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The OpenAI official status page shows that OpenAI is investigating multiple service outages, with the Codex 5.5 engine experiencing a high error rate, particularly affecting free users. All Codex users have also seen an increase in latency for gpt 5.5.In addition, the Realtime API's SIP/WebRTC process has experienced interruptions, which has been officially marked as "under investigation," and the related issues have persisted for several hours. The official website notes that the impact of the outage varies depending on subscription level and the models and features used.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated on Wednesday at the Code With Claude developer conference in San Francisco that the company's revenue in the first quarter saw an 80-fold increase alongside customer AI usage, which took the company by surprise. He mentioned that the company had originally planned for a 10-fold annual growth, but the actual growth rate far exceeded expectations, leading to a tight supply of computing power.Anthropic's annualized revenue increased from nearly $1 billion at the end of 2024 to $9 billion by the end of the year, and by early April this year, it had surged to $30 billion. The strong demand for Claude Code and work agents allowed it to nearly meet its annual forecast ahead of schedule last month. To alleviate the pressure on computing power, Anthropic signed contracts for a total of 10 gigawatts of computing power supply with Amazon and Google over the past month, and announced on Thursday that it will utilize all the computing power of xAI's first data center, Colossus 1, located in Memphis, within the next month. Amodei stated that the company will continue to acquire more computing power as much as possible.

Gate announced the launch of the GateRouter enterprise account feature, enhancing enterprise-level management capabilities based on the existing AI model gateway, providing an integrated AI usage and governance solution for team and institutional users. GateRouter supports quick access to over 30 mainstream models such as GPT, Claude, DeepSeek, and Gemini through a single API, and automatically matches models based on task complexity. By intelligently routing and automatically selecting cost-effective models, GateRouter can help enterprises significantly reduce costs and achieve more efficient scalable applications.The launch of the GateRouter enterprise account feature optimizes three aspects: cost, permissions, and data. It achieves unified billing through a shared quota pool and controls budgets with a three-tier quota mechanism based on organization, members, and API Key; it supports up to 4 levels of organizational structure and a multi-role permission system for refined management; it also provides multi-dimensional statistics such as per capita usage, model distribution, and API Key, making AI usage traceable and analyzable. The overall design connects model invocation with organizational management, providing foundational support for the scalable implementation of AI within enterprises.

According to Cointelegraph, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated that the company plans to launch a "parent portal" feature that allows parents to submit identification information to verify whether their children are using the platform under their identity.In addition, Kalshi will also introduce a selfie verification mechanism to further confirm user identity through facial recognition, strengthening age restrictions and compliance management to prevent minors from using related services.

AI company Anthropic announced that starting from April 4 at 15:00 Eastern Time, it will prohibit access to third-party tools through the Claude subscription service, including the open-source project OpenClaw. The new regulations require that related features can only be used through additional packages or billed on a pay-as-you-go basis via API.This adjustment means that many developers and teams relying on OpenClaw to build automated workflows will shift from a fixed subscription cost model to an unlimited pay-as-you-go system, significantly increasing overall usage costs. Some developers have indicated that the original usage cost of about $20/month could soar to hundreds or even thousands of dollars.The market generally believes that this move is related to OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger's recent joining of OpenAI. Meanwhile, Anthropic is accelerating the promotion of its own tool ecosystem, including native integration solutions for Claude, to replace third-party toolchains.It is worth noting that Anthropic has previously tightened third-party access through technical restrictions, updates to service terms, and feature replacements. This policy is seen as a "final blockade" and will be extended to more tools.Industry analysis points out that this event reflects an intensifying trend of "ecosystem tightening" in AI platforms, with leading companies strengthening control through vertical integration. At the same time, the developer ecosystem faces rising cost uncertainties and platform dependency risks, which may further drive some users toward more open alternatives.

