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Japan's Financial Services Agency warns KuCoin and other companies to offer derivatives transactions without registration

Comparing news, the Japan Financial Services Authority issued a warning letter to KuCoin, NeonFX, theoption, and GTCFX, stating that they provide OTC derivatives trading services to Japanese residents through the Internet without registration. The FSA said the above companies received the relevant notice in March, and KuCoin was listed as a platform providing services to Japanese users. Previously, Japanese regulators issued similar warnings to exchanges such as KuCoin and Bybit in November 2024, and requested Apple and Google to suspend KuCoin app downloads in February 2025.

148d ago

Camp Network announces partnership with All Access to tokenize 53 music festivals around the world

In comparison, Camp Network announced a partnership with All Access to tokenize 53 music festival IPs around the world. The festival brands involved include It's The Ship, DWP, 808 Festival, S2O Festival, and Sunset by NEON. Camp Network said this is the largest music festival IP tokenization practice in history, and it is transforming culture into an on-chain economy by turning global entertainment IP into an investable asset class.

269d ago

IOSG Venture: When Your Browser Becomes a Proxy

Author | Mario Chow & Figo @IOSG引言过去 In 12 months, the relationship between web browsers and automation has drastically changed. Almost all big tech companies are scrambling to build their own browser agents (browser agents). Beginning at the end of 2024, this trend became more evident: OpenAI launched Agent mode in January, Anthropic released “computer usage” functionality for the Claude model, Google DeepMind launched Project Mariner, Opera announced Neon, and Perplexity AI launched Comet Browser. The signal is clear: the future of AI lies in agents that can navigate web pages autonomously. This trend isn't just adding smarter chatbots to browsers; it's a fundamental shift in how machines interact with digital environments. A browser proxy is an AI system that can “see” a web page and act on it: click on links, fill out forms, scroll pages, type text: just like a human user. This model promises to unlock huge productivity and economic value because it can automate tasks that still require manual intervention or are too complex for traditional scripts to complete. GIF demo: AI browser agent in action: follow instructions, navigate to the target data set page, automatically take a screenshot, and extract the required data. Who will win the AI browser battle? Almost all of the big tech companies (and some startups) are developing their own browser AI proxy solutions. Here are some of the most representative projects: OpenAI — Agent ModeOpenAI's Agent Model (formerly known as Operator, launched in January 2025) is an AI agent with its own browser. Operators can handle a variety of repetitive online tasks: such as filling out web forms, ordering groceries, scheduling meetings: all through a standard web interface commonly used by humans. ▲ AI agents schedule meetings like professional assistants: check your calendar, find available time periods, create events, send confirmations, and generate an.ics file for you. Anthropic — Claude's “Computer Use”: At the end of 2024, Anthropic introduced a new “Computer Use” feature to Claude 3.5, giving it the ability to operate computers and browsers like a human. Claude can look at the screen, move the cursor, click buttons, and type text. This is the first big model proxy tool of its kind to go into open beta, and developers can let Claude automatically navigate websites and apps. Anthropic positions it as an experimental feature with the primary goal of automating multi-step workflows on web pages. Perplexity — CometAI startup Perplexity (known for its question-and-answer engine) launched Comet Browser as an AI-powered alternative to Chrome in mid-2025. The core of Comet is a conversational AI search engine built into the address bar (omnibox) that provides instant questions and answers and summaries rather than traditional search links. Additionally, Comet has built-in Comet Assistant, a sidebar-residing agent that automates everyday tasks across websites. For example, it can summarize emails you've opened, schedule meetings, manage browser tabs, or browse and scrape web information on your behalf. Using a sidebar interface that allows agents to perceive current web content, Comet aims to seamlessly blend browsing with AI assistants. Actual application scenarios of browser proxies In the previous article, we have reviewed how major technology companies (OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, etc.) inject functionality into browser agents (browser agents) through different product forms. To understand their value more intuitively, we can take a closer look at how these capabilities are applied to everyday life and corporate workflows in real-world scenarios. Daily web automation for e-commerce and personal shopping is a very practical one...

