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On November 6th, from 2 PM to 8 PM (Korean time), Quack AI will co-host the Global Universities Autumn Camp 2025 Korea event with BNB Chain at the AMC Tower in Gangnam, Seoul. The event, themed "AI × Web3 Innovation and Developer Ecosystem Building," aims to connect universities, industries, and on-chain ecosystems to explore new directions in smart governance, infrastructure, and real application scenarios.This event will focus on how the x402 BNB protocol introduced by the Quack AI team can make on-chain governance smarter. The BNB Chain Korea team will share ideas on the expansion of AI-native dApps, while projects like Akedo, Unibase, and ChainGPT will showcase the practical applications of AI in Web3 scenarios. Additionally, professors, students, and industry KOLs from various universities in Korea will discuss cutting-edge directions and innovative opportunities in the integration of AI and Web3.This event is sponsored by projects such as Akedo, ChainGPT, Unibase, Aethir, and CUDOS, and is supported by RootData, Xangle, and blockchain clubs from universities like Yonsei University, Hongik University, and Ewha Womans University.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, BitTorrent has announced its sponsorship of ETH Beijing 2025. This event, led by @PKUBlockchain, will take place from May 16 to May 18, 2025, in Beijing. The event aims to empower the next generation of blockchain developers and continuously promote groundbreaking innovations in cutting-edge fields such as cross-chain technology, artificial intelligence, and decentralized infrastructure. It is expected to attract over 500 blockchain developers from around the world.As an important part of the TRON ecosystem, BitTorrent Chain has successfully built a cross-chain bridge connecting Ethereum, TRON, and BNB Chain with its EVM-compatible Layer 2 model. The latest data shows that the network has over 14 million active addresses, has processed a total of 290 million transactions, and has successfully deployed over 7.6 million smart contracts.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea, the country will allow charities, universities, and cryptocurrency exchanges to sell part of their held cryptocurrencies in the second quarter of this year.In addition, the FSC plans to allow South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges to sell crypto assets obtained as fee income to cover operational costs such as salaries and taxes. However, to avoid conflicts of interest with users due to large-scale sell-offs by exchanges, the relevant operations will be gradually advanced, and a unified "sales guideline" will be established among operators before implementation.According to the plan, a pilot program will be launched in the second half of this year to allow approximately 3,500 listed companies and professional investors to open real-name accounts for investment.Earlier today, news reported that the Financial Services Commission of South Korea plans to open corporate and exchange accounts in three phases.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Korea Economic Daily, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea plans to release a roadmap for opening corporate cryptocurrency trading accounts by the end of December. The first phase will allow non-profit entities such as central government departments, local governments, public institutions, and universities to open real-name accounts. The second phase will allow related businesses such as cryptocurrency exchanges to open won accounts, while the opening of accounts for general enterprises and financial institutions will be included in a medium- to long-term plan.Cryptocurrency donations previously accepted by institutions such as Seoul National University could not be redeemed due to the inability to open trading accounts. It is reported that the approximately 1 billion won worth of WEMIX tokens held by Seoul National University will be convertible into cash for school finances under the new policy. Financial authorities stated that this move aims to address the issue of holding cryptocurrencies due to non-voluntary factors such as confiscation or donation, while also promoting the upgrade of related industries.

ChainCatcher news, the "Cyberport University Partnership Program 2024," organized by Cyberport Academy and Cyberport Web3 Hub, has officially launched with the support of 11 local universities. The program will incorporate Web3.0 elements for the first time, aiming to cultivate more young Web3.0 talents.The Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport, Chan Sai Ming, stated that this year's program aligns with the Hong Kong SAR government's goal of developing Hong Kong into a Web3.0 hub, strengthening the cultivation of local Web3.0-related talents. He hopes to assist students participating in the program to understand the latest industry trends, inspire innovative thinking, and expand their networking while receiving external training. It is reported that each winning team can receive a seed fund of HKD 100,000 from the "Cyberport Creative Micro Fund."

ChainCatcher news, DWF Labs co-founder Andrei Grachev posted on the X platform stating: "Our goal is to collaborate with several top universities to launch our educational program. Cryptocurrency should be regarded as one of the most important and promising subjects."

ChainCatcher news, OKX Web3 has been invited by Duke University to participate in the Duke University Blockchain Summit. Previously, OKX Web3 completed campus events at four universities, including Stanford. In the future, events will be held at five universities: the University of Washington, New York University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The OKX Web3 university tour aims to stay in sync with cutting-edge blockchain technology by connecting with blockchain associations, entrepreneurship associations, and others at various universities, continuing to lead industry innovation. At the same time, it values young innovators and entrepreneurs, blockchain evangelists, and industry investors, hoping to build a better Web3 ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Reuters, the closure of FTX's charitable arm and the FTX Future Fund has left early-funded scholars and researchers without the promised funds, while other researchers are concerned about being ordered to return grants. The charity had pledged to donate $1 billion to research scholars at prestigious universities in 2022. PhD student Korbinian Kettnaker stated that after his funding from FTX failed, he was forced to abandon his research on the philosophy of computer science at the University of Cambridge.According to an archived snapshot of its now-deleted website, as of June 2022, the fund had spent $132 million on 262 grants and investments, with further calculations based on these announcements indicating that the total amount of funding received by university-affiliated research programs exceeded $13 million. (Source link)

Chain Catcher News, CoinDesk announced the ranking of the 50 universities that had the greatest impact on blockchain in 2022. The ranking is based on various metrics including the number and influence of research publications, courses, degrees, conferences, industry partnerships, number of grants, graduate employment, reputation, and other measures. The top six are Hong Kong Polytechnic University, National University of Singapore, University of Zurich, University of California Berkeley, Cornell University, and Tsinghua University.In addition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Peking University, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhejiang University, and Fudan University also ranked in the top thirty. (Coindesk)

According to Chain Catcher news and reported by The Paper, the Department of Information Engineering at the School of Artificial Intelligence (Future Technology School) of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology has been renamed to the Department of Metaverse Engineering. Pan Zhigeng, the dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence (Future Technology School), introduced that the Department of Metaverse Engineering is the first department in domestic universities to be named after the metaverse.Pan Zhigeng stated that in the future, they will also lead the preparation of the Metaverse Special Committee of the Jiangsu Province Artificial Intelligence Society, planning to jointly cultivate master's, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers in the metaverse direction with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. (Source link)