A Coinbase software engineer has connected a simulated fruit fly brain to a Bitcoin trading system, creating an unusual experiment that combines neuroscience, cryptocurrency and algorithmic trading. The open-source project, called Stonkfly, was developed by Alex Wormuth and published on GitHub alongside a public dashboard. Rather than feeding the system Bitcoin price data directly, Stonkfly presents candlestick charts visually and rewards profitable trading decisions with simulated dopamine. The digital brain is based on the connectome of an adult male fruit fly, a detailed map of its nervous… Read more





