South Korea\'s second round of government support for graphics processing units has attracted five bidders, including first-round winner Naver Cloud and first-round loser Coupang, both re-entering. KT Cloud, Samsung SDS and Elice Group joined as new participants. The science ministry set evaluation criteria including economic feasibility, large scale, direct clustering, latest GPUs and service launch within the year. Officials plan evaluations and site inspections in April and May before selecting operators in May.

European companies\' bitcoin treasury strategies are likely to be difficult to replicate directly from Michael Saylor\'s Strategy model, an analysis said. Firms are designing separate bitcoin-linked financing structures amid shallower capital markets and stricter regulation than in the United States. Speakers at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 said differences in market size, rules and investors make direct copying hard. Holdings are rising but remain fragmented among small and mid-cap companies, with several reporting unrealised losses.