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賴清德宣布2027普發1萬，稱AI紅利全民共享
台灣總統賴清德昨日（8/17）第二次聽取「116 年度中央政府總預算案」簡報後宣布，明年（2027）將在歲入歲出平衡、實質零舉債的前提下，歲出增列 2,357 億元，普發現金每人 1 萬元。
賴清德表示，台灣憑藉半導體、資通訊及製造供應鏈優勢，今年經濟成長率上修到 11.05%，可望創下 39 年以來新高，因此要讓「AI 紅利，全民共享」。他強調，政府不能只看見平均數字，更要看見平均數字以下的人民，要照顧每一個努力生活的家庭。
賴清德指出，這一萬元怎麼使用，由每個人、每個家庭自己決定，可以拿來支付孩子的教育費，可以照顧長輩，可以減輕家庭負擔，也可以增加消費、支持在地店家及百工百業。並特別強調，普發現金納入整體預算後，明年度總預算仍然維持收支平衡，債務淨額沒有增加。
除了普發外，還有哪些政策
除了普發現金，政府明年還將推動「台灣人口對策新戰略家庭支持篇」，整體預算達 3,730 億元，其中 0 到 18 歲成長津貼已編入總預算，民眾可直接領取。
國防預算部分，明年整體國防預算將首度突破兆元，達 1 兆 1,225 億元，超過 GDP 的 3%。另外，政府也將啟動修法，未來 8 年增加 1,000 億元協助中小微企業轉型升級，並編列 7,288 億元推動公共建設，其中均衡台灣計畫編列 1,472 億元。
相關報導：賴清德就職總統兩週年談話：拒絕九二共識！2千億預算對策台灣少子化
國民黨、民眾黨批評：賴清德政策雙標
對於賴清德宣布明年普發 1 萬，國民黨文傳會主委陳以信表示，國民黨 5 月就已提出普發 1 萬元的國民支援金，相關提案也已在立法院一讀。他質疑，5 月時行政院強調財政紀律，主張預算應優先用於國防、重大建設及還債，如今 2,357 億元卻從財政負擔變成 AI 紅利。
國民黨立法院黨團書記長林沛祥則說，錢發給人民當然支持，但人民有權詢問普發 1 萬元的法源依據，以及為何今年不發要拖到明年。
民眾黨主席黃國昌則在臉書發文表示，去年在野黨推動普發現金 1 萬元時，賴總統與行政院長卓榮泰都曾批評普發現金對國家無助益，如今政府卻自己宣布明年普發 1 萬元，他認為「雙標」的程度令人無法接受。
圖源：黃國昌臉書貼文　民眾黨主席批評：賴清德普發政策雙標
時代力量黨主席：反對普發，應拿去蓋社宅
時代力量黨主席、前立委王婉瑜也維持一貫立場，她在臉書發文批評該政策，認為不論由誰提出、發放多少金額，她都反對普發現金，並指出這已是近 4 年來第 3 次全民普發。
王婉瑜認為，2,357 億元的經費足以興建約 8 萬 4 千戶社會住宅，相較之下更能改善年輕人的居住問題，也可用於提升公部門薪資與交通建設。
她強調，這些投資雖然不如現金入帳那樣立即有感，但長期而言更能成為台灣社會的資產，因此她主張把稅收用於長遠且能改變生活的公共建設，而非一次性現金發放。
圖源：王婉瑜臉書貼文（部分截圖）　時代力量黨主席：反對普發，應拿去蓋社宅
學者：若普發常態化，應搭配排富與弱勢加碼
中央大學經濟系教授吳大任則向《聯合新聞網》表示，普發 1 萬對高所得者影響有限，但對月薪約 3 萬元的低所得家庭而言，相當於增加約三分之一月薪，在經濟成長呈現 K 型分化的情況下，普發現金仍具有所得移轉與財富重分配效果。
他指出，近年台灣經濟成長主要由 AI 相關電子業帶動，但服務業吸納約 700 萬名就業人口，遠高於 AI 電子業約百萬人的規模，許多勞工未必明顯受惠於這波成長。
吳大任認為，若普發現金金額適度，1 萬元大致仍屬合理水準，但金額過高恐排擠公共建設等其他重要支出。
但他也建議，若未來考慮讓普發現金常態化，應搭配更完整的制度設計，例如加入排富條款，並針對經濟弱勢家庭加碼補貼，將稅收進一步投入表現較弱的服務業與傳統產業，才能讓 AI 紅利真正擴散到更多家庭與產業，而不只是停留在一次性現金發放。
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NVIDIA will invest up to $105 billion to help OpenAI build data centers.
AI giants are breaking ground on construction! OpenAI announced that chipmaker NVIDIA has pledged up to $105 billion in financial support for the construction of a massive data center campus in Pike County, Ohio, which will be leased by OpenAI under a future contract.
This collaboration is one of the largest infrastructure financing commitments NVIDIA has made to date. Under the plan, OpenAI will obtain a massive computing capacity of about 8 GW through this project, with the first phase of 800 MW expected to come online for operations in 2028.