Thibault Sottiaux, the head of OpenAI Codex, announced that the usage limits for Codex across all plans have been reset to align with the newly launched plugin system and to encourage users to experience it.The first batch of integrated plugins includes commonly used developer tools such as Slack, Figma, Notion, and Gmail, allowing users to utilize Codex capabilities in more application scenarios.

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, Xu Zhengyu, introduced the development of stablecoins and digital renminbi in Hong Kong, stating:The People's Bank of China and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are working closely together to optimize the arrangements for digital renminbi. Currently, the number of mainland operating institutions responsible for operating digital wallets has increased from four to five, while the number of local Hong Kong banks participating in the "Faster Payment System" for digital wallets has increased from 17 to 18. The number and usage of digital wallets opened with Hong Kong mobile numbers have shown stable growth.According to the People's Bank of China, as of the end of January 2026, approximately 80,000 digital wallets have been registered. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and local banks have been actively promoting the application of digital renminbi in Hong Kong. Currently, the number of local merchant retail points accepting digital renminbi has increased from about 300 to approximately 5,200, covering chain retail stores, hotels, travel agencies, restaurants, convenience stores, and supermarkets.The People's Bank of China and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are exploring the arrangements and feasibility for upgrading digital wallets to increase their usage limits, expand application scenarios, and enhance user experience. As the policies and technical details involved still require in-depth discussion, specific plans and timelines are yet to be finalized.Stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (such as digital renminbi), as well as other new payment tools, including tokenized deposits and cross-border connections for rapid payment systems, have the potential to be applied in transaction settlements, local or cross-border payments, and other scenarios, provided they comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.These payment tools each have their own characteristics and varying degrees of maturity, and their future development prospects are largely determined by market forces. The government and financial regulatory agencies will continue to explore the potential and application scenarios of various new payment tools, better leveraging their synergies to address more pain points in the real economy.

According to a report by Jinshi Data, to help users safely use OpenClaw, the National Internet Emergency Center and the China Cybersecurity Association jointly released the OpenClaw Safe Use Practice Guidelines on March 22, aimed at ordinary users, enterprise users, cloud service providers, and technical developers, providing security protection recommendations. Among the suggestions for ordinary users are: using dedicated devices, virtual machines, or containers to install OpenClaw, ensuring environmental isolation, and not installing it on daily office computers; not running OpenClaw with administrator or superuser privileges; not storing or processing private data in the OpenClaw environment; and timely updating to the latest version of OpenClaw. Recommendations for cloud service providers include conducting security assessments and hardening of the basic security layer of cloud hosts; deploying and integrating security protection capabilities; and ensuring supply chain and data security protection.

According to market news, the Bitcoin network has seen the first block supporting the BIP-110 proposal, mined by the Ocean pool. This proposal aims to limit arbitrary non-financial data in blockchain transactions through a temporary soft fork over approximately one year. Supporters believe this can curb "junk" data that occupies block space, protect Bitcoin's role as a robust monetary infrastructure, and alleviate the burden on node operators. The proposal has sparked intense controversy within the community.Critics, including Blockstream CEO Adam Back, warn that intervention at the consensus layer could undermine Bitcoin's credibility, lead to discriminatory treatment of transactions, and violate the principle of transaction capacity neutrality. He also questioned the actual support for the proposal, stating it could increase the risk of blockchain splits.The controversy escalated further when a developer embedded a 66KB image in a Bitcoin transaction to oppose the core claim of BIP-110, demonstrating that a large amount of data can be encoded even without relying on OP_RETURN. This debate highlights the long-standing ideological divide within the Bitcoin community: whether to staunchly defend Bitcoin's pure positioning as a currency or to maintain maximum neutrality regarding arbitrary uses at the base layer.

When AI Becomes a Market Certainty Trend, How to Bridge the Usage Gap?On February 10th at 8 PM, this Space will focus on how AI transitions from "concept craze" to "readily available." We will explore how AINFT leverages on-chain payments, multi-model integration, and the "wallet as account" model to achieve an out-of-the-box, cost-transparent AI experience, allowing technology to truly integrate into everyone's daily life. Tune in to the live broadcast and explore new pathways for AI inclusivity together.Users can follow the official accounts @sunpumpmeme and @Agent_SunGenX, retweet the post, and @ three friends. The official account will randomly select 5 lucky users from the participants to receive a reward of 10 USDT each.

