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The brokerage that brought zero-fee trading to millions just did the same thing to Layer 2. In 60 days, Robinhood Chain has gone from launch to $791 million in TVL, flipped Base in daily active users, and is now generating…
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A memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain is quietly outearning Solana’s biggest token factory. The fees are real, the volume is accelerating, and the gap is widening every day. A memecoin launchpad nobody outside of onchain circles talks about is printing…
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Connecticut has issued a warning about unregulated offshore DeFi exchanges after a resident lost access to $200,000 deposited following a deceptive solicitation. The Connecticut Attorney General’s Office said on Sept. 3 that a person claiming to know the resident persuaded…
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Compromised keys, not broken code, now drive the majority of crypto theft, and North Korea is cashing the checks. Eight months into the year, and the crypto industry has already replayed the same failure mode enough times to fill a…
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A two-month-old Layer 2 chain is out-earning every blockchain on Earth, powered by a memecoin casino and a gas subsidy that expires at the end of September. Two months ago, Robinhood launched a blockchain. The pitch was regulated, 24/7 tokenized…
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A two-month-old Layer 2 built by a stock brokerage is now processing more daily decentralized exchange volume than chains that have existed for years, and the market is only beginning to pay attention. Robinhood Chain processed roughly $945 million in…
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Cronos validators erased 10,000 blocks to reverse the Tectonic exploit, saving $69 million in frozen assets while sparking a fierce debate about whether a blockchain that can be rewound on command deserves to call itself one. Cronos did something on…
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Nomura’s digital asset unit Laser Digital has partnered with Keyring Network to build institutional fixed income markets on decentralized finance infrastructure, with the first lending and borrowing products prepared for Euler Finance. According to a Sept. 2 announcement from Laser…
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Chainlink connects smart contracts to real-world data through a decentralized oracle network that secures more than $33 billion in onchain value.
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Protocol 26 is complete. Protocol 27, the final infrastructure upgrade in Pi Network’s current roadmap, is on testnet with a September 15 mainnet target. The decentralized exchange that ships with it will answer the question the market has been asking…
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Identity verification is becoming a core part of the DeFi stack as developers look to embed reusable credentials, privacy-preserving proofs and compliance checks directly into lending, payments, stablecoins and tokenized asset platforms. As decentralized finance expands into lending, payments, stablecoins…
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Protocol 26 tightened the smart contract layer, Protocol 27 is bringing automated market making to testnet, and a decentralized exchange is planned for September; the token has not moved above nine cents. Pi Network has been shipping infrastructure at a…
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XRP rallied 37% in August on a wave of record ETF inflows. The market is pricing momentum. It is not pricing the Sept. 11 mainnet upgrade that hardens Vaults, AMMs, and the Lending Protocol for institutional use. The anatomy of…
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A two-month-old Layer 2 built by a stock brokerage is now processing more daily decentralized exchange volume than chains that have existed for years, and the market is only beginning to pay attention. How Robinhood built a top-five chain in…
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A research paper published this week quantifies what happens when bank deposits move at blockchain speed. The number is large enough to reshape how banks fund the economy, and the crypto industry is building the pipes without acknowledging the consequences.…
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Stellar’s tokenized real-world asset market has climbed from about $785 million in January to more than $3 billion in July, while only just over $2 million has entered Blend pools that accept RWAs. Stellar’s RWA market has crossed $3 billion…
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