Numerai (CRYPTO: $NMR) has completed a third strategic buyback of Numeraire, purchasing another $1.2 million of NMR as the crowdsourced hedge fund expands its assets, contributor base and onchain incentive system.
The latest transaction lifts Numerai's total NMR repurchases to $3.2 million in less than a year. The company said the buyback was executed through Coinbase Institutional at or near the bid price over several weeks, allowing it to accumulate tokens without placing abrupt pressure on the relatively thin market.
Unlike its previous announcements, Numerai disclosed the purchase only after the full transaction had been completed.'
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NMR powers the company's global data-science tournament, where contributors build machine-learning models designed to forecast equity markets. Participants stake the token behind their predictions, earning additional NMR when their models perform well and risking part of their stake when results fall short.
Numerai combines those submissions into its Stake-Weighted Meta Model, which helps generate trading signals for the firm's hedge fund. More than 1.1 million NMR is now staked across the network, while the number of active accounts has more than doubled over the past year.
The hedge fund has grown alongside that participation. Numerai now manages about $700 million, up from roughly $560 million at the end of 2025, and trades more than $1 billion each month across 30 global markets.
The buyback is designed to replenish the treasury used for tournament rewards and staking payouts rather than permanently remove tokens from circulation. NMR has a fixed maximum supply of 11 million tokens, with about 3.1 million held in Numerai's treasury before the latest purchase.
Numerai has also introduced new infrastructure aimed at autonomous AI participation, including Skills, Model Context Protocol integrations and Atomic Blockchain Staking.
The latest purchase links NMR more closely to a hedge fund whose assets, trading activity and machine-learning network are all continuing to expand.
Numeraire (CRYPTO: NMR) is currently trading at $10.07 U.S. per digital token.