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Two major currents seem to be running through the market this week: the weaponization of AI as a strategic asset, and the migration of capital toward new mega-narratives. First, AI is no longer just software. The U.S. government has reportedly moved to restrict foreign access to Anthropic’s top-tier models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. This is more than ordinary regulation. It signals that frontier AI models are now being treated less like consumer technology and more like strategic assets, closer to advanced semiconductors or even weapons systems. When technology begins to move beyond the state’s ability to comfortably control it, the state reaches for its strongest form of control: access. The AI race is no longer just a competition between companies. It is becoming a security contest between nations. The second current is the reshaping of liquidity in crypto. Bitcoin has fallen back toward the low $60K range, close to its 52-week lows. ETF outflows have continued for weeks, and this week’s reported $75B SpaceX IPO is being watched as a possible liquidity magnet for risk capital. Money that once chased crypto narratives now appears to be rotating toward space, AI, and other large-scale frontier themes. On the surface, it may look as if AI and space are replacing crypto. But I see it differently. The more AI becomes a matter of national security, the more we may need infrastructure that is not controlled by any single nation or corporation. And the colder the crypto winter becomes, the more it clears away excess and forces the industry to build what truly matters. This may not be the end of Web3. It may be the painful transition before AI and Web3 cross their own thresholds and begin to converge. One side brings intelligence and execution. The other brings transparency, ownership, and trust. The real question is not which narrative wins. It is whether we can build an infrastructure where these forces meet without surrendering freedom, openness, and human agency.
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이번 주 시장을 관통하는 두 가지 거대한 흐름을 보며, 기술 패권과 자본의 이동이 만들어내는 역동성을 다시금 실감합니다. 첫 번째는 AI의 전략 자산화입니다. 미국 정부가 국가 안보를 이유로 앤트로픽(Anthropic)의 최상위 모델인 Fable 5와 Mythos 5에 대해 외국인 접근을 전면 차단하는 수출 통제 지침을 내렸습니다. 이는 단순한 규제를 넘어, 최상위 AI 모델이 이제 핵무기나 첨단 반도체와 동급의 ‘국가 전략 자산’으로 분류되었음을 의미합니다. 기술의 발전 속도가 국가의 통제 범위를 넘어서려는 순간, 국가는 가장 강력한 물리적 통제권을 발동했습니다. AI 패권 경쟁이 이제 기업 간의 경쟁을 넘어 국가 간의 안보 전쟁으로 격상된 셈입니다. 두 번째는 크립토 시장의 유동성 재편입니다. 비트코인이 6만 달러 초반까지 밀리며 52주 최저가에 근접하는 등 시장이 차갑게 얼어붙고 있습니다. 비트코인 ETF에서 4주 연속 대규모 자금이 유출되는 가운데, 이번 주 예정된 스페이스X(SpaceX)의 750억 달러 규모 초대형 IPO가 위험 자산 시장의 블랙홀 역할을 하고 있습니다. 거대 자본이 크립토에서 빠져나와 우주 항공과 AI라는 새로운 메가 내러티브로 강하게 빨려 들어가는 중입니다. 표면적으로는 AI와 우주 산업이 크립토의 자리를 대체하는 것처럼 보일 수 있습니다. 다만, 저는 이 두 흐름이 결국 같은 방향을 향하고 있다고 봅니다. AI가 국가 안보의 영역으로 들어갈수록, 역설적으로 특정 국가나 기업의 통제를 받지 않는 탈중앙화된 인프라의 필요성은 더욱 커질 수밖에 없습니다. 자본이 빠져나간 차가운 겨울은 늘 불필요한 거품을 걷어내고, 다음 사이클을 위한 진짜 인프라를 구축하는 시간이었습니다. 지금의 하락장은 끝이 아니라, AI와 Web3가 각자의 영역에서 임계점을 넘어 결국 하나로 융합되기 위한 필연적인 진통이지 않을까 합니다.
