marcvl.algo🇺🇦

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@marcvl

Ex-CMO Android, Algorand. Engineer at heart. Tinkerer. Opinions my own. TPWK. Stay curious.

Joined July 2007

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marcvl.algo🇺🇦 @marcvl Oct 30

congrats to the winners and to everyone who participated in this global challenge. Keep building!

Algorand Foundation @AlgoFoundation Oct 30

🥁 [Drumroll please] The winners of the Global x402 Challenge USDC prize pool are officially announced!

Congratulations to @moltworld_x402 @FinalityAI @lx_foundry @tendrilhq and @Sitelenz!

The projects were judged on criteria including volume, use case quality, sustained potential, innovation, and presentation. Each will each take home a share of the 100K USDC prize pool. 👏👏👏

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marcvl.algo🇺🇦 @marcvl Oct 29

Google is a company to watch in this space. All blockchain initiatives at Google are driven by the Google Cloud team and include running a private blockchain network (GCUL) for CME and several banks. As banks wade deeper into the stablecoin/tokenized deposit space, Google Cloud could be a high quality and low risk option for many of them. Offering an MPC service is a logical next step.

Algorand has a window of opportunity around PQ, but the window is narrow and time-bound. As Google's private network scales, it will need a bridge to the public blockchain space. Can Algorand offer a PQ-ready State Proof based solution?

Laura Shin Verified account @laurashin Oct 29

Before pitching banks, Google put its new multi-party custody service to work on Alphabet's ETH and SOL, the company said. Price: undisclosed. Wider release: early 2027.

unchainedcrypto.com/google-pitches…
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marcvl.algo🇺🇦 @marcvl Oct 28

The pace of innovation is incredible!

Sundar Pichai Verified account @sundarpichai Oct 28

I did say we'd be releasing our models periodically...introducing Gemini 4 Carbon, our next frontier model.

Following Argon's release just two weeks ago, Carbon shows the pace at which we’re pushing the frontier, it ranks #1 on the recently updated v5.0 of @ArtificialAnlys Intelligence Index at 59. It also leads across key cybersecurity evaluations scoring 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro for finding vulnerabilities, 54.8% on ExploitGym for exploitation, and 71.0% on CWE-bench for patching.

We’re seeing significant improvements in long-horizon tasks even compared to Argon, and we’ve strengthened frontier safeguards.

As we did with Argon, we’re going to roll it out gradually + responsibly. Some trusted cyber defenders will get access starting this week. We'll be expanding it to more partners through our Fairwind Program, ahead of wider availability soon, so hang tight!

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marcvl.algo🇺🇦 @marcvl Oct 27

soooo cool!

urtho.algo Verified account @Urthoo Oct 25

Agents can now time travel on #Algorand. Only backwards. Tomorrow is not for sale.

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marcvl.algo🇺🇦 @marcvl Oct 27

Haystack is one of my favorite apps on Algorand. The experience is so smooth and really showcases the technical superiority of the chain.

Haystack Verified account @haydotapp Oct 27

60+ new tokens launched on Algorand through Haystack since Oct 1.

It’s Creator Week, so shoutout to the people shipping: @Urthoo, @Coop_Daniels, @foxwifbox_algo, @QUANTOREADY, @COZMC_GG, and everyone else who launched this month 🫡

👉 hay.app/creator-week

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