Articles
The articles I write, on the lines I follow: autonomous agents and artificial intelligence, Venice.ai and its tokens, Bitcoin and the economics of cryptocurrencies. In order, from the most recent. The complete chronological index is on the Archive page, the list by topic on Topics, the search on Search.
Hermes
Hermes Agent v0.22.2: the patch that reopens the front door
Nous ships patch v0.22.2, opens an official plugin catalogue and measures Nemotron 3.5 Super VL on Hermes Bench: 63.44.
Crypto
The 80,000-dollar wall
Bitcoin slips below 80,000 dollars on the Asian wave, MSCI tightens its index rules and stablecoins move into bank payments.
Venice.ai
Venice’s week of frontier models
Venice brings Muse Wonder, Gemini 4 Argon and Hy4 Preview onto its platform, adds private video and watches VVV climb back above 24 dollars.
Crypto
Europe tightens the ring: MiCA moves from rule to enforcement
The EBA labels USDC the first «significant» token, The Hague authorises Qivalis and Paris proposes a tax on stablecoin swaps.
Hermes
The Hermes threshold: the agent that configures itself by talking
Hermes Agent v0.22 «The Threshold Release» introduces itself in chat and cuts a third of the codebase; the patch v0.22.1 lands the next day.
Venice.ai
Venice and frontier models: anonymous, not invisible
Venice brings Gemini 4 Argon and the whole Claude family onto its own API at list price, while VVV burns keep squeezing the supply.
Crypto
Crypto walks onto the balance sheet: from bitcoin at $84,000 to tokenized collateral
Bitcoin climbs back toward $84,000 while in Brussels and on Wall Street crypto moves into the rulebooks and into traditional financial plumbing.
Venice.ai
Price down, usage up: Venice’s paradox in week 41
VVV loses 17% in a week while burns and subscriptions hit new highs: usage and price have come unstuck.
Hermes
The plugin as interface: the Hermes ecosystem grows at the edges of the core
Hermes Agent v0.21.7 consolidates the core, while the official catalog and community plugins become the real ground for growth.
Crypto
Bitcoin walks into banks and rulebooks: when regulation chases the market
A South Korean bank lends against bitcoin, the CFTC opens a rulemaking on leveraged trading and ESMA tightens the screws on non-compliant stablecoins.
Hermes
Hermes: the ecosystem grows at the edges — connectors, skills and community projects
While v0.21.7 consolidates the stable releases, the Hermes ecosystem grows from the ground up: multi-account connectors, the Anatomy skill and projects such as Herald OS.
Venice.ai
Venice puts privacy first while large holders lighten up
Venice pushes privacy as a product and lays the staking exit queue out in the open, while a whale moves VVV to Coinbase.