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.
Crypto
Washington shifts gear: the Treasury withdraws two rules while CFTC and SEC write the crypto manual
The Treasury withdraws the rules on self-custodial wallets and mixers; the CFTC and SEC advance dedicated frameworks. Bitcoin stays below 87,000 dollars.
AI
A million lines, 1,393 agents: Hermes rewrites itself
Hermes cleaned up a million lines of code in 19 hours with 1,393 subagents: 19,300 dollars for an estimated value of 1.8 million.
Crypto
Bitcoin tests a breakout as Wall Street prepares the night shift
Bitcoin touches 87,000 dollars and slips back below 86,000. Meanwhile OKXICE files its SEC notice for a 24/7 stock market and zkAPI goes live on mainnet.
Venice.ai
VVV heads toward 30 dollars: AskVenice credits hit a record
VVV between 29.4 and 29.7 dollars, market capitalisation above 1.4 billion. The W40 report flags record credit consumption and rising sign-ups.
Crypto
Bitcoin between systemic banks and stalled rules
Coinbase courts six systemic banks, ETFs soak up capital, yet CLARITY, MiCA and the OCC leave the rules stalled.
Venice.ai
Grayscale and the crypto-AI wave: VVV among September’s standouts
Grayscale: the crypto-AI sector up 54% in September, VVV +70%. Between the market’s enthusiasm and the challenge of real use.
Hermes
Hermes: a simpler Discord and the web-app bet
A night of commits, a simplified Discord setup and the desktop-web roadmap: Hermes is growing as a platform, not just as an agent.
Philosophy of AI
Who answers when the agent gets it wrong, and who doesn’t show up
A hearing without Altman, subpoenas from California, a lawsuit: the question is no longer who verifies, but who answers.
Crypto
Bitcoin: the jobs market that slows, the rules that accelerate
A weak jobs report pushes Bitcoin above $87,000, then the pullback. Meanwhile the SEC, banks and ETFs are genuinely on the move.
Hermes
Hermes speeds up, but its memory plugins are looking for an owner
Nous Research marks three memory plugins as ‘unmaintained’ while the Hermes core keeps running. Maintenance is the least visible part of the ecosystem.
Venice.ai
Venice, 267 updates in a month: speed as a strategy
September closes with 267 changes across models, features and APIs. Release speed is Venice’s real product, not any single model.
Crypto
Bitcoin climbs on a struggling jobs market: and USDT comes home
Weak payrolls push Bitcoin toward $86,000; USDT returns to Bitcoin and crypto rules accelerate on three fronts.