Shanghai Data Exchange announced an upgraded partnership with the Shanghai branch of Construction Bank to launch the "Digital Easy Loan" product, achieving the first loan issuance based on blockchain technology and digital RMB. This innovative initiative ensures the security of data transmission, querying, and control through blockchain, and successfully connects the data systems of both parties to jointly build a data ecosystem on the chain.

Gridless has received support from Jack Dorsey's Block to operate bitcoin mines in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia. It is reported that the company already owns six mines, which are powered by renewable energy investment and are committed to achieving a wider mission of protecting and decentralizing the bitcoin network. Bitcoin miners are making renewable energy economically viable in Africa, benefiting power suppliers from selling previously discarded energy and sometimes reducing costs for customers.

Boxing legend Mike Tyson has become the brand ambassador for Ready to Fight, a blockchain-based social networking application. Tyson has described Ready to Fight as a boxing-centered social network that helps boxers and the boxing community meet their business needs.

Nervos CKB will make an appearance at the Blockchain Life 2024 forum in Dubai from April 15th to 16th. CKB architect Jan Xie will give a keynote speech on the Bitcoin Renaissance, sharing new opportunities in the Bitcoin ecosystem and promoting the development of PoW ecology.It is reported that Blockchain Life is a top event in the global digital currency industry, bringing together cutting-edge topics in mining and industry development, attracting senior practitioners, investors, government representatives, mining pool and mining machine manufacturers, fund managers, and project leaders to participate in discussions.

According to official sources, Gala has launched an ecological blockchain browser voting. The voting is scheduled to start at 2:00 PM Pacific Time on April 12th (6:00 AM Beijing Time on April 13th) and end at the same time on April 19th (6:00 AM Beijing Time on April 20th).

KIP Protocol, a decentralized protocol focused on AI, has announced an official partnership with the education platform Open Campus. The two parties will explore the application of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in the education field to simplify the dissemination of educational content and monetize digital intellectual property.The key focus of this collaboration includes creating custom AI-driven educational content using KIP Protocol, establishing AI-driven Open Campus university infrastructure, monetizing intellectual property in educational spaces, and attracting early users through AMA and joint activities to build an active community around this innovative education model. The two parties will gradually launch more product details in the coming weeks.KIP Protocol is a decentralized protocol for AI app developers, model makers, and data owners, allowing AI creators to securely transact and monetize profits in Web3. KIP Genesis NFT is about to go live, and users can currently participate in the KIP Airdrop Quest activity on Galxe and TaskOn platforms to earn points and win Free Mint qualifications.

Chen Jinong, the Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, met with Weihao Si, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered Bank, and Mark William D'Arcy, the Executive Director, and some members of the Board of Directors yesterday morning. Chen Jinong stated that he welcomes Standard Chartered Bank to leverage its own advantages, strengthen strategic connections, place more new institutions, businesses, and platforms such as wealth management and blockchain in Shanghai, focus on deepening pragmatic cooperation in technology finance, green finance, digital finance, and create more application scenarios, and provide comprehensive and professional service support for enterprises to go abroad.

On April 6th, Wanxiang Blockchain Chairman and HashKey Group Chairman and CEO Xiao Feng said at the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival that AI is a revolution of productivity, and blockchain is a revolution of production relations. The end of AI is computing power, and the end of blockchain is also computing power. Only when the three are combined can it be a complete topic. Blockchain, as a network that can be massively collaborated by strangers, can be used to solve the talent needs of Hong Kong's large models, allowing talents from all over the world to contribute to Hong Kong's large models.

Hervé François, former digital asset director of digital bank ING, announced on LinkedIn that he has joined alternative investment giant Investcorp and plans to lead its first blockchain fund. It is reported that the fund is led by Investcorp's Abu Dhabi office, independent of Investcorp Technology Partners and complementary to it. The latter's investment strategy focuses on technology opportunities in the mid-to-low-end markets. At present, an Investcorp spokesperson has not immediately responded to a request for comment on this matter.

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, stated at BiddleAsia 2024 held at Signiel Seoul in the Songpa district on March 28 that artificial intelligence is a huge market and its importance is increasing day by day. We need to create a world where blockchain and artificial intelligence work together. Artificial intelligence can now create applications with 100 to 500 lines of code. Vitalik also stated that the ability to write 10,000 lines of code can eliminate most of the bugs in the Ethereum virtual machine.