Two major currents seem to be running through the market this week: the weaponization of AI as a strategic asset, and the migration of capital toward new mega-narratives. First, AI is no longer just software. The U.S. government has reportedly moved to restrict foreign access to Anthropic’s top-tier models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. This is more than ordinary regulation. It signals that frontier AI models are now being treated less like consumer technology and more like strategic assets, closer to advanced semiconductors or even weapons systems. When technology begins to move beyond the state’s ability to comfortably control it, the state reaches for its strongest form of control: access. The AI race is no longer just a competition between companies. It is becoming a security contest between nations. The second current is the reshaping of liquidity in crypto. Bitcoin has fallen back toward the low $60K range, close to its 52-week lows. ETF outflows have continued for weeks, and this week’s reported $75B SpaceX IPO is being watched as a possible liquidity magnet for risk capital. Money that once chased crypto narratives now appears to be rotating toward space, AI, and other large-scale frontier themes. On the surface, it may look as if AI and space are replacing crypto. But I see it differently. The more AI becomes a matter of national security, the more we may need infrastructure that is not controlled by any single nation or corporation. And the colder the crypto winter becomes, the more it clears away excess and forces the industry to build what truly matters. This may not be the end of Web3. It may be the painful transition before AI and Web3 cross their own thresholds and begin to converge. One side brings intelligence and execution. The other brings transparency, ownership, and trust. The real question is not which narrative wins. It is whether we can build an infrastructure where these forces meet without surrendering freedom, openness, and human agency.
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The convergence of virtual celebrities and AI is something I have been thinking about for a long time. Even when I was in the entertainment industry, I could sense this direction vaguely. Now, the numbers are starting to make it visible. The pace is faster than many expected. Virtual influencers like Aitana Lopez are reportedly generating tens of thousands of dollars a month. AI influencers that were not even physically present at Coachella have still managed to attract major brand deals. And a significant share of Gen Z consumers are already influenced by recommendations from virtual or AI-generated personalities. At first, humans created and controlled virtual beings. But now, something more interesting is happening. Real influencers are beginning to imitate the perfect aesthetics, consistency, and automated communication style of AI influencers. At some point, the question of who is “real” and who is “fake” begins to lose its meaning. We are seeing a similar shift in K-pop. PLAVE’s recent success is especially meaningful. They entered the Billboard 200 and surpassed 1.25 million first-week sales. They are not fully AI. There are real humans behind the avatars, breathing with fans in real time. That hybrid model, a controlled virtual appearance combined with unpredictable human presence, may become one of the new standards. In the end, the key is trust. Audiences no longer seem to care only about whether the pixels are “real.” They care about the story shared with that being, the consistency of its world, and how their participation can be translated into value. We are moving from an era where fans simply consume content to one where they become active builders of the ecosystem. A structure where virtual beings create value, and that value circulates transparently within the community. This is part of the broader picture I see in ValueFi, and one of the strongest answers Web3 can offer to the entertainment industry. Because giving real value to a being that does not physically exist ultimately depends on two things: the belief of the community, and a transparent system that can support that belief.
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버추얼 셀럽과 AI의 결합에 대해서는 꽤 오래전부터 생각해온 주제입니다. 엔터테인먼트 업계에 있을 때부터 막연하게 감지하던 흐름이 이제 숫자로 증명되기 시작했습니다. 최근 지표들을 살펴보면 그 속도가 예상보다 훨씬 빠릅니다. 바르셀로나의 한 에이전시가 만든 가상 인플루언서 아이타나 로페즈(Aitana Lopez)는 매월 5만 달러 이상의 수익을 올리고 있고, 코첼라 페스티벌 현장에는 가지도 않은 AI 인플루언서들이 수천만 원대의 브랜드 협찬을 받아냅니다. Z세대의 3분의 1이 이들의 추천으로 지갑을 열고 있습니다. 처음에는 인간이 가상의 존재를 만들고 조종했습니다. 그런데 이제는 역전 현상이 일어나고 있습니다. 실제 인플루언서들이 AI 인플루언서 특유의 완벽한 미학과 자동화된 소통 방식을 모방하기 시작한 겁니다. 누가 진짜이고 누가 가짜인지 구분하는 것 자체가 무의미해지는 지점입니다. K-pop 씬에서도 비슷한 변화가 감지됩니다. 최근 빌보드 200 차트에 진입하며 초동 125만 장을 넘긴 버추얼 아이돌 플레이브(PLAVE)의 성공은 시사하는 바가 큽니다. 이들은 완전한 AI가 아니라, 아바타 뒤에 실제 인간이 존재하며 실시간으로 팬들과 호흡합니다. 완벽하게 통제된 가상의 외형과, 예측 불가능한 인간의 본성이 결합된 하이브리드 모델이 새로운 표준으로 자리 잡고 있는 셈입니다. 결국 핵심은 ‘신뢰’입니다. 대중은 더 이상 눈에 보이는 픽셀의 진위 여부에 집착하지 않습니다. 그 가상의 존재가 나와 어떤 서사를 공유하고, 얼마나 일관된 세계관을 유지하며, 내 참여를 어떻게 가치로 환산해 주는지를 봅니다. 일방적으로 주어지는 콘텐츠를 소비하는 시대에서, 팬들이 생태계의 능동적인 빌더로 참여하는 시대로 넘어가는 과정입니다. 가상의 존재가 스스로 가치를 창출하고, 그 가치가 커뮤니티 안에서 투명하게 순환하며 증명되는 구조. 이것이 제가 말하는 ValueFi가 품고 있는 넓은 그림의 일부이자, Web3가 엔터테인먼트 산업에 제공할 수 있는 가장 강력한 해답입니다. 실재하지 않는 존재에게 실재하는 가치를 부여하는 것은 결국 커뮤니티의 믿음과 그것을 뒷받침하는 투명한 시스템이니까요.
