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Robinhood vs. Coinbase: A $160-Billion Duel
Baihua Blockchain • August 11, 2025 Author: Thejaswini MA | Translated & edited by Baihua --- A Quiet War in Your Pocket A silent battle is unfolding on your phone screen, and most people still haven’t noticed. America’s two flagship finance apps—Robinhood and Coinbase—are running diametrically opposed experiments on millions of users. Robinhood sits at No. 14 in the App Store’s Finance category; Coinbase is at No. 20. Both are worth roughly $80 billion. Both chase the same young investors, y...
$500 Million Bet on Anthropic: SBF Almost Made the Most Successful Investment in AI History
In 2021, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, invested $500 million in AI company Anthropic through his hedge fund Alameda Research, acquiring approximately 8% equity. At that time, the AI boom had not yet begun, and this investment was regarded as a highly forward-looking high-stakes bet. However, in 2022, SBF’s empire collapsed due to the FTX crisis, and his assets were liquidated. FTX eventually sold its Anthropic stake in two installments, reclaiming approx...
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Exclusive! Web3 Experience Infrastructure Balance Announces Full Integration with DeepSeek! The Future of AI-Driven Interaction is Here!
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Exclusive! Web3 Experience Infrastructure Balance Announces Full Integration with DeepSeek! The Future of AI-Driven Interaction is Here!
The Final Cut: Will the Rate-Cycle End in Another Bitcoin Crash?
A 25-bp Gift from the Fed The FOMC just trimmed rates by 25 basis points—historic only in the sense that it may turbo-charge a bull run that is already on borrowed time. With the 2024 halving now 17 months behind us, history says a cyclical top is due around December 2025. Chair Powell’s cut—and the hint of two more before year-end—gives the ≈ US-$ 7.4 trn parked in money-market funds a powerful incentive to reach for yield. Spot-Bitcoin ETFs, BTC-treasury companies and zero-friction broker a...
Robinhood vs. Coinbase: A $160-Billion Duel
Baihua Blockchain • August 11, 2025 Author: Thejaswini MA | Translated & edited by Baihua --- A Quiet War in Your Pocket A silent battle is unfolding on your phone screen, and most people still haven’t noticed. America’s two flagship finance apps—Robinhood and Coinbase—are running diametrically opposed experiments on millions of users. Robinhood sits at No. 14 in the App Store’s Finance category; Coinbase is at No. 20. Both are worth roughly $80 billion. Both chase the same young investors, y...
$500 Million Bet on Anthropic: SBF Almost Made the Most Successful Investment in AI History
In 2021, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, invested $500 million in AI company Anthropic through his hedge fund Alameda Research, acquiring approximately 8% equity. At that time, the AI boom had not yet begun, and this investment was regarded as a highly forward-looking high-stakes bet. However, in 2022, SBF’s empire collapsed due to the FTX crisis, and his assets were liquidated. FTX eventually sold its Anthropic stake in two installments, reclaiming approx...
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Recent Updates on Balance
Balance has recently announced its full integration with DeepSeek on social platform X, a move that is expected to significantly enhance its capabilities and drive its popularity in the Web3 space.
Introduction to Balance
Balance originates from E-PAL, the world's largest gaming companionship platform, boasting over 4.2 million users and 450,000 active Epals (gaming companions). By integrating AI and blockchain technologies, Balance is redefining Web3 experiences, offering users immersive interactions that go beyond traditional models.
Core Features of Balance
Deep Integration of AI and Web3: Balance's most notable feature is the deep integration of AI and Web3. Unlike traditional AI assistants that function as chatbots with predefined interactions, Balance leverages the Web3 framework to deepen the connection between AI assistants and users, transcending conventional conversational models.
Innovative Interactive Entertainment and Reward Mechanisms: As a leader in interactive entertainment, Balance offers innovative mechanisms that allow users to collaborate and compete with AI Epals in gaming scenarios.
Web3-Empowered Creative Freedom and Personalization: Balance provides users with greater creative freedom and personalization through Web3. While existing AI assistants often cater to specific audiences, Web3's openness offers users more flexibility to create unique experiences.
Unique Key Node System and Multi-Layer Architecture: Balance features a unique Key Node system and multi-layer architecture, providing robust technical support and economic incentives to ensure long-term sustainability.
Balance Team
Lucas, the founder of Balance.
Norris Wang, co-founder of Balance, graduated from the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Balance Financing
On September 5, 2024, Balance completed a $10 million funding round, with participation from Animoca Brands, Amber Group, Aptos, IOBC Capital, DWF Labs, Taisu Ventures, Gate Labs, Bing Ventures, Wagmi Ventures, MARBLEX, DWF Ventures, Leland Ventures, Oasis Labs, 300DAO, Thomas Vu, Steve Chen, Marc Merrill, CLF Partners, MBK Capital, New Heights Fund, Sky Mantra, Tuna, and Halcyon Capital.
