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AI Agent-driven global event real-time assessment and automated decision-making engine LeviX announced a partnership with the APOC Technology Sports and Esports Committee, focusing on collaboration in AI technology research and innovative technology applications.The Olympus Cup event launched by APOC, designated as the official event series for the Olympic global esports competition, will jointly host hackathons and technology salons centered around AI Agent with LeviX. Both parties have reached a consensus on the development prospects of AI Agent and cooperation in the global market.

According to Jinshi Data, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has accepted the IPO application of Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. for the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, with a proposed financing amount of 4.202 billion yuan.

ByteDance announced that it has reached a final agreement to sell Moonton Technology to Savvy Games Group, a subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), for a sale price of over $6 billion. Moonton Technology is the developer and publisher of the famous MOBA mobile game in Southeast Asia, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), which was acquired by ByteDance in 2021.It is reported that ByteDance has made significant investments in AI, and the overall profit declined in the fourth quarter of 2025. The sale of Moonton is seen as a signal of ByteDance's strategic focus further shifting towards AI.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially up 0.8%, the S&P 500 index up 1%, and the Nasdaq up 1.2%. Micron Technology rose over 3%, SanDisk rose over 6%, and NVIDIA rose 1.7%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 0.96%, NIO fell 14%, and Li Auto rose 5%.

According to Jinshi reports, the three major U.S. stock indices have all risen over 1%. Micron Technology (MU.O) is currently up 5.9%, and SanDisk (SNDK.O) has increased by 6.7%.

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Nanjing University, discovered a high-risk vulnerability driven by LLM command injection in the bash-tools module of the open-source autonomous intelligent agent framework OpenClaw during a security audit.This vulnerability arises from the system's failure to strictly escape command line parameters generated by LLM, allowing attackers to bypass regex defenses through inducive prompts, achieving remote code execution on the host machine and stealing sensitive data.The research team has completed attack verification in various mainstream model environments, initiated a responsible vulnerability disclosure process, and submitted repair suggestions to the NVDB Artificial Intelligence Product Security Vulnerability Professional Database (CAIVD) and the GitHub community.

OKX founder and CEO Star responded to the "hacker attack incident involving a plugin vulnerability by the Wuhan Anshun Technology team" by stating, "The OKX Wallet security team has completed its investigation, and describing the original text as 'OKX wallet vulnerability' is inaccurate. Two points need clarification:This incident is not a security vulnerability of the OKX Web3 wallet. The attack method involved hackers controlling user devices through Trojan software, then stealing locally stored encrypted files and passwords by tampering with webpage JS code to implant hooks or by monitoring keyboard inputs.The OKX Web3 wallet is a 100% self-custody wallet. Private keys and passwords exist only on the user's own device, and OKX cannot access or control user assets. However, if the user's device has already been compromised by hackers, then no wallet—including MetaMask—can guarantee security. It's like a thief has already been able to operate your computer and see all your keyboard inputs.Users are advised to avoid installing software or plugins from unknown sources, regularly check device security, and properly protect their mnemonic phrases and private keys."It is reported that the Wuhan Anshun Technology team controlled a large number of user terminals to steal mnemonic phrases and remotely transfer digital assets, with the amount involved reaching 7 million dollars.

The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, stated during his appearance on the All-In Podcast, "From my perspective, distributed ledger technology (DLT) has many potential benefits for the financial services industry, and we are at a tipping point where T+0 settlement—almost instantaneous delivery and payment, even through on-chain digital assets—could be realized. This is very exciting. To prevent issues like fraud, we may even need to set up some speed bumps. However, there are also challenges, such as liquidity issues. What does the concept of best bid and ask mean in this new system? This is one of the problems we need to solve.Our principle is: if an asset is essentially a security, even if it is tokenized, it is still a security, and federal securities laws still apply. But regulators have the responsibility to ensure that our rules truly apply to new practical uses. As the purposes of trading and methods of delivery change, we also need to make corresponding adjustments. We need to adjust the system to make it truly applicable to the new technological environment.This is exactly what we are currently working on—reviewing our regulatory rules line by line to ensure they can adapt to the development of emerging technologies. The SEC is coordinating regulation with the CFTC. For example, if an asset is a tokenized security, it falls under the SEC's regulatory framework; whereas if it is a digital currency, digital token, digital tool, or digital collectible, it falls under the CFTC's regulatory scope."

