South Korea's five largest crypto exchanges saw first-half trading volume drop 54.6% year-on-year. Singapore AI platform CloudSome raised $3.6 million in seed funding. Hong Kong-based Sinohope's chief economist warned that the AI infrastructure window is closing, with downstream applications needing to deliver soon to avoid a capex slowdown. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's UTXO concentration reached levels similar to before the FTX collapse, signaling potential for sharp price swings.