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San Francisco, CA, July 17, 2026, Chainwire
Crowdsourced Hedge Fund Completes Third Open Market Purchase as Contributor Network and Assets Continue to Grow
You will countdecentralized hedge fund with the help of crowdsourced machine learning, today announced the end of the third way to buy Numeraire (NMR), raising an additional $1.2 million for the token from the open market. The acquisition brings Numerai’s total acquisition of NMR to $3.2 million within one year.
The acquisition shows how Numerai continues to invest in the system that connects thousands of independent scientists to advance the company’s development. Stake-Weighted Meta Modelthe machine learning engine that powers Numerai’s hedge fund. Agents put NMRs on their models, earning additional NMRs when their predictions are right on future market data and losing them if they don’t. Stake-Weighted Meta Model results continue to outperform Numerai’s internal benchmarks, demonstrating the importance of aligning incentives with predictive performance.
Since announcing its first purchase in July 2025, Numerai’s network has grown exponentially. The active account has doubled over the past year, records continue to increase, and the platform has introduced new innovations including Numerai Skills, Numerai Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Atomic Blockchain Staking, which help people to be self-reliant with AI systems.
The underlying hedge fund also continues to grow. According to the company, Numerai now manages assets of approximately $700 million, up from approximately $560 million by the end of 2025.
Numeraire is a stable Ethereum token that has 11 million NMR. Because more game rewards and incentives are distributed from Numerai’s treasury, the company is increasing what it has by purchasing from the market. Before this, about 3.1 million NMR remained in the Numerai state.
Unlike the previous two announcements, this acquisition was already completed before today’s announcement. As with previous purchases, the transaction was conducted in the open market through Coinbase Institutional or close to the trading price for several weeks to reduce market sensitivity.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. This does not represent an offer to buy or sell any security or interest in any account managed by Numerai GP, LLC or its affiliates. Such offerings may be made to eligible investors and in jurisdictions where such offerings are permitted.
About Numerai
You will count is a San Francisco-based hedge fund and data science platform founded in 2015. Through global competition and an open API, thousands of data scientists provide market signals that are integrated into a single Meta Model that is used to trade globally. Numeraire (NMR) is used to collect and reward samples that contribute to the fund. Numerai’s mission is to build the world’s ultimate hedge fund through open, competitive artificial intelligence.
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