Trump's Board of Peace Explores Dollar-Backed Stablecoin for Gaza Economic Reconstruction

Vitalik Buterin supports AI company Anthropic in resisting White House military technology usage demands

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin supports AI company Anthropic in refusing to allow the U.S. military to use its technology for autonomous weapons. The U.S. military has issued a final warning to Anthropic, and reports indicate that AI could cause the U.S. unemployment rate to exceed 10% by 2028. Anthropic is valued at $380 billion, with 80% of its revenue coming from corporate clients.

OpenAI CEO: Humans are more wasteful and less valuable than AI; anti-human remarks anger netizens

At the India Summit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman compared the energy consumption of AI data centers to the growth costs of humans over 20 years and claimed that AI efficiency may have surpassed that of humans, sparking fierce backlash. Critics questioned this view, arguing that it overlooks the irreplaceability of human emotions. Additionally, he called for a shift to green energy sources such as nuclear power, but proposals linked to his own interests raised concerns about commercial motives, highlighting the contradiction within the tech industry between efficiency and humanity.

Hong Kong advances the implementation of the tokenized bond platform and connects with the regional tokenization center. Stablecoin license issuance begins in March.

February 25 News, Hong Kong is accelerating the development of core infrastructure for digital assets. Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced in the 2026-27 fiscal budget that Hong Kong will establish a brand-new digital asset platform within the year to support the issuance and settlement of tokenized bonds. The platform will be built and operated by CMU OmniClear Holdings, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, marking the official transition of tokenized bonds from pilot phase to a market-level infrastructure system. This platform will gradually expand to include more categories of digital assets and achieve interoperability with regional tokenization platforms, forming a cross-market tokenized financial network. This move is seen as an important step to strengthen Hong Kong's position as a digital asset hub in China, while also improving on-chain settlement efficiency and asset liquidity. As post-trade infrastructure becomes part of the official financial system, the issuance mechanism for tokenized bonds is evolving toward standardization and institutionalization.

Trump's State of the Union address made no mention of cryptocurrencies and did not signal a rate cut, with high interest rate expectations suppressing Bitcoin and risk assets.

On February 25, U.S. President Trump delivered a nearly two-hour State of the Union address, setting a record for the longest in history. Although the speech covered core topics such as taxation, artificial intelligence, tariffs, and inflation, it completely omitted any mention of cryptocurrency policies or digital asset regulation. This stance was interpreted by the market as a lack of clear policy catalysts for the crypto industry in the short term. Despite his children Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump being deeply involved in crypto projects like World Liberty Financial, digital assets have yet to enter the official policy narrative framework. On a macro level, Trump defended tariff policies in his speech and expressed dissatisfaction with relevant Supreme Court rulings, while also signaling that tariffs would be maintained through other legal channels. However, the repeated adjustments of tariff rates from 10% to 15% have increased trade policy uncertainty. The European Union has paused trade agreement progress, and India has delayed negotiations, leading to a rise in global macro risk premiums, which directly impacts the valuation logic of risk assets.