Fake 1080p and Blu-ray movie files that actually hide malware
With the release of Christopher Nolan’s new film (The Odyssey), hackers have also begun using the film’s popularity to spread malware. Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has found that multiple download files disguised as pirated copies of (The Odyssey) are already appearing online; their actual content is the Lumma Stealer trojan, designed to steal passwords, browser data, and information from cryptocurrency wallets.
Researchers found that the malicious files intentionally use common pirated movie tags such as “1080p,” “2160p,” “WEBRip,” “Blu-ray,” and “H264,” causing users to believe they are downloading high-definition movies. Some file names even include common Torrent keywords like EZTV to improve their credibility.

Goldman Sachs believes the Fed is “highly unlikely” to raise rates in September. If U.S. interest-rate policy stays unchanged or even turns toward easing, it could become an important tailwind for Bitcoin, which has recently been caught in a narrow trading range.
Based on CoinGecko market data, Bitcoin is currently around $63,366, up 0.5% over the past 24 hours. However, since early July, Bitcoin has consistently lacked a clear direction and has been trading sideways in the $62,000 to $66,000 range for more than a month.
(Bloomberg) reported that Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius told clients that a recent string of weak economic data—including retail sales indicators reflecting consumer conditions and employment data—together with slowing inflation, has prompted Goldman Sachs to further reduce its estimate for the probability of a September rate hike.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced that in order to comply with the EU’s sanctions against Russia, it will fully stop processing funds transfers involving a range of cryptocurrency trading platforms and service providers. The list includes 16 entities in total, such as HTX.
Among the entities on this blacklist, most are small platforms with sluggish trading volumes and relatively limited recognition. However, it is surprising that the exchange HTX—led by Justin Sun, the founder of TRON (formerly known as Huobi)—is also included on the list.
According to Binance, it must comply with the regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions where it operates. The relevant measures are intended to meet local laws and to maintain a safe and reliable trading environment for users and their assets.

Countdown to shutdown begins; employees and users publicly demand an explanation of where the funds went.
The shutdown process of cryptocurrency exchange BitMart has continued to deteriorate. What was originally planned as an orderly liquidation has increasingly seen users’ withdrawals being blocked, employees demanding unpaid wages, and internal disputes within management. BitMart’s official Chinese X account published an open letter on August 17, requiring founder Sheldon Xia and his partner Nancy (Yi) Li to publicly explain the platform’s assets, liabilities, available reserves, and users’ fund status by August 19, and to propose a concrete repayment plan.
Source of image: X/@BitMart_zh BitMart’s official Chinese X account published an open letter on August 17, requesting that founder Sheldon Xia and his partner Nancy Li explain publicly by August 19.

Machi Big Brother has significantly increased his bets again, with his Ether long position rising to 4,290 coins
The high-leverage Ether trading by Taiwanese entertainer and cryptocurrency investor “Machi Big Brother” Huang Licheng (Jeffrey Huang) has once again undergone a major change. According to the latest Hyperliquid account data, as of the evening of August 17, Huang Licheng holds about 4,290 Ether long positions, using 25x leverage. The position’s notional value is approximately US$8.183 million, with an average entry price of about US$1,894.8.
Source: HyperDash Huang Licheng holds about 4,290 Ether long positions, using 25x leverage. The position’s notional value is approximately US$8.183 million, with an average entry price of about US$1,894.8.

