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Farcaster is a decentralized social network that empowers developers to create innovative social networks. It is an open protocol that can support multiple clients, similar to email. Users will always have the freedom to move their social identity between applications, and developers will always have the freedom to build applications with new features on the network.

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Former Farcaster founder and Tempo team member Dan Romero: Tempo could achieve decentralization within 2 years, Asian market lead is now in place

recently, Liu Feng, former founder of ChainNews, and Dan Romero, former Farcaster founder and Tempo team member, engaged in a series of discussions on topics such as payments, cryptocurrency, and AI Agents. During the conversation, Dan Romero addressed some key questions raised by both Liu Feng and the public. The highlights are as follows:1. The reason for the shift from idealistic socialfi products to public chains dominated by large enterprises: "The crypto landscape has changed. Now we have stablecoins and crypto (more native) as two distinct things." Tempo and Playbook's goal is: "Starting with payment services, collaborating with large, established companies to help them conduct on-chain payments and advance their own business development. Then, by integrating DeFi applications, we will launch yield-generating products that end users actually need."2. "Tempo has no meme coins or anything similar, which is a good thing for a conservative bank. Tempo has other characteristics: compliance and privacy. This might not be as exciting for crypto natives, but it is very attractive to banks."3. Regarding core use cases for payments: "Platform-based marketplaces and cross-border payments are two clear stablecoin use cases."4. Micropayment-driven agent-to-agent payments are worth anticipating; stablecoin-based micropayments will usher in a new spring. Regarding payments between agents: "Traditional payment methods are too costly to use at scale. This level of granularity and speed can only be achieved through cryptocurrencies and streaming payments."5. "I deeply respect Ethereum's adherence to cypherpunk principles regarding decentralization. I really like their new mission; it's good for the world. But the reality is that businesses don't care about these things; they care about whether it can solve real problems." "If Tempo can attract 1 million businesses and 1 billion consumers, it won't be a bad thing for either cryptocurrency or Ethereum."6. Regarding Tempo's decentralization process: Hoping to achieve it within two years. "We are not a bunch of suit-wearing outsiders; we truly understand the space. We know how important decentralization is, but at the same time, we are very pragmatic. I guarantee that we will actually drive application adoption."7. Regarding the Machine Payment Protocol (MPP) and the X402 protocol, AI Agents don't care about the differences between them. The key to satisfying them is the elimination of human intervention.8. Tempo's Asian market lead is now in place and will be operating out of Singapore.

Now open to the public: OpenSea mobile app launches social trading features

Odaily reports: OpenSea has announced that its mobile app is now open to all users, supporting trading of meme coins, artwork, trading cards, and perpetual contracts across more than 25 chains. OpenSea co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer stated that the app simultaneously launches social trading features, aggregating profiles and trading records of traders on fomo, pump, and Farcaster. Users can follow traders, view their wallet activity, import wallets to claim profiles, and filter by trading platform. Additionally, users can top up via Apple Pay, link or import existing wallets, view and trade all assets in one place, and set NFTs as onchain avatars.

OpenSea mobile app opens to the public, integrating FOMO, Pump, and Farcaster social trading data.

OpenSea Co-Founder and CEO Devin Finzer posted that the OpenSea mobile app is now open to all users, supporting over 25 blockchains and covering asset trading for meme coins, art, trading cards, and perpetual contracts. The core features of this release include: • Social Trading Aggregation: Trader profiles and transaction histories from FOMO, Pump, and Farcaster will sync directly to the OpenSea feed, enabling users to follow and monitor their wallet activity. Users can claim their profiles after importing the associated wallets. • Wallet Management: Users can quickly create and fund new wallets using Apple Pay, or import and link existing wallets to track all assets in a single view. • Profile Customization: Users can select which wallets to showcase on their profile, set an NFT as their on-chain avatar, and generate native trading signals. Finzer noted that the app is built on cross-chain liquidity, real-time pricing, and reliable order execution. Future updates will focus on optimizing content recommendations within the feed, offering more customization options, and making collaborative trading easier for users. In response to user requests to block traders from specific platforms, Finzer confirmed that filtering by trading platform is currently available, with additional filtering capabilities rolling out soon.

