Arm launches its self-developed data center CPU AGI CPU, targeting billion dollars in annual revenue by 2031, transitioning from IP licensing to direct chip sales. Facing competitive risks from self-developed chips, Arm hopes that AI-era computing power demand can support its development.

OpenAI plans to invest $1 billion in 2023 through its nonprofit arm, with a focus on funding safeguards against AI risks and promoting applications in the life sciences field. The foundation has hired key personnel to lead this initiative.

Gate News Announcement, March 6 — Payment technology company Silverflow announced the completion of a $40 million Series B funding round, led by Picus Capital, with investments from Rabobank's investment arm Rabo Investments, Inkef, Crane, Coatue, and

a16z Crypto, the blockchain investment arm of Andreessen Horowitz, is raising its fifth fund, targeting approximately $2 billion, with plans to close in the first half of 2026. Although the size is smaller than the previous $4.5 billion mega fund, the fundraising cycle will be shortened to adapt to the rapid changes in the crypto industry.

PANews March 2 News, according to Gate Ventures' announcement, the venture capital arm of Gate.com, Gate Ventures, announced a strategic investment in the Bitcoin-native financial platform Sats Terminal. The platform focuses on providing self-custodied trading, lending, and yield services for BTC holders, aiming to integrate the scattered Bitcoin DeFi infrastructure into a more user-friendly unified portal, reducing the barriers for retail and institutional users.

Axis Robotics announced that they mobilized 12,000 users through their self-developed platform to crowdsource and collect 10,000 high-quality trajectory data points within 5 days, demonstrating that robot intelligence can operate outside traditional laboratories. Using the MetaSim architecture, the company built a pipeline from task setup to real machine deployment, enabling data collection and processing. Based on this data, Axis successfully replicated the system on a Franka robotic arm, validating the industrial feasibility of the model.

UBS Group's asset management arm, EFG International, believes that gold prices may pull back due to the sharp fluctuations in gold prices on January 29. EFG economist Mandruzzato pointed out that the easing of tensions in Iran and the appointment of the new Federal Reserve Chair could reduce demand for gold.

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Standard Chartered Bank plans to establish a prime brokerage business focused on cryptocurrency trading, further expanding into the digital asset space. This new business will be under the venture capital arm SC Ventures and is currently in the early stages of discussion. Standard Chartered Bank is active in digital asset investments and became the first global systemically important bank to offer spot cryptocurrency trading to institutional clients last year.