# Top stories on Kiwi News, week 36 2025

Mon 1 to Sun 7 September 2025
Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/weekly/2025-W36

The 20 top stories on Kiwi News from Mon 1 to Sun 7 September 2025, ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 30 comments in total. Most-shared sources: farcaster.xyz, x.com.

Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article.

## 1. No-KYC Cards - Best Crypto Cards

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/No-KYC-Cards-Best-Crypto-Cards?index=0x68ba02d9703e6620ef4becec283b50ae0e950d98283a5053b3c83f5cb35a4342ade4f8c0
- Source: https://www.cryptocardhub.com/categories/no-kyc
- Submitted by tim, 6 upvotes, 1 comment

This is a comparison-site page listing crypto cards that reportedly require no or minimal Know Your Customer verification, promoting privacy, accessibility, quick setup and use in regions with developing crypto regulation. It ranks seven such cards by estimated monthly value, which is calculated as cashback minus fees for a typical user, with cashback at 0% for every listed card. The Laso CAD non-reloadable card shows $0 per month, while Trocador's MyPrepaidCenter card shows -$47 per month and PayWide's Mastercard BIN 5258 card shows -$60 per month. The page also notes that most no-KYC cards are rarely fully anonymous and that limits are typically lower than for verified alternatives.

## 2. Tempo: The Blockchain Designed for Payments

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Tempo-The-Blockchain-Designed-for-Payments?index=0x68b9b8565ec266054df113b89749b2518ca0b06698b82b2700c72e1a28b3d28055ba8f0c
- Source: https://tempo.xyz
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 6 upvotes, 5 comments

Tempo is a blockchain built for stablecoin financial products, according to its promotional page. The page cites $36+ billion in annualized stablecoin payment volume and $700+ million in stablecoin and tokenized asset value on Tempo, and says it is Stripe's default blockchain for new features. It describes earning up to 7% APY on stablecoins through strategies built on US Treasuries, private credit and collateralized lending. It also lists MPP, a machine payments protocol for AI agents, and Mercator, a discovery layer for agentic workflows.

## 3. Rekt - Cutting Corners

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Rekt-Cutting-Corners?index=0x68bdc4755ea1e73a712d43d978f03a6ea463da1ede11146474c7dc044e597542b8142a5b
- Source: https://rekt.news/cutting-corners?_bhlid=2f715a47cc3d8015ac294600c236693f3eed5aa4
- Submitted by thatalexpalmer.eth, 5 upvotes, 2 comments

Crypto protocols that skimp on security bounties and audits are losing large sums to exploits that better-funded programs would likely have caught, according to this REKT piece. It cites SuperRare's $730,000 hack, which involved a basic access control bug, and Cork Protocol's $12 million exploit on May 28, 2025, despite a public bounty capped at $100,000. Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador argues that bounties should be about 10% of funds at risk, a standard the article says platforms are not meeting. The article contrasts this with LayerZero's $15 million bounty program and Euler Finance's $7.5 million program.

## 4. $BONSAI is dead; long live $IASNOB

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/dollarBONSAI-is-dead-long-live-dollarIASNOB?index=0x68b989cdc5af388c8d991cd07c3ca795293380f9f38761aebed9b5200b400ed43f93849b
- Source: https://fountain.ink/p/bonsai/bonsai-is-dead-long-live-iasnob
- Submitted by rvolz.eth, 4 upvotes, 2 comments

## 5. The Delegation Window and Limits of Vibe Coding

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-Delegation-Window-and-Limits-of-Vibe-Coding?index=0x68b6f969d0c8d808bf2070a08588e9a7eefea533f91443e24dd25ab082b65bccee60f379
- Source: https://research.auditless.com/p/the-delegation-window-and-limits?publication_id=357894
- Submitted by auditless.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

The author argues that non-coders cannot maintain productivity while vibe coding an application that meets growing user needs, and that large language models amplify existing engineering expertise rather than replace it. The main obstacles named are complexity, context growth, and knowing when to delegate, which the author calls the delegation window. The article describes five delegation levels, from A (completion) to E (improving metrics), says most engineers should be at least at level B, and says the author has not heard of anyone operating at level E and is skeptical of claims to operate at level D or C.

