Albena Kostova-Nikolova
@0xalbena.bsky.social
Founder of The Web3 + AI Newsletter | Safary-Certified Crypto Marketer | Blockchain Educator | Decentralization Advocate
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The Web3 + AI Daily #44
Today's bulletin covers an AI agent app store, an agentic browser, robotics, and a crypto trading competition showcasing the power of open-source LLMs.
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8️⃣ @cointelegraph.bsky.social's Andrew Fenton argues that Billions Network is a more cypherpunk-oriented and privacy-preserving alternative to World's potentially intrusive and centralized approach to delivering proof of personhood 👇
cointelegraph.com/magazine/wor...
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Worldcoin’s less ‘dystopian,’ more cypherpunk rival: Billions Network
Could using ZK-proofs to verify IDs help resolve privacy concerns related to the UK’s Digital ID and Australia’s social media age limits?
cointelegraph.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
8️⃣ @cointelegraph.bsky.social's Andrew Fenton argues that Billions Network is a more cypherpunk-oriented and privacy-preserving alternative to World's potentially intrusive and centralized approach to delivering proof of personhood 👇
cointelegraph.com/magazine/wor...
cointelegraph.com/magazine/wor...
7️⃣ A recent Fhenix & Zama_fhe discussion gathered Guy Itzhaki, Rand Hindi, and Prof. Chris Peikert to unpack which privacy tech will dominate the future. Their hot take? The stack that will win consists of all FHE + ZK + MPC + (maybe) TEEs 👇https://x.com/FhenixIO/status/1976036676045553664
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
7️⃣ A recent Fhenix & Zama_fhe discussion gathered Guy Itzhaki, Rand Hindi, and Prof. Chris Peikert to unpack which privacy tech will dominate the future. Their hot take? The stack that will win consists of all FHE + ZK + MPC + (maybe) TEEs 👇https://x.com/FhenixIO/status/1976036676045553664
6️⃣ Unsupervised Capital just launched taopill, a newsletter dedicated to the builders shaping Bittensor. Its first edition offers an interview with Ben James, founder of 3D GenAI studio Atlas and Bittensor subnet 404.
www.taopill.ai/p/ben-james-...
www.taopill.ai/p/ben-james-...
An Interview With Ben James from 404-GEN
404-GEN - subnet 17 on Bittensor - is an open, incentivised engine for 3D model generation
www.taopill.ai
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
6️⃣ Unsupervised Capital just launched taopill, a newsletter dedicated to the builders shaping Bittensor. Its first edition offers an interview with Ben James, founder of 3D GenAI studio Atlas and Bittensor subnet 404.
www.taopill.ai/p/ben-james-...
www.taopill.ai/p/ben-james-...
5️⃣ Neura has teamed up with Anomaly, an AI-centric Web3 gaming studio, signalling Neura’s intent to extend beyond DeFi, positioning the network as the foundational stack for AI-powered digital experiences 👇
medium.com/neura-blog/n...
medium.com/neura-blog/n...
Neura x Anomaly: Bringing AI-Powered Gaming to the Sovereign Stack
Neura is excited to announce a new partnership with Anomaly, the AI-focused Web3 gaming studio behind upcoming projects such as Neura…
medium.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
5️⃣ Neura has teamed up with Anomaly, an AI-centric Web3 gaming studio, signalling Neura’s intent to extend beyond DeFi, positioning the network as the foundational stack for AI-powered digital experiences 👇
medium.com/neura-blog/n...
medium.com/neura-blog/n...
4️⃣ EigenLayer's Nader Dabit presented a TypeScript implementation of the Python x402 payment protocol extension for Google's A2A (Agent-to-Agent) communication 👇
github.com/dabit3/a2a-x...
github.com/dabit3/a2a-x...
GitHub - dabit3/a2a-x402-typescript
Contribute to dabit3/a2a-x402-typescript development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
4️⃣ EigenLayer's Nader Dabit presented a TypeScript implementation of the Python x402 payment protocol extension for Google's A2A (Agent-to-Agent) communication 👇
github.com/dabit3/a2a-x...
github.com/dabit3/a2a-x...
3️⃣ Yuma has launched a new arm called Yuma Asset Management, backed by a $10M investment from DCG, which aims to give institutional and accredited investors access to the decentralized AI sector, specifically the Bittensor network 👇
www.yumaai.com/updates/yuma...
www.yumaai.com/updates/yuma...
Yuma Unveils ‘Yuma Asset Management'
Offers Seamless Access to Bittensor, a Crypto-Native Network of Decentralized AI Infrastructure Launched by Startup Teams
www.yumaai.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
3️⃣ Yuma has launched a new arm called Yuma Asset Management, backed by a $10M investment from DCG, which aims to give institutional and accredited investors access to the decentralized AI sector, specifically the Bittensor network 👇
www.yumaai.com/updates/yuma...
www.yumaai.com/updates/yuma...
2️⃣ Aethir has launched Aethir RWA Capital, a new financing platform that lets GPU infrastructure providers convert their future ATH token rewards into immediate growth capital 👇
aethir.com/blog-posts/i...
aethir.com/blog-posts/i...
