# Top stories on Kiwi News, week 25 2025 Mon 16 to Sun 22 June 2025 Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/weekly/2025-W25 The 20 top stories on Kiwi News from Mon 16 to Sun 22 June 2025, ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 21 comments in total. Most-shared sources: x.com, farcaster.xyz, xcancel.com. Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article. ## 1. Assume The Position - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Assume-The-Position?index=0x68514518d82e13921e55543dc180455649135d7a8774bef7158b10b5e23e78e8a7d141ac - Source: https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/assume-the-position?r=3ptcv - Submitted by tim, 8 upvotes, 2 comments The author argues that stablecoin issuers can only succeed if they can distribute their product at scale through a crypto exchange, a Web2 social media giant, or a legacy bank, and that new entrants will struggle to repeat Tether's rise. The essay traces Tether's growth from its 2015 use on Bitfinex, when USDT was used to move dollars between exchanges, through Greater China's banking constraints and the 2017 ICO boom. It also predicts that Circle, which the author calls grossly overvalued after its IPO, will keep rising before a stablecoin issuer's public listing triggers a bubble's collapse. ## 2. @RayDalio: Civil War? - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/RayDalio-Civil-War?index=0x684fc87d852d18a4bb732a40a26c06b2e79ec0fa4c5924a4390a78c3fc52de9454f612fa - Source: https://x.com/RayDalio/status/1932083051829318068 - Submitted by rvolz.eth, 7 upvotes, 1 comment Ray Dalio argues that the US is in Stage 5 of his "Big Cycle of Internal Order and Disorder," a pre-civil war stage marked by bad financial conditions and intense conflict between haves and have-nots. He states that the most reliable leading indicator of civil war or revolution is bankrupt government finances combined with large wealth gaps. He points to the Federal Reserve printing money and buying federal debt, and to states such as Connecticut, Illinois, and New York having high per capita income alongside large wealth gaps and debts. The article is adapted from his 2021 book, Principles for Dealing with The Changing World Order. ## 3. A Sapphirepunk Manifesto - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-Sapphirepunk-Manifesto?index=0x6853caa429e57a70b3ce2e22926a6d4f718841059c78f0d24775609cd1cbe8e8c1f29100 - Source: https://sapphirepunk.com - Submitted by misha, 7 upvotes, 3 comments A Sapphirepunk manifesto by Naomiii, Andr0meda, Wassim Z. Alsindi, Sasha Shilina and Wastelander holds that privacy should be a shared commons and a starting condition for community, not an endpoint. It rejects the old Cypherpunk dream and states that cryptography alone cannot protect the world, and that encryption without an ethics of care merely hardens existing oppression. The text, described as a work in progress, calls for technologies rooted in justice and rejects market supremacism, hyper-individualism and the privatisation of privacy. ## 4. Self sovereign tools - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Self-sovereign-tools?index=0x685198c8339451c78542f22ff1ecbd8b809cbabb8334d55be85c7a8dd1d83f6fd385892e - Source: https://sheets.fileverse.io/0x6Aff98ACFcAbBCc4c039A72e2099CB6c9899468B/2#key=DaHVbVRQlFVXgdooouqMYsRlk4wIcBsr4Rk8WPP029uk-1eJdHpGiH9OL3u19S3j - Submitted by tim, 8 upvotes, 1 comment ## 5. 16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/16-Billion-Apple-Facebook-Google-And-Other-Passwords-Leaked-Act-Now?index=0x685440e8196b212e9d4bfb103029235782239442d3963bc8484fbd2d78bd134e3d03cec9 - Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/06/19/16-billion-apple-facebook-google-passwords-leaked---change-yours-now - Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 4 comments ## 6. Dappcon Livestreams - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Dappcon-Livestreams?index=0x68500ee114895b7d9fdb746de7f7a22ba2ed74fda2c2708c188640c798a5084e14a9ec33 - Source: https://www.youtube.com/@dappconberlin/streams - Submitted by tim, 6 upvotes, 