Odaily Planet Daily reports that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to US Senator Bernie Sanders' call to halt the construction of large data centers for AI. Vitalik stated that there is merit to the discussion of "slowing down" AI development, but he believes a more valuable solution than a simple pause is to build a "pause button" capability—the ability to reduce available computing power by 90%–99% within 1–2 years at a more critical time in the future. He also believes a distinction should be made between hyperscale computing clusters and consumer-grade AI hardware, favoring a slower pace and more decentralized development, but pointed out that related regulatory measures could be easily circumvented, potentially failing to effectively achieve the goal.

According to Coingecko data, the total market capitalization of tokenized gold assets has surpassed $4.2 billion, representing a growth of approximately 147% in the past six months. Tether's XAUT has a market capitalization of approximately $2.24 billion, and Paxos' PAXG has a market capitalization of approximately $1.5 billion, together accounting for about 89% of the market share. Each XAUT and PAXG token is backed 1:1 by physical gold reserves.

According to official news from Odaily Planet Daily, OKX has launched a special "Trial Card Gifting" feature for VIP members. Starting today, VIP members can generate a unique invitation code to gift a "7-day VIP 1 Trial Card" to a friend. Once activated, the friend will enjoy the same core VIP benefits, including preferential transaction fees, exclusive earning rates, cryptocurrency accumulation tools, higher trading limits, and dedicated customer service, among nine other benefits. Each VIP member is automatically entitled to gift two trial cards, and the usage status of invitation codes can be viewed in real-time within their account.

According to an official announcement, Gate US launched spot trading of TheoriqAI (THQ) and Magma Finance (MAGMA) on December 17th at 15:00 (UTC+8).

According to a report by the Financial Times on December 17th, Amazon is in talks with OpenAI for a potential investment deal exceeding $10 billion, which could include the use of Amazon's Trainium AI chips and its data center services, further boosting OpenAI's valuation to over $500 billion. This deal builds on a previous seven-year, $38 billion server lease agreement between OpenAI and Amazon, highlighting its trend towards cloud service diversification following its restructuring relationship with Microsoft. Negotiations are currently in the early stages.