# Top stories on Kiwi News, week 24 2025

Mon 9 to Sun 15 June 2025
Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/weekly/2025-W24

The 20 top stories on Kiwi News from Mon 9 to Sun 15 June 2025, ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 30 comments in total. Most-shared sources: x.com.

Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article.

## 1. Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Privy-and-Stripe-Bringing-crypto-to-everyone?index=0x68499bd363b4fbcdf1fd0922496f84d54bb9d1e6019d4ab4e206ed774e51d155cbb46a99
- Source: https://privy.io/blog/announcing-our-acquisition-by-stripe
- Submitted by tim, 12 upvotes, 4 comments

Stripe is acquiring Privy, a wallet and onchain infrastructure company, and Privy will continue to operate as an independent product, according to co-founder Henri Stern's announcement dated June 11, 2025. Privy's API lets developers create wallets, sign transactions and integrate onchain systems, and the company says it powers over 75M accounts across 1,000+ developer teams. The announcement names Hyperliquid, Blackbird, Toku and Farcaster as examples of builders using its stack. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the coming weeks.

## 2. @kylepatrick.eth: Farcaster roundup - FIP #236 Pro tier, decentralization update

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/kylepatricketh-Farcaster-roundup-FIP-236-Pro-tier-decentralization-update?index=0x6846fa4c8760f051bd5fe8f37c17aa86d4d3121e86e16f363be1563c6ab1cb2f9d6449fb
- Source: https://farcaster.xyz/kylepatrick.eth/0xf5d02bcc
- Submitted by @kylepatrick.eth, 6 upvotes, 2 comments

A Farcaster roundup dated June 9, 2025 highlights FIP #236, which introduces Pro tier subscriptions that grant active Pro users extra protocol-level features. Dan published a June 2025 Centralization Update covering client diversity, Snapchain write node distribution, channel API progress, direct cast decentralization plans, GitHub merge control, and auth address improvements. Other items include Bankr referral links for boosting its score and rewards, Coinbase Wallet fixes to feed pull-to-refresh and cast text copying, and Clicker beta onboarding invites to early adopters. A Channels Day livestream with dwr.eth explored AI-driven channel discovery versus human curation.

## 3. Farcaster Pro OG

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Farcaster-Pro-OG?index=0x6847c43f74b1c5cb8d22d48defce271ce893e12b43c5ca3e4e9e21097a6350603efe2a22
- Source: https://opensea.io/collection/farcaster-pro-og/activity
- Submitted by misha, 2 upvotes, 9 comments

## 4. Protocol Berg live stream

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Protocol-Berg-live-stream?index=0x684a8efb7c4c02ceba383bf630dc2c029d2136910942f5c7892f848aff256374b1bd2705
- Source: https://watch.protocol.berlin/65a90bf47932ebe436ba9351
- Submitted by tim, 7 upvotes, 3 comments

## 5. Inadvertently generated key pairs for addresses with actual balances

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Inadvertently-generated-key-pairs-for-addresses-with-actual-balances?index=0x6848125c12348e7cdb7355bbaacc064ab61523f3bbf749754787e96afe3633ffbf59755f
- Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethdev/comments/1l6f2wy/i_was_messing_around_and_inadvertently_generated
- Submitted by freeatnet.eth, 5 upvotes, 2 comments

## 6. ethereum.forum

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ethereumforum?index=0x684abfd55c4fa25dc5355590a2d4ce4513df650c68baaa5ea165bce921fe09d5dc2d0758
- Source: https://ethereum.forum
- Submitted by tim, 5 upvotes, 3 comments

## 7. Ethereum Job Board

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Ethereum-Job-Board?index=0x684c1d1f2c746c027ec3a3fe39ffeecdb663e8b25ee97dae237fc678859f6b5eff614aef
- Source: https://www.ethereumjobboard.com
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 6 upvotes, 0 comments

The Ethereum Job Board page lists four organizations with brief descriptions of what each does. Open Technology Fund is a US-based funder supporting technologies that advance internet freedom in information-restricted environments. zkSecurity is a security firm specializing in zero-knowledge proofs and advanced cryptographic systems, and The Block provides cryptocurrency news, research and market data for industry professionals and institutions. Shutter is a threshold encryption protocol with applications including malicious MEV prevention, censorship resistance, voting integrity, and gaming fairness.