Introducing Aethir RWA Capital: From GPUs Rewards to Growth
Discover Aethir RWA Capital, a suite of financing products that lets Cloud Hosts use their future ATH rewards as collateral for immediate capital. Introducing Aethir RWA Capital: From GPU Rewards to G...
aethir.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
2️⃣ Aethir has launched Aethir RWA Capital, a new financing platform that lets GPU infrastructure providers convert their future ATH token rewards into immediate growth capital 👇
aethir.com/blog-posts/i...
aethir.com/blog-posts/i...
1️⃣ERC-8004, the new Ethereum standard enabling AI agents to discover, verify, and collaborate without centralized intermediaries, is out.
It's co-authored by @ethereum.foundation's Davide Crapis, Google's Jordan Ellis, Coinbase's Erik Reppel and @metamask.io's Marco de Rossi 👇
x.com/marco_deross...
It's co-authored by @ethereum.foundation's Davide Crapis, Google's Jordan Ellis, Coinbase's Erik Reppel and @metamask.io's Marco de Rossi 👇
x.com/marco_deross...
Marco De Rossi on X: "LIVE NOW: AI Agents can discover and trust each other without a central intermediary. This lays the foundation for open agent economies. ERC-8004 v1, co-authored with @DavideCrapis (@Ethereumfndn), @Jordan0Ellis (@Google) and - welcome Erik! - @programmer (@Coinbase) is now https://t.co/purYaxWk1P" / X
LIVE NOW: AI Agents can discover and trust each other without a central intermediary. This lays the foundation for open agent economies. ERC-8004 v1, co-authored with @DavideCrapis (@Ethereumfndn), @Jordan0Ellis (@Google) and - welcome Erik! - @programmer (@Coinbase) is now https://t.co/purYaxWk1P
x.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
1️⃣ERC-8004, the new Ethereum standard enabling AI agents to discover, verify, and collaborate without centralized intermediaries, is out.
It's co-authored by @ethereum.foundation's Davide Crapis, Google's Jordan Ellis, Coinbase's Erik Reppel and @metamask.io's Marco de Rossi 👇
x.com/marco_deross...
It's co-authored by @ethereum.foundation's Davide Crapis, Google's Jordan Ellis, Coinbase's Erik Reppel and @metamask.io's Marco de Rossi 👇
x.com/marco_deross...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
9️⃣ 0G Labs teams up with Unstoppable Domains to introduce two new blockchain name extensions: .AGI and .robot.
By enabling AI systems to have verifiable, on-chain domain names, the line between human and machine presence online will be blurred 👇 0g.ai/blog/0g-unst...
By enabling AI systems to have verifiable, on-chain domain names, the line between human and machine presence online will be blurred 👇 0g.ai/blog/0g-unst...
0G and Unstoppable Domains Launch .AGI and .robot | 0G
The First Decentralized AI Operating System
0g.ai
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
9️⃣ 0G Labs teams up with Unstoppable Domains to introduce two new blockchain name extensions: .AGI and .robot.
By enabling AI systems to have verifiable, on-chain domain names, the line between human and machine presence online will be blurred 👇 0g.ai/blog/0g-unst...
By enabling AI systems to have verifiable, on-chain domain names, the line between human and machine presence online will be blurred 👇 0g.ai/blog/0g-unst...
8️⃣ @primeintellect.bsky.social aspires to bridge the gap between open-source and closed-source AI by empowering a broader community to build, train, and improve state-of-the-art AI, shifting some control away from big tech.
WIRED reports further 👇
www.wired.com/story/prime-...
WIRED reports further 👇
www.wired.com/story/prime-...
This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment
With the US falling behind on open source models, one startup has a bold idea for democratizing AI: let anyone run reinforcement learning.
www.wired.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
8️⃣ @primeintellect.bsky.social aspires to bridge the gap between open-source and closed-source AI by empowering a broader community to build, train, and improve state-of-the-art AI, shifting some control away from big tech.
WIRED reports further 👇
www.wired.com/story/prime-...
WIRED reports further 👇
www.wired.com/story/prime-...
7️⃣ 375ai, a mobility data DePIN, has raised $10M from Delphi Ventures Strobe Ventures, and Hack VC.
The funds will be used to scale deployment, expand the network, and prepare for a Token Generation Event (TGE) planned for late October 2025 👇
blockworks.co/news/375ai-r...
The funds will be used to scale deployment, expand the network, and prepare for a Token Generation Event (TGE) planned for late October 2025 👇
blockworks.co/news/375ai-r...
Exclusive: 375ai raises $10M from Delphi, Strobe, 6MV
375ai will hold TGE at the end of the month, CEO Harry Dewhirst told Blockworks.
blockworks.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
7️⃣ 375ai, a mobility data DePIN, has raised $10M from Delphi Ventures Strobe Ventures, and Hack VC.
The funds will be used to scale deployment, expand the network, and prepare for a Token Generation Event (TGE) planned for late October 2025 👇
blockworks.co/news/375ai-r...
