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Gate DEX has announced its full integration with Robinhood Chain, becoming one of the first mainstream exchange on-chain gateways to support this ecosystem, further expanding the platform's multi-chain ecosystem layout and Web3 infrastructure capabilities. This integration covers core scenarios such as asset discovery, wallet management, on-chain trading, cross-chain swaps, market tracking, and DApp interaction, providing users with a more complete and efficient on-chain experience.With this upgrade, Gate Main Site Alpha has added support for the display and trading of Robinhood Chain ecosystem assets, and has integrated with ecosystem launch platforms such as Noxa.fun and Bankr; Gate Wallet supports Robinhood Chain asset management and DApp interaction; Gate DEX Swap supports single-chain and cross-chain swaps on Robinhood Chain, and achieves asset interoperability with mainstream public chains such as BSC, Ethereum, and Base via Across and LayerZero, further improving the efficiency of multi-chain asset flow.As emerging public chain ecosystems like Robinhood Chain develop rapidly, Gate DEX continues to enhance its one-stop on-chain service capabilities covering asset discovery, trading, cross-chain connectivity, and ecosystem applications. Looking ahead, Gate will continue to deepen its multi-chain ecosystem development, connect with more high-quality public chains and innovative applications, continuously improve its Web3 product capabilities, and create a more open, efficient, and convenient on-chain experience for global users.
on July 17 that the token launch platform on Robinhood Chain listed 42,709 new tokens in the past 24 hours, including 11,547 pons tokens, 9,935 flap tokens, 6,471 hood.fun tokens, 2,358 bankr.bot tokens, 1,168 Virtuals tokens, 908 clanker tokens, among others.
MoonPay announced the acquisition of Y Combinator-backed crypto deposit startup Glide via an all-stock transaction, with the specific deal size undisclosed. Founded in 2023, Glide primarily provides crypto asset deposit solutions across tokens, wallets, exchanges, and bank cards, supporting over 100 tokens and 30 blockchain networks, with an annualized trading volume exceeding $100 million.
According to official data, more than a week after launch, Virtuals' Agent trading volume on Robinhood Chain has exceeded $100 million. Over 2,440 Agents have been launched, raising $1.8 million for developers from well-known companies such as Google and General Dynamics. As previously reported, Robinhood Chain integrated Virtuals' AI Agent infrastructure from day one, enabling users to launch, fund, own, and use Agents in a tokenized market. Currently, Virtuals has become a key AI Agent infrastructure on Robinhood Chain.
According to Visa's official website, Visa and Artemis jointly released a report that deeply analyzes the current status and trends of AI agent payments based on real-time on-chain data. The report indicates that AI agent payments are divided into two categories: one is "macro commerce" where agents replace users to complete tasks like booking tickets and subscriptions, similar to traditional e-commerce payments; the other is "micro commerce" such as high-frequency, low-value API calls between software, where single transaction amounts are typically less than 1 cent. On-chain data shows that the open protocol x402, incubated by Coinbase and Cloudflare and now hosted by the Linux Foundation, has processed approximately 109 million transactions since launching in May 2025, with an adjusted transaction volume of about $15 million, mainly active on the Base, Solana, and Polygon chains; the Machine Payment Protocol (MPP), jointly built by Stripe and Tempo with Visa's contribution, launched in mid-March 2026 and completed approximately 115,000 transactions within weeks, with a settlement amount of about $25,000. The report notes that blockchain settlement costs have dropped to extremely low levels, making small payments in the 1-cent to 1-dollar range economically feasible for the first time, but agent payments still face significant challenges at the legal and regulatory level regarding trust, liability attribution, and dispute resolution. Visa stated that its goal is to build a unified foundation that simultaneously supports card-native trust authorization and machine-native settlement
according to data cited by on-chain researcher Adam, the number of new tokens added on Robinhood Chain on July 15 reached 47,687. Among them, Pons added approximately 15,494 tokens, ranking first, followed by Flap, which listed around 12,497 tokens.
Robinhood Chain attracted over $141 million in bridged ETH within two weeks of launch, with DEX trading volume surpassing the Ethereum mainnet. ETH price rose approximately 15% during the same period, but whether L2 value feeds back to ETH remains controversial.
Base founder Jesse Pollak published a review of the past two years of development, acknowledging that his previous bet on on-chain native social was a mistake. He stated that social directions like Farcaster, Zora, Miniapps, and creator coins have failed to become the core drivers of crypto adoption, and as a result, Base has fallen behind some competitors in areas such as perpetual contracts, prediction markets, tokenization, and payments.Pollak stated that going forward, Base will position itself as the "blockchain for global finance," focusing on three key directions in 2026: trading, payments, and AI agents. Specifically, trading will cover tokenized stocks, Meme coins, and application tokens; payments will revolve around global stablecoins for individuals and businesses; and AI agents will leverage cryptocurrency as the native money for computers, serving participants in the future large-scale machine economy.Furthermore, the Base application will be handed back to the Coinbase team, with Cobie taking over to drive it forward, and it may expand beyond the Base ecosystem. Pollak also stated that Base will continue to support developers through Base Layer, Base Batches, the ecosystem fund, and Coinbase distribution resources.
Uniswap has launched a governance proposal to extend the protocol fee collection and UNI burn mechanism to Robinhood Chain, covering versions v2, v3, and v4. According to the proposal, protocol fees generated on Robinhood Chain will be deposited into the TokenJar contract on that chain, and Searchers can redeem the fees by bridging UNI back to the Ethereum mainnet and sending it to the burn address.
MetaMask announces Robinhood Chain is now live on MetaMask.
