Robinhood Goes Deeper Into Onchain Finance With Mainnet Launch, Stock Tokens and Global Expansion
Robinhood has launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain built using the Arbitrum platform, as the brokerage expands deeper into onchain finance, tokenized assets, decentralized lending…
Crypto Self-Custody Becomes a Security Test as Exchange Trust Keeps Breaking
The promise of cryptocurrency was always simple: users could own assets without depending on banks, brokers or centralized gatekeepers. That promise has become harder to ignore after years of exchange…
Fair Ordering Becomes the Missing Consensus Layer as MEV Pressure Exposes Blockchain Design Limits
Consensus protocols have traditionally been judged by two core guarantees: consistency and liveness. Consistency ensures that nodes agree on the same set and sequence of transactions. Liveness ensures that the…
Aave’s $8.45B Withdrawal Shock Shows DeFi Can Survive Stress, But Not Escape It
Aave faced one of the largest real-world stress tests in decentralized finance after users withdrew about $8.45 billion from the lending protocol following the KelpDAO rsETH bridge exploit in April…
Pump.fun’s Bounty Controversy Shows Memecoins Are Moving From Screens to Bodies
Pump.fun is facing renewed scrutiny over how far memecoin promotion can go, as reports of users accepting crypto rewards for physical stunts raise questions about whether the sector’s attention-driven culture…
Strategy’s Shrinking Dividend Buffer Turns Its Bitcoin Bet Into a Cash-Management Problem
Strategy is facing renewed scrutiny over the sustainability of its Bitcoin accumulation model after its dividend coverage fell sharply, prompting CryptoQuant to argue that the company should pause Bitcoin purchases…
Botanix Shutdown Exposes Bitcoin DeFi’s Demand Problem
For years, Bitcoin DeFi has been sold as the next major expansion of the Bitcoin economy. The idea was simple: Bitcoin would remain the world’s hardest monetary asset, but holders…
Polymarket’s Fake-Bet Scandal Puts CFTC Oversight Under Bipartisan Fire
A bipartisan pair of senators is pressing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate Polymarket after reports that the prediction market platform paid social media creators to stage fake bets…
Strategy’s Bitcoin Bet Faces Its Hardest Test as Capital Stack Pressure Builds
Strategy Inc., formerly known as MicroStrategy, is facing the first major stress test of its Bitcoin treasury model as a falling Bitcoin price collides with a larger and more complex…
UK Leadership Race Could Test Whether Britain’s Crypto Strategy Changes Direction
The resignation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer has opened a new chapter in British politics and raised fresh questions about the future of cryptocurrency regulation in the United Kingdom. Starmer’s…