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[Vivek Sen @Vivek4real_]

CNBC REPORTED THAT WALMART WILL NOW ACCEPT BITCOIN, ETHEREUM, AND OTHER CRYPTO PAYMENTS IN-STORE FOR ITS 1 BILLION MONTHLY CUSTOMERS.

THIS IS ACTUAL ADOPTION.

[taostats τ @taostats]

NEWS: @YumaGroup and https://t.co/xpvdXPZQNH announce a partnership to bring Bittensor staking to the exchange's 150M+ users.

[Xanadu @XanaduAI]

The Xanadu team will be in Ottawa this Friday for the 5th annual IDEaS Marketplace, hosted by Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS).

As part of the quantum technologies showcase, Alain Delgado Gran and Lawrence Wang will be discussing our IDEaS Competitive Projects initiative “Quantum Computing for Next Generation Batteries in Defence”, and exploring how photonic quantum computing is unlocking next-generation batteries for defence applications.

🔗👇

[Xanadu @XanaduAI]

Christian Weedbrook (@_cweedbrook), Founder and CEO of Xanadu joined BNN Bloomberg (@BNNBloomberg) to discuss Xanadu’s core focus.

As we scale toward a commercial quantum data center, we are prioritizing deep, strategic collaborations that solve real-world problems over short-term revenue cycles.

Watch the full interview:

https://t.co/8y1jpX5Hmu

[Cryptopolitan @CPOfficialtx]

INSIGHT: Internet Computer (internet-computer:native) just posted +3,605% in weekly fees.

That's not a glitch.

Here's what's actually happening on-chain 🧵

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: Bermuda begins moving national payment and financial services onchain via the @StellarOrg network, the first operational step toward its goal of becoming the world's first fully onchain national economy.

[BSCN @BSCNews]

INTERNET COMPUTER'S CLOUD ENGINES REPRESENT AN INFLECTION POINT...

Founder of Internet Computer (@Dfinity), Dominic Williams (@Dominic_w), while celebrating the protocol's five-year journey, provided a detailed preview of “Cloud Engines."

Cloud Engines is the sovereign frontier cloud technology that the network will soon provide via opencloud(.)org.

He stated that Cloud Engines will enable anyone to spin up their own tamperproof sovereign cloud by selecting and configuring nodes within the mathematically secure Internet Computer network.

The founder emphasized that the technology is built specifically for the AI era, enabling AI agents to create and update online applications and services without the need for security teams or sysadmins.

Additionally, software hosted on Cloud Engines is immune to infrastructure hacks, guaranteed to run as long as sufficient nodes remain operational, and protected by orthogonal persistence in the Motoko language, which automatically detects and prevents “lossy” AI-generated updates.

He added that users will soon be able to develop and deploy apps directly from AI platforms such as Claude or Perplexity, with seamless integration through @caffeineai, while maintaining full tech sovereignty.

Cloud Engines allow owners to choose node operators and locations, mix Big Tech instances (@AWS, @Azure, @Google), add sovereign AI nodes, and scale capacity instantly without downtime or vendor lock-in.

In summary, Cloud Engines is an inflection point in the Internet Computer’s history.

[Merlijn The Trader @MerlijnTrader]

INSIGHTS:

Nobody is talking about how fast the agentic economy is moving.

Coinbase CEO: AI agents will outnumber humans. Stablecoins grow 100x.
Claude Code: x402 crypto payments already embedded.
Gemini: agentic trading live.
Stellar: machine-to-machine payments operational.

Every piece of infrastructure is being built simultaneously.
Quietly. Without headlines.

The next economy won't be built by humans.
It will be built by agents. Transacting in crypto.

Most people will only find out after it's already here.

[Milk Road @milkroaddaily]

Raoul Pal: No major financial institution will use public blockchains at scale without privacy.

That's the blocker.

Ethereum and Sui are both now building permissioned privacy into their base chains.

Privacy that regulators can unlock when needed, but nobody else can see.

FT @RaoulGMI @RealVision @Jamie1Coutts

[Victor VL @VictorVL_EN]

Bittensor Ecosystem Highlights of the Week #60

// SUBNET UPDATES & ACHIEVEMENTS

➤ @chutes_ai SN64
They’re now collaborating with @AIxC_Official, a Nasdaq-listed AI agent platform choosing Chutes as their compute provider.
(https://t.co/F32jSYwADF)

Chutes Chat got a rebuild, with web search now built in, plus new image generation and image editing features.
(https://t.co/JlARGN52t7)

➤ @SynthdataCo SN50
They’re launching Synth LLM for Traders on Polymarket, Limitless, Hyperliquid, and Deribit.
(https://t.co/i2h3cEv0gC)

➤ @TargonCompute SN4
They announced the Targon Supply Portal, which allows compute suppliers to easily onboard and start monetizing their idle compute capacity.
(https://t.co/0ugpL8njdp)

➤ @almanac_market SN41
They introduced Alma, their AI trading partner built on top of Almanac’s analytics and Polymarket data.
(https://t.co/i6B4p1Zda9)

