On January 22, Binance Wallet announced three AI-powered tools for its web-based wallet, according to a statement shared with Finbold. Social Hype, Topic Rush, and AI Assistant deliver real-time, structured insights across BNB Smart Chain, Solana, and Base to surface trends and analyze tokens. The features include a social leaderboard, narrative detection, and concise token dashboards, and are now available on Binance Wallet (Web).

OpenAI is pursuing about $50 billion from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, with CEO Sam Altman in the UAE for investment talks expected to conclude in Q1. The company also announced a partnership in which NVIDIA plans up to $100 billion and at least 10 gigawatts of compute, aiming to begin operations in the second half of 2026.

On January 26, 2026, Lemonade will roll out its "Lemonade Autonomous Car" insurance in Arizona, offering a 50% discount on per-mile pricing when Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) is active, with Oregon to follow in February. The product is built on a direct technical integration with Tesla that feeds real-time vehicle and software data into Lemonade's risk models, which the insurer says shows FSD-enabled miles are markedly safer and could lead to further rate cuts after future software updates.

Sensor Tower's State of Mobile 2026 report shows that global consumer spending on non-game mobile apps surpassed game apps in 2025, marking the first time this has happened worldwide. Total app spending reached about $85 billion, up 21% from 2024, with generative AI driving $5 billion in in-app purchase revenue as AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek dominated downloads and engagement.

Starting February 1, Shanghai will let registered consumer drones fly without prior approval in designated zones covering 46% of the city as part of its push to expand the low-altitude economy. The city logged 3.2 million drone flights with 220,000 registered drones by the end of 2025 and aims to build an 80 billion yuan industry by 2028, while Shenzhen targets a low-altitude sector worth over 130 billion yuan by 2026.

On January 21, 2026, Nansen launched an AI-driven trading feature for Solana and Base across its web and mobile apps. The product unifies on-chain analytics and execution, draws on over 500 million labeled wallet addresses, partners with Jupiter and OKX DEX for liquidity, and requires user confirmation on all trades, with certain jurisdictions excluded.

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI launched Horizon1000, a $50 million initiative to deploy AI across African health systems, starting in Rwanda. The program aims to support up to 1,000 primary clinics by 2028 and address severe staffing gaps, with an AI health hub already established in Kigali. Experts welcome potential benefits but flag risks around errors, privacy, bias, and language barriers.

A new a16z crypto analysis argues that as generative AI concentrates power into closed chat interfaces and algorithmic feeds, blockchain networks may be the main tool for preserving an open, user-controlled internet. The report highlights 11 concrete intersections between crypto and AI, including persistent user-owned context, decentralized compute, proof-of-humanity, micropayments, IP registries, and user-controlled AI companions. It suggests the future web could either harden into paywalled platforms or evolve into an interoperable ecosystem built on decentralized infrastructure.