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Recent shipping, raises, partnerships, and milestones from across the network.
Medium: 75% of reader feeds are shaped by human curation, not algorithms
Medium detailed its dual strategy of human-curated defaults and new reader tools (topic muting, reposts, activity tab) to counter AI-generated content slop.
Medium launches Editor Partner Program, paying publication editors 25% of story earnings
Over 100 publications and 300+ editors now qualify; the program is the first of its kind online and draws from a separate budget, leaving writer payouts unchanged.
Medium launches Editor Partner Program to pay publication editors
Over 100 publications and 300+ editors can now earn 25% of each paywalled story's revenue they curate — the first such editor-pay program on any publishing platform.
Spice 2.0 launches with real-time CDC replication, distributed compute, and enterprise…
The release adds a cluster-sidecar architecture, Spice Cayenne GA (26× faster than 1.x on TPC-DS SF100), and multi-node Apache Ballista distributed query scaling to petabytes; open source and self-hostable.
Privy routes all Solana TEE wallet transactions through Jito's FullSend by default
The integration with Jito's block-building engine delivers 99.999% transaction landing reliability and 4 ms submission times (vs. ~25 ms standard), with no additional setup required for developers.
Privy launches global fiat onramps covering 100+ countries via Stripe and an aggregator
US and EU users get Stripe Crypto Onramp with cards, Apple Pay, ACH, and minimal KYC; other regions are automatically routed through the best available local provider, all to one destination wallet.
Privy launches global fiat onramps powered by Stripe Crypto Onramp
US and EU users can now buy crypto by card within any Privy-integrated app; 100+ additional countries covered via automatic provider routing, all in one integration.
Monaris joins Payy ecosystem to build private credit infrastructure
Monaris will provide a credit layer for stablecoin-native businesses, enabling private creditworthiness scoring based on programmable cashflow rather than bank statements.
SurfCash joins Payy to connect stablecoins to local payment rails in emerging markets
SurfCash will link Payy stablecoin balances to local payment networks across emerging-market regions, enabling everyday spending and onchain lending for millions of users.
Payy integrates EIP-7702 for relayed account upgrades and meta-transactions
The update lets Payy's Guild service upgrade EOA accounts to smart-account behavior and relay meta-transactions under backend policy without requiring users to manage gas.
Post-quantum signing scheme goes live on NEAR testnet
NEAR's rotatable access-key model enables accounts to adopt quantum-resistant signatures without wallet migration; the protocol is aligning upgrade plans with Ledger and other wallet builders.
Hyperliquid perpetuals trading now accessible from near.com via NEAR Intents
Traders can fund a Hyperliquid account from assets on 35+ chains in a single flow through near.com, with no bridge UI required; NEAR Intents automated solvers handle cross-chain routing.
NEAR Confidential Intents reaches general availability for all developers
Any builder on the NEAR Intents 1Click Swap API can now enable private cross-chain execution with a single parameter; $1.5B ZEC settled and 42% of near.com volume already in confidential mode within weeks of launch.
Liquid AI LFMs hit 1 billion requests on Shopify's platform
The milestone marks a multi-year partnership milestone; Shopify uses Liquid Foundation Models at scale across its e-commerce platform.
Liquid AI open-sources Antidoom, a targeted fix for reasoning model doom loops
Antidoom uses Final Token Preference Optimization to train only the single token that triggers repetition loops; cut doom-loop rates from ~22% to ~1% on Qwen3.5-4B in 1–2 GPU-hours.
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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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