The Korea Battery Industry Association and Germany's Fraunhofer Institute signed an MOU to enhance battery technology cooperation, aiming to help Korean companies meet EU market requirements. Their collaboration focuses on R&D, supply chain development, and safety solutions in line with the EU's new regulations.

Nauru appoints cryptocurrency entrepreneur Dadvan Yousuf as its Commissioner for International Trade to advance a digital asset strategy, attract global investment, strengthen cooperation with virtual service providers and technology companies, and help position Nauru as a virtual asset hub.

Gate News update: On April 14, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, WLD (World) is trading at $0.31. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 5.27%, with a high of $0.32 and a low of $0.29. The 24-hour trading volume reached $1.1855 million. The current market cap is approximately $1.028 billion. World is an open-source protocol system designed to help everyone enter the global economy. By design, it uses a decentralized architecture, where oversight and decision-making ultimately depend on the user community. Through four major tools—World ID, World App, World Chain, and Worldcoin—World is committed to building a real human network. Among them, World ID provides anonymous human identity verification, and World App

Bernstein’s research report states that the Bitcoin pullback reflects market concerns about the risks of quantum computing, and argues that the quantum threat is manageable and does not constitute a systemic risk. Current technological progress provides a cushion for Bitcoin, giving developers 3 to 5 years to push forward a post-quantum upgrade. Institutional investors will help drive consensus formation, but user migration remains the main challenge.

Gate News update: On April 13, according to Gate market data, as of the time of this release, DASH (Dash) is trading at $43.13. It is up 2.20% over the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $44.35 and falling to a low of $40.72. The 24-hour trading volume is $1.9876 million. The current market cap is approximately $546 million. Dash is a digital currency. With its help, anyone anywhere in the world can complete transactions quickly and easily at any time with low fees, without relying on a central authority. Dash is built on a decentralized peer-to-peer network, and with strong cryptography as its safeguard, it provides a secure, great user experience, and a barrier-free payment method. Dash is portable, affordable, divisible, and capable of fast transactions as digital cash, suitable for online transactions and everyday life. Thanks to the

CFTC Chair Mike Selig emphasized that the CFTC has the only regulatory authority over prediction markets, and that states cannot replace federal oversight. At the same time, the CFTC is clarifying regulatory details through rulemaking and welcomes public input. In addition, the digital asset classification guidance jointly released by the CFTC and the SEC will help businesses clearly determine the nature of digital assets.

Anthropic and CoreWeave have reached a multi-year agreement to rent its data center capacity to support growing demand for AI services. The deal will help Anthropic build its Claude AI models and includes multiple Nvidia chip architectures. The partnership will also require working with Broadcom and Google to secure 3.5 gigawatts of power.

Gate News message: During the 17th plenary session of the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Alliance on April 10, the Security Governance Committee of the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Alliance officially released the 《OpenClaw Class Intelligent Agent Deployment Risk Management Guidelines》. The guidelines focus on enterprises’ pain points in risk prevention and control during the process of technical implementation, and propose an overall security deployment framework and self-check standards covering the entire lifecycle from deployment, to use, to decommissioning. It aims to help intelligent agents move from “able to deploy” to “secure deployment, standardized use, and ongoing governance,” providing practical guidance for enterprises to carry out technical deployments in a compliant and standardized manner.

Changpeng Zhao said in an interview that advances in quantum computing technology could threaten the security of existing cryptocurrencies, and that Bitcoin may need to adopt post-quantum encryption technology through a fork upgrade. He emphasized that the emergence of new encryption algorithms will help address the challenges posed by quantum computing.

AI sentiment monitoring platform PeakMetrics announced it has completed a $6.0 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $16.3 million. The platform aims to help businesses identify reputational risk stemming from social media and AI-generated content. It is expected that by 2026, 90% of internet content will be synthetic, presenting new challenges for corporate reputation management. AI-driven change is pushing updates to PR and brand risk management tools and increasing demand for funding.