## 6. @zoz.eth: Sold Bored Ape #3707 for $37k after buying for $425k

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/zozeth-Sold-Bored-Ape-3707-for-dollar37k-after-buying-for-dollar425k?index=0x68bdecd45118693833758f890483409835e87b890757223ac8d3e2fe51a17e2cda8d7d76
- Source: https://farcaster.xyz/zoz.eth/0x8b426796
- Submitted by misha, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

@zoz.eth says they sold Bored Ape #3707 for $37,000 after buying it for $425,000, leaving an almost $400,000 loss that they say feels deserved. Three years earlier, they had believed buying the NFT meant buying culture, access, and a ticket to the future of the internet. Writing from a Buffalo Wild Wings in Paramus, NJ, they describe three men in faded BAYC hoodies, one of whom says he bought 7,000 Polygon frog NFTs now worth $19.

## 7. @qrimeCapital: sold last mutant ape for $180k and bought a house 3 years ago

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/qrimeCapital-sold-last-mutant-ape-for-dollar180k-and-bought-a-house-3-years-ago?index=0x68b6cd9640df135d5bd9da4d2d777ae35017f08b4a1cc88bf814d2f9a78c651b3098d9a3
- Source: https://x.com/qrimeCapital/status/1962568119618035743
- Submitted by tim, 4 upvotes, 1 comment

## 8. @timdaub.eth: Last week's Kiwi rewards have been distributed

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/timdaubeth-Last-weeks-Kiwi-rewards-have-been-distributed?index=0x68b5bae55bc4e05dc1d53af3de104419c6e950c96a9d511e0ffaf1ef5e804e43a9972ee5
- Source: https://farcaster.xyz/timdaub.eth/0x1fa5df9b
- Submitted by tim, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## 9. @horsefacts.eth: Farcaster adds Profile Tokens to showcase favorite tokens

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/horsefactseth-Farcaster-adds-Profile-Tokens-to-showcase-favorite-tokens?index=0x68b815fbb6432647daf814b00fb6ba46632ed5275ad5d788f580f07dc4f719191c0b026a
- Source: https://farcaster.xyz/horsefacts.eth/0xad21f64e
- Submitted by pedrovilela.eth, 2 upvotes, 4 comments

## 10. A New Brand for a New Era of Aztec

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-New-Brand-for-a-New-Era-of-Aztec?index=0x68ba0a05fac1b173577f0847b62d06ee13745376c86b9647514c2be58121a6497f03fbb3
- Source: https://aztec.network/blog/a-new-brand-for-a-new-era-of-aztec
- Submitted by tim, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

Aztec Network has unveiled a new brand to highlight its full-stack privacy-native network and the builders creating applications on it. The article says the project created the Plonk cryptography and the Noir programming language, and that its testnet is live with thousands of active users. The new identity includes a wordmark in which each letter draws on a different era of communication history, and a layered diamond icon representing sensitive data, the privacy layer, the builder community and mainstream adoption. Town halls for the community start September 4 at 8 AM PT, then continue every Thursday at 7 AM PT.

## 11. @chainyoda: WLFI $34bn FDV pre market

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/chainyoda-WLFI-dollar34bn-FDV-pre-market?index=0x68b56ff6f8325669d0d1daedba346856b918deba998c3702cbae35eba3afec57de2cbe8f
- Source: https://x.com/chainyoda/status/1962453361871241459
- Submitted by tim, 2 upvotes, 4 comments

## 12. Be more authentic 

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Be-more-authentic?index=0x68b6009734e2904e0ae58eb49e0bac9528cd32724e296f7500383fddead231e99555b178
- Source: https://paragraph.com/@cryptonao/authentic
- Submitted by misha, 2 upvotes, 2 comments

The essay argues that the call to "be more authentic" is incoherent on social media, where platforms reward conformity, curated niches and engagement, so that people end up collapsing their selves into what is easily validated. It cites the short-lived app Be Real, which users modified once retakes were allowed, and influencers whose personalities centre on consumption. Drawing on Kierkegaard's finite and infinite poles, the author warns that this collapse risks despair, and the piece concludes that resisting it requires recognizing our own complicity.

