Microsoft Ire, Ripple + Rail, Wallarm API Revenue Protection
The API Changelog issue 2025.32
This is issue 2025.32 of the API Changelog, a mix of API news, commentary, and opinion. In this issue, you'll get to know the most relevant API-related information from the week of August 4, 2025. Subscribe now so you never miss an issue of the API Changelog.
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News Highlight
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the restoration of access to GPT-4o for selected users after a rough GPT-5 launch. GPT-5 will replace all models on ChatGPT, affecting user workflows and connections with older models, but the API models will not be sunsetted yet.
OpenAI launched GPT-5, offering advanced coding, reasoning, and state-of-the-art developer performance via its API. The model showcases leading benchmarks, new features for control, and a tiered pricing strategy to capture the full developer market.
GPT-5 competitive prices, is challenging other AI firms like Anthropic and Google DeepMind. The pricing strategy could signal the beginning of a price war in the AI model market.
See additional coverage on Wired, it-daily.net, The IndianExpress, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch.
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Announcements
Ooredoo Group harnesses Google Cloud's APIGEE platform to scale its API ecosystem, expediting services, and generating new revenue. The partnership transforms telecom networks into open platforms, letting developers build advanced services, and was recently celebrated at the Google Cloud Summit Doha.
TON Core has detailed its H1 2025 roadmap, featuring enhancements in validation, cryptography, network performance, and blockchain state storage. The update includes new developer and validator tools, Layer 2 advances, a new smart contract language, and Bitcoin integration.
The IAB Tech Lab, alongside Amazon, FreeWheel, Index Exchange, and NBCUniversal, introduced new standards to simplify live event streaming monetization. Their Concurrent Streams API and Live Event Ad Playbook aim to enhance ad delivery and transparency during high-viewership live streams.
Data Plus has formed a preferred partnership with Visual Matrix, offering an API-based solution for seamless hotel management integration. The collaboration aims to synchronize front and back office tasks, streamline financial operations, and provide clear business insights.
Google announced mandatory EU political ad declarations in its Ads API and Scripts starting September 3, 2025, with full service cessation by September 22. The technical changes enforce the TTPA regulation, requiring detailed campaign declarations to manage EU political advertising complexities.
Funding and M&A
Approov secured a £5 million Series A round led by Scottish funds to enhance its mobile app/API security R&D. The funding supports Approov's response to regulatory changes and the rise of direct app distribution, bypassing platform fees. See additional coverage on Silicon, Digit News, and Financial IT.
Ripple has acquired stablecoin-focused payments platform Rail in a $200 million deal to enhance its real-time global payments infrastructure. The merger aims to create a comprehensive stablecoin solution, leveraging Rail's transaction speed and regulatory compliance for broader financial services.
AI
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.1, enhancing coding accuracy to 74.5% and adding superior data analysis capabilities. Accessible through various platforms, this model precedes larger improvements and coincides with upcoming news from OpenAI.
Microsoft unveiled Project Ire, an AI tool designed for advanced, autonomous malware classification. The Project Ire AI system has shown success in tests, leading to its integration into Defender for enhanced threat detection.
Appdome announced the integration of its IDAnchor's Customer Identity Protection into MobileBOT Defense at Black Hat 2025. This enables a secure, virtual Mobile API Gateway, preventing unauthorized access and bot attacks on mobile applications.
CrowdStrike has integrated its Falcon Shield with OpenAI's compliance API, enhancing AI agent governance for over 175 SaaS applications. The article suggests CrowdStrike's AI-driven security can help organizations control AI identities and prevent exploitation.
Psyloom has released a private beta of its Generative Persona API for developers. The API enables the creation of unique user profiles for personalization and engagement.
Fintech
JPMorgan Markets redesigned its platform to simplify navigation and integrate workflows, supporting clients through all trade phases with a single login. Their "Do. More." campaign, created with MONK London, repositions the platform as a crucial decision-making tool for quick-acting institutional investors.
Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network (WSPN) has released Global Payment 1.0, a system linking stablecoins with fiat for institutions. The API-centric platform streamlines crypto-to-fiat conversion, simplifying transactions via a unified interface.
Alpaca Markets showcases updates like self-clearing status and fixed-income trading to democratize global finance. Strategic partnerships and a $52 million Series C funding round fuel Alpaca's mission to empower developers and traders.
Finzly, specializing in API-first payment infrastructure, is preparing to support stablecoin and tokenized deposits alongside existing payment protocols. Nearly half of payment leaders surveyed by Finzly are exploring programmable money, with concerns about falling behind without stablecoin functionality.
Security
Hyperliquid reimbursed $2 million to users post a 37-minute API outage, bolstering decentralized exchange trust. The exchange has climbed ranks, now 7th-largest globally, after resolving an outage caused by a traffic surge during a record-high open interest. See additional coverage on FinanceFeeds.
Wallarm introduced the first API Revenue Protection capability, enhancing API security's business impact. The platform offers continuous protection, tracking, and real-time financial insights for revenue-generating APIs.
Salt Security announced Autonomous Threat Hunting for uncovering sophisticated API attacks by analyzing anomalies with AI and machine learning. This new functionality integrates into their API Protection Platform, offering detailed insights into malicious activities and enhancing SOC analyst efficiency.
QuadMiner, a cybersecurity firm, has teamed up with AM Management, to enhance digital asset investment security through an MOU signed recently. They aim to combine API operation solutions and cybersecurity technology, and collaborate on market entries and practical measures, including joint marketing and security methodologies.