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According to Mobile Payment Network, Lu Lei, a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the People's Bank of China, stated at the 15th China Payment Clearing Forum that intelligent agent payments must not blur the boundaries of responsibility between consumers, operating institutions, and algorithm systems. Lu Lei believes that the essence of payment is the transfer of fund ownership, which objectively requires that the results of transactions are predictable, responsibilities are definable, and traces are traceable. Large models and autonomous intelligent agents have characteristics such as output randomness and insufficient transparency of logic. If transaction decision-making authority is blindly or excessively granted to intelligent agents, it will affect the trust foundation of fund transactions. The current governance rules of the payment industry and dispute resolution mechanisms are built around "humans as the final decision-makers in transactions." The new model of intelligent agents automatically initiating and assisting in transactions easily blurs the boundaries of responsibility, and the existing governance rules need to be optimized and improved.Regarding the issue of insufficient compatibility of protocol standards in the field of intelligent agent payments, Lu Lei emphasized that the dispute over protocols is essentially a dispute over business rules and technical standards, as well as a struggle for dominance in the era of artificial intelligence. The People's Bank of China continues to strengthen its tracking research on technological innovation, especially intelligent agent payments, guiding the Payment Clearing Association to leverage its advantages in industry self-regulation. Based on extensive soliciting of opinions, they will formulate and publish the "Self-Regulatory Convention for Intelligent Agent Payment Applications," and will continue to work on coordinating protocols and standards, as well as innovating risk governance. Lu Lei proposed three hopes to market institutions: actively respond to and implement the industry self-regulatory convention, with payment security and risk prevention as the bottom line, and consumer rights protection as the focal point; continuously track the trends of cutting-edge technologies such as large models and intelligent agents both domestically and internationally, and build technical reserves and application capabilities; adhere to the principle of rules and standards first, strengthen coordination and compatibility among different protocols and standards, and cooperate with regulatory authorities to promote the construction of a foundational protocol and technical standard system for intelligent agent payments.

NVIDIA stated that it will ship both Blackwell and Rubin architecture systems in the future, and is currently facing certain supply constraints.

Indian AI infrastructure company AM Intelligence has ordered 9,000 sets of NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems, planning to deploy them in southern India next year. The company's clients include large cloud service providers, AI laboratories, and institutions developing local AI models.

This week, U.S. cryptocurrency policy has seen intensive progress. The Trump administration has pushed for new advancements in the CLARITY Act, the SEC has proposed a draft of regulatory rules for cryptocurrency assets for the first time, and the CFTC has stated that if congressional legislation stalls, it will promote the establishment of an independent regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency market. Trump met with leaders from several cryptocurrency companies at the White House this week and publicly called on Congress to pass a "fair version" of the CLARITY Act. Representatives from Coinbase, a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and other industry participants attended the meeting, focusing on the bill's impact on U.S. jobs, innovation, and attracting cryptocurrency companies back. Currently, the main obstacles to advancing the bill are concentrated on certain ethical clauses. Trump believes that the relevant provisions may target individuals, but industry insiders are pushing both sides to find a compromise to facilitate bipartisan support.CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated that the CLARITY Act is key to avoiding regulatory uncertainty. If Congress continues to delay, the CFTC will use its existing authority to formulate regulatory rules for the cryptocurrency asset market. Meanwhile, the U.S. SEC has officially proposed a "Crypto Assets Rule Framework," planning to allow certain cryptocurrency financing to be exempt from full securities registration under specific conditions, including a cumulative financing cap of $5 million over four years or an annual limit of $75 million, and providing conditional safe harbor for certain token projects. Additionally, the SEC is considering limiting certain state securities registration requirements to provide a clearer compliance path for U.S. cryptocurrency companies. Market participants believe that recent actions by U.S. regulators indicate that Washington is shifting from a previous enforcement-based regulatory model to establishing a systematic regulatory framework for cryptocurrency assets.On the other hand, former Signature Bank Chairman Scott Shay has launched the N3XT Digital Dollar (NDD) digital dollar deposit project, attempting to challenge the stablecoin market. NDD operates on a public blockchain, enabling 24/7 dollar transfers, and is backed one-to-one by cash and short-term U.S. Treasury bonds. Shay stated that banks can leverage blockchain technology to create a payment system similar to stablecoins while maintaining the dollar credit advantage of the traditional financial system. The project is seen as a new attempt by banks to respond to the expansion of stablecoins. Additionally, the cryptocurrency investment market is entering a new cycle. Dragonfly partner Rob Hadick stated that although AI is attracting significant capital, cryptocurrency startup activity is still recovering, and future predictions of market, institutional applications, and improvements in U.S. regulation may drive new growth in the industry.

The B.AI platform officially announces that the DeepSeek-V4-Flash model has launched a limited-time free and unrestricted service on both Web Chat and API, allowing developers and regular users to access top-tier computing power at no cost. At the same time, the platform is rolling out multiple benefits: new users who log in through Binance Wallet, BitgetWallet, or imToken can receive 1 million Credits, and by entering an invitation code, they can get an additional 300,000, for a total of up to 1.3 million in free credits; recharging can also earn up to $100 in points rebates, and inviting friends to register can enjoy long-term rebate rights. B.AI will continue to release promotional benefits in the future, lowering the innovation threshold for AI applications.

Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, stated in an interview that in the era of artificial intelligence, the vision and judgment of company founders are more important than ever. What truly drives company development is not asking questions to AI, but the ability to create a future direction.The existence of OpenAI is inseparable from Sam Altman's vision; the development of Anthropic and AI-related companies under Elon Musk is similarly dependent on this. The core value of these founders lies in proposing long-term strategies and directions, rather than simply asking their AI models what to do next.Tom Lee also categorizes Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev in the same group, believing that he is leading a company in a rapidly growing market, a market that is growing even faster than the overall economy. Vlad Tenev is also one of the important reasons he is optimistic about Robinhood stock.Tom Lee believes that in the AI era, while technology itself may gradually become widespread, the ability of founders to define market direction and drive organizational execution will still become a long-term competitive advantage for companies.

According to Gate market data, the stock price of artificial intelligence chip manufacturer Cerebras Systems fell by 17.3% in pre-market trading due to second-quarter revenue not meeting market expectations.

Ethereum ecosystem infrastructure provider EthSystems announced a partnership with the local Korean institution Undefined Labs. The two parties will jointly promote the application of Ethereum technology in the fields of finance and digital assets in Korea.EthSystems will provide technical support in areas such as privacy, tokenization, and financial infrastructure, while Undefined Labs will leverage its deep understanding of the Korean market and local industry resources to assist in education, seminars, technical framework design, and use case development, facilitating the entire process from early exploration to proof of concept and then to production systems. EthSystems stated that Korea is one of the important markets for the next phase of Ethereum adoption, and this collaboration marks the starting point of its expansion in Asia.

According to Jinshi reports, Meta Platforms (META.O) company's artificial intelligence model attacked another company during cybersecurity testing. Meta's MUSE SPARK 1.1 model breached the company's systems and made changes to its internal systems. A Meta spokesperson stated that this anomaly was caused by a configuration error, after which the model exploited a security vulnerability.

According to Jinshi reports, the latest 24-hour situation tracking of the Russia-Ukraine conflict shows that Ukrainian President Zelensky stated that the supply of Ukraine's air defense systems has decreased by two-thirds compared to last year. In the Kyiv region, 16 people have died, and the number of injured has risen to 36.The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have damaged three ships near Odessa and disrupted logistics hubs in Kyiv and its surrounding areas. In addition, French President Macron and European Commission President von der Leyen both stated that they would continue to increase pressure on Russia, with the latter also mentioning that an additional 1.4 billion euros would be allocated to Ukraine from the profits of frozen Russian assets.

According to Techcrunch, the meteorological technology company WindBorne Systems has completed a $37 million Series B financing round, co-led by Khosla Ventures and Galvanize, with a post-money valuation of $250 million.The company uses long-duration balloons to collect meteorological data and integrates it into AI prediction models. Currently, there are 20 launch sites globally, with approximately 600 balloons operating in the air. The main clients are government agencies, and this round of funding will be used to expand the commercial team and develop business with private sector clients such as investment funds. Through AI-powered weather forecasting, it serves multiple industries including finance and agriculture.

According to CNBC, Anthropic disclosed that its Claude AI model unexpectedly breached the isolated environment during a cybersecurity assessment, accessed the real internet, and unauthorizedly infiltrated the real systems of three different organizations through basic means such as accessing unverified endpoints and exploiting weak passwords. The models involved include Opus 4.7, Mythos 5, and an internal research testing model.The incident was caused by a communication misunderstanding between Anthropic and the third-party evaluation partner Irregular, which led to the model being told it was in a simulated environment with no internet access, while it could actually still access the internet. Anthropic stated that this review was triggered by a similar incident involving Hugging Face disclosed by OpenAI last week, and it has currently suspended all cybersecurity assessments and initiated further investigations in collaboration with the independent AI evaluation agency METR, while also urging other AI labs to conduct similar reviews.

According to Jinshi reports, the EU announced that the latest funding for Ukraine will be used for the procurement of drones, missiles, air defense systems, and fighter jets.

According to Jinshi reports, Ukrainian President Zelensky requested Trump to provide 300 Patriot interceptor systems before winter. Zelensky stated that a U.S. envoy may visit Kyiv within the next two weeks.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed to have attacked a U.S. base in Jordan, destroying a set of U.S. "THAAD" missile defense system radars. At the same time, a "Patriot" system and a C-RAM radar were also hit and destroyed, and the fuel depot at the base was ignited.

The Ethereum institutional privacy technology company EthSystems has officially launched and received strategic funding support from ecosystem backers such as Bitmine, Sharplink Gaming, Joe Lubin, and SNZ Holding.EthSystems focuses on developing privacy technologies for banks, asset management companies, and other regulated entities, enabling institutions to execute financial transactions on the Ethereum network at scale while protecting sensitive information such as transaction details and client identities.The company was founded by the core team of the Institutional Privacy Task Force (IPTF) of the Ethereum Foundation. The team has previously conducted a year-long open-source research and development publicly on the EthSystems website and has established partnerships with several central banks, regulatory agencies, large banks, and asset management institutions. EthSystems stated that while institutions have begun exploring stablecoins, tokenized assets, and Ethereum-based settlement solutions, large-scale adoption still faces privacy and compliance challenges.Financial institutions need more than just access to blockchain networks; they require a complete infrastructure that meets business confidentiality protection, regulatory requirements, and compatibility with existing financial systems. The goal is to create a "selective disclosure" privacy architecture that allows transaction participants to view only the information they are authorized to access, while retaining the core advantages of Ethereum's decentralization, security, and openness, and complementing two other organizations: Ethlabs, which focuses on the research and development of Ethereum's core protocol and infrastructure; Ethereum Institutional, responsible for institutional collaboration, education, market research, and ecosystem coordination; and EthSystems, which focuses on application layer technology, transforming institutional needs into practical privacy protocols and financial systems.