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SharpLink, one of the largest corporate ETH holders, will stake $200M of its treasury through Lido, receiving wstETH to use across Ethereum DeFi while continuing to earn staking rewards.
In a public blog post, the Foundation concludes Lava would benefit from running as a smart contract protocol on another chain, preferably in the EVM family, pending a governance vote.
StarkWare launches 18-day STRK20 Private Sprint online hackathon
The sprint runs August 14–31 and challenges developers to ship privacy-focused apps on Starknet mainnet using the STRK20 framework, with $5,000 in STRK prizes.
StarkWare open-sources PriPay private payroll tool for Starknet
The confidential payroll application, built on the STRK20 privacy standard, hides salary flows from block explorers while keeping a full audit trail.
Netholabs researcher gives opening talk at Digital Minds Research Sprint
Hildie Leyser, who leads whole-brain emulation research at Netholabs, delivered a keynote lightning talk at the Apart Research Digital Minds Sprint kicking off today across San Francisco, Berlin, and online.
Ramez Naam joins Foresight Seminar Series to offer contrarian AI take
The author and researcher argues AI is neither utopia nor dystopia, examining real limits on its impact and how society should adapt — live on Zoom at 10 am PST.
Foresight Radio releases new episode on decentralised AI safety via AI Nodes
CEO Allison Duettmann discusses the AI Nodes programme — a model for scaling AI safety research outside central organisations — recorded at Vision Weekend Puerto Rico.
Vision Weekend USA 2026 tickets open for November San Francisco summit
The 40th-anniversary flagship event runs Nov 13–15 in SF, powered by Protocol Labs, with speakers including Wojciech Zaremba (OpenAI) and Illia Polosukhin (NEAR).
Privy publishes stablecoin card launch guide in partnership with Stripe
Seven-part technical thread covers compliance models, JIT card funding, onchain authorization controls, and KYC architecture for web3 card programs built with Stripe Issuing.
Privy launched Organization Wallets for business financial products
The new product lets businesses share wallet ownership with permissions, approval workflows, and programmable policies, building on Privy's 150M+ account base.
ether.fi deploys Aave V4 lending market on OP Mainnet for 70K+ cardholders
ether.fi's Summer release moved its credit backend from an in-house system to a dedicated Aave V4 instance on OP Mainnet, enabling portfolio-backed borrowing at ~4% APY for all Cash cardholders.
OP Labs CTO Joins The Rollup Podcast to Discuss L2 Strategy and OP Enterprise
CTO Karl Floersch appeared on The Rollup to explain how Ethereum L2s and OP Enterprise can serve as the settlement layer for the next phase of institutional onchain finance.
OP Mainnet Monthly Transactions Now 3× Higher Than Early 2024
Optimism, citing Blockworks data, reports monthly on-chain activity has tripled since early 2024, driven by ether.fi card migration, fee reductions, and OP Stack ecosystem growth.
Numbers Verify Engine Listed as C2PA Conformant Validator
Numbers Protocol's verification product is now officially listed in the C2PA Conformance Explorer, enabling portable content provenance checks even after metadata is stripped.
EU AI Act's Article 50 disclosure rules take effect
Numbers Protocol positioned its capture-time provenance record-keeping as compliance infrastructure as the EU's AI-content transparency mandate became applicable.
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Protocol Labs’ vision for the future is built on four core focus areas that aim to harness humanity’s potential for good, navigate potential pitfalls, and ensure a future where technology empowers humanity.
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