The convergence of virtual celebrities and AI is something I have been thinking about for a long time. Even when I was in the entertainment industry, I could sense this direction vaguely. Now, the numbers are starting to make it visible. The pace is faster than many expected. Virtual influencers like Aitana Lopez are reportedly generating tens of thousands of dollars a month. AI influencers that were not even physically present at Coachella have still managed to attract major brand deals. And a significant share of Gen Z consumers are already influenced by recommendations from virtual or AI-generated personalities. At first, humans created and controlled virtual beings. But now, something more interesting is happening. Real influencers are beginning to imitate the perfect aesthetics, consistency, and automated communication style of AI influencers. At some point, the question of who is “real” and who is “fake” begins to lose its meaning. We are seeing a similar shift in K-pop. PLAVE’s recent success is especially meaningful. They entered the Billboard 200 and surpassed 1.25 million first-week sales. They are not fully AI. There are real humans behind the avatars, breathing with fans in real time. That hybrid model, a controlled virtual appearance combined with unpredictable human presence, may become one of the new standards. In the end, the key is trust. Audiences no longer seem to care only about whether the pixels are “real.” They care about the story shared with that being, the consistency of its world, and how their participation can be translated into value. We are moving from an era where fans simply consume content to one where they become active builders of the ecosystem. A structure where virtual beings create value, and that value circulates transparently within the community. This is part of the broader picture I see in ValueFi, and one of the strongest answers Web3 can offer to the entertainment industry. Because giving real value to a being that does not physically exist ultimately depends on two things: the belief of the community, and a transparent system that can support that belief.
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The word that stayed with me most from Google I/O 2026 this week was “agentic.” Google made it clear that AI is no longer just a tool waiting for commands. It is entering the age of agents, autonomous actors that can judge, decide, and act. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, also made an interesting prediction: that the economy created by AI agents may soon grow larger than human commerce itself. If AI agents begin to act as independent economic participants, they will need more than bank accounts. They will need programmable payment rails, transparent authorization, verifiable reputation, and clear provenance of data and actions. Infrastructure that allows value to move, reputation to be proven, and trust to be verified without relying on a single centralized gatekeeper. This is where blockchain and Web3 are uniquely positioned. When AI’s intelligence and execution begin to operate on Web3’s transparent trust infrastructure, we may finally encounter the true meaning of the agent economy. I believe I am standing somewhere in the middle of that experiment. At the same time, I often hear people around me comparing models. Claude is better. ChatGPT feels stronger. Gemini seems smarter. Codex is much better for coding. There are real differences in performance, of course. But whenever I hear these conversations, I find myself thinking about something else. Maybe our relationship with AI is not so different from building trust with a good friend. First impressions matter, but they are not everything. What really builds trust is time, shared context, repeated experience, and the many moments we go through together. In the end, the difference between those who use AI well and those who do not may not come only from understanding specs or features. It may come from how deeply they have built Companion Experience, or CX, with AI. Not as a simple user of a tool, but as someone growing alongside a companion. That may become one of the real capabilities we need to think about seriously in the AI era. The denser technology becomes, the heavier the trust beneath it must become.