## 13. SYND Airdropped to 100+ DAOs, Treasuries, and Organizations in Web3

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/SYND-Airdropped-to-100-DAOs-Treasuries-and-Organizations-in-Web3?index=0x68b75687d52080dbbd0966a7d0db7412aa6125f8d2c501ba63054eda6d8c4b09ce291e29
- Source: https://syndicate.io/blog/community-airdrop
- Submitted by pedrovilela.eth, 2 upvotes, 1 comment

## 14. DL news is looking for reporters

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/DL-news-is-looking-for-reporters?index=0x68b8268738a7c694717db736141d1d883caa955fb209a9068bbb49e35fd4268eb07d9683
- Source: https://x.com/eking0x/status/1963198747199820261
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 2 upvotes, 1 comment

DL News is hiring reporters and editors for its fully remote newsroom, which the posting describes as having chill, collaborative people. The listing says the role suits self-starters, with experienced candidates pitching almost all of their own stories and a high premium placed on original scoop-gathering. Applicants are asked to have journalism experience, not just content writing, and good familiarity with crypto.

## 15. Etherealize raises $40 million to expand Wall Street's use of Ethereum

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Etherealize-raises-dollar40-million-to-expand-Wall-Streets-use-of-Ethereum?index=0x68b8487126fcce85623a1a963a8c9a1998b3c0b75d1db1f7c4f72656a8643c08341866e2
- Source: https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/09/03/etherealize-vivek-raman-ethereum-40-million-paradigm-electric-capital
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 1 upvote, 5 comments

Etherealize, a startup launched in early 2025, has raised $40 million to build products and infrastructure on Ethereum for financial institutions. Electric Capital and Paradigm led the round, and Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation also helped fund the company with an initial grant. CEO Vivek Raman said the raise was for equity and token warrants, and that the company is focused on onboarding Wall Street institutions while the current regulatory window remains open. The company plans to tokenize assets such as mortgages, credit, and fixed-income products, which Raman says would be a major improvement over current trading and settlement methods.

## 16. At Bitcoin Asia Everything Was Upside Down

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/At-Bitcoin-Asia-Everything-Was-Upside-Down?index=0x68b56c7f71807cfe762fec964c6960646fc49b16e319e2ac5d1610e4f6a126437ba38972
- Source: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitcoin-asia-everything-upside-down-price
- Submitted by rvolz.eth, 3 upvotes, 1 comment

Joakim Book argues that at Bitcoin Asia 2025 in Hong Kong, the bitcoin movement's embrace of regulated treasury companies and Wall Street capital has left it looking upside down, with speakers' bullish claims contradicted by a falling price. He says the balance sheet has become the only thing that matters to bitcoin treasury companies, citing Alexandre Laizet, CEO of Europe's largest treasury company, who said on stage that "the balance sheet is becoming the P&L." Book notes that about 200 companies, led by Strategy and Metaplanet, are raising cheap fiat for bitcoin purchases, while the price fell from a hyped $125,000 to below $108,000 during the conference.

## 17. A rich person with awful taste is more of an 'average' consumer than you now

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-rich-person-with-awful-taste-is-more-of-an-average-consumer-than-you-now?index=0x68b9682ab2221fb70c724a93975ff3f30cd6b311476ba71cd053c5805eeaa67b6f7b2dea
- Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/mikeleepearl/p/a-rich-person-with-awful-taste-is?r=6d366&showWelcomeOnShare=false
- Submitted by naomiii.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## 18. @codyb.eth: Farcaster will flip Bluesky by EOY

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/codybeth-Farcaster-will-flip-Bluesky-by-EOY?index=0x68b6ea8920d89195845797ea1714d5957757d0434ea58475f8e442d753165fea7b195c00
- Source: https://farcaster.xyz/codyb.eth/0x154b3bef
- Submitted by @timdaub.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

## 19. Upgrading Ethereum

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Upgrading-Ethereum?index=0x68b745eb9c8e013da4f83dc6ec8dc6ca9d572a023acf2b825eac18ad166bf9f8d96498d3
- Source: https://eth2book.info
- Submitted by sileo.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

This is a work-in-progress technical handbook, also called "The Eth2 Book," on Ethereum's move to proof of stake and beyond. Its editions follow the names of Ethereum consensus layer upgrades: Edition 0.1 is Altair, Edition 0.2 is Bellatrix, and Edition 0.3 is Capella, which is the current work in progress. The latest version is always at eth2book.info/latest, and earlier editions are frozen as they were published. The source material is available on GitHub, and a PDF version is also offered.

## 20. Ethereum smart contracts used to push malicious code on npm

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Ethereum-smart-contracts-used-to-push-malicious-code-on-npm?index=0x68b9f305010a7f7a133a4c561cfee5417c5a7afac2ef40dfbea09ad7f1b7f5ddcd1922b7
- Source: https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/ethereum-contracts-malicious-code
- Submitted by misha, 2 upvotes, 1 comment