EPT Token Economics
EPT is the sole governance token of the Balance platform and Balance ZKEVM. It rewards network activities within the ecosystem, such as trading, providing liquidity, and building applications. EPT establishes an incentive mechanism among traders, creators, and markets, ensuring all participants benefit from network activities. The total supply of EPT is 1 billion tokens, allocated as follows:
Launchpool and Public Sale: 10%
Team: 15%
Investors: 15% (including institutional and individual investors)
Ecosystem Foundation: 15% (for ecosystem-building initiatives)
Incentive Pool: 40% (to reward contributions to ecosystem and community development)
Marketing: 3% (for project partnerships, liquidity provision, and marketing expenses)
Market Value Management: 2% (primarily for providing liquidity on CEX and DEX platforms)
Future Outlook for Balance
The launch of Balance marks a new era of integration between AI and blockchain technologies. This innovative platform, evolved from E-PAL, features a five-layer architecture design that creates a complete Web3 ecosystem. Users can enjoy a variety of services, including human Epals, AI Epals, and AI combat reporting systems, while the Key Node system offers substantial economic rewards for participants.
EPT, as the core of this system, has a total supply of 10 billion tokens. By rewarding network activities and incentivizing participation in platform development, EPT plays an irreplaceable role in the entire Balance system.
Recent Updates on Balance
Balance has recently announced its full integration with DeepSeek on social platform X, a move that is expected to significantly enhance its capabilities and drive its popularity in the Web3 space.
Introduction to Balance
Balance originates from E-PAL, the world's largest gaming companionship platform, boasting over 4.2 million users and 450,000 active Epals (gaming companions). By integrating AI and blockchain technologies, Balance is redefining Web3 experiences, offering users immersive interactions that go beyond traditional models.
Core Features of Balance
Deep Integration of AI and Web3: Balance's most notable feature is the deep integration of AI and Web3. Unlike traditional AI assistants that function as chatbots with predefined interactions, Balance leverages the Web3 framework to deepen the connection between AI assistants and users, transcending conventional conversational models.
Innovative Interactive Entertainment and Reward Mechanisms: As a leader in interactive entertainment, Balance offers innovative mechanisms that allow users to collaborate and compete with AI Epals in gaming scenarios.
Web3-Empowered Creative Freedom and Personalization: Balance provides users with greater creative freedom and personalization through Web3. While existing AI assistants often cater to specific audiences, Web3's openness offers users more flexibility to create unique experiences.
Unique Key Node System and Multi-Layer Architecture: Balance features a unique Key Node system and multi-layer architecture, providing robust technical support and economic incentives to ensure long-term sustainability.
Balance Team
Lucas, the founder of Balance.
Norris Wang, co-founder of Balance, graduated from the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Balance Financing
On September 5, 2024, Balance completed a $10 million funding round, with participation from Animoca Brands, Amber Group, Aptos, IOBC Capital, DWF Labs, Taisu Ventures, Gate Labs, Bing Ventures, Wagmi Ventures, MARBLEX, DWF Ventures, Leland Ventures, Oasis Labs, 300DAO, Thomas Vu, Steve Chen, Marc Merrill, CLF Partners, MBK Capital, New Heights Fund, Sky Mantra, Tuna, and Halcyon Capital.
EPT Token Economics
EPT is the sole governance token of the Balance platform and Balance ZKEVM. It rewards network activities within the ecosystem, such as trading, providing liquidity, and building applications. EPT establishes an incentive mechanism among traders, creators, and markets, ensuring all participants benefit from network activities. The total supply of EPT is 1 billion tokens, allocated as follows:
Launchpool and Public Sale: 10%
Team: 15%
Investors: 15% (including institutional and individual investors)
Ecosystem Foundation: 15% (for ecosystem-building initiatives)
Incentive Pool: 40% (to reward contributions to ecosystem and community development)
Marketing: 3% (for project partnerships, liquidity provision, and marketing expenses)
Market Value Management: 2% (primarily for providing liquidity on CEX and DEX platforms)
Future Outlook for Balance
The launch of Balance marks a new era of integration between AI and blockchain technologies. This innovative platform, evolved from E-PAL, features a five-layer architecture design that creates a complete Web3 ecosystem. Users can enjoy a variety of services, including human Epals, AI Epals, and AI combat reporting systems, while the Key Node system offers substantial economic rewards for participants.
EPT, as the core of this system, has a total supply of 10 billion tokens. By rewarding network activities and incentivizing participation in platform development, EPT plays an irreplaceable role in the entire Balance system.
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