Crypto and Tech Digest: Tokenized Deposits, South Korea Bond Test, NEAR Gas Reversal
A roundup of key news including tokenized deposits vs stablecoins, South Korea's planned tokenized government bond test in 2027, NEAR reversing gas fee returns, New Hampshire protecting self-custody, and several AI and tech updates.
Crypto highlights:
- A comparative explanation of tokenized deposits versus stablecoins was highlighted.
- South Korea will test tokenized government bonds in 2027.
- NEAR will cancel the return of gas fees to developers.
- New Hampshire has enacted protections for self-custody of cryptocurrencies.
AI and tech developments:
- Anthropic mistakenly billed a user $16.6 million for Claude usage.
- New York's governor imposed a moratorium on large data center construction pending legislation.
- Quantum computers will be used to design gas turbines.
- OpenAI dropped support for long scenarios in prompts for GPT-5.6.
- Nvidia open-sourced an AI module for quantum error correction.
- In San Francisco, activists demanded a pause in the AI race.
- The IMO assessed the impact of AI on workers in ASEAN countries.
Source: ForkLog