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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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Treasury starts GENIUS Act rules: the new stablecoin playbook

Treasury starts GENIUS Act rules: the new stablecoin playbook

Treasury opened an ANPRM on September 18, 2025 that starts the GENIUS Act rulemaking for U.S. dollar stablecoins. Here is what it means, the likely pillars of the rules, and concrete steps issuers, exchanges, DeFi teams, and retailers should take before the 30 day comment window closes.

AI’s power rush is colliding with the grid, gas and nuclear rise

AI’s power rush is colliding with the grid, gas and nuclear rise

PJM capacity prices hit the cap, Washington is fast-tracking data centers, and a marquee HVDC line just lost federal backing. AI’s load surge is steering utilities toward quick gas, more storage, and revived nuclear while complicating renewables and rates.

New Glenn’s second flight targets Mars with ESCAPADE

New Glenn’s second flight targets Mars with ESCAPADE

Blue Origin plans to send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes toward Mars on New Glenn’s second mission as soon as September 29, 2025. Here’s what to watch, why the risks are worth it, and how a small heliophysics mission could reshape deep-space access.

Iron Beam Goes Operational: Lasers Flip Air-Defense Math

Iron Beam Goes Operational: Lasers Flip Air-Defense Math

Israel says the Iron Beam laser will enter service later this year, turning photons into a practical shield for rockets, mortars, and drones. Here is how it could bend the economics and reshape layered air defense.

SEC generic listing rules unlock a wave of altcoin ETFs

SEC generic listing rules unlock a wave of altcoin ETFs

The SEC’s September 17, 2025 decision to adopt generic listing standards lets major exchanges list spot crypto ETPs without case-by-case approvals. Here is what changed, why the first multi-asset fund matters, which tokens are next, and what to watch as October listings approach.

Lilly’s Verve buy puts one-and-done LDL editing in reach

Lilly’s Verve buy puts one-and-done LDL editing in reach

On July 25, 2025, Lilly closed its Verve acquisition, betting that in vivo base editing of PCSK9 could replace decades of statins with a single infusion. Early Phase 1b data show up to 69% LDL-C reductions, FDA Fast Track, and Phase 2 on deck.

Mars just logged its strongest hints of ancient life yet

Mars just logged its strongest hints of ancient life yet

Two 2025 rover results sharpen the case for past habitability. Inside Perseverance’s possible biosignature textures, Curiosity’s largest organics yet, how CoLD ranks the evidence, and why sample return now drives the timeline.

Iron Beam goes operational, and air defense economics flip

Iron Beam goes operational, and air defense economics flip

Israel says its Iron Beam laser will enter IDF service by the end of 2025, the first high‑power combat laser to reach operational maturity. Near‑zero cost per shot and deep magazines could reshape drone and rocket defense worldwide.

SEC’s generic listing rules reshape the crypto ETF playbook

SEC’s generic listing rules reshape the crypto ETF playbook

The SEC just greenlit generic listing standards for commodity-based ETPs, giving spot crypto ETFs a rules-based on ramp instead of one-off approvals. Here is how Rule 19b-4(e) works in practice, who benefits first, what could list next, and the risks to watch.

AI’s grid moment: Texas, California, and the rush for power

AI’s grid moment: Texas, California, and the rush for power

Washington just moved to speed new plants and power lines as AI-driven demand surges. New data shows Texas and California pulling ahead in clean power. Here is how the load is shifting, who pays, who profits, and what 2026 to 2030 could look like.

Webb’s TWA 7b image resets the hunt for habitable worlds

Webb’s TWA 7b image resets the hunt for habitable worlds

On June 25, 2025, JWST’s MIRI coronagraph delivered Webb’s first direct-image discovery of a new exoplanet: TWA 7b, a Saturn-mass world embedded in its star’s rings. Here is how mid infrared dropped the imaging mass floor and what Roman and HWO will do next.

Your Browser Just Became an Agent: Chrome’s Gemini Gambit

Your Browser Just Became an Agent: Chrome’s Gemini Gambit

Google just put Gemini inside Chrome for U.S. desktop users, shifting the browser from passive window to active helper that can read tabs, summarize, and assist tasks. With Anthropic’s Claude-in-Chrome preview and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent, the agent wars now move into the address bar.

Iron Beam Goes Live: Lasers Rewrite Air-Defense Economics

Iron Beam Goes Live: Lasers Rewrite Air-Defense Economics

Israel says Iron Beam will enter service in 2025 after completing operational testing on September 17, 2025. Here is how lasers reshape costs, doctrine, and countermeasures in a layered shield with Iron Dome.

SEC Opens Door to Multi-Asset Crypto ETFs and In-Kind Flows

SEC Opens Door to Multi-Asset Crypto ETFs and In-Kind Flows

In 48 hours the SEC approved generic listing standards for spot commodity ETPs and permitted in-kind creations. The combo unlocks multi-asset and altcoin ETFs, tighter spreads, and deeper price discovery heading into Q4 2025.

Europe's 2027 Russian LNG Ban vs America's LNG Reboot

Europe's 2027 Russian LNG Ban vs America's LNG Reboot

Brussels is moving to halt Russian LNG on January 1, 2027, just as Washington restarts LNG approvals. We pressure test construction, pipelines, ships, methane rules, and financing to see whether new US supply can fill Europe’s gap without spiking prices at home.

GLP-1s and the new longevity math: pills, risk, reality

GLP-1s and the new longevity math: pills, risk, reality

Fresh signals from EASD 2025 and a large Medicare analysis suggest GLP-1 therapies cut near-term cardiovascular events and deaths. With potent oral versions on the way, adherence and access could surge, reshaping budgets and the definition of a longevity therapy.

Inside the Moon’s Two Faces: Chang’e‑6’s Far‑Side Secrets

Inside the Moon’s Two Faces: Chang’e‑6’s Far‑Side Secrets

Fresh analyses of Chang'e 6 show the Moon's far side is drier and chemically distinct, with volcanism that persisted for billions of years and a magnetic field that briefly revived. Here is how that reshapes water hunts and south pole site selection for Artemis and ILRS.

Gemini-in-Chrome turns your browser into an AI agent platform

Gemini-in-Chrome turns your browser into an AI agent platform

Google is rolling out Gemini directly inside Chrome for U.S. users, bringing AI Mode to the address bar, cross-tab summarization, and the first wave of agentic automation. Here is how that reshapes search, SEO, commerce, safety, and the browser’s role.