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Odaily Planet Daily reported that Lorenzo Valente, Head of Digital Asset Research at investment firm ARK Invest, stated that Hyperliquid is in discussions with the CFTC and SEC to facilitate the offering of perpetual futures on its public chain by U.S.-regulated companies. He suggested that Hyperliquid acquire Gemini to position it as a U.S.-regulated HIP-3/4 deployer. He noted that Gemini's current market value is approximately $450 million, representing a decline of over 85% from its $3.3 billion valuation at the time of its 2025 IPO. Hyperliquid could obtain Gemini's entire U.S. regulatory infrastructure—including the NYDFS Trust Charter, DCM, DCO, FCM, MTLs, and Broker-dealer—for approximately $450 million.He further proposed that Hyperliquid could use approximately 7.9 million HYPE tokens from its community reserve, valued at around $550 million at $70 per token, to complete the acquisition at a premium of roughly 20% over Gemini's current market value. Following the transaction, Gemini would handle KYC, custody, fiat on/off ramps, brokerage, clearing, and compliance for the U.S. market, while Hyperliquid L1 would provide the underlying market infrastructure, liquidity, and on-chain settlement. He cited Polymarket's acquisition of QCEX as a similar precedent for re-entering the U.S. market, and stated that the core of this potential deal is not acquiring an exchange, but rather securing the regulatory bridge for HIP-3/4 to enter the U.S. market.
According to TechFlow Research, the frontier AI data tracking report released by Bank of America Securities on August 17 shows that Anthropic leads comprehensively in three major AI benchmarks, with Claude Opus 5 ranking first in the Intelligence Index, Agent Index, and Coding Agent Index, GPT-5.6 Sol following closely behind, Meta MuseSpark 1.2 entering the top ten, and Google Gemini 3.6 Flash ranking outside the top ten. In terms of usage, DeepSeek leads with approximately 30% of the Vercel platform token share, Anthropic accounts for 25% and OpenAI accounts for 16%; but in terms of payment amount, Anthropic leads far ahead with 65%, while OpenAI accounts for only 11%. In terms of pricing, the AI Token Price Index decreased 9% month-over-month in August to $2.21, but still increased 87% year-over-year; GPU rental rates remain strong, with H100 increasing 33% year-over-year to $2.77/hour, DRAM increasing 483% year-over-year, and NAND increasing 432% year-over-year. The research report judges that AI infrastructure demand remains healthy, with open-source model usage growing but payment share still highly concentrated on top closed-source models. BofA believes that the Meta "Watermelon" and Google Gemini 4 releases, token pricing trends and GPU rental trends are
Google AI for Developers 发布一款 Chrome 扩展，结合 Nano Banana 与 Gemini Omni，将网络内容转化为交互式视觉百科全书。该扩展在 Antigravity 中使用 Gemini 3.7 Flash 构建，用户浏览网页时高亮任意文本，即可快速生成丰富的视觉化释义，辅助深度学习。
Google released the new AI model Gemini 3.7 Flash, but did not specify the release date for its most powerful model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, which remains affected by delays.
Odaily News: AI architecture development company Pathway has announced the completion of a $30 million seed funding round, with participation from Id4 Ventures, TQ Ventures, Red Bridge Ventures, Kadmos Capital, and WS Investment, the investment arm of Wilson Sonsini, among others. Databricks' Chief AI Scientist Jonathan Frankle has joined as an angel investor.Pathway is developing a Bio-inspired Dynamic Hierarchical architecture (BDH), a "post-Transformer" architecture designed to overcome the limitations of current Transformer models, which continue to rely on ever-increasing data, GPUs, energy, and capital expansion. Unlike traditional large models that require periodic retraining, BDH enables continuous learning and ongoing adaptation with significantly less data.The company also announced the appointment of Adam Kurzrok, former product lead for Google DeepMind's Gemini, as Chief Product Officer. He will oversee the product direction of BDH models, covering areas such as model packaging, evaluation systems, and commercial deployment. (Finsmes)
According to The Verge, Google has officially released the Pixel Watch 5, priced at $399, up $50 from the previous generation. Hardware updates are limited, featuring only a faster Qualcomm processor, a slightly increased battery capacity, and new Satin Pyrite colorway and Steph Curry Special Edition. The biggest highlight of this generation lies in the software front: Gemini adds an offline mode, supporting basic operations such as setting timers and launching apps in offline environments (though response speed is significantly slower in offline state). Meanwhile, Gemini will more proactively provide contextual suggestions; for example, when receiving a text message inquiring about the schedule, users can directly access Google Calendar from the wrist. Additionally, the watch face adds real-time information icons, capable of instantly displaying timers, Uber estimated arrival times, and fitness data. Pinch and wrist flip gesture controls also achieve deeper system integration with Wear OS 7.
