What is good. Yesterday felt like a fever dream with Apple unveiling the iPhone 17. Wild that the base model now starts at 256 GB — feels like only yesterday we were juggling a 32 GB iPhone 5. Elsewhere, the revised U.S. jobs data landed ugly with nearly a million fewer jobs than first reported. Polymarket odds now price a September cut at roughly 83% for 25 bps and 14% for 50 bps. Robinhood previewed a new social platform for early next year, and X open‑sourced its algorithm. Anyway, here is what shipped around Farcaster.

Base App Ships A Bundle Of Improvements
A smoother feed, automatic Farcaster storage upgrades when you hit the cap, dynamic previews, avatars for group chats, and more in the latest release.
→ Release post

Rainbow Teases Rewards Upgrade
Rainbow says it is rolling out something larger than weekly ETH drops. Worth watching if you farm points or perks.
→ Teaser

Basecamp Lineup Announced
Base’s event is headlined by Jesse, Shan Aggarwal, Alexander Cutler (Aerodrome), Jacob Horne (Zora), and Brianna Chang (Virtuals).
→ Speaker lineup

Paragraph Releases Early API And SDK
Build apps, bots, integrations, and custom UIs on top of Paragraph posts with a first cut of the API and SDK.
→ Launch note

Farcaster Seeks Beta Testers For Token Alerts
Help test token price alerts. If you live inside charts, this one is for you.
→ Sign up

New Mini App SDK Action: signManifest
Mini apps can now request users to sign domain ownership, making it easier to prove the app’s host.
→ Dev update

Amps Is Hiring A Head Of Amps
If you are equal parts product, memes, and marketplace, Phil wants to talk.
→ Job post

Coinbase Acquires Sensible
Coinbase announced the acquisition of Sensible. Details are light, but the fit looks infra‑adjacent.
→ Announcement

Ohara Creator Fund: 5 USDC Per Mini App
Earn 5 USDC for each mini app you create and connect to Base App.
→ Details

Disclaimer: This is not financial advice. Do your own research. Tokens are volatile. Links are provided so you can verify and learn more.