ChainCatcher message, to promote the practical application of industries such as artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, and new infrastructure, and to cultivate the development of a trillion-level emerging industry, GBFA will hold the "Asia Digital Economy Investment Forum" in Shenzhen on September 27, 2024.At that time, representatives from well-known companies such as Shenzhen Capital Group, Dachen Venture Capital, SoftBank China, Goldman Sachs Asia, Microsoft, Hugging Face, and senior experts in the fields of AI and digital technology will be present to discuss the hotspots of artificial intelligence technology and the Web3 industry, exploring the future of new economic development.This forum will feature an investment forum and a high-quality project exhibition area, aiming to promote effective connections between policies, capital, and projects, and to drive the implementation of relevant achievements. The forum will focus on the latest hotspots, situations, and opportunities in the fields of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and big data, and will conduct in-depth analysis of the current landscape and future trends of cutting-edge technology finance. Through this top-notch exchange of ideas, we will embrace a new wave of the digital economy industry. This forum is co-sponsored by Jiezhi Computing as the title sponsor, along with GBFA Global Blockchain Fund Alliance, FINWEX, Chainfir Capital, FIBONACCI, BEAT BEE, and BUDAO LABS.

ChainCatcher news, AINN Layer2 has upgraded its brand to "AILayer," focusing on integrating AI technology with Bitcoin Layer2. This upgrade strengthens its unique position in the AI+Web3 field. It is reported that AILayer has served dozens of AI+Web3 ecological projects, with mainnet staking users exceeding 100,000 and a TVL of over 600 million USD.AILayer is committed to providing the highest quality underlying infrastructure and development for the AI+Web3 field through advanced Bitcoin Layer2 technology. It promotes the deep integration of Web3 technology and artificial intelligence, as well as widespread adoption globally. It accelerates the arrival of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), making AILayer a model for the combination of AI and Bitcoin technology.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain published an article on its official website, making the following commitments to the Web3 community: openness, multi-chain capabilities, empowering creators and innovators, permissionless and permanently decentralized.In the article, BNB Chain also summarized its achievements for 2023:By the end of 2023, BSC processed 32 million transactions per day, reaching a peak throughput of 2,000 transactions per second. opBNB also set a historical record in the fourth quarter, processing 71 million transactions in a single day, with a rapid throughput of 4,500 transactions per second. In 2023, BNB Chain saw a year-on-year reduction of 85% in total losses due to hacks and fraud.BNB Chain stated that BSC has become one of the most active L1 blockchains, with approximately 1 million DAU. opBNB established itself as the most active L2 by the end of 2023, and it remains the L2 blockchain with the highest DAU so far in 2024.As the third-largest Layer-1 protocol by market capitalization, BSC made impressive progress across multiple metrics in the fourth quarter of 2023, highlighting the vitality and productivity of its ecosystem:The BNB burned gas fees, a key indicator reflecting network activity, increased by 21% between the third and fourth quarters of 2023.Throughout 2023, BSC demonstrated its ability to handle high activity volumes, with daily transactions on the network experiencing a 35% year-on-year growth.The DeFi ecosystem reached a total locked value (TVL) of $4.6 billion by the end of 2023, with DeFi TVL growing 33% year-on-year in the quarter.BNB Chain stated that it focuses on supporting high-frequency DeFi, full-chain gaming, AI + Web3, DePIN, and other fields.

ChainCatcher News, Fred Wilson, a partner at the American venture capital firm USV (Union Square Ventures), released the 2024 outlook: capital markets are steadily rising, the Federal Reserve is holding interest rates steady, inflation is retreating, and a "soft landing" is expected, which is favorable for the innovation economy.The AI field has great innovation potential, and the era of AI applications is approaching, with open-source AI models emerging.New technologies bring legal lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny, with AI and Web3 jointly driving a stronger, more resilient, more trustworthy, and fairer internet.2024 will be a year for regulators and legislators to reach agreements with Web3, leading to an explosion of blockchain technology. - Focus on the issue of global warming, promote energy transition, and build decentralized, modular, and programmable new energy systems.Despite a healthy capital market, the venture capital ecosystem faces challenges, with cautious investors, downsizing of large companies, and difficulties in financing for new companies.

ChainCatcher news, AI+Web3 healthcare technology company Lavita AI announced the completion of a $5 million seed round financing, led by Camford Capital, with participation from a group of angel investors from the blockchain and artificial intelligence sectors. The new funding will be used to accelerate the development of Lavita's AI-first platform and applications aimed at patients, healthcare providers, and research institutions.It is reported that Lavita AI is a decentralized health data peer-to-peer marketplace platform based on the Theta Network, designed to enable patients to control their health with the support of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and privacy protection technologies. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the official Twitter of the metaverse sandbox game project MetaverseX announced the AI+Web3 roadmap, which will test and integrate the ChatGPT-supported AI robot Kryptal later this month. It will also support the Xiaohongshu metaverse creation ecosystem, working together to create a metaverse AI interaction experience based on AIGC technology, enabling smooth communication between AI robots and users as well as intelligent guidance processes.It is reported that MetaverseX is a decentralized virtual world sandbox creation game where anyone can own virtual land in the sandbox world, design and create various buildings and virtual items, and realize the auction trading and exchange of virtual items through blockchain NFT tokens. (Source link)