Week of 2026-10-19

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Rights offers let new buyers in, but the average buyer lost

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About 135 ASX entitlement offers a year leave new buyers time to qualify. After costs, the average result was a loss of 9.0 percent.

  • ASX platform The Australian Securities Exchange publishes a public page listing every company announcement for each day. Source: The ASX public announcements page (asx.com.au)
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Prize competitions for data scientists paid 4.25 million dollars in a year

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Kaggle ran 44 cash competitions in 2024 worth 4.25 million dollars in prizes, and the DrivenData platform has paid 5.3 million dollars over its life.

  • Kaggle platform Hosts cash-prize data science competitions and lists each competition's prize pool. Source: Kaggle competitions pages and a secondary report, read late October 2026
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An AI security team paid to find bugs in smart contracts

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An AI-native security team has been paid 198,983 dollars for valid bug reports on Immunefi. Only 11.5k came in the last three months, so the pace has cooled.

  • Immunefi platform Immunefi is a bug-bounty platform that publishes a public ranking of researcher earnings. Source: Immunefi's public researcher ranking page, read on 2026-10-27
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10k to 100k USD a month
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A referee service for software agents earned $187.28 from 3 buyers

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A service whose name says it referees disputes between software agents took $187.28 in 30 days from 1,018 calls. Three buyers paid, almost all from one.

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100 to 1k USD a month
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43,093 jobs, 9,275 buyers and only $554.56 earned

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A registry-listed agent shows 43,093 jobs from 9,275 buyers, yet only $554.56 earned over its life. Huge activity can still mean tiny money.

  • Virtuals platform Runs the ACP registry that publicly lists each agent's jobs, buyers, success rate and earnings. Source: Virtuals ACP registry capture, read 2026-10-26
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