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CNT uses blockchain technology to help “carbon neutralization”

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At a critical moment when environmental problems are increasingly affecting human survival, the world recognizes that achieving “carbon neutralization” is a necessary stage to slow down global warming. Statistics show that more than 120 countries and two-thirds of the economies have joined the great transformation of “carbon neutrality”. 

At present, carbon emission trading is considered as an effective tool to deal with climate change with the market mechanism. Through the carbon dioxide emission quota of the main greenhouse gas, government departments can control the total amount of carbon emission quota, so that the emission control enterprises incorporated into the market are limited by the carbon emission quota, and then through the introduction of the trading mechanism, the optimal allocation of resources can be achieved. Therefore, many countries have initiated the eco chain alliance to focus on the application of blockchain in key application scenarios such as carbon trading ecological network. It can be said that blockchain technology has great application value in helping to achieve the goal of carbon neutralization in the future. 

 CNT foundation is establishing carbon trading agreement, a public blockchain system focusing on carbon neutrality and carbon emissions trading. CNT Foundation believes that blockchain technology can better solve the basic contradictions in the carbon emission market. Similarly, carbon emission trading and carbon offset can alleviate the negative problems brought to the external environment by the blockchain POW consensus mechanism.

Through blockchain technology, CNT can establish a traceability application covering the whole supply chain and fully evaluate the carbon footprint of suppliers, so as to judge whether it can be incorporated into its own supply chain system. Enterprises in the supply chain can also collect and analyze their carbon emission performance through traceability data to reduce carbon emission, improve energy efficiency and optimize business to achieve carbon neutralization. 

The application of blockchain traceability can also improve the transparency of industrial chain and supply chain. With transparent and reliable data, enterprises can make effective carbon disclosure and formulate corresponding carbon compensation schemes, so as to realize the real carbon neutral supply chain and negative carbon supply chain.         

Using blockchain and privacy computing technology, information can be verified but invisible. Through the private key signature authorization of the data owner, the data access right can be temporarily opened to specific potential partners, upstream and downstream enterprises and third-party regulators to verify carbon emission related data. All quantifiable carbon emission data can be shared safely in this way.

Once the concerns about enterprise data security are eliminated, carbon emission data can be circulated and shared at the industrial level, and the value of data can be truly unlocked. This will advance the process of achieving the goal of carbon neutrality. 

If we want to reduce greenhouse emissions to avoid two degrees of temperature rise and even worse climate change, we need to make fundamental technological innovation. Although emission trading markets are potential solutions, they must be improved in order to achieve a certain degree of meaningful emission reduction in market efficiency and scale. Although blockchain technology can theoretically improve these markets, suitable networks that can promote this market transformation have not been developed. In addition, the blockchain network (the most popular blockchain in the past) does not have a design to reduce the impact on the environment. Therefore, in the spirit of decentralization and sustainability, carbon trading agreement has developed into a blockchain carbon sink trading network with carbon neutralization as the core. 

By enabling the carbon trading agreement, the customers on the network will contribute to their carbon neutralization through their transaction fees. The transaction fees are concentrated to purchase real and verifiable carbon sink assets, and then offset the carbon trace of the carbon trading agreement, so as to ensure their de neutralization, carbon trading, carbon neutralization and carbon asset storage. The process is transparent and supervised by various stakeholders in community governance, including CNT holders, verifier nodes and elected committee members, who are encouraged to maintain the security and reliability of the network.

Realizing “carbon neutralization” is one of the major trends in the future. As a new generation of subversive core technology after steam engine, power and Internet, blockchain’s unique personality will play a key role in the carbon trading market. Through the application of blockchain technology, the scale of the global carbon trading market may exceed trillion dollars in the near future. It can be said that there is still a lot of room for development.

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OSL Lists State-Supervised Gold-Backed Stablecoin USDKG as Platform Expands Asia’s Digital Asset Ecosystem

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HONG KONG – USDKG, the gold-backed stablecoin issued by the Kyrgyz Republic, today announced its official listing on OSL HK, the Hong Kong-licensed digital asset exchange of global stablecoin payment and trading platform OSL Group. The milestone marks a significant step for the state-supervised, asset-backed digital currency as it enters one of the world’s most established licensed virtual asset markets.

Link: https://www.osl.com/hk-en/announcement/new-listing-on-osl-hk-gold-dollar-usdkg

Pegged 1:1 to the U.S. Dollar and fully backed by physical gold reserves, USDKG is now accessible to professional investors through OSL’s institutional-grade infrastructure. The initial trading pair USDKG/USDT is now available to professional investors across OSL HK’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform.

