Relaying what matters next.
The Relay is a new media project dedicated to covering slightly futuristic domains such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, longevity science, crypto and blockchain, advanced biology, and defense technologies. Our mission is to capture the signals of tomorrow and relay them forward with clarity, depth, and context.
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Telegram’s TON Wallet Puts Web3 Inside U.S. Chats
Telegram’s July 2025 U.S. roll out of its built‑in TON wallet and its decision to make TON the exclusive chain for Mini Apps compress the Web3 funnel into a single chat. Here is what changed, why it matters, and a builder playbook to ship fast.
Databricks and OpenAI: $100M Data‑Native Agents Go Live
Databricks is embedding OpenAI’s latest reasoning models directly into its Data Intelligence Platform and Agent Bricks, giving enterprises governed, high-capacity agents that work on in-place data. Here is what the deal changes, how to ship value in 90 days, and what to watch next.
Decentralizing L2 Sequencers after Starknet’s Outage
Starknet’s September 2 outage arrived days after moving from one to three sequencers, forcing two reorgs and a hard look at decentralized ordering. Here is what multi‑sequencer designs change for liveness, reorg risk, and MEV, plus practical steps builders and users should take now.
45Z’s first-year shock: SAF stumbles, RNG surges
New IRS and DOE rules made Section 45Z real in January 2025. The math and registration timing are pushing value from sustainable aviation fuel to renewable natural gas. See who wins, who loses, and how to plan through 2027.
BepiColombo's thruster shortfall rewrites the road to Mercury
ESA and JAXA reworked BepiColombo’s cruise after solar electric propulsion underperformed, pushing orbital insertion to November 2026. What failed, how the redesigned Mercury flybys preserve the science, and the milestones to watch through 2026.
Sea-Based Hypersonics Hit the Fleet: CPS on Zumwalt, Virginia
After a successful end-to-end flight in May 2025, the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike is leaving the test range for real ships. Here is what CPS on Zumwalt and Virginia means for deterrence, timelines, and Indo-Pacific operations.
Colchicine vs Clonal Aging: Slowing TET2-Driven Mutations
Fresh August 2025 cardiology genetics data suggest that low-dose colchicine may slow TET2-driven clonal hematopoiesis in people with coronary disease. Here is what CHIP is, who to test, and how to act while we wait for genotype-enriched trials.
AP2 and the era of paying agents: Google’s commerce layer
Google’s Agent Payments Protocol landed in September 2025 with a clear promise: give AI agents a safe, interoperable way to pay. With signed mandates and stablecoin-ready rails, AP2 aims to make agent-led purchases auditable, policy governed, and portable across platforms.
USAT arrives: Tether’s $500B bid to remake U.S. stablecoins
Tether is rolling out USAT, a U.S.-regulated dollar token built with Anchorage Digital and Cantor Fitzgerald. Here is how this launch and a potential $500 billion valuation push could reorder stablecoins, DeFi, and real-world payments.
Alpenglow Approved: Solana Targets Sub-150ms Finality
With Alpenglow approved in September 2025 and multiple validator clients advancing, Solana is preparing its biggest leap yet. Here is how sub-150ms finality could reshape exchange settlement, DeFi, payments, and cross-chain bridges over the next two quarters.
Agentic coding goes mainstream as IDE agents execute
In May and June 2025, GitHub and Google put agentic coding directly into the IDE. Copilot’s coding agent and Agent Mode in VS Code, plus Gemini’s Agent Mode in Android Studio, now plan work, edit projects, run builds, and pause for your approval before changes land.
The GLP-1 Muscle-Sparing Race to Real Longevity Gains
New 2025 data suggest GLP-1 combinations can shift weight loss toward fat while protecting muscle. Here is how ActRII and myostatin strategies, amylin add-ons, and smarter training could make weight loss longevity-safe for older adults.
Chang’e‑6 reshapes lunar water, landings, and ISRU strategy
Peer-reviewed Chang'e-6 samples point to an ultra-dry farside mantle and a complex magnetic-volcanic past. Here is how that asymmetry reshapes water expectations, landing site strategy, and early ISRU.
Iron Beam’s 2025 debut: lasers rewrite air defense math
Israel says Iron Beam will enter service by December 2025. If the high‑energy laser performs as billed, it could slash cost per shot against drones, rockets and mortars, reshaping layered defenses from Gaza to the Red Sea and beyond.
Nansen’s AI Trading Chatbot Puts Retail Portfolios on Autopilot
On September 25, 2025, Nansen launched an LLM powered crypto trading chatbot and previewed a path to agent run execution. Here is why vertical, data rich agents can beat general models, and what must be built before retail investors can trust them with real money.
OSIRIS-APEX Earth flyby locks aim on Apophis 2029
After a Sept. 23, 2025 Earth flyby, OSIRIS-APEX is on course to meet asteroid Apophis during its historic April 13, 2029 close approach. See how a gravity assist, Earth and Moon calibration, and a daring thruster stir set up breakthrough planetary-defense science.
Rollup Fees Mispriced: Cheap DoS, Prover-Killers, Delays
Fresh peer-reviewed research argues that today’s Ethereum rollup fees underprice the real bottlenecks. Attackers can cheaply flood data availability or craft prover‑killer transactions that stall finality. This review breaks down what fails, what it costs, and practical fixes teams can ship now.
Taurine hype, meet reality: NIH’s 2025 Science verdict
A June 5, 2025 analysis from NIH in Science reports that circulating taurine does not consistently decline with age, challenging taurine’s status as an aging biomarker. Here is what that means for supplements, clinical trials, and how to judge real biomarkers.

















