Zoom has partnered with Sam Altman's World to launch a feature detecting real participants versus AI deepfakes during video calls. This aims to combat increasing deepfake fraud, with verification options for hosts and participants.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure urged for greater use of euro-pegged stablecoins and active involvement from European banks to enhance competitiveness in the digital asset market, highlighting the need for deposit tokens to bridge traditional finance and blockchain technology.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure advocates for euro-denominated stablecoins and urges banks to consider tokenized deposits, supporting the Qivalis alliance's plans for a euro-pegged stablecoin by 2026 to counter U.S. digital payment dominance. This signals a shift from previous French policies against private stablecoins.

The Cato Institute criticizes U.S. bitcoin tax policies for complicating transactions and hindering adoption. They propose reforms like eliminating capital gains taxes on small crypto payments and increasing exemption thresholds for better usability.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged the Trump administration to communicate directly with China on AI development, emphasizing cooperation over isolation. He highlighted China's chip production and advocated for a global AI model based on American technology, warning against dividing the open-source ecosystem.

Gate News message: On April 13, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis posted on social media, saying that the previous administration caused a flight of the digital asset industry. She emphasized that now is the time to set clear regulatory rules for the digital asset industry, welcome it back to the U.S., and urged that the Clarity Act be passed as soon as possible.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responds to the Molotov cocktail attack, admits he underestimated the societal impact of AI-related anxiety, calls for democratizing technology, and acknowledges mistakes in corporate governance, reiterating his refusal to comply with Elon Musk’s demands for control of OpenAI to ensure the company develops independently.

Gate News message, April 10, Denis Beau, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, called for limiting the use of stablecoins in payments under the framework of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA), especially stablecoins pegged to currencies other than the euro. French regulators are strengthening oversight of crypto assets from multiple directions.

Bittensor co-founder Jacob Steeves responded to Covenant AI’s exit from the network, proposing to restart the subnet governance mechanism and bring in community votes to elect the team. He believes this is an opportunity to redefine the subnet’s form and criticized Covenant AI’s founder’s decision-making.

The Democratic Party of Korea plans to regulate tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins in the soon-to-be enacted “Framework Act on Digital Assets.” The proposal would require issuers to deposit assets with a trustee-managed trust institution, and classify stablecoins as a means of payment, subject to oversight by foreign exchange regulators. The bill bans earnings from idle stablecoins and calls for the development of interoperable technical standards, aiming to improve market transparency and safety. This marks an important step forward for South Korea’s digital asset regulation.