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SoftBank Focuses On The Layout Of The Metaverse With AOS To Create A Brand-New Future
Recently, Softbank Ventures Asia publicly announced that it has begun to focus on Metaverse and invested in the AOS project. It will cooperate with AOS to connect and integrate more Metaverses in AI, NFT, robotics, and other fields, and carry the development of large-scale killer applications.
The enthusiastic investment in Metaverse has not subsided, but it has risen again. The technology giants have all entered the Metaverse. Facebook plans to fully transform into Metaverse before 2025, and will set up a product team to accelerate investment in VR/AR and the creator community; Bytedance, which has always believed in Striving for Miracles, merged Mutong Technology for 4 billion USD, and begin to lay out the Metaverse; Axie Infinity builds NFT games based on the Metaverse, subverting the traditional game mode and becoming a phenomenon-level game product; miHOYO, the developer of “Genshin Impact”, formed an AI scientist inverse entropy team, and self-developed Avatar Luming to explore the brain-computer interface. Through investment, miHOYO has successfully deployed the social Metaverse Soul; the Internet industry is renewing and iterating rapidly, and companies need to attach importance to meet unknown concepts and challenges or be left behind by the times.
In the Metaverse era, everything has virtual avatars. The concept of Metaverse seems to be still in the mist today, but the prelude to the new era has been opened, and it is closer than you think.
The popularization of the term Metaverse was cited from the novel Avalanche by American science fiction writer Neil Stephenson in 1992. In his book, he used the word Metaverse for the first time without foundation and described it as a parallel universe projected from the real world through technical means such as the Internet. However, anyone who has watched the movie “Ready Player One” by the great director Steven Spielberg should probably understand this concept. Like the “Oasis” in the movie, the company has created a realistic virtual world outside of the real world. Every player in the real world has another identity in the virtual world, establishes another social circle, and leads another life. Although the Metaverse is only a virtual world, its immersion is so vivid that you will think it is the real world and enjoy life in this new world.
AOS (Artificial Intelligence Operating System) is the first operating system developed by Canada Unicorn Park, based on the underlying blockchain technology to connect the Metaverse. By building a Metaverse bridge online, and using robots as an intelligent carrier offline to build an ecosystem between Metaverses and provide a new experience for integration with Metaverse and the real world.
Based on AOS, users could create an AI NFT that has autonomous consciousness and advanced self-learning capability; And it also gets influenced by the distributed personality database on the chain to build character, and gradually complete neural network-style self-learning and improvements. Most of all, the distributed character database is based on the “Book of Changes” and appropriately constructs the character of AI; users can inject their favorite characters, personalities, voices, etc., into their own AI NFT, and tame it to learn more skills. AOS encourages users to integrate more characters and personalities, combined with NFT to create different artistic values. The custom AI itself has NFT attributes. Users can customize the appearance of AI on the network, and can also authorize access to a third-party character customization system, such as specific character images and voices, and third-party NFT star voices and appearances, packaged in the form of NFT used for trading and collection.
AOS connects the first-generation physical carrier, the AI four-wheel driving robot Mars_1 with the Metaverse and the real world, creating a new user experience.
Mars_1 is a highly integrated artificial intelligence robot product. Its appearance is in the form of a four-legged driving robot dog. It adopts an original five-layer motion control technology and several technical indicators are in a leading position in the global industry. Mars_1 has integrated the Internet of Things, 5G, virtual reality/augmented reality, intelligent driving, swarm intelligence, and other technologies. Mars_1 will obey commands and gradually be closer to a dog and then become to a good assistant to humankind.
On the road to the Metaverse, AOS always hopes to leave a strong and colorful stroke in its own way. Connect the Metaverse through AI and map out the experience and lifestyle of the future. For the world that people dream of, high-intelligence AI coupled with linkage with robots will be an indispensable component of this era. As the aboriginal and basic units of the Metaverse, these virtual species based on AOS will continue to establish connections with us beyond human beings in the infinite space and time of the future, transcending the fetters of races.
Sun Zhengyi believes: “We are about to experience the biggest change in human history. AI will eventually replace human beings. This is not only reflected in knowledge but also in intelligence. This change will happen in this century, and then in the next 30 years, there is no doubt that our focus is on AI, intelligent robots, and the IOTs.” Based on this analysis and judgment, SoftBank has frequently carried out large-scale layouts in the fields of AI, intelligent robots, and IOTs. Start from all aspects to create a powerful robot empire. Today, SoftBank’s industries have completed the layout of the future of the new Internet field as Sun Zhengyi said in the past, and completed more than half of the investment of unicorn companies on a global scale, laying a foundation for the subsequent development of the IOTs in the world.
