A male fruit fly connectome published in Cell on Sept. 3 was turned into a Minecraft-based simulation just two days later, according to a MarsBit report citing posts by Georgia Tech graduate student Evan Smith. The dataset, called MaleCNS v1.0, was built over a decade by HHMI Janelia, the University of Cambridge, and Google Research, and includes 166,700 neurons and 125 million synaptic connections. Smith said the project is still in development, was built with help from GPT-6 Astra, and that the code and mod will be released soon. The report says the simulation uses neural activity rather than a standard game script to drive a virtual fly inside a glass-walled Minecraft room. The article argues that three factors made the rapid build possible: a fully open connectome, AI-assisted coding that reduced engineering overhead, and Minecraft’s existing modding and physics environment. It also stresses that the project demonstrates behavior-level simulation, not consciousness, while suggesting the lowering cost of whole-brain modeling could let individuals test ideas that once required larger lab setups, dedicated teams, and specialized engines.

A PANews feature argues that the 2017-18 Golden State Warriors were not only one of the strongest teams in NBA history on the court, but also one of the most investment-savvy off it. Looking back eight years later, the roster stands out for how many players built visible careers in angel investing, venture capital, and startup finance. Among the 17 regular-season players, nearly 10 were described as having investment experience. The report traces several of the most notable cases. Andre Iguodala is portrayed as the locker room’s de facto investment mentor, moving from buying Zynga shares on E-Trade to backing Zoom, PagerDuty, Jumia and dozens of other companies, while also introducing teammates to founders and venture capitalists. Kevin Durant, meanwhile, used his Bay Area years to deepen his ties to Silicon Valley through Thirty Five Ventures, building a portfolio that later grew to more than 100 startups. Omri Casspi, whose on-court role with Golden State was modest, later built Swish Ventures into a firm with roughly $800 million in assets under management after raising a new $250 million fund. The article also reviews Stephen Curry’s SC30 and Penny Jar Capital, plus investment activity linked to Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, JaVale McGee, Zaza Pachulia, David West, and Shaun Livingston. PANews says the Warriors’ location in the Bay Area, owner Joe Lacob’s venture background, and the network effects created inside the locker room helped turn a championship roster into a uniquely dense athlete-investor network.

Real-world asset markets kept expanding in the week covering July 24 to July 31, 2026, even as stablecoin settlement activity remained weak. Data from RWA.xyz showed on-chain RWA market capitalization reached $36.82 billion as of July 31, up 2.43% from a month earlier, while the number of holders climbed to 1.4469 million, a 40.81% monthly increase and the largest monthly gain on record. In stablecoins, total market capitalization was largely unchanged at $296.63 billion, but monthly transfer volume dropped 29.29% to $5.07 trillion, extending a sharp slowdown in on-chain settlement demand. Regulation also moved across several jurisdictions. South Korea advanced work on a comprehensive digital asset bill that would cover stablecoin issuance and exchange standards, while lawmakers are also set to review an opposition proposal to scrap a crypto tax scheduled for 2027. Kenya lowered the minimum paid-up capital requirement for stablecoin issuers by 40% to about $2.32 million, and Zimbabwe approved seven crypto and tokenization projects for its regulatory sandbox. On the industry side, the Bank for International Settlements-led Project Agorá completed a live cross-border payment test worth about $1 million across six currencies with five central banks and 28 commercial banks. In Europe, 10 financial institutions formed the Regulated Layer One cooperative, or RL1, to build tokenized asset infrastructure for regulated markets. Ondo Finance also introduced Ondo Network, a new execution layer that replaces the prior Ondo Chain direction.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission is planning to draft a unified government bill for a Digital Asset Basic Act together with the ruling Democratic Party, according to Edaily. The proposed legislation would cover stablecoin issuance and circulation, operating rules for digital asset businesses, exchange entry requirements, disclosure obligations, internal controls, and system resilience standards. The move comes as 10 related bills are already pending in the National Assembly, but lawmakers have yet to settle key disputes, including whether issuers of won-denominated stablecoins must be bank-controlled and whether major exchanges should face shareholding restrictions. The FSC has not set a timeline for submitting the bill. At the same time, a revision bill to abolish crypto income tax, proposed in March by People Power Party lawmaker Song Eon-seok, was sent on Wednesday to the National Assembly’s Strategy and Finance Committee. A separate petition backed by more than 50,000 people calling for the tax to be scrapped is also expected to be reviewed. Under the current plan, gains from crypto transfers or lending above 2.5 million won per year will be subject to a 20% income tax plus a 2% local tax starting Jan. 1, 2027.

Ozak AI says its ecosystem has passed 705,000 total users and connected wallets before the OZ TGE. Eon Beta users rose above 100,000, while the OZ presale reached $7.42 million.

Ozak AI says its TGE is scheduled for May 11, 2026, with the presale 99% sold and more than $7 million raised. The project also says it has completed two audits and secured CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap listings.

The official countdown shows 5 days to listing, but no exchange announcement yet—suggesting presale end, not trading start. TGE will trigger token distribution. $6.87M raised, targeting $1 listing price.

Ozak AI has removed the Eon waitlist, giving all registered users access to its AI agents, portfolio tracking, and token unlock dashboard. The project says its presale has raised over $7.3 million, while the TGE date is still not fixed.