➤ @webuildscore SN44
@manakoai’s new website is now live.
(https://t.co/lHReS9vXxP)

They also unveiled their new cricket ball tracking challenge.
(https://t.co/qhGz7LW7bD)

➤ Distil SN97
Arbos shared that a 4B parameter model on SN97 is now scoring 0.94 on HumanEval.
(https://t.co/1Qrh7Sy0E2)

➤ @affine_io SN120
Affine-III just dethroned Affine-II.
(https://t.co/oMTbNQkm5v)

They also built Affine’s GPU cluster with H200s on Targon.
(https://t.co/z4yQKpAZaF)

➤ @redteam SN61
Their subnet outputs now serve over 125 million DAU across their client base.
(https://t.co/ARfJxl7VCi)

➤ @Bitcast_network SN93
Bitcast is showing real growth on the revenue side.
(https://t.co/NKHHcvdcxS)

➤ @hippius_subnet SN75
They hit a new milestone: 100 TB of egress served across the network.
(https://t.co/y6f4dLuap0)

➤ @zeussubnet SN18
Zeus showed promising performance compared to ECMWF IFS and AIFS
(https://t.co/1zZEv5P1KY)

➤ @NiomeAI SN55
Niome partnered with Scottish Enterprise to support the commercial deployment and global expansion of their synthetic bio data platform.
(https://t.co/c97eSTYjGo)

➤ @resilabsai SN46
@RealFlyhomes is integrating RESI into their national lending network.
(https://t.co/alEeI78O9J)

➤ @Apex_SN1 SN1
Apex introduced RL Tron, a new reinforcement learning competition where agents battle in recurring head-to-head Tron-style tournaments.
(https://t.co/W5Dwii4Emb)

➤ @vidaio_ SN85
Vidaio is now listed on MEXC.
(https://t.co/hdaDVarmuN)

➤ @ReadyAI_ SN33
ReadyAI is rolling out x402 payments, a public revenue dashboard, and 75% alpha buybacks while opening their enrichment pipeline to customers, developers, and AI agents.
(https://t.co/x7TjRze32Z)

➤ @ai_detection SN32
They just released their new landing page.
(https://t.co/TyZoY06dTi)

➤ @ridges_ai SN62
Ridges shared their 2 week roadmap.
(https://t.co/dFS0Y4amCg)

➤ @adtao_ppcrebel SN21
AdTAO is now live on testnet.
(https://t.co/K5hIbjqfxK)

➤ @minotaursubnet SN115
Minotaur’s codebase is now open source.
(https://t.co/K9WWsiDW4T)

// NEW SUBNETS

➤ @compelleai SN82
Compelle is a “platform where adversarial AI paves the way to AGI”.
(https://t.co/jJ9ySSqmzd)

// BITTENSOR ECOSYSTEM

➤ @solana x @taodotcom
$TAO is now live on Solana via Sunrise.
(https://t.co/Zf2eKq1QLw)

➤ @tip_tao_
@nametensor created TIPTAO, a new Bittensor donation app.
(https://t.co/FkkB0DULfg)

➤ @YumaGroup
TaonSquare is a new platform where builders can explore all the AI tools powered by Bittensor.
(https://t.co/Lwk3J9pNmu)

➤ @yugevc
@sebyrubino launched Yuge VC, backing Resi and now Ditto.
(https://t.co/Mcc7c3IB6W)

// PODCASTS & ARTICLES

➤ @opentensor Novelty Search with @metanova_labs
(https://t.co/67fFrFIU6c)

➤ @shardiban and @shibshib89 did a podcast for @oroagents
(https://t.co/ftlpLBW02o)

➤ @twistartups podcast with @jon_durbin from Chutes
(https://t.co/Dy0sMHpLDB)

➤ TWIST podcast with @josercaldera from @yanez__ai
(https://t.co/nBW4fge4yc)

➤ @JesusMartinez with Yoav Cohen from @taodotcom.
(https://t.co/xQ4BprRVMy)

➤ @sunrise podcast with @markjeffrey
(https://t.co/CiDIbAT0Ae)

➤ @dsvfund Revenue Search with @QuantumSN48
(https://t.co/tGNyyx8ZK7)

➤ @VenturaLabs podcast with @BeyondNISQ from @qBitTensorLabs
(https://t.co/gFnhEQdP1Z)

➤ @jollygreenmoney podcast with @KibibyteMe from Ridges
(https://t.co/nBmB6pT8dN)

$TAO

[Mark @markchadwickx]

HUGE: Altcoins are flasing the strongest signals we’ve seen in years.

We've broken out of a major falling wedge, and last week printed the biggest breakout candles in a long time.

This is EXACTLY how major alt runs begin.

Now layer in everything happening outside the chart.

The Clarity Act is getting closer to passing, the Russell 2000 just hit new all-time highs, liquidity is expanding again...

If institutional capital starts rotating into crypto under a clear regulatory framework, this market could move on an entirely different scale.