As a world-renowned “Animation Kingdom”, Japan has an irreplaceable influence in the global animation field. After half a century of development, the Japanese animation industry has formed an extremely large system, making Japan the world’s largest animation production and exporting country, and it also around animation IP to derive cultural and creative products, such as GK. With the development of smart technology, they also work hard in the direction of intelligence for GK. Headquartered in Japan, SoftBank has a unique geographical location and is deeply immersed in Japanese IP culture. This collaboration with AOS will further promote the combination of the GK industry and the AIindustry, and provide AOS with a steady stream of IP resources. Users’ favorite characters such as Luffy, Conan, Sailor Moon, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Inuyasha, etc., can inject their image and personality into AI to create your smart figure. Each AI figure is a unique individual, and different parameters also create different expressions and styles. At the same time, when users have more exchanges with AI, they will gradually become familiar with the user’s temper and preferences and adjust their apparent personality in real-time and dynamically making it infinitely close to the form that we want to see eventually.
The product made by a single company is not enough to be called a Metaverse but constitutes an ecological system. With the deep participation of users, if it is successful in collective efforts to build a more interoperable system, and it can be transformed into different layers, then it should be called a Metaverse. AOS is committed to becoming the link between the physical world and the virtual world, as a bridge between various Metaverses to connect the Metaverse and continue to build a new Metaverse ecology. This will be the top priority in the next stage of the development of the Internet after the mobile Internet.
What kind of world will mankind be in the future? SoftBank Asia and AOS have worked together because of the same concept for Metaverse and jointly created such a grand concept, standing at the forefront of the Metaverse economic tide, seizing opportunities, embracing the new future, and believing that with their win-win cooperation, they will give a perfect answer for the world.
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Press Release
Gramercy Networks Announces New Global Ultra-Low Latency Financial Network Connecting Major Trading Hubs
Los Angeles, United States, August 14th, 2026, FinanceWire
New global network backbone will provide high-performance connectivity between five of the world’s key financial markets; Gramercy Networks is now accepting pre-orders from financial institutions and trading firms seeking access to the network.
Gramercy Networks LLC, a global developer of enterprise-grade telecommunications and ultra-low-latency network solutions, today announced plans to develop a new Global Inter-Market Ultra-Low Latency (ULL) Network Backbone connecting major financial markets in New York, London, Dubai, Delhi and Singapore.
The new network is being engineered specifically for the demanding requirements of high-frequency trading firms, quantitative hedge funds, market makers, investment banks and other financial institutions whose businesses depend on fast, reliable and deterministic communications between global financial markets.
Gramercy Networks is also announcing the opening of its pre-order program, enabling prospective customers to reserve capacity and participate in the network’s initial deployment. Early customers will have the opportunity to work with Gramercy Networks to identify priority financial-market destinations, capacity requirements, interfaces and connectivity configurations as the network is developed.
“This project represents the next evolution of Gramercy Networks’ global ultra-low-latency strategy,” said Garret Byrd, Managing Director. “Financial markets are increasingly interconnected, yet firms operating between North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia continue to face significant differences in network performance, route efficiency and reliability. Our objective is to engineer these routes as a unified global network specifically optimized for the requirements of the financial community.”
Connecting Five Strategic Financial Markets
The planned backbone will create a high-performance inter-market network connecting five strategically important financial centers:
New York — Providing connectivity to the greater New York/New Jersey financial ecosystem and key financial data centers serving U.S. equities, fixed income, futures and other markets.
London — Connecting one of the world’s most important centers for foreign exchange, European equities, commodities and international financial services.
Dubai — Establishing a strategic Middle Eastern hub connecting European, Asian and regional financial markets and providing a critical transit point between Western and Asian liquidity centers.
Delhi — Providing connectivity into India’s rapidly expanding financial and digital infrastructure ecosystem and supporting institutional connectivity between India and international financial centers.
Singapore — Connecting a principal Asia-Pacific financial center supporting equities, derivatives, foreign exchange and regional trading activity.
Rather than treating these markets as individual point-to-point connections, Gramercy Networks plans to engineer them as components of an integrated multi-hub global financial network, allowing customers to connect multiple financial centers through a common high-performance infrastructure.
Engineered for Ultra-Low Latency
The network will combine optimized submarine cable systems, terrestrial fiber infrastructure and specialized Content Delivery Network (CDN) technologies to reduce unnecessary physical distance and network-processing delays.
Gramercy Networks will evaluate routes according to their actual physical characteristics rather than relying exclusively on conventional carrier routing. Engineering considerations include fiber distance, cable landing locations, terrestrial rights-of-way, optical regeneration requirements, equipment latency, network hops and the physical paths between major financial data centers.