367d agoIOSG Ventures#AI agent #Anthropic #IOSG #browsers

Crypto shooter Shrapnel developer closes $19.5 million funding round led by Gala Games

According to news, Seattle game studio Neon Machine announced the completion of a $19.5 million funding round, led by Gala Games, with Griffin Gaming Partners and Polychain Capital participating. The funds will be used to support the global launch of its award-winning FPS game Shrapnel and plans for the Chinese market. Among them, the Chinese market will begin closed testing in 2025 and open testing in early 2026.

374d ago

After the wave of cryptographic AI: the bubble has dissipated, who is still igniting the future?

Original article compiled by Yash | Odaily Planet Daily Golem Original Article Title: Implications for the Rise and Fall of Cryptographic AI: When the Bubble Fades, What Fire Is Left? Editor's note: Yash, head of Sendai, the organizer of the Solana AI hackathon, believes that we are now nearing the end of the first phase of the crypto x AI proxy hype cycle. Most AI proxy tokens have dropped by more than 95%, and now is the best time to reflect on the past and prepare for the next step. In this post, Yash first reflects on the lessons of Crypto x AI agents so far, while predicting the key development trends of Crypto x AI agents in stages over the next 6-12 months and year. Phase 1: Speculation, Bubbles, and Experiments It all began at Truth Terminal ($GOAT) in October 2024. In the next three months (November to January of the following year), cryptographic AI reached its peak of fanaticism, and the market value of cryptographic AI agents surpassed $10 billion. Although there is almost nothing useful left behind at this stage, we do glimpse the various possibilities of the future of cryptographic AI agents: every week we see a new experiment (of course, a token may drop rapidly after reaching $50 million in market value); the crypto AI framework and Launchpad are touted by KOLs as L1 for AI agents”; ChatGPT-style UIs with a market capitalization of 500 million dollars or more, such as Griffain, Venice, and Wayfinder, are being hyped up to perform on-chain operations ( But nothing but a demo); the promise of an autonomous hedge fund (nothing but a white paper). Phase 1: The second phase of popular crypto AI products: decline February to April 2025 was very cruel for crypto AI agents: the release of TRUMP absorbed most of the liquidity in the AI field, which immediately caused the market value of most tokens to shrink by 50-90%; team development progress was slow. Many of the founders of the $1 million to $100 million token almost stopped posting demos during these months; over 90% of the team stopped working either because of a lack of incentives (not holding enough tokens) or because their token value was too low to get enough attention; and the community deteriorated because they had some unrealistic expectations. The community wants the token to increase in value, but the token itself has no value (the only value comes from issuing more token derivatives); some top projects, such as zerebro, were suddenly suspended (the founder pretended to be dead), griffain stopped publishing demos, and ai16z turned the business to Memecoin Memecoin launchpad (auto.fun) in order to chase Meme's narrative; the L1 narrative of cryptographic AI agents has died out. In other words, people realized that in a situation where almost no consumer-grade AI agents are popular, all frameworks and launchpads are useless. Simply put, at the end of the hype cycle, we hardly saw any consumer-grade products in the field of cryptographic AI agents. This is similar to the.com bubble in the internet era (all stocks with.com were raised and sold off); similarly, all proxy tokens were being pushed up and sold off. But as we all know, the.com bubble did spawn some great companies, and many of the ideas later became viable. So I think cryptographic AI agents may also see the same transformation. The results of the Solana AI hackathon are for me personally: after the SendAI (host of the Solana AI Hackathon) hackathon, we made ambitious plans for the Solana ecosystem, such as Solana AI Week, accelerator/demo day, and we negotiated with many top venture capital firms, non-cryptographic AI companies, Solana FNDN, etc. However, the sharp drop in the price of AI proxy tokens completely destroyed the credibility of the entire crypto AI sector. As the person who catalyzed this hype cycle (through the Solana AI hackathon), I've also been in the aftermath of the crypto AI hype cycle, at least until May. Price drops aren't the best state of mind when building. However, regardless of the price, we did deliver: the first open source cryptographic multi-point control protocol (MCP) server to perform operations improved the entire Sola...