Odaily News - Karia Samaroo, founder and former CEO of Canadian crypto company WonderFi, recently stated that the company's acquisition by US trading platform Robinhood Markets for CAD 250 million was not due to a lack of growth potential, but rather because Canada's market environment has restricted local tech companies from continuing to scale.Samaroo said that WonderFi was founded in 2021. After several years of development, the company consolidated Canada's fragmented crypto market, built a nationwide brand, and survived the QuadrigaCX collapse, the FTX crash, and Canada's strict crypto regulatory environment. By 2023, WonderFi had become a leading crypto platform in the Canadian market.However, he believes that succeeding in Canada was not the company's ultimate goal. WonderFi had originally hoped to grow into a global enterprise, and Robinhood saw WonderFi as a strategic gateway into the Canadian market, which led to the CAD 250 million acquisition. Samaroo pointed out that Canada has long faced structural issues that limit companies' ability to scale, including insufficient venture capital, weak public markets, regulatory fragmentation, and declining attractiveness of entrepreneurial returns.For the crypto industry, the challenges are even more pronounced. Samaroo noted that after the QuadrigaCX incident, Canadian regulators established one of the world's strictest crypto regulatory frameworks. While the original intent was to protect investors, it also increased operational costs for businesses. International trading platforms including Binance, OKX, Bybit, and Gemini all entered the Canadian market previously and then exited. He believes that Canada's crypto regulations are not only strict but also compounded by fragmented securities regulatory systems, leading to higher financing costs, increased operational complexity, and diminished interest from overseas investors.Samaroo said that WonderFi is not an isolated case—many Canadian tech companies have followed a similar trajectory: growing domestically until hitting market ceilings, then ultimately seeking overseas capital or strategic buyers. Shopify founder Tobi Lütke has also previously criticized Canada for repeatedly "nurturing important companies only to send them abroad." Restricting corporate sales can easily become a political statement, but the real key to solving the problem lies in building a business environment that supports companies in financing, expansion, and competing globally.Robinhood previously announced the acquisition of WonderFi for approximately CAD 250 million. This deal also reflects the accelerating consolidation in the North American crypto industry, as US platforms expand into other markets through M&A. (Fortune)
B.AI welcomes multiple major updates this week. In terms of benefits, new users can log in with one click using Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, or imToken wallet to immediately claim 1 million free Credits; logging in via an invitation code grants an additional 300,000, stacking with the exclusive wallet login bonus for a cumulative maximum of 1.3 million, while inviters simultaneously enjoy permanent rebates on friends' recharges and subscriptions. Recharge discounts are released simultaneously, with BNB Chain channels enjoying an exclusive 1:1 equivalent quota bonus, while other multiple payment methods enjoy a 1:0.5 bonus; a single user can receive up to $100 equivalent points. On the model side, new breakthroughs continue as the "Choose Your Own Provider" lineup expands significantly this week, adding the Nebula channel and launching historic call discounts as low as 90% off; meanwhile, Alibaba's flagship Qwen model Qwen3.8-Max officially lands on the platform and is now open for limited-time free experience. Currently, the choose-your-own-provider mode fully covers global mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini; combined with recharge bonuses and multiple discount tiers, it continues to deliver extreme cost-performance computing power for global developers and enterprise users. Log in now at chat.b.ai/chat to start your journey of intelligent creation.
According to Reuters, the latest V4-Flash API model officially released by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on July 31 incurred operating costs of only 1/105 that of Anthropic Claude Fable 5 in benchmark tests conducted by AI performance analysis agency Artificial Analysis. Regarding specific pricing, V4-Flash input token costs are $0.14 per million, and output token costs are $0.28 per million, with an average cost per test of approximately 3 cents, far lower than Wenxin Kimi K3 (86 cents), OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol ($1.86), and Claude Fable 5 ($3.15). In terms of performance, V4-Flash scored 50 points on the Comprehensive Intelligence Index, tying with Google Gemini 3.6 Flash, but still more than 9 points lower than leading models such as Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6. It is worth noting that a low listed price does not equate to low actual costs—if the model consumes more inference and output tokens when generating responses, actual expenses may rise significantly.
Google has begun rolling out Gemini Spark to Google AI Pro users outside the United States. Spark is a personal AI agent that runs 24/7 in the background, capable of handling heavy tasks based on user instructions. According to the test account Testing Catalog, the product's next major upgrade will support true MCP (Model Context Protocol), with related features already in development.
