Adam Forsyth

Tether’s QVAC pushes multi‑billion‑parameter AI models onto phones and consumer GPUs

Tether’s QVAC Fabric integrates BitNet LoRA to fine‑tune and run multi‑billion‑parameter AI models on consumer GPUs and flagship phones, pushing serious AI work to the edge. Summary QVAC Fabric brings BitNet LoRA fine‑tuning and inference to AMD and Intel GPUs, Apple’s Metal stack, and high‑end mobile GPUs, claiming 2–11x speedups over CPU baselines and up…

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SEC says most crypto assets fall outside securities laws, including staking, airdrops, and mining

SEC Chair Paul Atkins said Tuesday that the agency is implementing a token taxonomy and investment contract interpretation aimed at ending years of uncertainty over when crypto assets fall under federal securities laws. Speaking at the DC Blockchain Summit on March 17, Atkins said the framework would classify digital commodities, digital collectibles, digital tools, and…

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Sam Altman’s World and Coinbase roll out toolkit to distinguish human-backed AI agents from bots

Sam Altman’s World has unveiled a new developer toolkit designed to help websites and online services verify that artificial intelligence agents are operating on behalf of real people rather than autonomous bot networks. The toolkit, called AgentKit, launched today in beta and integrates World’s identity verification system with x402, an open protocol developed by Coinbase…

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