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Michael Gu

Michael Gu, Creator of Boxmining, stared in the Blockchain space as a Bitcoin miner in 2012. Something he immediately noticed was that accurate information is hard to come by in this space. He started Boxmining in 2017 mainly as a passion project, to educate people on digital assets and share his experiences. Being based in Asia, Michael also found a huge discrepancy between digital asset trends and knowledge gap in the West and China.

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Latest from Michael Gu

Who Signed the Order? Wallet Permissions for AI Trading Agents

A model should never hold unlimited signing authority. Learn how keys, scoped permissions, policy checks, approval, and revocation fit together.

The Trade an AI Agent Must Refuse: Seven Safety Gates Before Execution

A safe trading agent needs explicit reasons not to trade. These seven external gates turn vague caution into testable rejection rules.

AI Trading Agent vs Trading Bot vs Copy Trading: What Actually Changes?

AI agents, trading bots, and copy trading automate different decisions. Compare who creates the signal, who controls execution, and where the risks sit.

What Happened to GameFi? Crypto Built Economies Before It Built Good Games

GameFi did not fail because digital ownership is useless. It failed because projects priced financial demand as if it were player love, then built economies that needed new buyers more than games that retained ordinary players.

What Is an AI Trading Agent? From Market Data to Signed Order

An AI trading agent can research, propose, and sometimes execute trades. The important part is the control system between its idea and a signed order.

What Happened to Harmony ONE? Inside the 4 Billion Token Exploit

Harmony patched a cross-shard replay flaw after roughly 4 billion ONE appeared without authorization. The incident follows years of bridge losses, token inflation and failed recovery.

Crypto Charts vs Polymarket Odds: Two Markets, One Event

Crypto price charts and prediction-market odds can react to the same event while answering different questions. Here is how to compare them without forcing a false signal.

When the Winning Bet Still Loses: Spread, Slippage and Partial Fills

A correct prediction is not automatically a profitable trade. Learn how bid-ask spread, visible depth, fees, latency, queue uncertainty, and partial fills change the result.

Can AI Beat Polymarket? A Time-Locked Trading Experiment

A reproducible experiment for testing AI forecasts against Polymarket odds without leaking the answer, cherry-picking markets, or pretending paper fills were real.

How to Build a Polymarket AI Trading Agent—Paper Trading First

Build a useful Polymarket AI agent without giving it a wallet: collect public data, make time-stamped forecasts, simulate realistic fills, and audit every decision.

AI Trading Agent Scorecard: How Boxmining Will Test Models

Boxmining’s methodology template for evaluating AI trading agents across forecast calibration, drawdown, execution, refusals, safety rules and reproducibility—not headline profit alone.

When AI Agents Trade Against Each Other: Who Makes the Market?

A practical explanation of how automated market makers quote prediction markets, manage inventory and survive adverse selection—without pretending the order book reveals who runs an AI agent.

Prompt Injection for Trading Agents: Can a Headline Hijack a Bot?

A defensive guide to keeping hostile headlines, webpages and tool output from turning an AI market analysis task into an unauthorized trade.

How to Backtest an AI Crypto Strategy Without Fooling Yourself

A practical framework for testing AI crypto strategies with point-in-time data, frozen models, realistic costs, walk-forward validation and a hard boundary before live capital.

Venice AI Review: Private Multi-Model API, Expensive DIEM

Venice AI offers a useful private multi-model API, but DIEM costs roughly US$1,300 for each US$1 daily allowance. It suits heavy API users.

Canopy Network CNPY Airdrop Guide: Free Testnet Points

Canopy has one of the clearest free testnet campaigns in August 2026. Earn CNPY points through official quests, faucet use, testnet activity, and launching a virtual chain.

MetaMask Rewards Guide: What Is Live and Is MASK Confirmed?

MetaMask Rewards is real, but the latest official help page says there are no plans for a MASK token. Use the live campaigns for disclosed rewards, not a promised airdrop.

Coinfest Asia 2026 preview: Bali gets crypto conference season started

Coinfest Asia runs on 20 and 21 August at Melasti Beach, Bali. Here is what is confirmed, who it suits, and how to plan for its unusual five-venue format.

European Blockchain Convention 2026: What to watch in Barcelona

European Blockchain Convention returns to Barcelona on 16 and 17 September with an unusually institutional lineup. Here is what the agenda can tell us about crypto in Europe.

Korea Blockchain Week 2026 preview: Seoul puts market structure on stage

KBW2026 runs from 29 September to 1 October in Seoul, with the public conference on the final two days. Here is what the speaker mix says about Korea's crypto market.

TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 preview: How to use crypto's biggest week

TOKEN2049 Singapore returns to Marina Bay Sands on 7 and 8 October. The main challenge is not finding something to do, but deciding what deserves your time.

Devcon 8 Mumbai preview: Ethereum puts builders first in India

Devcon 8 runs from 3 to 6 November at Jio World Centre in Mumbai. The Ethereum Foundation is building the program around open source, privacy, security, and local participation.

Polymarket Airdrop Rumor: Token Status and Real Rewards

Polymarket has real pUSD rewards, but its June 2026 help article says no token or airdrop has been announced. Here is what users can earn without relying on the rumor.

Ondo Perps Points Guide: Rewards, Trading Steps, and Risks

Ondo Points are live for Ondo Perps trading, but the current official campaign page leaves the reward rate open. Understand the leverage and program rules before chasing points.