“Everything is broken—Bitcoin is burning.” This quote comes from Calle, the core developer of a Bitcoin cybersecurity red team. He shared this work on X (Decrypt has also compiled it): a volunteer group called Bitcoin Red Team uses open-source code that leverages China’s AI models to scan Bitcoin ecosystems at large scale. Within a short time, it turned up thousands of vulnerabilities, exposing old code that had gone years without scrutiny.
Nearly 5,000 vulnerabilities: 85 critical, 635 high risk
This team is led by developers using the pseudonym Calle (@callebtc). Their approach combines AI tools with human re-review. They primarily use Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 from China, along with another Chinese model, GLM 5.2, and they also benchmark against models from OpenAI and Anthropic. In August 2026, the team reported a total of 4,962 findings across 390 projects: 85 were classified as critical, and 635 as high risk (this is statistics at a specific point in time; as scanning continues, the numbers are still rising, and some reports have already been updated to more than 7,900 items). Calle said the developers indeed have a large set of real critical and high-risk vulnerabilities on hand, but in line with responsible disclosure principles, they will not publish the affected projects and technical details for now. Among them, software related to the Lightning Network is described as being more fragmented than average because its architecture is complex.

Share price plunges more than 40% in a year; Convano cuts losses and exits Bitcoin
FASTNAIL, a Japanese nail salon brand, and its parent company Convano (TSE: 6574). Last year, after boldly announcing that it would include Bitcoin in its corporate asset reserves, it once sparked a wave of investor enthusiasm and its stock surged dramatically.
However, as the cryptocurrency market has pulled back sharply, as of the time of writing today (8/17), Convano’s share price has crashed to 110 yen—down a cumulative 46.26% compared with a year ago. On August 13, intraday trading even pushed it below the 100-yen level to 99 yen.
Recently, Convano also completed the process of liquidating all its held bitcoins and lost about 300 million yen, effectively declaring the end of this cross-industry experiment in crypto asset reserves—ultimately ending in a disastrous exit after cutting losses.

OCC conditionally approves a trust bank—World Liberty clears a key hurdle
The Trump-family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial ($WLFI) has made major regulatory progress. On August 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a preliminary conditional approval to World Liberty Trust, agreeing to its chartering as a national trust bank, which in the future will be able to provide digital asset custody, issue and redeem USD stablecoins, and related asset conversion services.
This approval is still provisional and conditional; World Liberty has not yet obtained formal authorization to open for business. The OCC clearly requires the bank to complete all pre-opening conditions in order to obtain final approval and begin operations officially. Before then, the regulatory authorities may still revise, suspend, or revoke this approval depending on the actual circumstances.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) of Japan announced that it will use blockchain technology to improve the settlement speed of Japanese government bond trading. In the past, traditional settlement processes often took anywhere from 1 to 3 days; in the future, it is hoped that blockchain can enable “24/7, year-round” real-time delivery.
In the traditional financial system, settlement and clearing of government bonds typically takes 1 to 3 business days. To break through efficiency bottlenecks, Mitsubishi UFJ is working on a proof of concept and plans to conduct on-chain testing via the enterprise-grade blockchain network Canton in order to speed up settlement.

Coldcard vulnerability exploited on a large scale; more than 8,600 addresses affected
The Coldcard hardware wallet explosion—an ongoing large-scale asset theft incident continues to unfold. A recent study by Galaxy Research indicates that the attackers exploited a seed-generation vulnerability affecting some Coldcard devices, and used it to derive the private keys of a large number of impacted wallets. It has already been confirmed that at least 1,778.84 BTC ($BTC) have been stolen, involving more than 8,600 addresses. Based on the Bitcoin price during the incident period, total losses may have already surpassed $150 million.
Image source: Galaxy. The attacker exploited a seed-generation vulnerability in some Coldcard devices, and derived the private keys of impacted wallets in large quantities. It has now been confirmed that at least 1,778.84 BTC were stolen

Crypto wallet SafePal hit with personal data breach, nearly 40,000 customers affected
Recently, multiple cryptocurrency wallet providers have reported data breach incidents. The crypto wallet provider SafePal, which was once invested in by Binance, confirmed in a public announcement yesterday (8/16) that a plug-in used to track customer orders had an authorization vulnerability, allowing unauthorized parties to access certain customers’ personal data.
According to an internal investigation, the affected parties were customers who placed orders on the SafePal official website during the period from March 2, 2025, to April 11, 2026. A total of 39,798 people had their names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and purchase details exposed.

Apple has broken from its previous strategy; it is rumored that it trained a dedicated AI model for China.
According to a report by Reuters, Apple has trained a dedicated large language model (LLM) for the China market. Three people with knowledge of the matter said that Alibaba provided support during the training process.
This is the first time Apple has trained a China-specific model on its own. Previously, when Apple rolled out generative AI features in the China market, it relied on models provided by local Chinese vendors, because U.S. models such as Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT have not been available for use in China.
Analysts say that in the future, if Apple has its own models, it could gain more control in China's highly competitive market, where local brands such as Huawei are taking market share.