375d agoLuxurytracy#AI

Data: Tokens such as ENA, TAIKO, and NEON will be unlocked for a large amount next week, with TAIKO unlocking worth about $46.9 million

Comparing news, Token Unlocks data shows that tokens such as ENA, TAIKO, and NEON will be unlocked for a large amount next week, including: Ethena (ENA) will unlock approximately 40.63 million tokens at 3 p.m. Beijing time on June 2, at 0.70% of current circulation, worth about $12.5 million Taiko (TAIKO) will be held on June 5, Beijing time

447d ago#AI #Ethena #IOTA #Spectral #Taiko #datum #unlocks

3.31-4.06 Web3 Gaming Weekly Report: Pebble Player Retention Rates Peak, Treasure DAO Faces Reorganization Crisis

Review last week's blockchain gaming overview and check out the latest data reports from Footprint Analytics and ABGA. [3.31—4.06] Web3 game industry dynamics The chain game ecosystem Treasure DAO is facing restructuring due to the financial crisis, and Treasure Chain3A chain game Shrapnel developer Neon Machine is in deep financial crisis, and the number of employees has been drastically reduced to 12 people. The game project Rejected announced that it will migrate from Base to Solana, the Web3 division of Korean game giant Gomble Games Launching the token blockchain game platform Ultra announced the completion of a new round of financing of $12 million [3.31—4.06] Web3 game rankings New Player Growth Weekly Top 10: Kaidro, Ragnarok: Monster World, Wild Forest lead KaidroRoraRagnarok: Monster WorldWild ForestForgotten RuniverseAxie InfinityPeironPlayzap GameChess CoreCards Core ClubPixel Heroes Adventure Weekly New Player Retention Top 10: Pebble, Sunflower Land, Axie Infinity lead PebbleSunflower LandAxie InfinityPixelsWild ForestPixel Heroes AdventureRagnarok: Monster WorldSlotana Coin FlipForgotten Runiverseminer's Rush Weekly Active Player Growth Top 10: Ragnarok: Monster World, Forgotten Runiverse, and Pebble lead Ragnarok: Monster WorldForgotten runiversePebblePlayzap gamesWild ForestkaidRogas HeroMomoAIaxie InfinityChess Core Note: The above User (Users) data analysis is based on the chain analyzed by Footprint Analytics. Weekly Token Growth Top 10: FunToken, Baby Shark BubbleFong Friends, XPET.tech lead FunTokenBaby Shark bubblefong friendsxpet.techfabweltBlockchain BrawlerserthafarcanaRevv RacingOpenBloxGensokishi More Web 3 & nbsp; Game Data Browse the exclusive dashboard of the Blockchain Game Weekly Report to get more insight into blockchain game data. The content of this article is for industry research and communication purposes only, and does not constitute any investment advice. The market is risky, so you need to be careful when investing...

502d agoFootprint Analytics#Footprint Analytics #Gamefi #Pebble #Treasure DAO #gaming

Chaingame Shrapnel developer Neon Machine is in financial crisis

In comparison, according to Blockworks, Neon Machine, the developer of the crypto shooter “Shrapnel”, is facing serious financial difficulties. The company has accumulated nearly $86.9 million in operating capital. Although it had revenue of $21.7 million in 2024, it had a net loss of $11.4 million due to operating costs of $33 million. Currently, the company burns $2-3.5 million a month. Cash is exhausted, and it owes millions of dollars in debt to external suppliers. The new round of financing planned in early 2025 has failed to be implemented. The company has carried out at least three rounds of layoffs. The number of employees has been drastically reduced from nearly 100 to more than 10, and the Seattle headquarters closed at the end of March. Despite worrying financial conditions, Neon Machine still claims to the outside world that it is “in the strongest state ever” and plans to launch “Shrapnel” globally by the end of 2025, but people familiar with the matter are skeptical. Notably, Reijing People's Game Lab and the “Shrapnel” main creative team have reached a preliminary cooperation agreement on issues such as minting and distribution of game digital assets in the Chinese market.

