The Graph

**The Graph Foundation** sponsored SmartCon's inaugural VC Demo Day, connecting emerging web3 projects with venture capital investors. The event showcased: - Real blockchain projects seeking funding - Technical talent from the web3 builder community - Investment opportunities in decentralized infrastructure **Derek Meyer** from The Graph's Technical Council served as a judge, evaluating projects alongside other industry experts. The sponsorship aligns with The Graph's mission to **support the next generation** of web3 developers and infrastructure builders.

**The Graph has joined the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance (EPAA)**, a coalition of major DeFi protocols representing over $100B in onchain assets. **Key alliance members include:** - Aave - Curve Finance - Lido Finance - Uniswap Foundation - Aragon Project - Spark Protocol **The EPAA advocates for four core principles:** - Protocol neutrality - Onchain transparency - Flexibility for innovation - Global permissionless access **Why The Graph joined:** As a protocol that makes trusted onchain data accessible, The Graph wants to ensure future financial regulations are informed by actual builders rather than external parties. The alliance works with advocacy partners including the European Crypto Initiative and DeFi Research Collective to influence policy development. [Learn more about the alliance](https://paragraph.com/@epaa/announcing-ethereum-protocol-advocacy-alliance)

**The Graph has launched Amp**, the world's first enterprise blockchain-native database designed specifically for finance, analytics, and compliance. **Key Features:** - Transforms encoded onchain data into **real-time, structured datasets** - Purpose-built for compliance, auditability, and speed - Verifiable and audit-ready data lineage - Unified SQL access across multiple blockchains - Real-time streaming and batch processing - Flexible cloud or on-premises deployment **Enterprise Focus** Amp represents a significant evolution from The Graph's previous Subgraph technology. While The Graph made blockchain data usable, **Amp makes it enterprise-grade**. The database allows builders to create and run smart contract datasets locally with zero setup, targeting institutional adoption in the era of fast chains. [Learn more and request a demo](http://thegraph.com/amp)

**The Graph shipped major updates in Q3 2025, expanding its data infrastructure across multiple fronts.** **Token API Gets Solana Support** - Added Solana token and DEX endpoints with SPL balances, metadata, and pricing - Covers major protocols like Raydium, Jupiter, Meteora, and Pump.fun - **AI-driven spam scoring** improves trust for wallets and marketplaces - New batch queries enable efficient multi-wallet analytics **Developer Tools Enhanced** - **Subgraph Dev Mode** launched with local-first Graph Node runner - Instant redeploys without IPFS dependency - Foundational Stores reduce indexing costs on Ethereum and Solana - Simplified billing and team management on The Graph Market **Infrastructure Expansion** - **Horizon testnet** validates multi-service blockchain architecture - **TRON support** added for real-time data streaming - Chainlink CCIP integration enables cross-chain data flows **AI Integration Progress** - MCP integrations allow AI systems to query onchain data directly - Compatible with Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT Developers can now access unified data across Ethereum, Solana, and TRON through a single protocol powered by $GRT tokens.

**The Graph Protocol's Builders Office Hours is currently live**, featuring Marcus Rein and Denis from Pinax Network. The session focuses on: - How **The Graph's Token API integrates with AI agents** - Powering blockchain data access within **OpenAI's ChatGPT 5** - Practical applications for tracking blockchain assets through AI This technical deep dive demonstrates the **convergence of blockchain data and AI technology**, showing developers how to leverage The Graph's infrastructure for AI-powered applications. The live stream is available on the GraphDevs account for those interested in blockchain data integration.

**The Graph Token API Beta** has launched its spam and scam filtering feature, automatically protecting users from malicious content. **What gets filtered:** - Junk tokens - Airdrop spam - Malicious NFTs **Benefits for developers:** - **Safer user experience** - Users protected from scams - **Cleaner wallets** - No more cluttered interfaces - **Smarter apps** - Built with trusted, verified data The filtering happens automatically, requiring no extra effort from developers. This builds on previous releases that introduced spam/scam scoring v0.1.0 across Ethereum and Base networks. Developers can now build applications with confidence, knowing their users won't encounter malicious tokens or NFTs through the API. [Get started with Token API Beta](https://thegraph.com/token-api/)

**The Graph Token API Beta** now supports Solana DEX data and historical pricing across **60+ AMMs**. **Key features include:** - Price tracking across Raydium, Jupiter, Meteora, and Pump.fun - Token price charts for specific pools - Swap tracking across major Solana programs - Complete transaction history for accounting This update makes onchain data more **accessible and standardized** for developers building price charts, portfolio apps, and trading tools. [Get started with Token API Beta](https://thegraph.com/token-api)

**The Challenge**: Every new blockchain creates fresh indexing complications for developers. **The Vision**: What if all blockchain networks could be queried using the same standardized approach? **The Concept**: Treating blockchain data like a traditional database could simplify access across multiple chains. Key benefits: - Eliminates chain-specific indexing requirements - Standardizes data access methods - Reduces development complexity This approach could transform how developers interact with multi-chain ecosystems, making blockchain data as accessible as conventional databases.

The Graph's decentralized knowledge graph system is positioning itself as a crucial infrastructure for AI development. Here's why it matters: - **Open Data Access**: The Graph provides transparent and permissionless data access, essential for AI advancement - **Decentralized Knowledge**: Information remains composable and accessible, unlike traditional closed systems - **Future Impact**: New AI models are expected to develop using The Graph's growing knowledge graph infrastructure The protocol's approach challenges current AI data paradigms by ensuring open access and transparency, potentially reshaping how AI systems evolve and access information.

The Graph Foundation has announced winners of the ETHGlobal Cannes hackathon, awarding $10,000 in total prizes across three categories: - **GRC-20-ts Library Category** ($1000): Cosmiq won for their AI platform building web3 apps from prompts - **Hypergraph Framework Category**: • 1st Place ($3000): Hypermaps - LLM mind-mapping tool • 2nd Place ($2000): Livus - health data ownership platform - **Graph Token API/Subgraphs Category**: • 1st Place ($2500): CCTUP - cross-chain transaction management • 2nd Place ($1500): circules_subgraph - trust-based token flow visualizer All winning projects demonstrated innovative uses of The Graph's technology for data indexing and knowledge management.