Alt Season looks like it’s forming right in front of us.

[The Timeless Traveler 🇺🇸 @TimelessTrvlr]

Quebec City, Canada, where North America feels like Europe.

[Next Science @NextScience]

🚨 Scientists Found A Way To Generate Electricity From Earth’s Spin

Scientists have created a new quantum device that may produce electricity using Earth’s natural rotation and magnetic field. During experiments, researchers detected a tiny electric signal that appeared without batteries or fuel.

The power is still extremely small, but the discovery has shocked scientists because it challenges old physics ideas. If confirmed, this mysterious effect could one day lead to entirely new energy technologies.
Imagine generating energy simply because Earth is spinning beneath us…

Source:
Christopher Chyba et al. Physical Review Research. “Electrical power generation from Earth’s rotation through its own magnetic field.”

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

The Icefield’s Parkway is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful roads in the world 🇨🇦❤️

[2xnmore @2xnmore]

Bittensor is being used to discover drugs.

Not as a concept. Not as a roadmap item. As a live running subnet, with 11 million molecules already screened across 9 active disease targets.

Most people holding $TAO have no idea this is happening.

Here is the full picture.

Drug development is one of the most expensive processes in human civilisation.

The early stages alone consume billions of dollars before a single molecule reaches clinical trials. Most candidates fail at exactly this point. The money bleeds before the science gets a real chance.

Metanova Labs built Subnet 68 on Bittensor to attack that problem directly.

Three competitions are running simultaneously right now:

- 11 million small molecules screened across 9 disease targets.
Miners competing to find the best candidates. Validators judging quality. The best work gets rewarded in TAO. Worst work gets nothing.

- 4,200 nanobody designs focused on PD-L1, a critical target in cancer immunotherapy. Decentralised researchers are competing to design better biological candidates than any single lab could produce alone.

- 63 unique algorithms competing to search chemical space more efficiently. Not just finding good molecules. Finding better ways to find good molecules.

The architecture powering all three is Yuma Consensus. The same mechanism judges AI language outputs on other subnets.

It does not care what it is measuring. It only cares about stake-weighted agreement on quality.

That agnosticism is the entire point.

Bittensor is not an AI language model network. It is a general framework for incentivising any form of intelligence toward any problem where quality can be measured and rewarded.

Drug discovery is one of the hardest and most expensive problems humanity faces. It is also perfectly suited to decentralised incentive design because the chemical search space is so vast that no single organisation can explore it efficiently alone.

11 million molecules screened across 9 targets simultaneously by anonymous contributors competing for TAO emissions is something no pharmaceutical company's internal team can replicate at the same speed or cost.

The OpenTensor Foundation posted this. Jacob Steeves hosted the full episode with the Metanova team. This is not a fringe experiment running in a corner of the ecosystem.

This is the Bittensor core team pointing at SN68 and saying: This is what the network was built for.

AI models were the proof of concept.

Drug discovery is the proof of purpose.

Most people are still debating the price of $TAO while the network is quietly screening millions of molecules for diseases that kill millions of people.

The market has not priced what it means when decentralised intelligence finds a drug candidate that no centralised lab was looking for. It will.

Agree or cap? @metanova_labs @opentensor

[SciTech Girl @scitechgirl]

🚨 SCIENTISTS JUST MADE QUANTUM LEVITATION POSSIBLE

Researchers have discovered how to reverse the mysterious Casimir Effect — a strange quantum force that normally pulls objects together. By turning attraction into repulsion, tiny objects can now “hover” without touching anything.

This breakthrough could lead to frictionless machines, advanced nanotechnology, and futuristic quantum levitation systems once thought impossible. The wildest part? The force comes from the invisible energy hidden inside empty space itself.

Source:
Munday, J. N., Capasso, F., & Parsegian, V. A. Nature.
University of Science and Technology of China. Nature Physics.

[Xanadu @XanaduAI]

In this Q&A with Fello Agency, Christian Weedbrook (@_cweedbrook), Founder and CEO of Xanadu dives into demystifying quantum, building the world’s first quantum data centre by 2029, and why Toronto remains our home base.

Read more: https://t.co/TufC2RPAcQ

[Tensia Foundation @TensiaFDN]

https://t.co/tGcGR9XQuz

[Internet Computer Today @DfinityToday]

335 MILLION+ transactions in a single day.

$ICP just crushed it with ~3,900 tx/s sustained throughput — all day, every second.

Real demand exploding on the only chain that can actually handle it. 🔥

[BSCN @BSCNews]

BIGGER PICTURE: BITTENSOR DOUBLES SUBNET CAPACITY FROM 128 TO 256

Adding to the institutional case: @opentensor is doubling protocol-level subnet capacity from 128 to 256, opening up 128 new slots for AI builders to launch on $TAO.

Subnet emissions are how $TAO is distributed, so more subnets means more onchain AI projects competing for revenue and network share. With Chutes already producing real inference revenue, the supply-side expansion is being met with verifiable demand-side traction.