Numerai

Numerai has announced the winners of its 2025 season across three prediction markets: - **Numerai**: [bguberfain](https://numer.ai/~bguberfain) - **Numerai Signals**: [robprofit](https://signals.numer.ai/~robprofit) - **Numerai Crypto**: [asm_msa](https://crypto.numer.ai/~asm_msa) The Grandmaster title recognizes top performers who submitted predictions and staked NMR tokens throughout the season. These winners demonstrated consistent accuracy in their machine learning models across stock market predictions, trading signals, and cryptocurrency forecasts. The 2025 season results follow the 2024 season, which saw different champions including belixrogner, ninesigma, and crowdcent in their respective categories.

**NumerCon 2026** registration is now live for the upcoming conference. - **Date**: January 30th, 2026 - **Location**: San Francisco - **Registration**: [Open now](https://luma.com/numercon2026) The annual Numerai community conference brings together data scientists, researchers, and crypto enthusiasts focused on decentralized prediction markets and machine learning. Early registration is recommended as spots typically fill quickly for this specialized event. [Register here](https://luma.com/numercon2026) to secure your attendance.

**Numerai is planning significant changes** to its prediction tournaments by the end of 2025, describing these updates as moving toward their "final form." The improvements will include: - **New dataset** for predictions - **Updated targets** for modeling - **Enhanced payout structure** These changes represent a major evolution for the platform that allows users to submit predictions and stake NMR tokens on their forecasts. **Stay informed** about these important updates by subscribing to [Numerai's blog](https://blog.numer.ai/) for detailed announcements as they become available.

**Numerai Crypto has officially transitioned to its V2 Spectra dataset** for all rounds starting November 12th and beyond. The upgrade represents a significant shift in the platform's data infrastructure: - All new prediction rounds now use the enhanced V2 dataset - The Spectra dataset offers improved data quality and features - Users can access the new dataset at [crypto.numer.ai/data/v2.0](https://crypto.numer.ai/data/v2.0) **Key details:** - Transition affects rounds beginning November 12th onward - Previous rounds continue using legacy data - Full documentation available on the [Numerai forum](https://forum.numer.ai/t/crypto-v2-0-spectra-dataset/8197) This marks the completion of Numerai's dataset migration that began with the V2.0 announcement in October. The Spectra dataset aims to provide more robust signals for crypto market predictions. *Update your models and download the new dataset to participate in upcoming rounds.*

**Numerai has released its Crypto V2.0 Spectra Dataset**, expanding the platform's prediction capabilities into cryptocurrency markets. The new dataset follows the recent launch of Numerai Signals V2 "Cosmic" dataset, which featured: - Massively expanded universe of assets - Improved ticker consistency - Enhanced data quality for predictions **Key details:** - Available immediately for data scientists and quants - Builds on Numerai's prediction tournament model - Users can stake NMR tokens on their crypto predictions This release represents Numerai's continued expansion beyond traditional equity markets into digital assets, providing structured data for machine learning models to predict cryptocurrency performance. The platform allows participants to submit predictions and stake NMR tokens based on their confidence levels, creating a decentralized hedge fund powered by crowd-sourced intelligence. [Read the full details on Numerai's forum](https://forum.numer.ai/t/crypto-v2-spectra-dataset/8197)

**NumerCon 2026** is set for **January 30th** in San Francisco. The annual conference brings together the Numerai community of data scientists and machine learning practitioners. - Date: January 30th, 2026 - Location: San Francisco - Event: NumerCon 2026 Mark your calendars for this key gathering in the prediction market space.

**Decentralized AI Day** is coming to Vienna on **September 20th**. The event will feature: - Discussions on **Numerai** developments - Latest trends in **decentralized AI** - Networking with industry professionals Hosted by @NumeraiCoE, this gathering follows successful events in other cities. **RSVP required**: [Register here](https://luma.com/5w9wvbjf?tk=8Bi8Mv) Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the decentralized AI community.

**Numerai Signals is implementing a major scoring change** starting September 2nd. The platform will transition from its current system to **Alpha + MPC scores** for all new rounds. - Alpha scoring was introduced in August as a new evaluation method - MPC (Multi-Party Computation) scores will be combined with Alpha - Change affects all prediction rounds beginning September 2nd or later This represents a significant shift in how Signals evaluates and rewards predictions on the platform.

**Numerai's Revolutionary Approach** Numerai hedge fund operates on an unusual model: **giving away all trading data for free** to anyone who wants to train machine learning algorithms on it. The platform allows data scientists to: - Access proprietary financial datasets at no cost - Train their own ML models using this data - Submit predictions directly to the hedge fund - Potentially earn rewards for accurate forecasts **The Bigger Vision** Numerai's 2017 master plan positioned the platform as an **API for AI capital control** - essentially becoming infrastructure that any artificial intelligence could use to manage money in the economy. This open approach means Numerai stays **permanently accessible to new ML techniques** and can absorb the best innovations from the global data science community. **Why This Matters** While most hedge funds guard their data jealously, Numerai's model flips traditional finance on its head by crowdsourcing intelligence rather than hoarding it. Read more about their strategy: [Numerai's Master Plan](https://blog.numer.ai/numerais-master-plan/)

Numerai, known for launching $NMR in 2017 as one of the first utility-focused crypto tokens, has announced a strategic buyback of NMR from the open market. This follows their successful launch of Numerai Crypto last year, which applies collective intelligence to crypto market predictions. The platform's Crypto Meta Model, built from hundreds of daily predictions, is now freely accessible and shows consistent improvement: - Increasing user participation - Growing stake amounts - Enhanced signal quality Numerai plans to release v2 of their Crypto dataset with an expanded universe and additional features. [Read the full announcement](https://blog.numer.ai/numerai-kicks-off-strategic-nmr-buyback/)