1 comment ## 7. @GonjeshkeDarand: Iranian exchange Nobitex source code to be leaked in 24h - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/GonjeshkeDarand-Iranian-exchange-Nobitex-source-code-to-be-leaked-in-24h?index=0x685271e9917fd5a1437bc2d22756db65ca5255ac79a7c47822d9aa8f147fe2e11f239a08 - Source: https://x.com/GonjeshkeDarand/status/1935231018937536681 - Submitted by tim, 5 upvotes, 0 comments Gonjeshke Darande, a group that calls itself the claimant of cyberattacks on Nobitex, says it will release Nobitex's source code and internal network information within 24 hours. The group's statement says the Iranian exchange is central to the regime's efforts to finance terrorism and violate sanctions, and it claims Nobitex publicly instructs users on bypassing sanctions. The statement also says any assets remaining on the exchange after the deadline will be at risk. ## 8. Unforgettable.app – Seed-less, Self-Controlled Recovery for Your Wallet - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Unforgettableapp-Seed-less-Self-Controlled-Recovery-for-Your-Wallet?index=0x68512890913c2651fca3aeae338f7d1c091be584ad7ddfecc4efd5fb1e595bf5ffca869f - Source: https://unforgettable.app - Submitted by misha, 5 upvotes, 1 comment Unforgettable.app is a crypto wallet product that claims to remove seed phrases and server-side key storage by deriving keys on demand from the user. According to the article, its Just-in-Time Keys are never stored, backed up, or entrusted to anyone, and they exist only for the milliseconds needed to sign a transaction. The article says the system uses human inputs such as faces, images, passwords, and locations as key material, which Fuzzy Extractors run on the device to turn into private keys, and that no data leaves the device. ## 9. Dev Tools Guild launch - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Dev-Tools-Guild-launch?index=0x68550fe98cc9bdfe1edc387bd41cb85a81498d6329c2436fde29c9b303568ac7af3b400b - Source: https://devtoolsguild.xyz/blog/devtoolsguild-launch - Submitted by misha, 5 upvotes, 0 comments The Dev Tools Guild is a coordinated initiative, founded by Conor Svensson and coordinated with Andrew B Coathup, that aims to collectively fund Ethereum developer tooling and improve coordination between protocol and dev tools developers. It begins with a one-year pilot. Participating projects include Solidity, Vyper, alloy, ethers.js, Nethereum, viem, web3.py, Web3j, Ape, Foundry, Scaffold-ETH and Sourcify. The guild says it will publish tooling and protocol updates for app developers, surface member sentiment to core developers and researchers, and help member projects keep operating. ## 10. @goldytalks: Pump suspended by X - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/goldytalks-Pump-suspended-by-X?index=0x6850957643466518e2bc01df6eddbf805de14e1c82d751376b43b2171abf36bbdd1c0411 - Source: https://farcaster.xyz/goldytalks/0xbec24b86 - Submitted by @timdaub.eth, 4 upvotes, 1 comment ## 11. zkPDF: Unlocking Verifiable Data in the World's Most Popular Document Format - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/zkPDF-Unlocking-Verifiable-Data-in-the-Worlds-Most-Popular-Document-Format?index=0x685166ed76b54b9cf18a399461274992ad21b0cba829ccfcd15fe2cf2773a9ad52001f97 - Source: https://pse.dev/blog/zkpdf-unlocking-verifiable-data - Submitted by naomiii.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments ## 12. The OpenAI Files: massive leak reveals Altman's SEC fraud, equity lies, NDAs - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-OpenAI-Files-massive-leak-reveals-Altmans-SEC-fraud-equity-lies-NDAs?index=0x6854c93b8a7e2d2561225b2d05a93f9103518a6adc0eda0459269c3dc3ec62cf62054c7d - Source: https://x.com/robertwiblin/status/1935353770981884022?s=46 - Submitted by thatalexpalmer.