According to Cointelegraph, the "2025 Digital Wealth Report" released by Xapo Bank in Gibraltar shows that the usage pattern of its Bitcoin mortgage loan business is shifting from short-term liquidity to long-term financial planning.The report states that 52% of the Bitcoin mortgage loans issued by the bank in 2025 have a loan term of 365 days, and even as new loans slow down within the year, these long-term loans remain outstanding. The bank's CEO, Seamus Rocca, stated that increased confidence in Bitcoin's long-term prospects is prompting holders to choose borrowing over selling, indicating a shift from short-term speculation to long-term thinking. The report notes that although the pace of loan issuance slowed in the second half of the year, the outstanding loan balance continues to grow, suggesting that borrowers are using loans as a long-term tool.

According to The Block, the size of Zcash's shielded pool assets has reached 23% of its total supply, up from 18% in October, marking a steady advancement in network privacy applications.The shielded pool works by concealing transaction details, making the entire network harder to trace as more and more ZEC enters this privacy state.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain has recently reached a new milestone: daily Gas usage exceeded 50 trillion, mainly driven by 24 million Swap transactions, accounting for 77% of the total network transaction volume. Meanwhile, the standard Gas price of 0.05 Gwei has been fully adopted across the entire BNB ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain recently reached a new milestone: the daily Gas usage exceeded 50 trillion, mainly driven by 24 million Swap transactions, accounting for 77% of the total network transaction volume. At the same time, the standard Gas price of 0.05 Gwei has been fully adopted across the entire BNB ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, Hui Cheng-yu, stated that the Monetary Authority has been maintaining close communication with the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China and the local subsidiaries of mainland operating institutions in Hong Kong. The acceptance of digital renminbi at local retail points in Hong Kong is gradually increasing. The Monetary Authority will continue to work with the People's Bank of China to promote the cross-border pilot process of digital renminbi in Hong Kong. Currently, discussions are underway regarding the upgrade arrangements and feasibility of digital currency wallets to increase the usage limit of digital currency wallets, with specific plans and timelines to be implemented.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData X tracking data, in the past 7 days, the meme coin Nobody Sausage has been the project with the most unfollows from top figures on X (Twitter). The new influential figures who unfollowed this project include crypto trader Pentoshi(@Pentosh1), cryptocurrency trader and analyst Crypto Kaleo(@CryptoKaleo), and Xu Chonglang (@cyrilxuq).In addition, the project with the most unfollows from top figures on X also includes Stacks.

ChainCatcher news, according to the latest data from Token Terminal, the usage of the USDC stablecoin on the Ethereum network has reached an all-time high, with key metrics up about 300% from the low in January 2024.In July 2025, the monthly transfer amount of USDC on Ethereum reached $748.3 billion, with the number of transfers hitting 8.3 million, and the transaction scale approaching that of large banking systems.

ChainCatcher news, August 23, the website of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Business School published an article titled "Opportunities and Challenges of Offshore RMB Stablecoins," which pointed out that the development prospects of offshore RMB stablecoins are determined by three factors: usage demand, underlying asset supply, and policy and regulatory support.In terms of demand, the main application of RMB stablecoins in the future will focus on cross-border payments. Stablecoins can leverage their technological advantages of high payment efficiency, low costs, and convenient procedures to serve the real economy.Data shows that in 2024, the total cross-border receipts and payments of RMB under the current account will reach 16 trillion yuan, which is eight times the total market capitalization of the two major stablecoins, USDT and USDC. In the medium to long term, this enormous settlement volume is expected to gradually shift towards stablecoins.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Bostic stated that more and more people are using credit cards to purchase items they had not bought before, a phenomenon that reflects consumer spending trends.