According to Jinshi News, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), relying on the Software Intelligence Committee of the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Alliance (AIIA), has long been focused on the "AI + Software" field and has released several international and domestic standards, including development/testing/operation and maintenance intelligent agents and software intelligence maturity models.Based on the relevant work foundation, CAICT has officially launched the standard preparation work for the Intelligent Assistant Intelligent Agent (Claw) series, systematically promoting the construction of the relevant standard system for intelligent assistance intelligent agents.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has released a document titled "Six Dos and Don'ts for Preventing Security Risks of OpenClaw (Lobster) Open Source Intelligent Agents," which outlines the typical application scenario security risks of OpenClaw, including: the smart office scenario mainly has prominent risks of supply chain attacks and intrusions into the corporate intranet; the development and operation scenario mainly has prominent risks of sensitive information leakage of system devices and being hijacked; the personal assistant scenario mainly has prominent risks of personal information theft and sensitive information leakage; the financial transaction scenario mainly has prominent risks of triggering erroneous transactions or even account takeover.In addition, it points out six usage recommendations: use the official latest version; strictly control the internet exposure; adhere to the principle of least privilege; use the skill market with caution; guard against social engineering attacks and browser hijacking; establish a long-term protection mechanism.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Canaan Creative has released an update report on Bitcoin mining, disclosing a mining output of 86 BTC. As of now, the total cryptocurrency holdings have reached a record 1,793 Bitcoins and 3,952 Ethers, estimated to be worth $128 million.In addition, it has also disclosed that the deployed computing power has reached 14.75 EH/s.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform that the Ethereum Foundation is using DVT-lite technology to stake 72,000 ETH.Vitalik expressed hope that this project would simplify institutional distributed staking into a minimal and one-click operation—users choose the computer to run the node, create a configuration file containing the same key, and then everything is completed automatically. Vitalik emphasized that the idea of viewing infrastructure operation as complex and needing to be handled by "professionals" is anti-decentralization and must be directly broken.The ideal model should be a Docker container or Nix image, where each node can input the same key with one click or command line, nodes automatically discover each other, complete network configuration, generate distributed keys, and start staking. Vitalik mentioned that he also plans to adopt this method soon and hopes that more institutions holding ETH can stake in this way.

The Cybersecurity Threat and Vulnerability Information Sharing Platform of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently monitored and found that some instances of the OpenClaw (commonly known as "Lobster") open-source AI agent have a high security risk under default or improper configurations, making them susceptible to cyberattacks, information leaks, and other security issues. It is recommended that relevant units and users thoroughly check the public exposure, permission configurations, and credential management when deploying and using OpenClaw, close unnecessary public access, improve security mechanisms such as identity authentication, access control, data encryption, and security auditing, and continuously pay attention to official security announcements and hardening recommendations to prevent potential cybersecurity risks.

AI elder care technology company Sage announced the completion of a $65 million Series C funding round, led by Goldman Sachs' alternative investment division, with participation from existing investors IVP and Goldcrest.Sage focuses on providing an AI-driven integrated care platform for nursing homes and specialized care facilities, aiming to shift the industry from passive response to proactive prevention. The funds will be used in three main areas: developing predictive AI to enhance elder safety, integrating caregiver workflows, and strengthening technological investments in specialized care facilities.

Payment technology company Silverflow announced the completion of a $40 million Series B funding round, led by Picus Capital, with participation from Rabo Investments, a subsidiary of Rabobank, Inkef, Crane, Coatue, and GPT. Its platform offers cloud-native payment processing solutions, supporting features such as network tokenized payments and direct card payments.The company previously raised $16.3 million in funding led by Global Paytech Ventures.

According to The Block, the Bank of Canada announced the completion of a tokenization pilot project called "Project Samara," successfully issuing a government bond worth 100 million Canadian dollars using Hyperledger Fabric technology.The project was issued by the Export Development Canada, with participation from TD Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada, issuing a three-month Canadian dollar-denominated bond to a "closed group of investors," covering the entire process from issuance, bidding, coupon payments, redemption to secondary trading.The project evaluation found that blockchain technology could enhance operational efficiency, improve data integrity, and reduce counterparty and settlement risks, but these advantages were partially offset by increased system complexity, liquidity costs, and the inadequacies of the existing regulatory framework.The Bank of Canada stated that although the technology is feasible, widespread adoption may progress slowly due to integration challenges and limited willingness to transform core infrastructure.The project builds on the Jasper project initiated by the Bank of Canada in 2016.

According to Gate market data, U.S. chip stocks have dipped in the short term, with Micron Technology down 3.4%, AMD down 2.2%, and NVIDIA down 1.8%. Reports indicate that the U.S. plans to require a license for AI chip exports globally.

According to CCTV News, Dong Jin, a representative of the National People's Congress and the director of the Beijing Microchip Blockchain and Edge Computing Research Institute, stated that China's independently developed underlying blockchain technology has been applied in 16 central ministries and 27 central enterprises, achieving positive progress in areas such as taxation, cross-border trade, and global payments.Every year, hundreds of billions of invoices are "run" on the independent blockchain in our country, with over 300,000 enterprises in cross-border trade on the blockchain, and the trade amount reaching trillions of yuan.

According to official news, Tether Investments announced a strategic investment in smart sleep technology company Eight Sleep at a valuation of $1.5 billion.Eight Sleep utilizes advanced artificial intelligence and embedded sensors to provide personalized sleep insights and enhancement services. This investment aims to strengthen Eight Sleep's capabilities and establish a long-term partnership to jointly develop advanced AI-driven health technology based on Tether's QVAC architecture.