal consumption expenditures annualized for 1 month is 3.4%, for 3 months is 3.5%, and for 6 months is 3.2%.

Hangzhou Xiaoshan District issued the "Several Measures to Support the Development of OpenClaw & OPC-STC in Hangzhou Xiaoshan District (Draft for Comments)." It encourages the establishment of market-oriented and professional innovation platform carriers to set up "OpenClaw-like Intelligent Agent Service Areas," providing free deployment of OpenClaw-like intelligent agents and offering one-stop services such as technical guidance and market promotion. Certain subsidies will be granted to eligible innovation platform carriers.For eligible OPC-STC enterprises, a subsidy of 30% will be provided for the actual model invocation fees paid for using OpenClaw-like intelligent agents to call domestic multimodal large models for AIGC creation and production, with a maximum annual subsidy of 100,000 yuan per enterprise.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve's Musalem stated that bringing inflation down to target levels will help boost consumption and economic growth, and may lower the 10-year Treasury yield.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Jefferson stated that the year-on-year increase in the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE) for December may be 2.9%.

The Guangzhou Municipal People's Government issued the "Beautiful Guangzhou Construction Planning Outline." It proposes to accelerate the construction of an intelligent grid that adapts to the development and consumption of new energy, speed up the digital transformation of the grid and the construction of digital grids, and promote the deep integration of technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain with the power system to support the consumption of clean energy.Actively promote the construction of pilot cities for the large-scale application of vehicle-network interaction, facilitating the collaborative interaction between vehicles and networks. Accelerate the expansion of application scenarios for new power systems and create a demonstration area for new power systems in Guangzhou, a super-large city.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and five other departments issued the "Implementation Plan for Enhancing the Adaptability of Supply and Demand for Consumer Goods and Further Promoting Consumption." It proposes the orderly development of platform consumption. The orderly development of new business formats such as live e-commerce, instant retail, curated retail, and circular e-commerce is encouraged. Platform enterprises are encouraged to legally and compliantly utilize artificial intelligence technology to explore user needs and match and push products and services.Support platform enterprises in applying digital intelligence technologies such as virtual reality, the metaverse, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to create multi-scenario, immersive consumption experiences. Guide platform enterprises to carry out brand quality promotion activities for consumption. Strengthen the main responsibility of platform enterprises, enhance the qualification review of operators and the verification of product information, and improve the rapid processing mechanism for consumer disputes. (Jin Shi)