Now open to the public: OpenSea mobile app launches social trading features

Odaily reports: OpenSea has announced that its mobile app is now open to all users, supporting trading of meme coins, artwork, trading cards, and perpetual contracts across more than 25 chains. OpenSea co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer stated that the app simultaneously launches social trading features, aggregating profiles and trading records of traders on fomo, pump, and Farcaster. Users can follow traders, view their wallet activity, import wallets to claim profiles, and filter by trading platform. Additionally, users can top up via Apple Pay, link or import existing wallets, view and trade all assets in one place, and set NFTs as onchain avatars.

OpenSea mobile app opens to the public, integrating FOMO, Pump, and Farcaster social trading data.

OpenSea Co-Founder and CEO Devin Finzer posted that the OpenSea mobile app is now open to all users, supporting over 25 blockchains and covering asset trading for meme coins, art, trading cards, and perpetual contracts. The core features of this release include: • Social Trading Aggregation: Trader profiles and transaction histories from FOMO, Pump, and Farcaster will sync directly to the OpenSea feed, enabling users to follow and monitor their wallet activity. Users can claim their profiles after importing the associated wallets. • Wallet Management: Users can quickly create and fund new wallets using Apple Pay, or import and link existing wallets to track all assets in a single view. • Profile Customization: Users can select which wallets to showcase on their profile, set an NFT as their on-chain avatar, and generate native trading signals. Finzer noted that the app is built on cross-chain liquidity, real-time pricing, and reliable order execution. Future updates will focus on optimizing content recommendations within the feed, offering more customization options, and making collaborative trading easier for users. In response to user requests to block traders from specific platforms, Finzer confirmed that filtering by trading platform is currently available, with additional filtering capabilities rolling out soon.

Base Founder: Betting on On-Chain Social Was a Mistake, Will Focus on Trading, Payments, and AI Agents

Base founder Jesse Pollak published a review of the past two years of development, acknowledging that his previous bet on on-chain native social was a mistake. He stated that social directions like Farcaster, Zora, Miniapps, and creator coins have failed to become the core drivers of crypto adoption, and as a result, Base has fallen behind some competitors in areas such as perpetual contracts, prediction markets, tokenization, and payments.Pollak stated that going forward, Base will position itself as the "blockchain for global finance," focusing on three key directions in 2026: trading, payments, and AI agents. Specifically, trading will cover tokenized stocks, Meme coins, and application tokens; payments will revolve around global stablecoins for individuals and businesses; and AI agents will leverage cryptocurrency as the native money for computers, serving participants in the future large-scale machine economy.Furthermore, the Base application will be handed back to the Coinbase team, with Cobie taking over to drive it forward, and it may expand beyond the Base ecosystem. Pollak also stated that Base will continue to support developers through Base Layer, Base Batches, the ecosystem fund, and Coinbase distribution resources.

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Now open to the public: OpenSea mobile app launches social trading features

Odaily reports: OpenSea has announced that its mobile app is now open to all users, supporting trading of meme coins, artwork, trading cards, and perpetual contracts across more than 25 chains. OpenSea co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer stated that the app simultaneously launches social trading features, aggregating profiles and trading records of traders on fomo, pump, and Farcaster. Users can follow traders, view their wallet activity, import wallets to claim profiles, and filter by trading platform. Additionally, users can top up via Apple Pay, link or import existing wallets, view and trade all assets in one place, and set NFTs as onchain avatars.

OpenSea mobile app opens to the public, integrating FOMO, Pump, and Farcaster social trading data.

