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The cost of doing business on Bittensor this year was getting steep. In fact, the average TAO price of registering a subnet in 2026 was 638 TAO, or around $159,000 at the time of each registration. • The peak was 2,633 TAO (about $796K at the time) on May 8. • New teams would either need to be well funded from Bittensor fund or get fundraised by someone like @bitstarterAI to have a chance to start their own subnet. On October 13th the stakes changed. Prior to this change, it took 8 days for a subnet price to reach the price it was prior to the current registration. This meant a flurry of registrations could keep the price high for over a week, pricing out smaller teams. • That time is now cut in half, and the prior price only takes 4 days to be reached. • Theoretically, if a subnet registration does not take place 4 days after the last price is reached, the 1 TAO floor is then reached. Now, with this change, the latest registration price was 224.64 TAO, about a third of the average TAO price this year. This makes acquiring a subnet a lot more attainable and affordable for aspiring teams. Another change that was made was the immunity period for new subnets. Immunity is the state of being safe from being deregistered from the chain. • The prior immunity period was 120 days. Now it is 60 days. • This change puts new subnet's feet to the fire and forces them to be productive projects on the network sooner rather than later. • At 60 days, a young subnet's price matters as much as what it has built. Since all 128 subnet slots are full, the lowest priced subnet on roughly a 1-day EMA, that does not have immunity, will be deregistered when someone pays the current registration price for a subnet. What are the consequences of these changes? • Subnet registration entries are now cheaper, but turnover is much faster. • Younger subnets with weak prices and very low liquidity carry even more risk than before. It's rarely been easier to acquire a subnet, but it's never been harder to stay afloat. The chain, as always, rewards productivity, true value, and acceptance from the TAO holders. The pace has quickened, and the progress continues to accelerate. What are your thoughts on the new changes? Come to Bittensor’s Town Square at the Subnet Summer Telegram group to offer your thoughts!

Crypto Roundup — Key Highlights Date: October 27, 2026 >> Here are 12 updates worthy of note: ➡️ Crypto News 🔹 Bitcoin — $BTC is trading around $79.6K, with $80K remaining a key psychological level. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $110.3M in net inflows on October 26, entirely driven by BlackRock's IBIT. 🔹 Institutional ETF Flows — Institutional demand remains uneven. While BTC ETFs attracted $110.3M, Ethereum ETFs recorded $88.6M in outflows, with Solana products losing another $8.2M. Institutional capital is increasingly selective rather than accumulating across the entire market. 🔹 Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries — Strive reportedly acquired 6,182 BTC worth $511.4M, bringing its holdings to approximately 43,000 BTC. Meanwhile, Strategy made no new purchases last week, maintaining 848,517 BTC while repurchasing $204.9M in STRC preferred shares. 🔹 Ripple ( $XRP ) — Ripple received final OCC approval to establish Ripple National Trust Bank, strengthening its regulated stablecoin reserve management and institutional custody infrastructure. Ripple reports that its RLUSD stablecoin has grown to approximately $2.5B in market capitalization. 🔹 U.S. Stablecoin Regulation — The OCC encouraged community banks to explore issuing payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act framework, with implementing rules taking effect January 18, 2027. This could expand stablecoin issuance beyond major crypto-native companies. ➡️ Perp DEXs & Prediction Markets 🔹 Hyperliquid ( $HYPE ) — Hyperliquid named Kraken parent Payward as its intended first CFTC-regulated HIP-3* deployer, potentially bringing regulated perpetual futures to its on-chain infrastructure. Bitnomial would handle clearing and settlement, while NinjaTrader Clearing would manage customer accounts. Regulatory approval and mainnet launch remain pending. 🔹 Perp DEX Sector — Sector open interest stands around $13.55B, alongside $21.29B in 24-hour volume and $620.13B over the past 30 days. @HyperliquidX leads with approximately $7.59B in OI, followed by @Aster_DEX ($1.43B), @variational_io ($970M) and @Lighter_xyz ($750M). 🔹 Hyperliquid Protocol Economics — Hyperliquid accounts for approximately 56% of reported perp DEX open interest, with $204.7B in 30-day trading volume and approximately $64.2M in protocol revenue. Its proposed regulated-market expansion could introduce an additional institutional revenue channel if successfully launched. 🔹 Polymarket x Kalshi x NBA — The @NBA announced agreements naming @Kalshi and @Polymarket as preferred prediction-market exchanges, alongside a market-integrity framework involving the CFTC. The arrangements introduce trading restrictions, information-sharing requirements and mechanisms for investigating suspicious activity, further strengthening prediction markets' institutional legitimacy. ➡️ Ecosystem Developments & Alpha 🔹 Zcash ( $ZEC ) — Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe proposed redirecting 8% of block subsidies from Zcash Community Grants to the Network Sustainability Mechanism. The draft proposal could change how network rewards are allocated, but it has not been approved and is separate from the upcoming NU7 upgrade. 🔹 Zcash Institutional Demand — $ZCSH recorded another $2M in inflows on October 26, extending its recent positive streak. #ZEC remains one of the more interesting institutional-flow divergences as major altcoin investment products continue recording withdrawals. ➡️ Global News & Macro 🔹 Federal Reserve — The FOMC meeting takes place October 27–28, with the policy decision expected Wednesday at 7:00 PM WAT. Markets are closely watching the Fed's guidance on future interest rates, especially December expectations, as elevated oil prices and Treasury yields continue pressuring risk appetite.

What happens when an AI system confidently makes the wrong decision because of a tiny change humans can barely notice? That's the problem @perturbaix is tackling on Bittensor Subnet 26. Perturb uses AI to challenge other AI models this way: - Miners discover subtle inputs that fool image models. - Validators verify whether those attacks actually work. - Successful miners compete for $TAO rewards. - While verified findings help identify vulnerabilities and support model retraining. For businesses relying on AI-powered identity verification, fraud detection or image analysis, discovering these weaknesses before attackers exploit them could be critical. The idea is pretty simple: Find the weaknesses before attackers do. Image-model testing is already live, with text, LLM, and multimodal testing planned. Watch my explainer to understand how SN26 works. Visit perturbai.io to get started. #PerturbVideo #PerturbVideoCompetition