The funds will be used to scale deployment, expand the network, and prepare for a Token Generation Event (TGE) planned for late October 2025 👇
blockworks.co/news/375ai-r...
6️⃣ Grass, a Solana-based DePIN project, has raised $10M in a bridge round led by Polychain Capital and Tribe Capital.
The funding will support growth and scaling toward what the team describes as “internet scale web crawl” capabilities 👇
blockworks.co/news/depin-g...
The funding will support growth and scaling toward what the team describes as “internet scale web crawl” capabilities 👇
blockworks.co/news/depin-g...
DePIN Grass raises $10M from Polychain, Tribe Capital
Grass previously raised a seed and Series A rounds and plans to utilize the token purchase to execute on its roadmap.
blockworks.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
6️⃣ Grass, a Solana-based DePIN project, has raised $10M in a bridge round led by Polychain Capital and Tribe Capital.
The funding will support growth and scaling toward what the team describes as “internet scale web crawl” capabilities 👇
blockworks.co/news/depin-g...
The funding will support growth and scaling toward what the team describes as “internet scale web crawl” capabilities 👇
blockworks.co/news/depin-g...
5️⃣ Blockchain credential verification platform TransCrypts raised $15M in a round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from FactionVC, Motley Fool Ventures, California Innovation Fund, and more 👇
www.axios.com/pro/enterpri...
www.axios.com/pro/enterpri...
Exclusive: Digital identity startup TransCrypts raises $15M
Pantera Capital led the seed round.
www.axios.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
5️⃣ Blockchain credential verification platform TransCrypts raised $15M in a round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from FactionVC, Motley Fool Ventures, California Innovation Fund, and more 👇
www.axios.com/pro/enterpri...
www.axios.com/pro/enterpri...
4️⃣ A team of Bulgarian Web3 auditors have asked the burning question: how would most Web3 x AI audit agents perform in a blind, empirical test using real contests?
The truth is, most tools miss critical flaws, drown users in false positives, or fail to run at all 👇
github.com/LyuboslavLyu...
The truth is, most tools miss critical flaws, drown users in false positives, or fail to run at all 👇
github.com/LyuboslavLyu...
GitHub - LyuboslavLyubenov/ai-audit-tools-eval
Contribute to LyuboslavLyubenov/ai-audit-tools-eval development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
4️⃣ A team of Bulgarian Web3 auditors have asked the burning question: how would most Web3 x AI audit agents perform in a blind, empirical test using real contests?
The truth is, most tools miss critical flaws, drown users in false positives, or fail to run at all 👇
github.com/LyuboslavLyu...
The truth is, most tools miss critical flaws, drown users in false positives, or fail to run at all 👇
github.com/LyuboslavLyu...
3️⃣ Phala also joined the Confidential Computing Consortium, a Linux Foundation project dedicated to accelerating the adoption of confidential computing. Other CCC members include AMD, Google, Meta, Huawei, NVIDIA and iExec 👇
confidentialcomputing.io/2025/10/02/w...
confidentialcomputing.io/2025/10/02/w...
Welcoming Phala to the Confidential Computing Consortium – Confidential Computing Consortium
confidentialcomputing.io
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
3️⃣ Phala also joined the Confidential Computing Consortium, a Linux Foundation project dedicated to accelerating the adoption of confidential computing. Other CCC members include AMD, Google, Meta, Huawei, NVIDIA and iExec 👇
confidentialcomputing.io/2025/10/02/w...
confidentialcomputing.io/2025/10/02/w...
2️⃣ Phala is undertaking a strategic pivot. Its community has decided to sunset the Phala parachain (whose slot expires on November 20, 2025) and migrate the network to an Ethereum Layer 2 chain 👇
forum.phala.network/t/proposal-s...
forum.phala.network/t/proposal-s...
Proposal: Sunsetting Phala parachain and Migrating to Ethereum L2
This proposal has also been published as a on-chain referendum, please come and vote for it: Vote here, Proposal 8 TL;DR Phala’s parachain slot will expire on November 20, 2025. The network has rema...
forum.phala.network
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
2️⃣ Phala is undertaking a strategic pivot. Its community has decided to sunset the Phala parachain (whose slot expires on November 20, 2025) and migrate the network to an Ethereum Layer 2 chain 👇
forum.phala.network/t/proposal-s...
forum.phala.network/t/proposal-s...
1️⃣ With a publication on X, Ocean Protocol announced its withdrawal from the Superintelligence Alliance (ASI Alliance), without providing any particular reason for its resignation. Fetch.ai responded with an "ad-hoc" X space 👇
x.com/oceanprotoco...
x.com/oceanprotoco...
Ocean Protocol on X: "Ocean Protocol Foundation withdraws from the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance" / X
Ocean Protocol Foundation withdraws from the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance
x.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
1️⃣ With a publication on X, Ocean Protocol announced its withdrawal from the Superintelligence Alliance (ASI Alliance), without providing any particular reason for its resignation. Fetch.ai responded with an "ad-hoc" X space 👇
x.com/oceanprotoco...
x.com/oceanprotoco...