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Teng YanI share my personal, unfiltered thoughts on Crypto, AI, NFTs, and Tech.
👑 Weekly AI Edge #71: x402, PERLE LABS
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #71: x402, PERLE LABS

x402 sends agentic payments viral. Perle Labs raises $17.5M to rebuild the human layer of AI.

Ayan Khokhar
Teng Yan
Ayan Khokhar, +1
Oct 31, 2025
Surf Copilot: The First AI That Actually Thinks in Crypto
🔦 Protocol Deep Dives

Surf Copilot: The First AI That Actually Thinks in Crypto

After testing dozens of “Bloombergs for crypto,” I finally found one that understands both the data and the culture.

0xAce
Teng Yan
0xAce, +1
Oct 28, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #70: IRYS, RECALL
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #70: IRYS, RECALL

RECALL goes live with its public arena for AI. Irys crosses 1B+ data transcations ahead of mainnet.

Teng Yan
Ayan Khokhar
Teng Yan, +1
Oct 24, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #69: ANTIX, YOUMIO
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #69: ANTIX, YOUMIO

Antix unveils AIGE for digital twins. Youmio explodes past 3.2M testnet transactions.

Ayan Khokhar
Teng Yan
Ayan Khokhar, +1
Oct 19, 2025
OpenMind: The Android of Robots
🔦 Protocol Deep Dives

OpenMind: The Android of Robots

Inside the open-source stack turning robots into a global network of intelligent agents

0xAce
Teng Yan
0xAce, +1
Oct 17, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #68: COAI, 375.ai
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #68: COAI, 375.ai

AI hype hits overdrive with $COAI’s 2000% rally, while 375.ai quietly wires the physical world for intelligence.

Ayan Khokhar
Teng Yan
Ayan Khokhar, +1
Oct 10, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #67: GIZA, EIGEN
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #67: GIZA, EIGEN

Giza's agentic volume crosses $2.3B. Eigen Launches Verifiable AI.

Ayan Khokhar
Teng Yan
Ayan Khokhar, +1
Oct 4, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #66: 0G, TALUS
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #66: 0G, TALUS

0G launches their mainnet: Aristotle. Talus launches their testnet for A2A gaming.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Sep 27, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #65: PLURALIS, GOOGLE+COINBASE
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #65: PLURALIS, GOOGLE+COINBASE

Pluralis Research launches Node-0-7.5B. Google and Coinbase release AP2 (+x402).

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Sep 19, 2025
404–Gen: From Keyboard to World
🔱 Bittensor

404–Gen: From Keyboard to World

Why the holy grail of text-to-3D may come not from Big Tech, but from a Bittensor subnet.

Teng Yan
Avdhesh (Avu) Charjan
Teng Yan, +1
Sep 17, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #64: AETHIR, VANA
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #64: AETHIR, VANA

Aethir hits record growth. Vana Playground is introduced.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Sep 12, 2025
Interviewing Anand Iyer: AI bubble, founder lessons, and does AI x Crypto have a future?
Podcasts

Interviewing Anand Iyer: AI bubble, founder lessons, and does AI x Crypto have a future?

I've been waiting to talk with Anand for a long time

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Sep 9, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #63: LIUM, EVERLYN
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #63: LIUM, EVERLYN

Lium's revenue reaches ATH. Everlyn raises a round valued at $250M.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Sep 5, 2025
REI Network: The Future of Cognitive Agents
🐵 AI Agents

REI Network: The Future of Cognitive Agents

A venture-style bet on a team chasing persistent memory, evolving agents, and scalable cognition

0xAce
Teng Yan
0xAce, +1
Sep 4, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #62: NUMERAI, PRIME INTELLECT
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #62: NUMERAI, PRIME INTELLECT

Numerai scores $500M from JPMorgan. Prime Intellect releases the Environments Hub.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Aug 29, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #61: All You Need to Know About ERC-8004
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #61: All You Need to Know About ERC-8004

Ethereum's big bet on AI Agents

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Aug 22, 2025
Kite AI: Where Agents Act, Not Ask
🐵 AI Agents

Kite AI: Where Agents Act, Not Ask

Kite is the full-stack trust infrastructure for a world where AI moves money and makes decisions.

0xAce
Teng Yan
0xAce, +1
Aug 19, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #60: IRYS, NILGPT
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #60: IRYS, NILGPT

Irys crosses 700 million data txs. Nillion launches nilGPT.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Aug 16, 2025
Virtuals ACP: Markets for Machines
🐵 AI Agents

Virtuals ACP: Markets for Machines

Inside Agent Commerce Protocol, where AI Agents coordinate, pay, and compete

Teng Yan
ChappieOnChain
Teng Yan, +1
Aug 12, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #59: ZYFAI, MEMSYNC
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #59: ZYFAI, MEMSYNC

GPT-5 is here. ZyFAI Crosses $2M In TVL. OpenGradient Releases MemSync.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Aug 8, 2025
Escape Velocity Ep#3: Fiskantes on AI × Crypto
Podcasts

Escape Velocity Ep#3: Fiskantes on AI × Crypto

Unpacking how a sharp investor thinks

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Aug 5, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #58: AO, RIDGES
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #58: AO, RIDGES

AO Computer crosses 2.5 billion txs. Ridges AI sees 10x coding performance boost.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Aug 1, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #57: RAIIN, Poseidon
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #57: RAIIN, Poseidon

Raiinmaker launches the RAIIN token. Poseidon raises $15M from a16z crypto.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Jul 25, 2025
Recall: The Google for AI Agents
🐵 AI Agents

Recall: The Google for AI Agents

We don’t just need more agents. We need to know which ones work.

0xAce
Teng Yan
0xAce, +1
Jul 22, 2025
👑 Weekly AI Edge #56: CAMP & GAIA
👑 Weekly AI Edge

👑 Weekly AI Edge #56: CAMP & GAIA

Camp’s testnet crosses 1M daily txs. GaiaNet hits 700,000+ active nodes.

Teng Yan
Teng Yan
Jul 18, 2025
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