Flap, a token launch platform now live on the Robinhood Chain, has introduced a 2% purchase limit per wallet (based on total supply) during the bonding curve phase for tokens with no transaction tax. There is no purchase limit for token developers on their initial buy, and all selling is unrestricted. Once a token graduates, the 2% purchase cap will be lifted, allowing the token to trade normally on DEX.
the decentralized derivatives trading platform 01 Exchange officially announced that retroactive point claims are now live. If users have traded during the testing phase, they can now claim additional points. Starting this Tuesday, bonus points will be distributed daily, and traders will receive corresponding additional points over the next two weeks.Previously, 01 Exchange announced that it has been acquired by N1 Chain, a project supported by Founders Fund.
Lorenzo Valente, Director of Crypto Research at Ark, stated on X that Robinhood Chain is the clearest case study for examining the evolution of the ETH economic model over time.Since its inception, Robinhood Chain has generated a total of approximately $816,000 in revenue; Arbitrum, serving as the middleware provider, took a 10% cut, amounting to about $80,000; Arbitrum then paid settlement fees to the Ethereum mainnet, totaling approximately $1,538. A rough breakdown of the profit distribution in this model is as follows — Robinhood 89%; Arbitrum 10%; Ethereum 0.15%.If your thesis is "ETH is money," then Robinhood building an L2 within the Ethereum ecosystem is a major positive. However, if your thesis is "ETH is a revenue-generating asset," then this is an extremely bearish case.
According to The Block, Hyperliquid's HIP-3 framework—a permissionless mechanism that allows developers to freely deploy perpetual contract markets—has seen its trading volume share surge from about 2% at the beginning of the year to nearly 50% currently, with growth primarily driven by demand for on-chain stock trading. Currently, this sector is dominated by TradeXYZ, whose products include XYZ100, which tracks the Nasdaq 100 Index, as well as perpetual contracts for individual stocks such as NVIDIA and Tesla, all settled in stablecoins. Analysts point out that the core appeal of on-chain stock perpetual contracts lies in two aspects: first, the no-expiration design avoids time value decay compared to traditional options, making it more intuitive for retail traders accustomed to simple long/short positions; second, 24/7 non-stop trading enables users to respond immediately when news is released, without waiting for traditional markets to open.
Hyperliquid's HIP-3 market volume is growing rapidly. HIP-3 is Hyperliquid's permissionless framework for developers to deploy perpetual contract markets, with its share of Hyperliquid's total perpetual contract trading volume rising from approximately 2% at the beginning of the year to nearly 50% currently.This growth coincides with rising retail interest in on-chain stock trading. The current HIP-3 market is primarily dominated by TradeXYZ, which has launched markets including XYZ100 (tracking the Nasdaq 100 index) as well as contracts related to individual stocks such as Nvidia and Tesla.
Odaily, Jupiter, a decentralized exchange on the Solana ecosystem, has launched the Jupiter Gacha beta, allowing collectors to purchase authentic, graded Pokémon and One Piece cards and trade them on-chain.Jupiter stated that each "card pull" purchased by a user corresponds to a physical card that is certified and encased in a plastic grading slab, while simultaneously generating an on-chain token, enabling free trading on Jupiter.This model combines physical collectible cards with on-chain liquidity: the cards themselves are real, graded cards, while the on-chain tokens represent their ownership or trading credentials, reducing the friction of transfer and settlement in collectible trading. (The Block)
Odaily Planet Daily – Japan's digital asset issuance and management platform Progmat has completed its migration to the Avalanche blockchain, transferring security token assets worth over 452 billion yen (approximately $2.7 billion) from its existing private permissioned ledger to a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1 network.Progmat stated that this migration was not a simple swap of the underlying ledger but a redesign of the platform's architecture, ensuring the system no longer relies on a single blockchain and laying the foundation for supporting a multi-chain ecosystem in the future.During the migration process, all existing smart contracts were transferred to the EVM environment while maintaining the functionality and rules of already-launched projects. The entire migration process had no impact on the operations of financial institution users, with all business continuing to run normally.According to Progmat, following the migration, the processing speed for transferring asset rights has improved approximately 3 to 5 times compared to the previous environment, with final confirmation times reduced to under 2 seconds.Progmat was initially incubated by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, part of one of Japan's largest banks, MUFG, and became independently operated in October 2023. The platform is currently supported by institutions including Mizuho Financial Group, Tokyo Stock Exchange, and SBI Holdings. (The Block)
Robinhood Chain, launched by Robinhood, attracted approximately $3.1 billion in decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume in its first week after launch, becoming one of the top five blockchain networks by trading volume.
according to DeFiLlama data, since its launch, Robinhood Chain has attracted over $290 million in stablecoin inflows, with a TVL of $134 million, an RWA scale reaching $12 million, and cumulative DEX trading volume exceeding $4 billion.
According to The Block, Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has recently made a series of aggressive moves, completing multiple major crypto investments in succession: exclusively investing $125 million in Gauntlet's Series C, $76 million in EDX Markets' Series C, spending approximately $289 million to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank, and taking a stake in Singaporean exchange Coinhako. In addition, SBI also participated in Digital Asset's $355 million financing, Morpho's $175 million token round, and Circle's $222 million token presale, and launched Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, JPYSC. SBI stated that the company is driving the group's overall on-chain transformation, aiming to provide end-to-end services across exchanges, asset tokenization, market platforms, and other segments, to position itself ahead of the upcoming "token economy" era. Analysts point out that SBI is building Asia's first scaled on-chain asset management business; its strategic core is not purchasing crypto exposure, but controlling the infrastructure of the next-generation financial system. On the regulatory front, the Japanese parliament is advancing legislation to include cryptocurrencies as regulated financial instruments, and plans to significantly reduce the capital gains tax on crypto assets from 55% to 20% by 2028, aligning it with stocks and bonds, providing policy support for institutional entry.