The listing of USDKG aligns with OSL’s commitment to contribute to the development of a secure and compliant digital asset ecosystem in Asia and beyond. It also expands USDKG’s reach into new markets through a regulated platform aligned with institutional standards, supporting its use in cross-border settlement and broader financial applications.

Jason Liu, Global Exchange COO of OSL, said: “OSL is dedicated to providing investors with access to regulated, innovative assets. The listing of USDKG not only enriches OSL’s product offerings for the market, but also strengthens its compliant stablecoin ecosystem, as the introduction of a state-backed, compliant digital asset further underscores OSL’s credibility and leadership within the industry.”

Biibolot Mamytov, CEO of Gold Dollar (USDKG), said: “This listing represents an important milestone for USDKG as we enter one of the most established and highly regulated digital asset markets globally. Hong Kong is widely regarded as the gold standard for digital asset regulation, and working with OSL reflects our focus on transparency, gold-backed reserves, and institutional-grade infrastructure.”

About USDKG

USDKG is issued by OJSC Virtual Asset Issuer, a state-owned entity under Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Finance, with an initial issuance of $50 million backed by physical gold reserves audited by Kreston Global. The stablecoin is deployed on Ethereum and TRON, with smart contract audits conducted by ConsenSys Diligence.

The token is already accessible through decentralized exchanges, including Curve and Uniswap, and supported by major wallets such as Ledger Live, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, and TronLink. The stablecoin is fully compliant with FATF KYC/AML standards and is designed to facilitate financial inclusion and efficient cross-border value transfer.

With this listing, Kyrgyzstan continues to position itself as a regional first-mover in regulated, asset-backed digital currencies, bridging traditional finance and blockchain infrastructure while maintaining full sovereign oversight and public accountability.

About OSL Group

OSL Group (HKEX: 863) is a global stablecoin payment and trading platform that strives to provide compliant and efficient digital financial infrastructure services globally, empowering enterprises, financial institutions and individuals to seamlessly exchange, pay, trade, and settle between fiat and digital currencies. Grounded in the core values of Open, Secure, and Licensed, it is committed to building a more efficient ecosystem that connects global markets and enables instant, seamless and compliant value movement worldwide. For media inquiries, please contact: media@osl.com.

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General Compute Launches the First ASIC-Native Neocloud

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General Compute has opened its production inference cluster to developers building agent applications, running SambaNova SN40 and SN50 dataflow silicon that posts the fastest independently benchmarked speeds on the MiniMax M2.7 model family.

San Francisco, California, United States, 22nd May 2026 – General Compute today announced the general availability of General Compute Cloud, the first ASIC-native neocloud purpose-built for the next generation of autonomous AI development tools. Where existing neoclouds rack incumbent GPUs, General Compute has designed its serving stack around its inference-optimized ASICs.

Unlike traditional cloud platforms designed around human operators clicking through dashboards, General Compute Cloud is also the first major cloud to treat AI agents as first-class users. Coding agents can complete the entire onboarding flow themselves, creating an account, claiming the launch credit, and retrieving a working API key, without requiring a developer to step in. The result: a developer can ask their AI agent to “switch its inference to General Compute,” and minutes later be looking at running infrastructure they never had to provision by hand.

Agentic workloads issue dozens or hundreds of model calls per task, which means even small per-token gains compound into dramatic differences in developer experience and unit economics. By optimizing the silicon, runtime, and API surface for inference rather than retrofitting general-purpose accelerators, General Compute aims to push down both first-token latency and sustained token throughput on the open and frontier models developers use most.

Agent-native signup is supported out of the box. When invoked through OpenCode, OpenClaw, or any compatible client, the agent can complete account creation, verify the workspace, claim launch credit, and return a scoped API key back to the developer’s environment — turning what was historically a multi-step onboarding into a single natural-language instruction.

“Our goal is simple: we want General Compute to be the fastest inference provider on the market, and we want to ship the fastest inference API any developer or AI agent can call,” said Jason Goodison, CTO and co-founder of General Compute. “Optimizing the silicon is how we get there. The $200 in launch credit is our way of inviting builders, and their agents, to put us up against anyone else and see the numbers for themselves.”