503d ago

Shooter Shrapnel's studio Neon Machine appoints Ken Rosman as new CEO

According to news, Neon Machine, the studio of shooter Shrapnel, has appointed Ken Rosman as the new CEO. Ken Rosman has 20 years of experience in the video game industry and was responsible for the development of famous games such as “Halo Wars” and “Sunset Overdrive” in Microsoft's Xbox division. Rosman will lead Shrapnel to successfully complete preparations for full launch.

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Let institutions “lift the car” for your copycat bags: Grayscale Funds and the Coin50 Index you must pay attention to in this bull market

At a time when almost no FUD had a copycat season, the market finally got out of nearly half a year's “garbage time,” and the copycat season finally arrived as scheduled. According to statistics, of the 388 crypto assets that can be traded on Binance, 299 have increased by more than 50% in the past 30 days, 98 have exceeded 100%, and only 10 have no increase. However, in the general promotion model under “time to pick up money,” how to select the tokens with the highest growth rate has become a matter of learning from maximizing the use of capital. Which altcoins to buy to outperform the market average? Instead of following a KOL order to buy it, let Grayscale and Coinbase “work part-time” for you. Grayscale Fund, which is leading the market, saw the Grayscale concept soar in the last round of the bull market. This round of the bull market is still unavoidable, and the grayscale concept still dominates the coin industry. Mainstream currency fund Grayscale has launched a series of funds around the top 20 currencies by market capitalization, such as BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, AVAX SUI, BCH, LINK XLM LTC, etc. Some of the leading racetrack coins were also shortlisted, such as STX BAT ZEC MKR ZEN. In addition to single-currency trusts, the portfolio funds launched by Grayscale in a basket of currencies are still of great reference significance. The Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund package of decentralized AI funds includes AI targets such as Near, Filecoin, Bittensor, Render, and Graph. These targets performed well this month, with NAV per share (net asset value per share) soaring from $6 to $14. Currently, the assets under management are $2.2 million. Left: Decentralized AI fund holdings; right: NAV per Share It is worth noting that Near, FIL, Bittensor, and Livepeer on the same track all have independent grayscale funds. Grayscale DeFi Fund Grayscale Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Fund is one of the first securities to invest separately in a basket of decentralized financial applications in the form of securities and derive value from them, including targets such as UNI AAVE LDO MKR SNX. It has performed well in the past month, with NAV per share (net asset value per share) soaring from $13 to $35. Currently, the assets under management are $8 million. Left: Decentralized AI fund holdings; right: NAV per Share It is worth noting that Grayscale also has an independent AAVE fund. In addition to the above funds, Grayscale is expected to add a total of 7 new fund currencies to the DeFi circuit: Jupiter (JUP), Ondo Finance (ONDO), Ethena (ENA), Core (CORE), THORChain (RUNE), Aerodrome (AERO), and Pendle (PENDLE); a total of 6 currencies, respectively: Celestia (TIA) and Pyth Network (PYTH), Cosmos (ATOM), Akash (AKT), UMA Project (UMA), Neon (NEON); the Layer 1 track has 9 currencies, namely: Toncoin (TON), TRON (TRX), Aptos (APT), Aptos (APT), Injective Protocol (INJ), Internet Computer (ICP), Kaspa (KAS) ), VeChain (VET), Mantra (OM), Celo (CELO); Layer 2 tracks have a total of 8 currencies, namely: Optimism (OP), Arbitrum (ARB), Sei (SEI), Starknet (STRK), Polygon (POL, formerly MATIC), Mantle (MNT), Immutable (IMX), Metis (METIS); DePin circuit has a total of 2 currencies , respectively: Arweave (AR), Helium (HNT); AI+ circuit has a total of 2 currencies, respectively...

621d agoWendy#Coinbase #cottage #institutions #grayscale #Bull market #Market