① Square AI restaurant ordering fee is 2.9%, while DoorDash's discount is 30%

Restaurant owners have watched their profits being eaten alive by delivery app commissions for years. Now Square offers a different path — one that goes directly through the AI chatbots millions of people use every day. Square launches integrations with ChatGPT and Claude

② 98% crash, then pivot: Story Protocol reshapes the bet on AI data
A 98% price crash is a brutal way to end a chapter. But for Story Protocol, it might also be the only honest way to start a new story. The project announced on June 25 that it would rename Story Protocol to Data Network, shifting from an intellectual property blockchain to AI training data infrastructure

③ $70M revenue, zero user data: Privacy-first AI platform reaches $1 billion
In a market where every major AI platform knows what you asked and when, Venice AI is betting millions of users want something different — and investors are now pricing that bet at $1 billion. The company built a privacy-first AI platform that leaves no traces

④ Bitcoin ETFs see $223 million in outflows over nine days
Nine consecutive days. That's how long Bitcoin ETFs were bleeding funds before the end of June, with cumulative outflows reaching…

⑤ Cloudflare launches stablecoin monetization gateway, unlocks instant x402 payments for any API
Key takeaways: Monetization Gateway is a Cloudflare extension that enables stablecoin payments via x402. Customers charge for APIs, datasets, web pages, and AI products. The system enables instant, low-cost payments. After Cloudflare launched the stablecoin monetization gateway, it unlocked instant x402 payments

⑥ World launches on-chain prediction market on Solana via Phantom
The platform was unveiled at the end of June after being an anonymous "Trade Everything" preview account for more than two years. It trades using Phantom's CASH stablecoin and relies on Chainlink oracles instead of manual solutions.

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