General Compute Cloud is available immediately to customers globally at generalcompute.com. The launch credit is automatically applied to new accounts created between May 20 and May 27, 2026. OpenCode and OpenClaw users can begin a General Compute session directly from within their agent by asking it to “sign me up for GeneralCompute.com”

About General Compute

General Compute is the first ASIC-native neocloud, building custom inference silicon and the cloud platform that runs on it. The company’s stated goal is to operate the fastest inference provider and the fastest inference API for AI agents and the developers who deploy them. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco, General Compute is backed by leading technology investors. Learn more at generalcompute.com.
 

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Post Oak Group Reports Middle Market Emerging as the Strong Segment of 2026 M&A

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Post Oak Group, recently named the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, is reporting a meaningful acceleration in transaction activity across the middle market

Houston, Texas, United States, 22nd May 2026 – As broader M&A markets continue to navigate shifting macroeconomic conditions, interest rate normalization, and evolving buyer behavior, the middle market has emerged as the strongest and most active segment of dealmaking in 2026. Post Oak Group, recently named the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, is reporting a meaningful acceleration in transaction activity across the middle market, a trend the firm sees as reshaping the broader M&A landscape heading into the second half of the year.

While large-cap M&A has remained selective and mega-deal volume has been uneven, the middle market is demonstrating a level of consistency, resilience, and deal momentum that distinguishes it as the most reliable segment of the 2026 cycle. Founders, family-owned businesses, sponsor-backed companies, and institutional buyers are all returning to the table with renewed conviction, driving a broad-based resurgence in middle-market deal activity.

Post Oak Group, a leading middle-market investment bank headquartered in Houston, Texas, attributes this strength to several converging dynamics:

 

A Narrowing Bid-Ask Spread

After two years of valuation disconnects between buyers and sellers, expectations are aligning. Sellers have adjusted to the current rate environment, and buyers, particularly private equity, family offices, and strategic acquirers, are showing increased willingness to transact at levels that work for both sides. This is one of the most significant unlocks for middle-market deal flow in 2026.

 

Renewed Buyer Appetite Across Multiple Channels

Private equity firms with record levels of dry powder are deploying capital aggressively into the middle market, where competition for high-quality assets remains intense but more rational than during the 2021 peak. At the same time, family offices have emerged as a dominant force, often outcompeting traditional sponsors on founder-led deals where cultural fit, longer hold periods, and operational alignment matter as much as price.

 

Strategic Acquirers Returning to the Table

Corporate buyers are increasingly active in the middle market as they pursue tuck-in acquisitions, sector consolidation, and capability-driven deals. With many large public companies focused on disciplined growth, the middle market has become a primary source of strategic optionality.

 

Sector Breadth Driving Sustained Activity

Unlike prior cycles concentrated in a handful of sectors, 2026 middle-market activity is broad-based, spanning industrial services, healthcare services, energy transition, business services, technology-enabled services, and consumer-driven verticals. This diversification is one of the key reasons the segment is proving more durable than the broader M&A market.

 

A Shift Toward Quality and Certainty

Buyers and sellers alike are placing a premium on certainty to close, disciplined diligence, and well-prepared processes. This favors middle-market transactions, where senior-led advisory, structured execution, and relationship-driven dealmaking continue to outperform.

As the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, Post Oak Group has been at the center of this resurgence, advising founders, shareholders, and institutional clients across complex M&A and capital markets transactions throughout 2026. The firm’s partner-led model, institutional-grade execution, and deep sector coverage have positioned it as a trusted advisor in a market environment where preparation, precision, and process integrity are more important than ever.

“The middle market has consistently demonstrated its ability to perform across cycles, and 2026 is proving to be one of its strongest years in recent memory,” said David Chua, Managing Partner of Mergers & Acquisitions at Post Oak Group. “We are seeing renewed confidence from buyers, recalibrated expectations from sellers, and a meaningful expansion in transaction activity across nearly every sector we cover.”

“What makes this cycle different is the breadth of activity,” Chua added. “Founders are coming to market with stronger businesses, sponsors are deploying capital with greater discipline, and strategic acquirers are returning in force. The middle market is where most of the meaningful dealmaking is happening right now, and we expect that momentum to continue through the back half of the year.”

 

About Post Oak Group

The Post Oak Group is a prominent middle-market investment bank headquartered in Houston, Texas. As the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, the firm advises founders, shareholders, and institutional investors across M&A advisory and capital markets transactions. With approximately 300 professionals, a leadership team representing more than 250 years of combined investment banking experience, and more than $82 billion in completed transactions across 12 countries, Post Oak Group combines institutional-quality execution with senior-led, partner-driven engagement across industrial services, healthcare, energy, business services, technology-enabled services, and consumer sectors.

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