Harvard stops trimming; holds 3.04 million shares of IBIT in Q2
Harvard University’s endowment fund stopped trimming its Bitcoin ETF in the second quarter. The latest regulatory filings show that Harvard Management Company, which manages the endowment fund, as of June 30 still held 3,044,612 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). The number of shares remained exactly the same as in the first quarter, and the market value at quarter-end was approximately US$101.4 million.
This change has drawn market attention mainly because Harvard previously reduced its Bitcoin ETF holdings for two consecutive quarters. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the fund trimmed its position by about 21%, and in the first quarter this year it cut it sharply by another 43%, bringing its IBIT holdings down to roughly 3.04 million shares. After entering the second quarter, Harvard did not continue selling or increase its stake, maintaining the allocation level as of the end of the first quarter.

Stripe to acquire OpenRouter; deal reportedly agreed at more than $7 billion
A U.S. financial payments giant, Stripe, has reportedly officially reached an agreement to buy the new startup OpenRouter—described as an “AI transit hub”—for more than $7 billion.
(Bloomberg) Citing sources familiar with the matter, it said that just months after OpenRouter reportedly began raising funds at a $1.3 billion valuation for this acquisition, the acquisition price is now far higher than the valuation—fully demonstrating the strong market demand for companies seeking the most cost-effective AI solutions.
If true, this acquisition will help Stripe, which began as a payments company, secure an even more solid strategic foothold in the rapidly growing AI industry.

Trump to meet crypto giants on August 19, with the SEC and CFTC chairs attending in tandem
The U.S. crypto market structure legislation has entered a critical juncture again. According to a report by Bloomberg, U.S. President Trump is expected to meet with senior executives from multiple cryptocurrency, prediction market, and fintech companies on August 19 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House. Attendees include representatives from Coinbase, Ripple, Chainlink, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Paradigm, Kalshi, and others. Some reports also indicate that Kraken, Gemini, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and Nasdaq have been invited.

Crypto cybersecurity lights up red again! On Thursday, well-known cold wallet maker Trezor confirmed that a system breach at its partner logistics provider, ShipMonk, led to the leakage of confidential personal information for nearly 14,000 customers.
According to Trezor, a total of 11,742 customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, and delivery addresses were fully leaked; in addition, another 1,947 customers’ names, residential cities, and emails were also exposed. Those affected total nearly 14,000 people, spanning multiple countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, and Portugal.

Bitcoin reserve companies may be removed from mainstream indexes. According to a report by The Block, index provider MSCI has proposed a new classification approach that could remove companies such as Strategy (MSTR) and Metaplanet from its global indexes. JPMorgan estimates that simply removing Strategy from the MSCI index could trigger passive outflows of about $2.8 billion. In response, Strategy has publicly rebutted the proposal.
New screening mechanism: “Non-operating companies” face five financial tests
MSCI has designed a two-step screening process for “non-operating companies.” First, it checks whether the asset structure contains sufficient operating assets. If it fails that test, it then reviews five financial ratios, including: operating assets are less than 20% of total assets; operating expenses are less than 5% of total assets; operating cash flow is negative; changes in fair value of non-operating items exceed 5% of total assets; and capital dependence exceeds 20%. If at least four of these are triggered, the company is classified as non-operating. The companies named this time—potentially at risk of being removed from the MSCI ACWI IMI Index—include Strategy, Metaplanet, and uranium company Yellow Cake, along with three others such as SharpLink placed under observation. MSCI emphasized that only “sustained changes in business structure” would trigger reclassification, and a one-time failure to meet the criteria would not count. The consultation period runs until September 30, and the results are expected to be announced as early as October 16. Chain News previously reported in January this year that MSCI had decided to keep MicroStrategy in the index; now it has restarted this review.

The impact of generative AI on the content industry may be spreading beyond online articles, images, and videos into the traditional publishing market.
Venture capital firm a16z recently used the quite direct term “Bookslop” to describe the AI-generated books that are rapidly flooding Amazon’s self-publishing market.
More notably, these works aren’t just being produced in large quantities with little interest: books containing text that can be detected as AI-generated now account for about 40% of the sales volume in the research sample observations.
A study of 14,000 Amazon self-published novels finds that AI books have already formed a real market
a16z cites a study released in July titled “Generative AI floods and dilutes the market for books.”