Where technically and commercially appropriate, the architecture may incorporate dedicated fiber, optical spectrum, high-capacity wavelength services and specialized wireless technologies to further optimize individual network segments.
The objective is straightforward: move financial data between markets over the shortest, fastest and most predictable practical path, and place customer data as close to the customer premises as feasible.
A New Financial Corridor Between West and East
A central objective of the project is to create more efficient connectivity between established Western financial centers and rapidly expanding markets in the Middle East and Asia.
The London–Dubai–Delhi–Singapore corridor will be a particular area of network optimization.
Gramercy Networks believes that continued expansion of financial markets in India, the Gulf region and Southeast Asia is increasing demand for institutional-grade connectivity between these markets and established liquidity centers in London and New York.
The resulting network is intended to support applications including cross-market execution, global market-data distribution, foreign exchange trading, quantitative strategies, risk management, portfolio synchronization and other latency-sensitive financial applications.
Designed for the Global Trading Community
The network is being developed primarily for organizations with demanding international connectivity requirements, including:
- High-frequency and proprietary trading firms
- Quantitative hedge funds
- Global market makers and liquidity providers
- Investment banks and financial institutions
- Global asset managers
- Foreign exchange and commodities trading firms
- Digital-asset market makers and institutional trading platforms
- Market-data and financial technology providers
Customers will be able to engage Gramercy Networks for individual inter-market connections or broader multi-market network configurations connecting several financial centers.
Pre-Orders Now Being Accepted
Gramercy Networks is now accepting pre-orders and expressions of interest for capacity on the new network.
The pre-order program is intended for organizations that anticipate requiring ultra-low-latency connectivity between two or more of the planned markets and want to participate during the network’s development and initial deployment phases.
Early customer engagement will help Gramercy Networks prioritize capacity, data-center connectivity, market destinations and route requirements. Customers with significant capacity or specialized network requirements may also work directly with Gramercy Networks on customized configurations.
Organizations interested in reserving capacity or discussing connectivity requirements are encouraged to contact Gramercy Networks.
About Gramercy Networks
Gramercy Networks LLC is a global investor and developer of enterprise-grade telecommunications technology and network solutions specializing in high-performance and ultra-low-latency connectivity.
The company designs and develops custom networks and global connectivity solutions with particular expertise in the requirements of financial institutions, trading firms, market makers and other technology-dependent organizations.
Gramercy Networks’ capabilities include global network design and implementation, fastest-path route planning, dark fiber acquisition and provisioning, optical and wireless network solutions, data-center and colocation connectivity, outside-plant consulting and investment in advanced network technologies.
For additional information about Gramercy Networks and its services, visit gramercynetworks.com.
Pre-Order & Project Inquiries
Gramercy Networks LLC
1800 North Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028
About the Project
Network: Global Inter-Market Ultra-Low Latency Network Backbone
Primary Markets: New York • London • Dubai • Delhi • Singapore
Target Customers: HFT firms • Market makers • Quantitative funds • Investment banks • Asset managers • Financial technology companies
Services: Dedicated high-performance connectivity • Ultra-low-latency routes • 10G/100G/400G capacity • Customized CDN financial networks
Commercial Status: Pre-orders and expressions of interest now being accepted
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Gramercy Networks LLC
info@gramercynetworks.com
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AquaChain Advances Its Web3 Vision for Verifiable AI Infrastructure Ahead of AQUA’s Upcoming Listing
The emerging Web3 infrastructure initiative outlines an incentive-driven model connecting verified cooling performance with Efficiency Credits and the future utility envisioned for AQUA.
Cayman Islands, 14th August 2026, AquaChain is advancing its vision for an incentive-driven Web3 ecosystem designed to connect verifiable liquid-cooling performance with digital participation across AI data centers and semiconductor facilities, as $AQUA prepares for an upcoming exchange listing.
At the foundation of the proposed ecosystem is AquaChain’s verification framework, which is being developed to transform cooling-performance metrics into provable digital evidence. The project combines IoT telemetry, cryptographic verification, and blockchain infrastructure with the aim of making real-world cooling efficiency more verifiable and auditable.
As AI workloads and advanced semiconductor manufacturing increase compute density, liquid cooling is becoming increasingly important to next-generation infrastructure. AquaChain is exploring how measurable cooling performance can become the foundation for a digital incentive economy tied to real-world infrastructure.
From Verified Performance to Efficiency Credits
The proposed first stage of AquaChain’s incentive model centers on Efficiency Credits, non-transferable points designed to recognize validated participation and measurable improvements in cooling performance.
