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Recent shipping, raises, partnerships, and milestones from across the network.
Fluence Console adds credit card payment option
Users can now pay for on-demand compute with a credit card in addition to crypto, lowering the barrier to entry for new developers.
Fluence DAO Q2 2026 report published
DAO spent 985,000 FLT and $600K in Q2; treasury holds 357M FLT and $1.46M USDC; staking averaged 11.5% APR across April–June.
Fluence DAO Q2 2026 governance report published
Report covers DAO spending, treasury balances, governance decisions, product updates, and roadmap for the decentralized compute network.
TechRadar names Brave Leo one of the most privacy-focused AI assistants available
The review highlights Leo's no-logging architecture, multi-model flexibility (Llama, Claude, DeepSeek), Skills shortcuts, and May 2026 agentic browsing early access as key differentiators.
Brave unveils BAT Roadmap 4.0 with BravePay, Rewards Card, and AI creator payments
The roadmap introduces a stablecoin payment layer, a physical/virtual Brave Rewards Card, x402/MPP agentic payment support, and a Creator Contribution Protocol for AI-driven micro-royalties to content creators.
Brave releases improved Place Search API for location-data apps
Updated endpoint provides business, landmark, and POI data across 200M+ points of interest; priced at a fraction of Google Maps and accessible via the API's Search Plan with $5 monthly free credit.
Privy powers self-custodial wallet infrastructure behind Robinhood Earn
Robinhood Earn (7% APY on USDG via Morpho) uses Privy for embedded self-custody; Robinhood Chain surpassed $80M deposited in its first two weeks.
Privy case study: Unifold uses Privy for business treasury payouts and campaign rewards
Unifold distributed 50 USDC weekly to World Cup winners via Privy-powered treasury workflows, illustrating wallet infrastructure use beyond consumer wallets.
Privy launches "The Deep End," a browser-native CTF exploring AI-augmented security
The challenge, built by the Privy security team, rewards exploration over speed and offers up to $10,000 in prizes; it probes how LLM tools change attacker and defender capabilities in practice.
Science to present 36-month PRIMA clinical data at EURETINA Congress in Vienna
New long-term results for the subretinal BCI implant will be shared for the first time at the Oct 1–4 retina congress, in the Late-Breaking News session.
PRIMA retinal implant earns major media coverage as EU approval nears
SF Chronicle and NY Post covered Science Corp's PRIMA implant with NEJM trial data: 26 of 32 patients gained significant vision after one year; European regulatory approval targeted for summer 2026.
Interactive Brokers lists NEAR token via Zerohash and Paxos
Eligible IBKR clients can now trade NEAR alongside traditional assets; the brokerage simultaneously enabled two-way USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD stablecoin deposits and withdrawals.
NEAR Foundation joins x402 Foundation alongside AWS, Google, Visa, and Stripe
NEAR links its Intents, AI, Agent Market, and quantum-resistant settlement stack to the Linux Foundation's open payment rails for autonomous agent commerce.
NEAR Confidential Intents reaches general availability for all developers
Any builder using the NEAR Intents 1Click Swap API can now enable private cross-chain execution with a single parameter; system spans 35+ blockchains with ~$26.65M TVL and a new $70M TVL incentive program.
Revise Tone editing feature rolls out to all users on four Wikipedias
The A/B test (ended Jul 9) showed newcomer task-completion up 38.7% with no drop in edit quality; expansion to more language editions is planned.
UK regulator rules Wikipedia not Category 1 under Online Safety Act, places it on watch…
Ofcom's decision gives short-term relief but the Foundation warns future re-categorisation remains an "existential threat" to volunteer privacy.
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin: mobile account creation and sub-referencing rolled out
Mobile "Create account" feature—which lifted new-account creation by 20%—now live on all wikis; sub-referencing for reusing citations with different details deployed to most small and mid-sized Wikipedias.
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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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Build Innovation Network