Vitalik tests a privacy-focused AI setup as Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan report new crypto enforcement moves

WuBlockchain’s latest roundup spans policy, enforcement and product updates across the crypto sector. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is testing a privacy-focused AI architecture that uses a local model, zkAPI and Tor to reduce the amount of personal information exposed to remote large language models while generating diet and exercise suggestions from health and travel data. In Hong Kong, police said a 60-year-old woman lost about HK$21.5 million after being drawn into a fake cryptocurrency investment scheme. In the Philippines, the Anti-Money Laundering Council said an appeals court froze 25 virtual asset wallets, along with bank, investment and insurance accounts, in a corruption probe tied to flood-control projects. Japan also announced a new round of sanctions on Russia, adding crypto exchange Garantex to an asset-freeze list. The roundup also includes comments from DWF Labs managing partner Andrei Grachev on Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 payment plan for U.S. adults, plus weekly project updates covering Utexo, zkAPI, TRUMP, Aave, Base, OP Enterprise, Stable, Balancer, Blast and Porsche’s Web3 program.