This article traces Robinhood’s growth trajectory, dissecting how this "new financial giant" leverages blockchain technology and regulatory advantages to evolve from a "low-cost, user-friendly" brokerage into a key player in the tokenized U.S. stocks wave. June 30, 2025, Cannes, France—At the center of the stage, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev unveiled a series of groundbreaking initiatives: Robinhood Chain (built on Arbitrum), tokenized U.S. stock trading, perpetual futures, ETH/SOL staking, priva...

Since its listing, Circle's stock price has continued to soar, with CRCL rising from its IPO price of $29.30 to $300, becoming one of the biggest winners at the intersection of Wall Street and the crypto world. However, in this equity feast of the stablecoin leader, the earliest executives and venture capitalists have instead become the "disappointed ones" who missed the main wave of growth. Many of them chose to sell on the IPO day and missed out on potential gains of billions of dollars in ...

The Crypto Market Becomes a New Battlefield for the Iran-Israel Conflict: The Shadow of the Crypto Market Under Theocracy On June 18, 2025, Nobitex, Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a shocking cyberattack. A pro-Israel hacking group calling themselves "Predatory Sparrow" breached Nobitex's system and "devastatingly" stole nearly $90 million in assets. The group claimed that Nobitex assisted the Iranian government in circumventing international sanctions and funding "terrorism,...

This article traces Robinhood’s growth trajectory, dissecting how this "new financial giant" leverages blockchain technology and regulatory advantages to evolve from a "low-cost, user-friendly" brokerage into a key player in the tokenized U.S. stocks wave. June 30, 2025, Cannes, France—At the center of the stage, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev unveiled a series of groundbreaking initiatives: Robinhood Chain (built on Arbitrum), tokenized U.S. stock trading, perpetual futures, ETH/SOL staking, priva...

Since its listing, Circle's stock price has continued to soar, with CRCL rising from its IPO price of $29.30 to $300, becoming one of the biggest winners at the intersection of Wall Street and the crypto world. However, in this equity feast of the stablecoin leader, the earliest executives and venture capitalists have instead become the "disappointed ones" who missed the main wave of growth. Many of them chose to sell on the IPO day and missed out on potential gains of billions of dollars in ...

The Crypto Market Becomes a New Battlefield for the Iran-Israel Conflict: The Shadow of the Crypto Market Under Theocracy On June 18, 2025, Nobitex, Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a shocking cyberattack. A pro-Israel hacking group calling themselves "Predatory Sparrow" breached Nobitex's system and "devastatingly" stole nearly $90 million in assets. The group claimed that Nobitex assisted the Iranian government in circumventing international sanctions and funding "terrorism,...

The HeadlinesCircle launches Arc, an EVM-compatible, permissioned L1 with 20 regulated validators.Stripe is building Tempo, an L1 that will reportedly use Paradigm’s Rust-based RETH client. Both moves have reignited the debate: “Is this good or bad for crypto—and for my bags?”Permissioned L1s: Boring but Strategic Right now, Arc and Tempo look like private settlement databases that simply borrow blockchain data structures. No tokens, no open validator sets—just faster rails for USDC or Stripe...

The HeadlinesCircle launches Arc, an EVM-compatible, permissioned L1 with 20 regulated validators.Stripe is building Tempo, an L1 that will reportedly use Paradigm’s Rust-based RETH client. Both moves have reignited the debate: “Is this good or bad for crypto—and for my bags?”Permissioned L1s: Boring but Strategic Right now, Arc and Tempo look like private settlement databases that simply borrow blockchain data structures. No tokens, no open validator sets—just faster rails for USDC or Stripe...

From Hype to Backlash—A Single Tweet Turned the Mood Last night, Towns—the a16z-backed social protocol that raised $46 million—finally triggered its Token Generation Event (TGE) and opened airdrop claims. Instead of celebratory GIFs, crypto Twitter filled with outrage. Core complaints:“My six-figure point haul earned less than Binance Alpha’s 30-second quiz.”“Months of daily check-ins labeled me a Sybil, yet zero clarity on the rules.”“The blog said 10 % of total supply to the community, but ...

From Hype to Backlash—A Single Tweet Turned the Mood Last night, Towns—the a16z-backed social protocol that raised $46 million—finally triggered its Token Generation Event (TGE) and opened airdrop claims. Instead of celebratory GIFs, crypto Twitter filled with outrage. Core complaints:“My six-figure point haul earned less than Binance Alpha’s 30-second quiz.”“Months of daily check-ins labeled me a Sybil, yet zero clarity on the rules.”“The blog said 10 % of total supply to the community, but ...

