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According to official news, Robinhood will hold the 2026 HOOD Summit from September 29 to 30, during which Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev will announce new products/updates for active traders.In addition, based on recent promotional tweets from Robinhood and Vlad's official accounts, updates on tokenized stocks will also be released at the summit, including updates on the dividend reinvestment plan.

The AI Summit (China·Chongqing Station) hosted by the renowned Asia-Pacific incubator Star River is about to open, with the event scheduled for September 28, 2026. Star River founder Jemmy, co-founders River He and Bison Liu will attend the summit.This summit focuses on cutting-edge innovative technologies in the AI industry, conducting in-depth discussions around the application of AI technology and the construction of industrial ecosystems. DGrid AI, as a partner of this summit, will participate in discussions on relevant topics. DGrid AI, as a decentralized AI intelligent reasoning network, provides developers with low-cost, verifiable AI multi-model calling services through a unified access layer.The summit gathers industry peers and sincerely invites AI enthusiasts from all walks of life to come and exchange ideas, jointly exploring new opportunities in the AI industry and promoting collaborative innovation and development in the industry.

Bitget launched the "VIP Summit" program on its 8th anniversary, opening a direct channel to VIP 7 for professional traders. Eligible historical high-level VIPs and newly promoted VIPs can apply for a 30-day VIP 7 experience card without needing to upgrade step by step. During the event, completing trading challenges can also extend the VIP 7 experience period to 4 months, with opportunities to receive limited gifts and exclusive dinner invitations.The VIP Summit program is centered around "Ultimate Rates, Ultimate Trading," targeting different types of professional traders such as newly promoted VIPs, other VIPs, and historical VIPs. It establishes three main channels: VIP upgrades, TradFi challenges, and peak privileges, further expanding trading rights and exclusive benefits. VIP benefits include discounts on trading fees, borrowing rates, advanced APIs, unified trading account (UTA) infrastructure, and exclusive VIP services, addressing the core needs of professional traders regarding cost, efficiency, and service.This program is based on research from over 300 VIP users, with trading costs and execution efficiency identified as the most important factors for professional traders, forming the core basis for the event's design. As a key initiative for the next phase of Bitget UEX, this program further focuses on professional and high-net-worth traders, continuously improving the platform's system in terms of trading rights, capital efficiency, and exclusive services. The participation period for the event ends on October 31, and more details can be found on the Bitget official platform.

ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo stated today at the Feishu Future Unlimited and Doubao Work Kickoff Conference: Over the past 50 years, there have been four peaks of development in the IT field: PC, Web, Mobile, and AI, with the AI peak far surpassing the heights of the previous three.Liang Rubo believes that peaks are rare, and the intervals between past industry development peaks have been 15-20 years, making such industry-level opportunities extremely valuable.

The 18th BRICS Summit adopted the "New Delhi Declaration," supporting a payment framework that bypasses the Western financial system. The declaration commits to expanding trade and investment settled in member countries' local currencies, connecting national payment systems, and studying cross-border interoperability.BRICS Pay, as a decentralized payment framework, integrates India's UPI and Russia's SPFS into a shared layer to settle payments between member countries.

King Charles III of the United Kingdom will meet with leaders of major artificial intelligence companies in Scotland to discuss how to develop and deploy AI in a way that benefits society. Participants include leaders from Nvidia, Google, DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, as well as government officials.The purpose of this meeting is to explore how to leverage AI technology for the benefit of humanity, enhance community cohesion, and improve lives.

The Kremlin stated that Russia will discuss trade settlements using digital currencies with BRICS+ partners at the summit in India.

According to Crunchbase, AI fraud prevention company Socure announced the completion of a $156 million strategic growth round financing, with the company's valuation reaching $5.2 billion. Summit Partners led the investment, with participation from Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Docusign, and others. Currently, its fraud prevention services are applied to companies such as cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, stablecoin issuer Circle, digital bank Revolut, and Robinhood.In addition, the company also announced the acquisition of AI startup Fravity, aiming to leverage AI agents to conduct fraud, risk, and compliance investigations, with the specific acquisition amount not yet disclosed.

