OpenAI nears a $1T implied pre-IPO via on-chain bets; SpaceX and Anthropic target similar valuations as AI infrastructure costs surge, driving subscription revenue while Anthropic faces pricing confusion.

Gate News message, April 22 — Tesla has filed its generative AI-powered voice assistant with China's Cyberspace Administration, joining 158 AI tools that have completed the country's official registration process. The move represents a routine compliance step in China's strict regulatory environment

The Sentinel Action Fund, supported by the Solana Foundation, will invest $8 million to aid Republican Senator Jon Husted in the Ohio Senate race against Sherrod Brown, who opposes crypto. Husted is known for advocating pro-crypto legislation.

Digital asset platform Gate will jointly host a special exhibition "Racing the Future" with the F1 Red Bull Racing Team at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong from April 18-24. The exhibition covers 238 square meters and showcases the Red Bull Racing Team's 2026 new race car and immersive interactive experiences, open to the public.

Katie Haun pointed out in an interview that the global payments sector is facing an arms race, with Mastercard entering the stablecoin market through its $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK. Meanwhile, the CFTC and SEC jointly released guidance, and Congress urgently needs to advance the CLARITY Act. She believes AI will increasingly participate in trading, with stablecoins serving as the foundational infrastructure supporting this transformation.

Abacus.AI CEO Bindu Reddy criticized Google's Gemini 3.0 as falling short of expectations, suggesting that Google focus on its core business and optimize its AI models. Elon Musk responded by stating that Google will win the AI race in the West, while noting that SpaceX has merged with xAI, reaching a valuation of 12.5 billion dollars.

Venice launches new crypto AI interface with end-to-end encryption and trusted execution environment, emphasizing "verifiable privacy." VVV token price surged approximately 10% as a result. The project has strengthened data security, though some features are limited by unencrypted data, currently available only to Venice Pro users.

Sahara AI Announces 2026 Strategy Aiming to Shift AI from Conversation to Autonomous Execution. Through tools like Sorin and ClawApp, Sahara AI introduces multi-Agent collaboration and long-term memory, serving over 40 top organizations such as Microsoft and Amazon, expected to drive the development of autonomous AI productivity.

The report released by Moody's states that the technology industry is competing to build artificial intelligence infrastructure, with the five major cloud service providers committing up to $662 billion in future data center leasing, which has not yet been reflected on their balance sheets. These implicit liabilities could significantly impact companies' financial positions and credit ratings in the future.

February 13 News, as the Bitcoin network continues to expand, a global "invisible race" around computing power is underway. According to the latest disclosures from VanEck, several countries are no longer just regulating but are actively participating in Bitcoin mining through direct or indirect means. This shift indicates that Bitcoin is gradually evolving from a grassroots digital asset into a piece of infrastructure with national strategic significance. From an economic perspective, mining is increasingly seen as a tool for energy monetization. For countries with surplus hydropower, geothermal, or idle electricity generation capacity, converting electricity into Bitcoin offers a more resilient way to output value. Instead of purchasing digital assets on the open market, governments prefer to "native acquire" Bitcoin through their own hash power to build long-term digital reserves, which has practical implications in the geopolitical financial landscape.