This morning when I opened the exchange, I almost dropped my phone. It wasn’t because the market had a big move—what got me was a message: DCG’s Yuma has launched an institutional fund for the Bittensor ecosystem.
Bittensor is the TAO project: a decentralized AI training network. This Yuma fund is basically telling institutions: you want to invest in decentralized AI, but you don’t know how to do it? I’ve built you the entry point.
And the timing is interesting. Anthropic recently had a model-restriction incident, and many developers have started worrying about regulation issues around centralized AI. Yuma is pushing the fund right on this moment—decentralized AI narratives have gained yet another boost.
Another funding update is that Framework Ventures has completed fundraising for its fourth fund: $400 million, focusing on three areas—blockchain, AI, and robotics. Framework is an established crypto VC; it previously invested in some top-tier DeFi projects. Being able to raise $400 million in today’s market environment suggests that LPs still have confidence in this sector.
And Tether is also up to something—it plans to launch an XAUT gold-collateralized lending service. Tether has previously been using USDT to “cash in,” and now it wants to bring XAU into the DeFi ecosystem as well. If this gold-on-chain direction really takes off, Tether’s scale could have a significant impact.
In a bear market, who’s making moves? DCG, Framework, and Tether. They’re not playing for the short term—they’re setting up a long-cycle game.
$TAO #融资 #AI #Bittensor #DeFi
Bittensor is the TAO project: a decentralized AI training network. This Yuma fund is basically telling institutions: you want to invest in decentralized AI, but you don’t know how to do it? I’ve built you the entry point.
And the timing is interesting. Anthropic recently had a model-restriction incident, and many developers have started worrying about regulation issues around centralized AI. Yuma is pushing the fund right on this moment—decentralized AI narratives have gained yet another boost.
Another funding update is that Framework Ventures has completed fundraising for its fourth fund: $400 million, focusing on three areas—blockchain, AI, and robotics. Framework is an established crypto VC; it previously invested in some top-tier DeFi projects. Being able to raise $400 million in today’s market environment suggests that LPs still have confidence in this sector.
And Tether is also up to something—it plans to launch an XAUT gold-collateralized lending service. Tether has previously been using USDT to “cash in,” and now it wants to bring XAU into the DeFi ecosystem as well. If this gold-on-chain direction really takes off, Tether’s scale could have a significant impact.
In a bear market, who’s making moves? DCG, Framework, and Tether. They’re not playing for the short term—they’re setting up a long-cycle game.
$TAO #融资 #AI #Bittensor #DeFi