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments The OpenAI Files is a compiled collection of allegations about OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, and this post highlights several of them. Per the post, Altman listed himself as Y Combinator chairman in SEC filings for years, although the YC partnership never agreed to the change and the announcement was later scrubbed. The post also says Altman told Congress he had "no equity in OpenAI" while holding indirect stakes through Sequoia and Y Combinator funds, and that Vox found he signed documents authorizing equity clawback provisions in April 2023. The post itself is a secondhand summary of an external document, and it describes the claims as the site's content rather than verified findings. ## 13. Lens x Fountain - Summer Creative Writing Contest - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Lens-x-Fountain-Summer-Creative-Writing-Contest?index=0x6853bd7949dec3984af00ffa0717aaa68bf0ab1262d99b323451f2b3551795575ff4a899 - Source: https://fountain.ink/p/benoit_tokyo/lens-x-fountain-summer-creative-writing-contest - Submitted by rvolz.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments ## 14. How to Multisig - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/How-to-Multisig?index=0x6852a43e4027564a09e788d817462ffeaa71356a6de4446f5207fed07cc218e60e748b6e - Source: https://howtomultisig.com - Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments ## 15. @timdaub.eth: DAU SLASHER app helps users to not use Farcaster - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/timdaubeth-DAU-SLASHER-app-helps-users-to-not-use-Farcaster?index=0x685009f07810a795699dc595b75c3926952a946d173f8c7ee62cb2e71e9800951190890e - Source: https://farcaster.xyz/timdaub.eth/0xcd199928 - Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 2 comments ## 16. @Polymarket: Prediction market called Iran nuclear facility destruction - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Polymarket-Prediction-market-called-Iran-nuclear-facility-destruction?index=0x6857c202a8d4e43e13033b725f924c893fa3b5466c48525f6394f5ec780976f89f47103f - Source: https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1936587780143935976 - Submitted by tim, 2 upvotes, 3 comments ## 17. @_daecae: Circles v2 groups can generate millions in USD fees - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/daecae-Circles-v2-groups-can-generate-millions-in-USD-fees?index=0x68527cf2ba98c705e769bfa47638797d47bbce5e57ce0812ede5aed9963c5e021a2e6cc0 - Source: https://xcancel.com/_daecae/status/1934942573774131429 - Submitted by misha, 2 upvotes, 1 comment ## 18. Linea Achieves Full Ethereum Compatibility with Zero-Knowledge Proofs - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Linea-Achieves-Full-Ethereum-Compatibility-with-Zero-Knowledge-Proofs?index=0x6851ed0963a4641c81b9a28a9a1651f7bc201677e5c6a9ffeb34870a68ce6e98242988d4 - Source: https://etherworld.co/2025/06/17/linea-achieves-full-ethereum-compatibility-with-zero-knowledge-proofs - Submitted by misha, 3 upvotes, 0 comments Linea announced that it is the first zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) to achieve "prover completeness," which the article says means every computation on its network can be mathematically proven correct. The article states that Linea reached this after six years of research and that it lets Linea verify 100% of Ethereum Virtual Machine operations with zero-knowledge proofs. According to the article, developers can deploy existing Ethereum smart contracts on Linea without compatibility issues, and users do not need new tools. ## 19. CoinMarketCap frontend compromised, pushing ERC-20 scam approvals - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/CoinMarketCap-frontend-compromised-pushing-ERC-20-scam-approvals?index=0x6855da9b7911a512644fd649aecdf63b825419930e75b33ad9ccf46115faadceff20a386 - Source: https://xcancel.com/web3_antivirus/status/1936176855255752898 - Submitted by misha, 3 upvotes, 1 comment ## 20. @timdaub: Ethereum has lost its artists, NFTs being dead is a huge L - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/timdaub-Ethereum-has-lost-its-artists-NFTs-being-dead-is-a-huge-L?index=0x6856d9fca40c843da41e9b79aa14b4a9050d1ef5090ad3e2c4e6f5b3c37acc96de4e6846 - Source: https://x.com/timdaub/status/1936454613886263532 - Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 0 comments