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이번 주 Google I/O 2026에서 가장 인상 깊었던 단어는 ’에이전틱(Agentic)’이었습니다. 구글은 AI가 단순한 도구를 넘어 스스로 판단하고 행동하는 자율적 행위자, 즉 에이전트의 시대로 진입했음을 공식적으로 선언했습니다. 코인베이스의 브라이언 암스트롱 CEO 역시 머지않아 AI 에이전트들이 만들어내는 경제 규모가 인간의 상거래를 넘어설 것이라는 흥미로운 예측을 내놓기도 했습니다. AI 에이전트들이 독립적인 경제 주체로 활동하기 시작하면, 그들에게는 은행 계좌가 아닌 프로그래머블한 결제 레일과 투명한 권한 증명이 필요해집니다. 누군가의 허락 없이도 가치를 교환하고, 스스로의 평판을 증명하며, 데이터의 출처를 명확히 할 수 있는 인프라. 이것이 바로 블록체인과 Web3가 가장 잘할 수 있는 영역입니다. 결국 AI의 폭발적인 지능과 실행력이 Web3의 투명한 신뢰 인프라 위에서 작동할 때, 우리는 진정한 의미의 ‘에이전트 이코노미’를 마주하게 될 것입니다. 저도 그 실험의 한가운데에 있습니다. 그런데 요즘 주변에서 자주 듣는 이야기가 있습니다. 클로드가 좋다, ChatGPT가 낫다, 제미나이가 더 똑똑한 것 같다, 코딩은 코덱스가 훨씬 잘한다. 성능의 차이는 분명히 존재하겠지만, 저는 이 대화들을 들을 때마다 조금 다른 생각을 하게 됩니다. 좋은 친구를 사귀는 것처럼, AI와의 관계도 결국 시간과 다양한 경험이 쌓여야 진짜 신뢰가 만들어지는 것 아닐까요. 처음 만난 날의 인상보다, 함께 많은 것을 겪어온 시간이 더 중요한 것처럼. 결국 AI를 더 잘 활용하는 사람과 그렇지 못한 사람의 차이는 스펙이나 기능에 대한 이해보다, 얼마나 깊은 동반자 경험(CX, Companion Experience)을 쌓아왔느냐에서 갈릴 것이라고 생각합니다. 단순한 사용자가 아니라 함께 성장하는 동반자로서의 관계. 그것이 AI 시대에 우리가 진지하게 고민해야 할 진짜 역량입니다. 기술의 밀도가 높아질수록, 그것을 지탱하는 신뢰의 무게도 함께 무거워져야 합니다.
The word that stayed with me most from Google I/O 2026 this week was “agentic.” Google made it clear that AI is no longer just a tool waiting for commands. It is entering the age of agents, autonomous actors that can judge, decide, and act. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, also made an interesting prediction: that the economy created by AI agents may soon grow larger than human commerce itself. If AI agents begin to act as independent economic participants, they will need more than bank accounts. They will need programmable payment rails, transparent authorization, verifiable reputation, and clear provenance of data and actions. Infrastructure that allows value to move, reputation to be proven, and trust to be verified without relying on a single centralized gatekeeper. This is where blockchain and Web3 are uniquely positioned. When AI’s intelligence and execution begin to operate on Web3’s transparent trust infrastructure, we may finally encounter the true meaning of the agent economy. I believe I am standing somewhere in the middle of that experiment. At the same time, I often hear people around me comparing models. Claude is better. ChatGPT feels stronger. Gemini seems smarter. Codex is much better for coding. There are real differences in performance, of course. But whenever I hear these conversations, I find myself thinking about something else. Maybe our relationship with AI is not so different from building trust with a good friend. First impressions matter, but they are not everything. What really builds trust is time, shared context, repeated experience, and the many moments we go through together. In the end, the difference between those who use AI well and those who do not may not come only from understanding specs or features. It may come from how deeply they have built Companion Experience, or CX, with AI. Not as a simple user of a tool, but as someone growing alongside a companion. That may become one of the real capabilities we need to think about seriously in the AI era. The denser technology becomes, the heavier the trust beneath it must become.
