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Retail investors are increasingly using OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude for stock research, portfolio monitoring, rebalancing, tax-loss harvesting, and trading plans. Analysts said mainstream adoption still faces challenges around brokerage models, autonomous execution, transparency, and risk alignment.

Morgan Stanley China Chief Economist Robin Xing said AI investment has entered a half-time pause and identified two key themes to watch. Xing said recent AI sector volatility reflects crowded trading, major tech firm capital raising, and rising oil prices fueling rate hike expectations.

Meta’s AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses have faced privacy controversies throughout 2026 over claims that people can be recorded and personal data can be collected without consent. The disputes include a class-action lawsuit, questions from Democratic senators, a Texas Attorney General investigation, event bans, and a Police Scotland investigation.

The Trump administration rebuilt tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners after the Supreme Court rejected its IEEPA authority. Most affected partners received additional duties of either 10% or 12.5%, with exemptions and trade agreements changing the final cost. USTR used Section 301 investigations tied to forced labor enforcement as the new legal path. The tariff system can feed into inflation, Treasury yields, the dollar, and institutional risk limits for BTC.

Hardware wallet users lost more than $70 million in Bitcoin after attackers exploited a Coldcard firmware flaw. CoinKite said some affected devices generated recovery seeds with software-based randomness instead of the built-in hardware random-number generator. Galaxy Research tracked 1,082.65 BTC swept from 1,196 addresses in roughly 41 minutes.

New York asked a Manhattan state court to permanently block Kalshi from offering alleged unlicensed sports wagering to New Yorkers. The petition asks Kalshi to identify affected customers and itemize wagers, losses and company gains. New York also seeks restitution, damages, disgorgement, interest and costs.

Stock-linked perpetual futures trading volume reached $1.32 trillion in the first five months of 2026. The contracts give traders round-the-clock exposure to stocks, indices, and commodities without owning the underlying assets. Coinbase and Binance are building an "everything exchange" model that combines crypto assets, stocks, and derivatives in one account. Large funds remain cautious about decentralized trading venues.