Drips closed Q4 2025 strong with regional expansion across Asia, launched end-to-end RetroPGF with Filecoin, and introduced new protocol features including ORCID and website funding support. The team also announced Drips Wave, recurring bounty cycles launching with the Stellar Development Foundation in January 2026.
Drips had a productive Q4 2025, taking the platform across Asia to connect with developer communities in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. The team launched the first end-to-end RetroPGF round on Drips with Filecoin, demonstrating how funding rounds can run entirely through a single composable system. A Radworks DAO proposal passed enabling new protocol features: RepoDriver now supports ORCID funding for researchers and any website can be funded. Drips Wave, a new recurring bounty cycle system, was announced to help ecosystems attract developers and maintain projects. The first full Wave launches January 21, 2026 with the Stellar Development Foundation, positioning 2026 as a key year for Drips as an ecosystem funding superapp.