Under the proposed framework, activities such as improving Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE), recovering waste heat, increasing water recycling, and maintaining reliable cooling operations can contribute to an operator’s Efficiency Score and associated rewards.
The approach is designed to establish measurable infrastructure performance and verification before progressively expanding the ecosystem’s digital incentive layer.
AquaChain’s longer-term roadmap also explores a marketplace where verified efficiency data could support green-compute commitments, waste-heat offtake and sustainability-related applications—creating potential economic value from infrastructure performance that is traditionally treated as an internal operational metric.
Building Toward $AQUA Utility
As the ecosystem develops, AQUA is designed as a utility-focused digital asset within AquaChain’s broader Web3 vision. The project’s roadmap envisions future utility across network incentives, verifier participation and staking, governance, and marketplace activity as the ecosystem develops.
This phased model is designed to connect trusted infrastructure data and verified real-world performance with digital incentives and broader ecosystem participation.
Creating an Efficiency Marketplace
AquaChain’s longer-term roadmap also explores an Efficiency Marketplace where verified infrastructure performance could support green-compute commitments, waste-heat offtake and sustainability-related applications.
Rather than placing sensitive operational telemetry directly on-chain, AquaChain’s proposed hybrid architecture keeps raw infrastructure data off-chain while allowing cryptographic proofs and efficiency information to be recorded on-chain.
Through this model, AquaChain aims to connect AI infrastructure, liquid cooling, IoT, blockchain and DePIN, creating an ecosystem where digital participation can be linked to measurable physical performance.
$AQUA Exchange Listing Ahead
As AquaChain continues developing its ecosystem, $AQUA is preparing for an upcoming exchange listing. Further details regarding the exchange, trading availability, and related announcements will be shared through AquaChain’s official channels.
The upcoming listing represents one element of AquaChain’s broader Web3 roadmap, while the project’s longer-term focus remains on building infrastructure that connects verifiable cooling efficiency with digital incentives and ecosystem participation.
About AquaChain
AquaChain is an emerging blockchain infrastructure initiative focused on making liquid-cooling efficiency verifiable, auditable, and economically meaningful across AI data centers and semiconductor facilities. Its proposed framework combines IoT telemetry, cryptographic verification, blockchain infrastructure and incentive mechanisms with the long-term vision of transforming cooling efficiency into a provable digital asset for the AI infrastructure economy.
Website: www.aqua-chain.com
Whitepaper: https://aqua-chain.com/whitepaper
Telegram: https://t.me/aquachain_official
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MEXC’s August 2026 Proof of Reserves Confirms User Assets Fully Backed as Reserve Ratios Remain Above 100%
Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 14th, 2026, Chainwire
MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its August 2026 Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, audited by Hacken, showing that reserve ratios for all major assets remained above 100%, with the BTC reserve ratio reaching 288%. This report reflects MEXC’s robust financial position and its continued commitment to safeguarding user assets.
Amid a broader wave of consolidation across the crypto exchange industry in 2026, MEXC continues to stand out by releasing monthly Proof of Reserves reports independently audited by Hacken, allowing users to verify at any time that their own assets are fully accounted for within the platform’s reserves.
According to the audited report, the BTC reserve ratio is 288%, covering 4,282.20 BTC in user assets. The USDT reserve ratio is 115%, covering 1,691,925,884.19 USDT in user holdings. The USDC reserve ratio is 114%, covering 170,998,567.28 USDC in user holdings. The ETH reserve ratio is 113%, covering 58,457.33 ETH in user holdings.
Beyond PoR, the MEXC Futures Insurance Fund — which reached 751 million USDT as of its latest disclosure — absorbs losses from liquidations triggered by extreme market conditions, helping ensure user positions are not improperly liquidated. The MEXC Guardian Fund is a dual-reserve structure combining USDT and BTC. It is planned to expand from $100 million to $500 million over the next two years. MEXC employs a multi-layered security framework designed to protect user assets across different levels of the platform. This includes AI-driven risk monitoring, regular security audits, and round-the-clock multilingual customer support.
MEXC will continue to disclose PoR monthly and further strengthen user asset protection measures to provide users with a secure and reliable trading environment.
To view the latest Proof of Reserves snapshot and audit report, please visit the MEXC Proof of Reserves page.
About MEXC
MEXC is the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchange, trusted by more than 40 million users across 170+ markets. Built on a user-first philosophy, MEXC offers industry-leading 0-fee trading and access to over 3,000 digital assets. As the Gateway to Infinite Opportunities, MEXC provides a single platform where users can easily trade cryptocurrencies alongside tokenized assets, including stocks, ETFs, commodities, and precious metals.
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