According to the UK's Financial Times (FT), Google DeepMind has disbanded the development team behind the AI model "AlphaFold," which won the Nobel Prize for protein structure prediction. Most of the paper's co-authors have been reassigned to departments such as enzyme design, nuclear fusion, genomics, and Gemini-related projects within the past year; some members transferred to Isomorphic Labs, a new drug R&D subsidiary under Alphabet, while another quarter of full-time employees have left. DeepMind Vice President of Research Pushmeet Kohli stated that the company's strategy has shifted from focusing on single scientific challenges to building Gemini-based systems to support scientists and drive automation of scientific processes, while competing in frontier AI agent development with OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
据 e27 报道，谷歌发布《2026 年东南亚 Gemini 报告》显示，东南亚地区每周一专业生产力提示词使用量较平日上升 30%，AI 已深度融入职场节奏。 报告指出，菲律宾因拥有庞大的 BPO（业务流程外包）产业，客服相关提示词使用量是东南亚平均水平的近 3 倍，AI 被用于缓解客服人员的沟通压力与重复性文档工作，被称为"倦怠屏障"。菲律宾也是区域内唯一女性用户请求量超过男性的市场，写作与求职类需求尤为突出。 新加坡则以全球最高的 Gemini 人均使用率领跑，60% 的提示词来自桌面端，用户每日平均发起近 10 次交互，主要用于代码调试、数据清洗、演示文稿摘要及深度研究等知识型工作。 周末期间，东南亚整体创意与休闲类提示词上升 12%，AI 使用场景从职场延伸至个人理财、旅行规划与健康饮食等日常生活领域。
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has donated approximately $10 million worth of Bitcoin to MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting former US President Donald Trump. According to a report filed with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), Gemini co-founders Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss completed the donations in two installments on June 19, each worth over $5 million. This donation occurred about three weeks after the CFTC and Gemini jointly filed a motion with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking to vacate the $5 million settlement agreement reached in January 2025. The settlement stemmed from the CFTC's earlier allegations that Gemini had made false or misleading statements. MAGA Inc. can use these funds to support independent political expenditures for Donald Trump. Previously, the Winklevoss brothers each donated $1 million to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and contributed $21 million worth of Bitcoin to the Digital Freedom Fund PAC to support the crypto policy direction of the Trump administration. Currently, the court has not yet ruled on the motion to vacate the settlement between the CFTC and Gemini. Meanwhile, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig remains the sole commissioner of the agency. As of June 30, MAGA Inc. has reported receiving over $397 million in funds.
B.AI API has officially launched two models: Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. Among them, Gemini 3.6 Flash, as an upgraded version of 3.5 Flash, significantly improves output quality while maintaining the same pricing, with Token consumption reduced by approximately 17% on average; especially in complex DeepSWE scenarios, the reduction can reach up to 65%, greatly enhancing development efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite delivers ultra-fast output of up to 350 tokens/s and ultimate cost-effectiveness, precisely meeting the demands of high-concurrency, high-real-time tasks such as document batch processing and Agentic intelligent retrieval. Currently, official API interfaces for both models are available. Developers can log in to the B.AI platform immediately to seamlessly access and experience them, enjoying the performance benefits brought by the new generation of models.
According to CryptoSlate, U.S. Federal Election Commission documents show that Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss donated a total of Bitcoin worth $10.018 million to the pro-Trump super political action committee MAGA Inc. on June 19, 2026. Relevant records also show that this batch of Bitcoin was subsequently sold through Gemini; the appearance of the Gemini name in the documents does not mean Gemini made a separate donation.
Google releases next-generation Gemini Flash series models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber for cybersecurity scenarios.
sources familiar with the matter have revealed Google is developing a new server chip, internally codenamed "Frozen v2," which will directly integrate the architectural design of the Gemini AI model to enhance AI model operational efficiency and alleviate current computing power supply pressures. Google aims to optimize the inference process of the Gemini model through this new chip, enabling it to provide AI services to users at lower costs and higher efficiency. Industry insiders believe that if Frozen v2 successfully launches, it will further strengthen Google's independent capabilities in the AI infrastructure sector and become an important bargaining chip in its competition with Nvidia and AMD for the AI computing ecosystem. (The Information)
Apple is shifting its reliance to NVIDIA GPUs to support its artificial intelligence operations, as the company's self-developed M2 Ultra chip has failed to meet expectations when running advanced AI workloads.Sources indicate that Apple previously attempted to use its own servers to run Google's Gemini model to power AI capabilities for the new Siri. However, the performance of its chips fell short of requirements, ultimately forcing the company to turn to NVIDIA GPUs deployed on Google Cloud. Additionally, the development of Apple's next-generation AI server chip, "Baltra," has been delayed, while the M7 Ultra chip, which is expected to rival the performance of NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture, is unlikely to be launched before 2029 at the earliest. (Coin Bureau)
crypto trading platform Gemini has announced the launch of zero-commission stock trading services in most U.S. states, further expanding its traditional financial business and moving toward the goal of becoming an "all-in-one financial super app."Gemini stated that the service is currently not available to users in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., and Guam. Real-time market data services will be provided by Nasdaq. (The Block)
Tech blogger Leo has revealed that OpenAI may make GPT-5.6 available to the public between July 7 and July 9, with the earliest possible date being July 7. The new model's plan usage quotas are said to be more generous, and OpenAI is further strengthening its safety strategies ahead of the launch.Additionally, according to sources, Google DeepMind has tentatively scheduled the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro for July 17. Another tech blogger, Astro Polo, stated that Gemini 3.5 Pro will support a 2 million token context window, doubling the 1 million token context window currently supported by Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 4.8, and Claude Fable 5. This makes it more suitable for handling large codebases, lengthy documents, and long conversations.Note: The above information is based on market rumors and has not yet been officially confirmed by OpenAI or Google DeepMind.