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[Sahara AI 🔆 @SaharaAI]

🎉 Season 2 of the Sahara AI Data Services Platform is live!

With 2M+ on our waitlist, we’ve onboarded 100K new contributors to build a more equitable, collaborative AI economy.

More Users. More Tasks. More Rewards.

Let's dive into what's new 👇

[Sahara AI 🔆 @SaharaAI]

✨ Introducing Sahara Legends:

A new, gamified way to explore the Sahara AI ecosystem. Join the adventure, earn rewards, and build your legacy—no whitelist required.

Let’s dive in 👇

[OpenGradient (∇, ∇) @OpenGradient]

We are excited to announce that OpenGradient has raised $8.5M in seed funding to build a groundbreaking end-to-end decentralized platform for secure open-source AI.

Big thanks to our backers @a16zcrypto CSX, @cbventures, @svangel, @balajis, @ilblackdragon, @sandeepnailwal and more!

We are proud to also have the support of other visionary investors on this exciting journey including: @CanonicalCrypto, @symbolicvc, @SALTConference, @ForesightVen, @NEARProtocol, @CelestiaOrg, @blackdragon_vc, @ThanefieldRes, @PragmaVentures, @ai, @ekrahm, @Bfaviero, @RyanWatkins_, @HighCoinviction, @chainyoda, @altantutar, @PaulTaylorVC, @0xlukeskywalker, @no89thkey, @0xnavage.

Check out our official blogpost here: https://t.co/rXtcMkAxSD

[OpenGradient (∇, ∇) @OpenGradient]

🔥 The OpenGradient Model Hub is OFFICIALLY LIVE at https://t.co/nlPtJmTT9j 🔥

Powerful features:
- Decentralized Filestore
- Decentralized Blockchain Backend
- Familiar Web UI
- Model Versioning / Management
- Inference Playground

Read the blog: https://t.co/bMY7lezPjT

[OpenGradient (∇, ∇) @OpenGradient]

Exciting times as we push the frontier of #AI and #blockchain convergence.

📢 Check out this insightful article about OpenGradient published by @CoinMarketCap

https://t.co/CN2Qk2Ddki

[Babylon @babylonlabs_io]

👶🌽 BIG NEWS 👶🌽

@use_corn is joining the Babylon ecosystem as a Bitcoin Secured Network (BSN)!

They’ll be integrating our Forkless Rollup architecture 💪

[Kriss So- Merlin🔮🧙 @Kriss371]

@use_corn

[Kriss So- Merlin🔮🧙 @Kriss371]

@0xForm

[Pendle @pendle_fi]

Episode 1 of the Pendle #Bitcoin arc

A foursome production alongside @use_corn x @Lombard_Finance x @babylonlabs_io:

Corn LBTC (26 Dec) 🌽

[Lombard @Lombard_Finance]

LBTC Launch Partner: @use_corn 🌽

LBTC will integrate with Corn in a few ways before the next harvest. The first way is with the Corn Silos - where users can deposit a bunch of different assets, including LBTC, and accumulate Kernels.

Get ready: https://t.co/2vRJvz4Dgt

[Arbitrum Play @ArbitrumPlay]

Thursday 11:00am EDT with @use_corn

We're excited to have the Corn team join us and talk about their Bitcoin L2 chain powered by Arbitrum

https://t.co/B9URT0Zu0Y

[Hybrid @BuildOnHybrid]

We're off with the CoinList x Hybrid incentivized testnet 🧪

Dive in, explore, and contribute to Hybrid's Phase 1 testnet focused on our native Web3 Copilot Atlas (Lite) & our core Layer 2 infrastructure.

[Puffer Finance 🐡 @puffer_finance]

Preconfs are magic. 🧙

[Puffer Finance 🐡 @puffer_finance]

"From the point of view of a developer, right now there's a lot of friction. If you're an aspiring developer and you have a new application you want to launch, you have to pick: do I go to Arbitrum, do I go to Base or Blast, or which of these chains? Because a lot of the success of my application really depends on the success of that ecosystem.

But in this sort of Based future, when everything's interoperable, it doesn't really matter.

You get to launch your own chain, and there's no maintenance. You're not running your own centralized sequencer; it's being done by the Ethereum validators. And this allows you to compose with other rollups and capture your own congestion fees."

Puffer Core Contributor Jason Vranek @jasnoodle on the benefits of UniFi for developers and app-chains. 🐡🕶️

[Puffer Finance 🐡 @puffer_finance]

Based Sequencing, Preconfs, Natively Restaked Validators Set:

UniFi's Holy Trinity! 🙏

[Puffer Finance 🐡 @puffer_finance]

A universe of based app-chains is coming! 🌌

[Puffer Finance 🐡 @puffer_finance]

🚀 Presenting UniFi - Quest #4 is LIVE on @Galxe!

Dive into UniFi's groundbreaking Based Rollup tech and grab your share of 10 million Puffer Points. 🐡🕶️

https://t.co/SAalyA6Kpt

[Puffer Finance 🐡 @puffer_finance]

Introducing Puffer UniFi - Puffer’s Based Rollup

Bringing Ethereum Together.

Imagine a world where all L2s are working as one.

The future is too bright. We need sunglasses. 🕶️🐡

https://t.co/APmg2dJjAG

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[Puffer Finance 🐡 @puffer_finance]

Explore UniFi is now live on @Galxe!

Learn how we're unifying Ethereum and grab your share of the 10 MILLION PUFFER POINTS pie! 🔥 The more quests you complete, the more points you'll earn.

Stay tuned for more ways to engage with UniFi! 🐡🕶️

https://t.co/zSDCjPcJEz

[Usual @usualmoney]

It's time to untether! 🔮 Dive into the journey and paradox of fiat-backed stablecoins.

Read our first article in a series that will unfold over the coming months. #MoneyAsUsual

https://t.co/BUhDhx2s1j