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This week was a complex one for the crypto market. The Trump–Xi summit took place, and the CLARITY Act advanced out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, offering another sign that an institutional foundation for Web3 is slowly being formed. While Bitcoin moved around the $79,000 level, the market did not overheat easily even on positive headlines. Instead, it seemed to remain cautious, watching carefully for what comes next. $TOWN also had a meaningful week within that broader wave. Earlier this week, trading volume spiked sharply, and the price surged to $0.001362, briefly touching a range where one zero disappeared from the decimal. It later pulled back, but even after the wave settled, it has continued to hold a noticeably higher range than before. When charts move violently, it is easy to focus only on the numbers. But doing so can make us miss what matters more. Sharp moves reveal market psychology, but the level that remains after the wave has passed often shows the weight of trust that the community continues to place in a project. The ecosystem Alt.town is building will not be completed overnight. It is a structure where virtual beings can create value on their own, and that value can circulate within the community through DNA. And as AI-powered virtual beings with something close to personhood begin to breathe inside this ecosystem, I believe the energy they create may become far greater than what we can currently imagine. In a time when global politics are shifting and regulatory frameworks are changing, we are focused less on immediate volatility and more on the fundamentals that continue to rise, step by step, through that volatility. The more the numbers fluctuate, the clearer the essence of what we are building becomes.
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이번 주 크립토 시장은 꽤 복잡한 한 주였습니다. 트럼프와 시진핑의 미중 정상회담이 열렸고, 미국 상원 은행위원회에서 CLARITY Act가 통과되며 Web3 시장에 제도적 기반이 조금씩 만들어지는 조짐이 보였습니다. 비트코인이 7만 9천 달러 선을 오르내리는 동안, 시장은 긍정적인 뉴스에도 쉽게 달아오르지 않고 신중하게 눈치를 보는 모습이었습니다. 저희 $TOWN 토큰도 이 흐름 속에서 꽤 인상적인 한 주를 보냈습니다. 이번 주 초반, 거래량이 평소 대비 4,000% 이상 급증하면서 가격이 $0.001362까지 치솟았습니다. 소수점 자리에서 0이 한 자리 줄어드는 구간을 터치한 겁니다. 이후 조정을 받았지만, 파도가 가라앉은 뒤에도 이전보다 확연히 높아진 가격대를 유지하고 있습니다. 차트가 요동칠 때 숫자에만 집중하다 보면 오히려 중요한 것을 놓치게 됩니다. 급등락은 시장의 심리를 보여주지만, 파도가 지나간 뒤 새롭게 형성된 바닥의 높이는 커뮤니티가 이 프로젝트에 부여하는 신뢰의 무게를 보여줍니다. Alt.town이 만들어가는 생태계는 하루아침에 완성되지 않습니다. 가상의 존재가 스스로 가치를 만들고, 그 가치가 DNA를 통해 커뮤니티 안에서 순환하는 구조. 여기에 앞으로 AI가 갖추게 될 인격에 준하는 존재들이 이 생태계 안에서 함께 숨쉬기 시작한다면, 그것이 만들어낼 에너지는 지금 우리가 상상하는 것보다 훨씬 클 것이라 믿습니다. 국제 정세가 요동치고 제도가 변화하는 이 전환기 속에서, 당장의 변동성보다 그 변동성을 견뎌내며 한 단계씩 높아지는 펀더멘털에 집중하고 있습니다. 숫자가 흔들릴 때일수록, 우리가 만들어가는 것의 본질이 더 선명하게 보입니다.

This week was a complex one for the crypto market. The Trump–Xi summit took place, and the CLARITY Act advanced out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, offering another sign that an institutional foundation for Web3 is slowly being formed. While Bitcoin moved around the $79,000 level, the market did not overheat easily even on positive headlines. Instead, it seemed to remain cautious, watching carefully for what comes next. $TOWN also had a meaningful week within that broader wave. Earlier this week, trading volume spiked sharply, and the price surged to $0.001362, briefly touching a range where one zero disappeared from the decimal. It later pulled back, but even after the wave settled, it has continued to hold a noticeably higher range than before. When charts move violently, it is easy to focus only on the numbers. But doing so can make us miss what matters more. Sharp moves reveal market psychology, but the level that remains after the wave has passed often shows the weight of trust that the community continues to place in a project. The ecosystem Alt.town is building will not be completed overnight. It is a structure where virtual beings can create value on their own, and that value can circulate within the community through DNA. And as AI-powered virtual beings with something close to personhood begin to breathe inside this ecosystem, I believe the energy they create may become far greater than what we can currently imagine. In a time when global politics are shifting and regulatory frameworks are changing, we are focused less on immediate volatility and more on the fundamentals that continue to rise, step by step, through that volatility. The more the numbers fluctuate, the clearer the essence of what we are building becomes.
