On May 27, U.S. President Donald Trump appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a White House AI advisory body co-chaired by David Sacks. Bondi will join members including Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Ellison, as the council’s recommendations may affect how regulators approach AI-enabled crypto products.

TeraWulf said it has secured a 285-acre site in eastern Kentucky for the Muskie Data Campus, designed to support more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of AI and high-performance computing capacity. The company plans to deliver the first 500 MW in the second half of 2028, followed by another 500 MW in the second half of 2030. Shares rose 10.3% in the latest session and were trading at $25.18 at press time.

Quantinuum said on May 26, 2026 it has set terms for a U.S. IPO that would value the quantum computing company at about $12.7 billion. The Honeywell-backed firm plans to price roughly 21 million shares at $45 to $50 each, aiming to raise up to $1.05 billion and trade on Nasdaq under the ticker "QNT."

Nokia's stock has risen more than 152% so far in 2026, lifting it to the highest level since 2008 and making it the fourth-best performer in the Stoxx Europe 600. The surge is tied to demand for its optical equipment in data centers, even as AI and cloud exposure represented 8% of group sales in Q1. The rally has also pushed its 12-month forward P/E to about 36 times, up from roughly 17 times at the start of the year.

Render (RENDER) climbed about 18.1% over the past 24 hours to roughly $2.35, with trading volume close to $295 million. The move coincides with higher on-chain usage, a 47% rise in open interest and a 126% jump in derivatives volume, alongside a descending-triangle breakout above key EMAs. Traders are watching $2.17–$2.18 as support and $2.50 as the next upside level, while a break lower could shift focus to $1.99–$2.00.

ChatGPT Finance entered preview on May 15, 2026 for Pro subscribers in the United States, enabling bank, card, and portfolio connections through Plaid across 12,000+ institutions. The tool can read balances and transaction history but cannot see full account numbers or execute transactions. No rollout date has been confirmed for Europe or the UK.

On May 7, 2026, the EU Council and the European Parliament agreed on the Digital Omnibus AI package, the first major amendment to the AI Act since it took effect in 2024. The deal delays some high-risk compliance deadlines, trims documentation demands for SMEs under 250 employees with turnover below €50 million, and narrows the heaviest rules for certain generative models based on a 10²&sup5; FLOP training threshold.

A Keyrock report says AI agents using crypto payment rails moved from an idea to active usage over the past 12 months, settling more than $73 million across 176 million transactions from May last year through April 2026. It adds that sub-dollar payments—averaging about 31 cents—made stablecoins the practical settlement layer, with over 98% of agent settlements conducted in USDC.