July 30, 2015: Genesis in a Berlin Office At block 1,028,201, in a modest Berlin workspace, the first “world computer” quietly booted up. Ten years on, Ethereum has evolved from fringe experiment into the backbone of thousands of applications, tens of thousands of developers, and the entire narrative of programmable money. To honor the journey, the Ethereum Foundation is running The Torch, a travelling NFT that will ultimately be burned—symbolically closing the first decade and handing the fl...

July 30, 2015: Genesis in a Berlin Office At block 1,028,201, in a modest Berlin workspace, the first “world computer” quietly booted up. Ten years on, Ethereum has evolved from fringe experiment into the backbone of thousands of applications, tens of thousands of developers, and the entire narrative of programmable money. To honor the journey, the Ethereum Foundation is running The Torch, a travelling NFT that will ultimately be burned—symbolically closing the first decade and handing the fl...

Pain + Reflection = Progress" – At 75, Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio sells his remaining stakes and exits the board, marking the end of an era. His final warning: A 65% chance of global debt crisis within 5 years could cripple dollar dominance. By Wu Bin, 21st Century Business HeraldThe Exit of a LegendOn August 1, Dalio posted his "farewell letter" on social media as he severed final ties with Bridgewater—the $92.1 billion hedge fund he founded in his two-bedroom apartment in 1975. Brunei’s ...

Pain + Reflection = Progress" – At 75, Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio sells his remaining stakes and exits the board, marking the end of an era. His final warning: A 65% chance of global debt crisis within 5 years could cripple dollar dominance. By Wu Bin, 21st Century Business HeraldThe Exit of a LegendOn August 1, Dalio posted his "farewell letter" on social media as he severed final ties with Bridgewater—the $92.1 billion hedge fund he founded in his two-bedroom apartment in 1975. Brunei’s ...

One Sentence Summary Ethereum is preparing the most radical overhaul in its history: swapping out the Ethereum Virtual Machine for the open RISC-V instruction-set architecture to escape the 50–800× performance penalty of zero-knowledge proving and to “snarkify everything” at Layer-1.Why the EVM Has Become a Dead EndZK Bottleneck Current zkEVMs don’t prove the EVM itself; they prove an interpreter that is itself compiled down to RISC-V. Vitalik calls this “double taxation”: the extra layer cos...

One Sentence Summary Ethereum is preparing the most radical overhaul in its history: swapping out the Ethereum Virtual Machine for the open RISC-V instruction-set architecture to escape the 50–800× performance penalty of zero-knowledge proving and to “snarkify everything” at Layer-1.Why the EVM Has Become a Dead EndZK Bottleneck Current zkEVMs don’t prove the EVM itself; they prove an interpreter that is itself compiled down to RISC-V. Vitalik calls this “double taxation”: the extra layer cos...

A New Era for Digital Assets in Hong Kong On 1 August 2025, Hong Kong stepped into the next phase of its digital-asset evolution as the Stablecoin Ordinance came into force. At the heart of the shift is a landmark set of anti-money-laundering (AML) guidelines issued by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). These are not a mere checklist of procedures but a deliberately engineered framework designed to birth a new generation of licensed, transparent, and globally trusted stablecoins. While ...

A New Era for Digital Assets in Hong Kong On 1 August 2025, Hong Kong stepped into the next phase of its digital-asset evolution as the Stablecoin Ordinance came into force. At the heart of the shift is a landmark set of anti-money-laundering (AML) guidelines issued by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). These are not a mere checklist of procedures but a deliberately engineered framework designed to birth a new generation of licensed, transparent, and globally trusted stablecoins. While ...

Questflow connects with Coinbase/Circle, reconstructing Agent production relationships through payment protocols. Recently, multi-AI agent orchestration platform Questflow announced the completion of a $6.5 million seed round of financing, led by CyberFund (an institution affiliated with Lido's co-founder), with participation from top-tier institutions and project teams including Delphi Labs, Systemic Ventures (supported by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin), Animoca Brands, HashKey Capital, a...

Questflow connects with Coinbase/Circle, reconstructing Agent production relationships through payment protocols. Recently, multi-AI agent orchestration platform Questflow announced the completion of a $6.5 million seed round of financing, led by CyberFund (an institution affiliated with Lido's co-founder), with participation from top-tier institutions and project teams including Delphi Labs, Systemic Ventures (supported by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin), Animoca Brands, HashKey Capital, a...