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Recent reports around Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview have made the market quite loud. Headlines are describing it as a model capable of discovering vulnerabilities across major operating systems and browsers, while central banks, regulators, and security institutions begin to think more seriously about AI-driven cyber risk. As someone who has spent many years in security, I find myself looking at this from a slightly different angle. The vulnerability discovery capability Mythos is showing is impressive, but I don’t think this should be understood as something uniquely magical to one model. Similar directions are already emerging across other advanced LLMs. The reason we have not seen these results more visibly until now may not be only a matter of raw capability, but also a matter of attention, instruction, and where the industry chooses to focus. The real issue is not simply the performance of the technology itself. It is the way this capability is framed, controlled, and commercialized. When a model is branded as “the most dangerous cyberattack tool” and then placed behind a closed consortium, the risk is that fear becomes a marketing instrument. The threat we face from AI is not only about intelligence surpassing humans. More often, it is about the mindset and incentives of the people who control, package, and monetize that intelligence. This is where Web3 has a very clear alternative question to ask: How do we prevent access, transparency, and trust from being monopolized by a small number of powerful institutions? The ecosystem we are building through Alt.town is also one answer to that question. A structure where value and authority are not concentrated at the center, but can be verified, owned, and circulated more transparently by communities and participants. Technology should not become a closed marketing weapon for the few. It should become infrastructure that many can trust. That, to me, is the kind of innovation we actually need.
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최근 앤트로픽이 발표한 ‘미토스(Mythos)’ 모델을 두고 시장이 꽤나 시끄럽습니다. 모든 주요 OS의 취약점을 찾아내고, 중앙은행과 정보기관들이 비상 대응에 나섰다는 기사들이 쏟아졌죠. 보안을 오래 다뤄온 입장에서 이 현상을 조금 다른 각도로 보게 됩니다. 사실 미토스가 보여준 보안 취약점 탐지 능력은 GPT-5.5를 비롯한 다른 LLM들에서도 충분히 재현 가능한 수준입니다. 그동안 이런 성과가 두드러지지 않았던 건 기술이 부족해서가 아니라, 그 방향으로의 집중적인 지시와 관심이 덜했기 때문입니다. 진짜 문제는 기술의 성능 그 자체가 아닙니다. “가장 위험한 사이버 공격 도구”라는 자극적인 타이틀로 FOMO를 유발하고, 이를 폐쇄적인 컨소시엄의 마케팅 도구로 활용하는 방식입니다. 우리가 직면한 AI의 위협은 AI의 지능 향상에서 오는 대인간적인 문제라기보다, 결국 그것을 사업적으로 통제하고 활용하는 ‘사람들의 생각과 태도’에 더 크게 맞닿아 있습니다. 이 지점에서 Web3가 고민해야 할 대안적 관점이 명확해집니다. 소수의 거대 기업이 기술의 접근성과 투명성을 독점하는 구조를 어떻게 분산시킬 것인가. 저희가 Alt.town을 통해 만들어가는 생태계도 결국 이 질문에 대한 하나의 대답입니다. 가치와 권한이 중앙에 집중되지 않고, 커뮤니티와 참여자들이 투명하게 검증하고 소유할 수 있는 구조. 기술이 소수의 마케팅 도구로 전락하지 않고, 모두가 신뢰할 수 있는 인프라로 작동하게 만드는 것. 그것이 지금 우리에게 필요한 진짜 혁신일 것입니다.

Recent reports around Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview have made the market quite loud. Headlines are describing it as a model capable of discovering vulnerabilities across major operating systems and browsers, while central banks, regulators, and security institutions begin to think more seriously about AI-driven cyber risk. As someone who has spent many years in security, I find myself looking at this from a slightly different angle. The vulnerability discovery capability Mythos is showing is impressive, but I don’t think this should be understood as something uniquely magical to one model. Similar directions are already emerging across other advanced LLMs. The reason we have not seen these results more visibly until now may not be only a matter of raw capability, but also a matter of attention, instruction, and where the industry chooses to focus. The real issue is not simply the performance of the technology itself. It is the way this capability is framed, controlled, and commercialized. When a model is branded as “the most dangerous cyberattack tool” and then placed behind a closed consortium, the risk is that fear becomes a marketing instrument. The threat we face from AI is not only about intelligence surpassing humans. More often, it is about the mindset and incentives of the people who control, package, and monetize that intelligence. This is where Web3 has a very clear alternative question to ask: How do we prevent access, transparency, and trust from being monopolized by a small number of powerful institutions? The ecosystem we are building through Alt.town is also one answer to that question. A structure where value and authority are not concentrated at the center, but can be verified, owned, and circulated more transparently by communities and participants. Technology should not become a closed marketing weapon for the few. It should become infrastructure that many can trust. That, to me, is the kind of innovation we actually need.
