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Introducing Mercatus: The AI Compute Marketplace

Today we're launching Mercatus — the first unified platform for GPU pricing intelligence, LLM token trading, and compute prediction markets.

Feb 20, 20265 min read
Market Analysis

Understanding the Yotta Compute Index (YCI)

A deep dive into how we calculate the YCI — our composite index tracking GPU rental prices across 20+ cloud providers in real-time.

Feb 18, 20268 min read
Platform UpdatesFeb 20, 2026

Introducing Mercatus: The AI Compute Marketplace

Today we're launching Mercatus — the first unified platform for GPU pricing intelligence, LLM token trading, and compute prediction markets.

5 min read
Market AnalysisFeb 18, 2026

Understanding the Yotta Compute Index (YCI)

A deep dive into how we calculate the YCI — our composite index tracking GPU rental prices across 20+ cloud providers in real-time.

8 min read
GPU InsightsFeb 15, 2026

H200 vs H100: Price Trends and Performance Analysis

NVIDIA's H200 has been available for 6 months. We analyze how its pricing has evolved relative to the H100 and what it means for AI workloads.

6 min read
TutorialsFeb 12, 2026

How to Use the Mercatus API

A step-by-step guide to integrating with our API — from authentication to making your first LLM token purchase and API call.

10 min read
ResearchFeb 10, 2026

The Economics of LLM Token Markets

Why LLM tokens are becoming a tradeable commodity, and how spot markets create price efficiency for AI compute consumers.

12 min read
ResearchFeb 8, 2026

Prediction Markets Meet AI Infrastructure

How prediction markets can help the AI industry forecast GPU prices, model costs, and hardware availability more accurately.

7 min read
Market AnalysisFeb 5, 2026

Q1 2026 GPU Market Report

Our quarterly analysis of GPU rental market trends, price movements, and supply dynamics across major cloud providers.

15 min read
Platform UpdatesFeb 1, 2026

New Feature: Crypto Payments with USDC/USDT

You can now top up your Mercatus account using cryptocurrency. We support USDC and USDT across Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, BSC, and Solana.

3 min read