## 8. Explain ETH

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Explain-ETH?index=0x684862d03e1319cbb53e954c5948ab1c7ef7535a6c33b9bc139271caf3b8b6b469b307c5
- Source: https://explaineth.com/intro
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 3 upvotes, 1 comment

## 9. The Degen App: A New Chapter for Farcaster

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-Degen-App-A-New-Chapter-for-Farcaster?index=0x684c321962a5e8a18fd6a15dd00b76b733ceffeae443541af1aaa168828041959dd98942
- Source: https://blog.degen.tips/degen-app-sneak-peak
- Submitted by pedrovilela.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

The Degen Team announced Degen App, a planned Farcaster client built around channel-based discussion, tipping with $DEGEN, and a built-in wallet, with a September launch targeted for iOS. Accounts will be tied to unique phone numbers to reduce spam and simplify onboarding without wallet setup, and the app will not offer DMs, frames or mini-apps at first. The team says tip allowances brought farming, so tipping will now use users' own tokens, and it plans to let tips help casts rank higher in the feed. The vault is being discontinued and locked tokens will be released at launch, while community tokens remain on standby.

## 10. Why is quality so rare? - Linear Blog

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Why-is-quality-so-rare-Linear-Blog?index=0x684a96c7512f584aeb3ab5e40993d5819d6756183ad5dec03907d967143f5762cfb768bb
- Source: https://linear.app/blog/why-is-quality-so-rare
- Submitted by naomiii.eth, 3 upvotes, 1 comment

Linear's CEO argues that quality is rare because people choose speed, cost, or ease over craft, and that AI intensifies this by separating the maker's judgment and taste from creation. The author ties this to a recurring cycle: Earnest Elmo Calkins wrote in The Atlantic in 1927 about bad design produced in incredible quantities, and craft revives only after people start missing it. Linear says it made quality central to its business, reporting profitability by year two and more than 10,000 paying customers by year four with effectively zero marketing spend.

## 11. Liquid Funds List

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Liquid-Funds-List?index=0x684800b24f09682e838b8a4808693869b5d5ddbdfd2c5d201f9d7d2a364469e71a7d0369
- Source: https://www.bidclub.io/fund-list
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## 12. @deedydas: ChatGPT's retention curves hit 90% at 1 month, 80% at 6 months

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/deedydas-ChatGPTs-retention-curves-hit-90percent-at-1-month-80percent-at-6-months?index=0x684922e9306d9196edb2e622136d37e930327c70e65c32b4063ac74c102c3243938d6295
- Source: https://x.com/deedydas/status/1932619060057084193
- Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## 13. CoinGecko MCP Server Documentation

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/CoinGecko-MCP-Server-Documentation?index=0x68487fbf24f2757987a7026b7b50a30e8524860c3e8a52c04a586d09d98d29e1b03a2d0e
- Source: https://mcp.api.coingecko.com
- Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

CoinGecko's MCP Server gives MCP-compatible AI clients access to live crypto data, including prices, historical charts, DeFi pools, NFT collections and exchange data, without requiring an API key. The page says the server covers over 1 million assets and 76+ tools, and it is accessible over HTTP and SSE endpoints. It is listed as a beta public service with shared rate limits that may change depending on overall activity. The page recommends the Pro MCP server, which uses a user's own CoinGecko API key, for heavy use and production applications.

## 14. Podcast on Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Podcast-on-Antimemetics-Why-Some-Ideas-Resist-Spreading?index=0x684982a0079bc04e632036fb2cb44c864f2be50181403522ea6f4e6c729ddba417251c44
- Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/thegeneralist/p/antimemetics-nadia-asparouhova?r=6d366
- Submitted by naomiii.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

This podcast episode of The Generalist features Nadia Asparouhova, author of Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading, discussing "antimemes," ideas that actively resist being remembered or shared. The conversation covers taboos and self-censoring ideas, and a 2x2 matrix of memes, antimemes, supermemes, and forgettable non-memes. It also addresses how group chats act as high-trust, high-density incubators for ideas, and the roles of "truth tellers" and "champions" in preserving important ideas. Daylight savings time is given as an example of an antimeme.