OpenSea Co-Founder and CEO Devin Finzer posted that the OpenSea mobile app is now open to all users, supporting over 25 blockchains and covering asset trading for meme coins, art, trading cards, and perpetual contracts. The core features of this release include: • Social Trading Aggregation: Trader profiles and transaction histories from FOMO, Pump, and Farcaster will sync directly to the OpenSea feed, enabling users to follow and monitor their wallet activity. Users can claim their profiles after importing the associated wallets. • Wallet Management: Users can quickly create and fund new wallets using Apple Pay, or import and link existing wallets to track all assets in a single view. • Profile Customization: Users can select which wallets to showcase on their profile, set an NFT as their on-chain avatar, and generate native trading signals. Finzer noted that the app is built on cross-chain liquidity, real-time pricing, and reliable order execution. Future updates will focus on optimizing content recommendations within the feed, offering more customization options, and making collaborative trading easier for users. In response to user requests to block traders from specific platforms, Finzer confirmed that filtering by trading platform is currently available, with additional filtering capabilities rolling out soon.

Farcaster 被 Balaji 旗下 Network School 收购

据 The Block 报道，去中心化社交网络 Farcaster 已被 Balaji Srinivasan 创办的 Network School 收购，具体的财务条款尚未披露。这是该平台今年内的第二次易主，此前 Neynar 于 1 月从原开发团队 Merkle Manufactory 手中接管了 Farcaster。

Farcaster Acquired by Network School

Odaily News: Decentralized social network Farcaster has changed hands for the second time this year. Balaji Srinivasan's Network School has acquired Farcaster from Neynar, with the transaction amount not yet disclosed. Neynar co-founder Rish stated that after evaluating multiple acquisition offers, the company decided to transfer the Farcaster app, protocol codebase, and related products to Network School, as Farcaster requires a different operational model for its next phase. Rish and fellow co-founder Manan will be leaving, while the remaining Neynar employees will join Network School to continue developing Farcaster. Neynar acquired the platform from Farcaster's original developer Merkle Manufactory in January of this year, with the deal also including token issuance platform Clanker. Rish did not disclose the future plans for Clanker; GM Farcaster hosts Adrienne and NourishProf stated that Rish is considering spinning off Clanker and seeking other buyers for it. An in-app announcement on Farcaster indicates that the platform will be renamed "Network State Protocol," with the goal of building a network of voluntary digital societies that will eventually materialize in the real world. Users must choose to accept or reject a "social smart contract," and those who accept will receive an on-chain access NFT as proof.

Vitalik Tests Privacy-Preserving AI Health System: Local Model + zkAPI + Tor Three-Tier Architecture Prevents Identity Leakage

Vitalik.eth disclosed on Farcaster that he is conducting a personal experiment by combining local and remote frontier models to generate personalized dietary and exercise recommendations based on personal health and travel data, all while preserving privacy. The system employs a three-layer privacy protection architecture: • Identity layer: A local model (Qwen 3.8B) constructs query requests on behalf of the user to prevent writing style from exposing identity. • Payment layer: Uses zkAPI to hide payment information. • Network layer: Conceals IP addresses via Tor. The system is currently functional, but Vitalik points out three limitations: Tor is inefficient and incurs high latency for per-request unlinking; the local model operates at only 20-30 TPS, whereas a smooth experience requires 100+ TPS; and the stricter the data protection, the more limited the remote model's assistance. The relevant code has been submitted to the Ethereum zkAPI repository.

Orb Co-founder: Farcaster Should Move Away from Reliance on a Single Long-Term Manager

Odaily News: Lens Product Lead and Orb Co-founder Kimmo Siren stated that the more critical issue for Farcaster right now is not "who takes over," but rather advancing the protocol to a stage where it no longer depends on a single long-term manager. He believes that a fully decentralized social protocol should allow any client to directly read, write, replay, and verify the complete history without having to trust a single team responsible for storage infrastructure or holding validator keys. Siren noted that as infrastructure such as Ethereum blobs and EIP-4844 matures, social data can be written in batches at low cost, re-hosted by anyone, and verified through on-chain commitments. He hopes to build replicable, verifiable on-chain social state, ensuring that even if the management team changes, the social network itself can remain sustainable.