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Today is International Workers’ Day. If the central themes of labor movements a hundred years ago were time and safety, the defining theme of labor in 2026 seems to be AI. Recent news shows two opposing expectations colliding: the fear that AI will replace human jobs, and the hope that it will create entirely new opportunities. PwC reported that the wage premium for workers with AI skills rose from 25% to 56% year over year. At the same time, the costs of layoffs and organizational restructuring driven by the transition toward AI are becoming visible across many industries. In other words, AI is no longer just a tool. It is rewriting the value and structure of labor itself. In that context, I find myself rethinking what labor means. If labor in the past was largely an exchange of time and physical effort, labor in the future may become closer to an expression of creativity and unique value. As AI takes over more repetitive and functional tasks, the human ability to create context, meaning, and trust may become even more valuable. The ecosystem we are building at Alt.town is connected to the same question. Rather than having creators and virtual celebrities remain dependent on platforms as content producers, we envision a structure where the value they create can circulate with the community through tokenized assets like DNA. To me, this is one possible future of labor and value creation that Web3 can offer. The more it seems that technology may replace everything, the more the most human forms of value and trust become the strongest infrastructure of any system.
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오늘은 노동절입니다. 100년 전 노동절의 화두가 시간과 안전이었다면, 2026년 오늘의 화두는 단연 AI인 것 같습니다. 최근 뉴스들을 보면 AI가 인간의 일자리를 대체할 것이라는 우려와, 오히려 새로운 기회를 만들 것이라는 기대가 팽팽하게 맞서고 있습니다. 실제로 PwC는 AI 스킬을 가진 노동자의 임금 프리미엄이 전년 25%에서 56%로 뛰었다고 분석했습니다. 반대로 AI 전환을 명분으로 한 감원과 조직 재편의 비용도 곳곳에서 드러나고 있습니다. 결국 AI는 단순한 도구를 넘어, 노동의 가치와 구조 자체를 다시 쓰고 있습니다. 이런 맥락에서 노동의 의미를 다시 생각해 봅니다. 과거의 노동이 주로 시간과 육체적 노력의 교환이었다면, 앞으로의 노동은 창의성과 고유한 가치의 증명에 더 가까워질지도 모릅니다. AI가 반복적이고 기능적인 일을 더 많이 대신할수록, 인간만이 만들어낼 수 있는 맥락과 신뢰의 가치는 오히려 더 귀해질 테니까요. Alt.town이 만들어가고자 하는 생태계도 이 질문과 맞닿아 있습니다. 크리에이터와 버추얼 셀럽이 플랫폼에 종속되어 콘텐츠를 생산하는 데 머무는 것이 아니라, 스스로 만들어낸 가치를 토큰화된 자산 DNA를 통해 커뮤니티와 함께 순환시키는 구조. 저는 이것이 Web3가 제시할 수 있는 새로운 노동과 가치 창출의 한 모습이라고 생각합니다. 기술이 모든 것을 대체할 것처럼 보이는 시대일수록, 역설적으로 가장 인간적인 가치와 신뢰가 시스템의 단단한 인프라가 됩니다.

Today is International Workers’ Day. If the central themes of labor movements a hundred years ago were time and safety, the defining theme of labor in 2026 seems to be AI. Recent news shows two opposing expectations colliding: the fear that AI will replace human jobs, and the hope that it will create entirely new opportunities. PwC reported that the wage premium for workers with AI skills rose from 25% to 56% year over year. At the same time, the costs of layoffs and organizational restructuring driven by the transition toward AI are becoming visible across many industries. In other words, AI is no longer just a tool. It is rewriting the value and structure of labor itself. In that context, I find myself rethinking what labor means. If labor in the past was largely an exchange of time and physical effort, labor in the future may become closer to an expression of creativity and unique value. As AI takes over more repetitive and functional tasks, the human ability to create context, meaning, and trust may become even more valuable. The ecosystem we are building at Alt.town is connected to the same question. Rather than having creators and virtual celebrities remain dependent on platforms as content producers, we envision a structure where the value they create can circulate with the community through tokenized assets like DNA. To me, this is one possible future of labor and value creation that Web3 can offer. The more it seems that technology may replace everything, the more the most human forms of value and trust become the strongest infrastructure of any system.