## 15. Hey Pro launched 

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Hey-Pro-launched?index=0x68487ea6e569153924b77f268d107fb23fb21a60425245f77d1e5d65e541926c8c6a28d1
- Source: https://hey.xyz/posts/20ynxr3syfft6d9hsdt
- Submitted by misha, 2 upvotes, 2 comments

## 16. The NFT market is silently becoming infrastructure

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-NFT-market-is-silently-becoming-infrastructure?index=0x684933a734ce9fe229561c6df7e9719c0593d63610334f69e7b6da8614ced8aefd13ebde
- Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-becoming-infrastructure
- Submitted by misha, 2 upvotes, 1 comment

Charu Sethi, president of Unique Network, argues that NFTs are neither dead nor poised for a speculative revival, but are becoming core digital infrastructure for gaming, AI and machine-driven applications. Citing DappRadar, Sethi says that in Q1 2025 NFT trading volume fell 24% while sales declined only 10%, pointing to lower average prices rather than user exit. The article gives examples of NFTs in production, including ReinforcedAI's Bittensor subnet, which issues NFTs as proof of completed Solidity audits, and Peaq's "machine NFTs" for devices such as vehicles and drones.

## 17. "Vibe Coding": This Is What Professionals Think

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Vibe-Coding-This-Is-What-Professionals-Think?index=0x68493eafe6a6fab59d70cbb77d361135b119f6b9f6237d36f623c27dbd073e49d070779f
- Source: https://xraispotlight.substack.com/p/vibe-coding-this-is-how-professionals
- Submitted by rvolz.eth, 2 upvotes, 1 comment

## 18. Are Blockchains the Perfect Vessels for Agentic Memory?

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Are-Blockchains-the-Perfect-Vessels-for-Agentic-Memory?index=0x68484b9d704c4a12ee2c7e27323d6faf05b6ffcfc2d41c0f951a6a07e619e11ee344588f
- Source: https://research.auditless.com/p/are-blockchains-the-perfect-vessels
- Submitted by auditless.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

Blockchains could be a suitable foundation for agentic memory, with the author arguing that memory can create switching costs, improvement flywheels and network effects, and that crypto could give users ownership and portability of that data. The article cites Cursor raising $900M for an app combining a VSCode extension, prompts and memory. It describes Mem0's API as one example, noting its latency target of no more than 300ms and its use of both vector and graph databases. The author says the main obstacles are whether decentralized storage is cheap enough for agentic memory and that aggregators like OpenAI will keep adding services that keep users' data in place.

## 19. @Domahhhh: Polymarket trader w\ insider knowledge made $134k on Israeli strikes

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Domahhhh-Polymarket-trader-w-insider-knowledge-made-dollar134k-on-Israeli-strikes?index=0x684d2b66bef962a51adbf427406c43dc327af9d459937109c14b5d05437a123180fcea4f
- Source: https://x.com/Domahhhh/status/1933547513790767550
- Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

A Reddit-style thread argues that a Polymarket trader with insider knowledge profited about $134,000 ahead of an Israeli strike. The poster says the account was created about 24 hours before the attack, began buying heavily about 12 hours before it, traded only one market, and withdrew the winnings after the win. The poster also says this pattern has appeared three times in a row for Israeli strikes: on Iran in October 2024, on the Houthis a month or two earlier, and on the most recent strike. The poster concludes there is probably an intelligence leak somewhere.

## 20. The Art Market Has Lost Its Grip on Pricing. Now What?

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-Art-Market-Has-Lost-Its-Grip-on-Pricing-Now-What?index=0x684f2dd07115a52743581c896d410081319769796a716fd2fdf12d91bcf5646179e88cd5
- Source: https://news.artnet.com/market/the-art-market-has-lost-its-grip-on-price-2653663
- Submitted by misha, 2 upvotes, 1 comment