● NVIDIA announced that its generative AI engine DGX GH200 has been put into mass production and can support the training of large AI models with trillions of parameters
NVIDIA founder and CEO Huang Renxun announced in his speech at NVIDIA Computex 2023 that the generative AI engine NVIDIA DGX GH200 is now in mass production. According to NVIDIA's official website, NVIDIA DGX GH200 is a new AI supercomputer that fully connects 256 NVIDIA Grace Hopper superchips into a single GPU, supporting the training of trillion-parameter AI models. (China Securities Network)
● Optimism institutional investors will unlock 73 million OP this Wednesday, and the current floating profit has exceeded 6 times
According to Lookonchain analysis, Layer 2 solution Optimism raised three rounds of funding from institutional investors before issuing tokens, including Paradigm, IDEO CoLab Ventures, and a16z. These institutions raised a total of $178.5 million from Optimism and received 730 million OPs (17% of the total) in return, with the floating profit of institutional investors being about 6.6 times. At 8:00 on May 31, 154,618,822.65 OPs will be unlocked, of which 73 million will belong to institutional investors.
● Tabi, the NFT market on BNB Chain, completed a $10 million angel round of financing, with Binance Labs and others participating
Tabi (formerly Treasureland), an NFT market on BNB Chain, has completed a $10 million angel round of financing. Investors include Binance Labs, Animoca Brands, Draper Dragon, HashKey Capital, Infinity Crypto Ventures and Youbi Capital. Individual investors include Feng Bo (Dragonfly), Riyad AD (Saudi Arabia) and Suji Yan (Mask Network). (Cointelegraph)
● Binance and the Southern University of Argentina collaborate to launch blockchain-related courses
Binance launched a blockchain-related course program at the Universidad Austral Business School in Argentina. The first training of the program lasted five months and covered the basic principles of blockchain and cryptocurrency, decentralization, Web 3.0, the metaverse, trading, and risk management. (Forbes)
● Bali to crack down on foreign tourists using cryptocurrencies for payment
Bali will crack down on foreign tourists who use cryptocurrencies as a means of payment in hotels, restaurants, tourist destinations, shopping malls and other places. Bali Governor Wayan Koster said, "Foreign tourists who behave improperly, engage in activities not allowed in visa permits, use cryptocurrencies as a means of payment, and violate other regulations will be dealt with firmly. Severe measures include deportation, administrative sanctions, criminal penalties, closure of business premises and other severe sanctions." (Planet Daily)
● Biden: The United States will not completely abolish the debt ceiling, and will study whether the debt ceiling needs to be set annually
The White House said the debt ceiling will be suspended until January 1, 2025. Later, in response to a reporter's question, US President Biden said that the United States would not completely abolish the debt ceiling. This statement was made after he announced that he had reached a final agreement with House Speaker McCarthy on raising the debt ceiling. When a reporter asked if he thought the United States should completely abolish the debt ceiling, Biden replied: "No, I think abolishing the debt ceiling will cause more controversy." But Biden added that he would study "whether it is necessary to use the 14th Amendment in the next year or two to decide whether the debt ceiling needs to be set every year." (Jin Shi)
● Russia abandons plans to create a national cryptocurrency exchange and instead focuses on developing relevant regulations
Russia is no longer moving forward with plans to create a national cryptocurrency exchange, instead focusing on developing rules that would allow private companies to set up such exchanges. On May 29, Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State Duma’s Financial Markets Committee, revealed that these exchanges will be regulated by local regulations. Related reports suggest that these exchanges will be regulated by the Russian Central Bank, which will introduce new regulations for the operation of these exchanges by the end of this year. (Crypto Slate)