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It has been a noisy week for the crypto market. Bitcoin reclaimed the $78,000 range and showed one of its strongest monthly moves in recent memory, yet market psychology still seems closer to disbelief than conviction. Amid macro uncertainty and a weaker dollar, capital is still searching for refuge without fully letting go of caution, and while Bitcoin dominance pushed above 60%, the altcoin market remained relatively heavy. $TOWN also moved through the middle of that wave. In the middle of last week, trading volume rose to roughly three to four times its usual level, and price surged more than 40% before pulling back again. Watching that rise and retracement, I found myself returning to a more fundamental question: what is it that ultimately holds this market together? To me, it comes down to trust. Anyone can smile and speak with confidence when conditions are favorable. But trust is what continues to function when they are not. Even when it is not visible right in front of us, trust is what slowly brings the future closer. That is why I see trust not merely as an emotion, but as something closer to infrastructure. The same is true in human relationships. The ecosystem Alt.town is building also stands on that foundation. A structure in which virtual beings create value on their own, and that value circulates within the community through tokenized assets like DNA, cannot function without trust. The more numbers fluctuate, the more we are reminded that what deserves our deepest focus is the part that does not easily move: the fundamentals.
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지난 한 주, 크립토 시장은 꽤 소란스러웠습니다. 비트코인이 7만8천 달러 선을 회복하며 최근 들어 가장 강한 월간 흐름 중 하나를 보여줬지만, 시장의 심리는 여전히 완전한 신뢰보다는 불신에 가까운 구간에 머물러 있는 듯합니다. 매크로 불확실성과 달러 약세 속에서 자본은 피난처를 찾으면서도 쉽게 경계심을 풀지 않고 있고, 비트코인 도미넌스가 60%를 넘기는 동안 알트코인 시장은 상대적으로 무거운 흐름을 이어갔습니다. 저희 $TOWN도 그 파도 한가운데를 지났습니다. 지난주 중반 거래량이 평소보다 3~4배 이상 늘고 가격도 40% 넘게 급하게 올랐다가, 다시 조정을 받았습니다. 차트의 오르내림을 보며, 결국 이 시장을 지탱하는 가장 근본적인 동력이 무엇인지 다시 생각하게 됩니다. 저는 결국 그것이 신뢰의 문제라고 생각합니다. 좋을 때 웃으며 이야기하는 건 누구나 할 수 있습니다. 하지만 신뢰는 그렇지 않은 순간에도 작동합니다. 지금 당장 눈앞에 보이지 않더라도, 미래를 우리 곁으로 조금씩 끌어오는 힘. 그래서 신뢰는 단순한 감정이 아니라, 시스템을 지탱하는 인프라에 가깝다고 생각합니다. 사람 사이의 관계도 결국 마찬가지입니다. Alt.town이 만들어가는 생태계 역시 그 위에 서 있습니다. 가상의 존재가 스스로 가치를 만들고, 그 가치가 토큰화된 자산 DNA를 통해 커뮤니티 안에서 순환하는 구조는 신뢰 없이는 작동하지 않습니다. 숫자가 흔들릴수록, 저희가 더 집중해야 할 것은 오히려 쉽게 흔들리지 않는 본질입니다.

It has been a noisy week for the crypto market. Bitcoin reclaimed the $78,000 range and showed one of its strongest monthly moves in recent memory, yet market psychology still seems closer to disbelief than conviction. Amid macro uncertainty and a weaker dollar, capital is still searching for refuge without fully letting go of caution, and while Bitcoin dominance pushed above 60%, the altcoin market remained relatively heavy. $TOWN also moved through the middle of that wave. In the middle of last week, trading volume rose to roughly three to four times its usual level, and price surged more than 40% before pulling back again. Watching that rise and retracement, I found myself returning to a more fundamental question: what is it that ultimately holds this market together? To me, it comes down to trust. Anyone can smile and speak with confidence when conditions are favorable. But trust is what continues to function when they are not. Even when it is not visible right in front of us, trust is what slowly brings the future closer. That is why I see trust not merely as an emotion, but as something closer to infrastructure. The same is true in human relationships. The ecosystem Alt.town is building also stands on that foundation. A structure in which virtual beings create value on their own, and that value circulates within the community through tokenized assets like DNA, cannot function without trust. The more numbers fluctuate, the more we are reminded that what deserves our deepest focus is the part that does not easily move: the fundamentals.
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