Websea, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Causeway Bay Group, the Asia Blockchain Association, the Central Asia (Kazakhstan) Zhejiang Federation, the Natural Coal Mine Group, Orenance, and the World Kazakh Association, will hold the Global RWA Summit in Almaty on August 18, with confirmation of attendance from the Kazakhstan government and the Deputy Prime Minister.As the core joint unit, Websea is the only digital asset trading platform included in the national strategic level of Central Asia for this summit, coordinating global resource connections and agenda setting. This summit is the first RWA special summit in the Central Asia region supported by high-level government officials, spanning multiple industries including energy, finance, and blockchain.From the landing of innovative products to the layout of TradFi asset chain integration, Websea's positioning is no longer limited to a single product level but is building an RWA asset trading hub with intergovernmental dialogue capabilities.

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On July 17, Interlace and BlockSec jointly held the summit "The Next Decade of Payments: Digital Currency, AI Agents, and the New Global Financial Order." The event brought together industry guests from AI, Web3, security, and payments to discuss the development trends of stablecoin payments, security compliance, AI agents, and global payment infrastructure.BlockSec co-founder Zhou Yajin and Interlace founder and CEO Michael Wu delivered keynote speeches on "Security and Compliance in Crypto Payments" and "Agentic Payment and the New Infrastructure of Global Finance," respectively, sharing their latest observations on the development trends of digital asset payments. As the scenarios for stablecoin payments continue to expand, the security compliance system and the construction of a new generation of payment infrastructure are becoming key supports for driving industry development. In the future, payment infrastructure will not only serve the function of capital flow but will also further evolve into a programmable, trusted, and verifiable value transfer system, providing underlying support for the connection between digital assets and real-world commerce.At the event, Interlace also officially released the white paper "The Value Transmission Layer of the AI Economy: From Concept to Implementation." The white paper was jointly initiated with ecosystem partners such as Bitget, BlockSec, Cobo, Conflux, Stable, Xagent, and Hetu, systematically defining the architecture, standards, and implementation paths of Agentic Payment infrastructure, providing a reference for value transfer in the era of the AI economy.

The Websea offline summit was successfully held, bringing together hundreds of industry partners, channel representatives, market elites, and regional operation center teams to exchange ideas on transaction innovation, market growth, and long-term value opportunities.The holding of this summit releases a positive signal that Websea's market strategy is accelerating comprehensively. Currently, Websea is continuously advancing the layout of regional operation centers, global BD recruitment, channel cooperation upgrades, and regional market expansion, with multiple business lines working simultaneously to further expand the platform's market coverage, channel scale, and ecological influence.In the future, Websea will continue to focus on product innovation as the foundation, channel growth as the core, and market implementation as the driving force, working hand in hand with outstanding global teams and partners to build a more vibrant and long-term valuable digital asset ecosystem.

The Web3 industry summit Money Frontier 2026 has officially launched the "Path to a Million" themed essay competition. The event is open to all Crypto Natives and creators, with topics covering "the leap from 0 to the first 1 million" and "the wealth defense battle in the next five years," aiming to gather real trading insights, wealth thinking, and risk control strategies from industry practitioners. It is worth mentioning that this essay competition has specially invited the previous "My DeFi Journey" essay champion "Little Penguin" to serve as a core judge.Participants can publish articles on X (Twitter) and submit their registration to have a chance to win cash prizes of a thousand dollars, co-branded hardware wallets, and standard tickets to the MF Hong Kong summit worth 128U. For more details, see the official tweet link.It is reported that Money Frontier 2026 will be held in Hong Kong on July 27-28, where industry leaders such as $Ethena founder Guy Young, ZK-STARK inventor Eli Ben-Sasson, Dr. Yang from Shena Mining, and Yu Xian from Slow Mist will gather on-site. Currently, the official ticket purchase and limited-time verification-free ticket channels for the summit's standard tickets have been opened.

According to The Block, the Cardano Foundation stated that the Cardano 2026 summit, originally scheduled for this year, has been officially canceled due to the on-chain governance vote not reaching the required two-thirds support threshold.Previously, the Cardano Foundation submitted a revised proposal requesting the treasury to allocate 7.8 million ADA (approximately 2 million USD) for the summit to be held in October in Singapore. Although the proposal received a 65.21% DRep staking support rate and a majority of representatives in favor, it did not meet the 66.67% approval threshold required for treasury funding proposals.Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson and Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard publicly called for support for the proposal before the voting deadline, but it ultimately did not pass.