Had @mikecontango Founder of @generaltensor on the pod Talking about what it takes to get $TAO to the top institutional investors General Tensor are OGs who started some of the major subnets on Bittensor, acquired top validator Roundtable 21 and now have taken over trading venue Backprop Finance No one better to speak to than Mike on all things BIttensor Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:45 State of Markets 03:48 General Tensor Origins 09:21 Antifragility 11:11 TAO Capital Markets 15:12 Distributed Computing 20:18 Exponential Growth of $TAO 26:07 Subnet Analysis 29:43 TAO as a Diversified AI Index 35:36 Driving Institutional Adoption and Research

If you're in Paris for Proof of Talk, & building in Bittensor; attending this workshop is a no-brainer. RSVP: luma.com/glytiyi4

Proof of Talk is only 5 days away! If you're attending, make sure you sign up for the #TensorFi with panelists from @generaltensor @wearetalisman @forevermoney_ai @bitmind Register: luma.com/glytiyi4

We’re delighted to welcome back @GeneralTensor as a Platinum Sponsor of the Bittensor Track at Proof of Talk. Formerly General TAO Ventures, General Tensor was the first supporter of the Bittensor Track back in 2024. We were fortunate to be close to them from the start, and they became partners and co-creators of last year’s track. Their early conviction helped make this possible. Today, General Tensor is building the full-stack infrastructure layer for the Bittensor economy, operating across blockchain, AI, and data centers. From validation and subnet incubation to market access and capital formation, they are building products that move capital into subnets with minimal friction. For retail traders. For institutional allocators. For autonomous AI agents. Through @Rubicon_Bridge, their bridge built in partnership with Chainlink, General Tensor is opening new liquidity pathways for subnet tokens and connecting Bittensor to one of the fastest-growing onchain ecosystems. Backed by DCG, Lvna Capital and Good Morning Holdings, General Tensor is helping turn open intelligence into a real, capitalised economy. This summer, General Tensor returns to the Louvre. Platinum Sponsor of the Bittensor Track at Proof of Talk.

5/ Bittensor Track Jacob Steeves (@const_reborn) and Ala Shaabana (@shibshib89), the two co-founders of @opentensor, anchor the track. The room includes the most active subnet operators and the funds allocating into them: @YumaGroup, @generaltensor, @stillcorecap, @dsvfund, @TAOSynergies, @SafelloAB, @bitstarterAI and more. Bittensor is now one of the largest decentralised AI networks measured by market capitalisation and developer activity. Concentrating its operators and capital allocators in a single venue for two days is the operational thesis of this track. Full Bittensor Track here: proofoftalk.io/bittensor

We're here for the mission — make Bittensor effortless. For institutional capital, retail users, and the agents working for them 🫡

Getting assets onto Bittensor has always been the friction point. Not anymore. Cross-chain handled. Custody and multi-sig handled. Effortless isn't just a tagline here.

RT @generaltensor: General Tensor & Talisman are partnering to make Bittensor effortless — for institutional capital, retail users, and the…

Excited for this one!

Astroware Labs (@astrowareai) and @trishoolai are plugging Halo Guard Alpha into Chutes Chat. It's a safety classifier that catches jailbreak attempts. Astroware trains it against live attackers on Trishool (SN23), where they pay miners to break the model and feed every successful break back into training. Halo hits 87% F1 across 7 public safety benchmarks including Aegis and HarmBench, and catches attacks like narrative injection and encoding obfuscation. Another step forward in AI Security.

I sat down with Jared from @Beyondfinancee yesterday once again to break down the latest macro setup, TAO price action, and the biggest developments across the Bittensor subnet ecosystem. Here's what we covered 👇 00:00–10:00 — BTC macro: Clarity Act, cycle low theories, RSI/MACD signals, and why more volatility may still come 10:00–15:00 — TAO price action: inverse H&S setup, bittensor:native vs bitcoin:native strength, and long-term upside targets 15:00–18:00 — @OpenAI @AnthropicAI valuations vs TAO’s asymmetry as decentralized AI infrastructure 18:00–22:00 — @heydittoai SN118: AI memory layer, agent coordination, and why the team stands out 22:00–27:00 — Conviction update: locked stake, transparency, investor protection, and subnet treasury management 27:00–38:00 — @resilabsai, @0x_Markets, @Bitcast_network Solana integrations: key subnet updates and ecosystem growth 39:00–43:00 — AI trading agents, autonomous strategies, and the future of agent-driven trading 45:00–End — Upcoming TAOflow changes and why emissions may increasingly concentrate into stronger subnets

Every milestone has been leading to this. We're proud to announce that General Tensor has acquired Backprop Finance from @TensorplexLabs. @BackpropFinance is the all-in-one trading terminal for Bittensor subnets - and is one of Bittensor's highest-volume trading platforms, accounting for up to one-third of the network's subnet volume annualized. The next chapter starts now.

Something's coming

Subnets as an Asset Class: Building the On-Ramps for Institutional Capital Bittensor is moving from a single-token market into a full investment ecosystem. To explore what comes next, we are bringing together some of the leading investors and capital allocators in Bittensor, each representing a different entry point into the network: @FrankSchuil, exchange and ETP access through @SafelloAB @jaltucher, DAT exposure through @TAOSynergies @EvanMalanga, asset management and accelerator through @YumaGroup @SiamKidd, liquid fund exposure through @dsvfund @0xVonBismarck, full-stack Bittensor infrastructure and incubation through @generaltensor Together, they will unpack how capital enters the ecosystem, how subnets become investable products, and how institutional investors can begin participating beyond TAO. June 2–3, Bittensor Track at Proof of Talk.

30 Aplications in just one day. 0xMarkets hype is building up. Have you applied already? tell us here!

Most of you don't know what kind of trader you are. 13 questions. We'll show you who you actually are. 0xmarkets.io/quiz $100 to 3 people who finish it and post their result tagging us. Picked Friday.

Just got off a call with ROOST Model Community. We're discussing a partnership where ROOST evaluates Halo, the guard model we're building on Trishool (SN23), and puts it in front of their users and partner network. Companies using ROOST today: Notion, Discord, BlueSky, Matrix..

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