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Robinhood is betting on the decentralized finance (DeFi) market by building its own blockchain, Robinhood Chain, aiming to bring over 10 million active users into the on-chain ecosystem. However, current trading activity on the network is still primarily driven by meme coin speculation, while the initial vision of tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) has yet to gain traction.Trading volume on Robinhood Chain has seen rapid growth recently. On July 12, the chain’s 24-hour DEX trading volume reached approximately $878 million, briefly surpassing Coinbase’s Base and Ethereum to rank among the top in decentralized trading volume, sparking interest in the crypto community. However, Robinhood Chain is still in its early stages. Data shows:1. On July 13, the chain’s perpetual contract trading volume was only about $5.9 million, while leading on-chain derivatives platform Hyperliquid recorded a trading volume of $8.9 billion during the same period;2. Robinhood Chain’s bridged TVL is reported at around $734 million, but the actual on-chain total value locked (TVL) is approximately $211 million, with some assets remaining in wallets and not entering lending or yield protocols;3. The market capitalization of tokenized RWA assets currently stands at just about $12.66 million.Currently, most of the trading activity on Robinhood Chain comes from meme coins. The CASHCAT token, recently launched on the chain, surged over 2,100% in one week, reaching a market cap of $156 million at one point—12 times the size of the entire RWA market on the chain.Robinhood stated that early on-chain activity is meeting expectations, with developers building out the ecosystem and users actively engaging with the network. The company emphasized that the long-term goal remains to bring real-world assets like stocks and ETFs on-chain, enabling services such as 24/7 trading and on-chain lending.Analysts believe Robinhood Chain’s development trajectory mirrors the early stages of some new public chains: gaining initial traction through speculative trading before proving whether it can convert this into long-term users, a developer ecosystem, and real financial applications. The key going forward will be whether Robinhood can leverage its massive retail user base to transform the short-term meme coin frenzy into a sustainable on-chain financial ecosystem. (CoinDesk)
DeFi infrastructure company Enso disclosed a type of malicious liquidity pool called "toxic pools" in a report on July 16th. These pools manipulate transaction simulations to return false optimal quotes to wallets and DEX aggregators, subsequently altering the logic during actual on-chain execution. Enso stated that the relevant malicious contracts can identify read-only simulation environments and return optimized prices, but when the transaction is broadcast on-chain, it is executed at a worse price or causes the transaction to fail. One manipulated Curve pool processed over 129,000 swaps, resulting in approximately $225,000 in inflated quotes. Additionally, over 37,000 transactions were reverted, consuming nearly $30,000 in gas fees. On Polygon, a malicious Uniswap v4 hook attracted routing systems with fake exchange rates, subsequently triggering a 99.1% transaction failure rate. Enso stated that it has updated its execution protection product, Enso Shield, to detect fake quotes in Ethereum and Polygon environments.
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.
Odaily reports, perpetual contract DEX Ostium stated that platform trading remains paused following a security incident. User positions remain open but cannot be modified for now, and trading margin funds are still held in the frozen trading smart contract without any movement.Ostium stated that its team is continuously coordinating with relevant authorities, SEAL 911, and multiple security researchers. Updates regarding the resumption of smart contract activities and the timeline for fund recovery will be released subsequently.According to PeckShield monitoring, approximately 24 million USDC from Ostium's public OLP vault was stolen. The attacker subsequently swapped these funds for approximately 12,100 ETH, of which about 10,500 ETH was transferred to Tornado Cash.
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.
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.
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 Decrypt, on-chain activity surged rapidly one week after Robinhood Chain went live. Data shows that the chain has cumulatively processed over 17 million transactions, with nearly 350,000 addresses, a total protocol value locked of approximately $250 million, and cumulative DEX trading volume exceeding $1 billion. Its single-day trading performance was also notable, with Wednesday trading volume reaching $568 million and Thursday exceeding $350 million; within 24 hours, transaction count exceeded 5.2 million, with approximately 213,000 active addresses.
According to Odaily, within a week of its launch, Robinhood Chain has processed over 17 million transactions, reached nearly 350,000 addresses, has a protocol TVL of approximately $250 million, and a DEX trading volume exceeding $1 billion. This Arbitrum-powered blockchain recorded a trading volume of $568 million on Wednesday and over $350 million on Thursday, with more than 5.2 million transactions in 24 hours and 213,000 active addresses.Data from DefiLlama shows that Robinhood Chain's 24-hour DEX trading volume is approximately $433 million, ranking fifth among all blockchains and surpassing Hyperliquid. Its TVL has risen to around $94 million within a week, with a stablecoin balance exceeding $260 million. The market cap of Cash Cat has surpassed $180 million, while Robinhood-themed tokens such as Dog In Hood, Hoodrat, and Robinhood Summer have seen gains of hundreds to thousands of percentage points. ARB has risen by 20%, as Robinhood Chain operates on the Arbitrum technology stack and returns 10% of its net protocol revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem (Decrypt).
Odaily News, Sharplink research director Steven Ehrlich stated on platform X that Ethereum (ETH) has started July 2026 with strong momentum, gaining approximately 11% so far this month. Historical data suggests investors should pay attention to ETH's July performance. Over the past 10 years, ETH has posted gains in July on four occasions, with an average increase of 43% in those months. Since 2020, July has been ETH's strongest-performing month, with an average gain of about 27%, leading all other months.The core advantage of ETH's July performance is not simply volatility but the asymmetry between gains and losses: when July is positive, the average gain is approximately 43%; in losing years, the average decline is only about 5% (2020 to 2025). Historically, strong Julys for ETH have often coincided with Ethereum-specific catalysts:July 2020: Gained 54%, marking the launch of "DeFi Summer." Compound introduced the COMP token, triggering a yield farming frenzy. DeFi total value locked (TVL) surged from about $1 billion to $4 billion within weeks, DEX monthly trading volume grew by 174%, and ETH benefited as the foundational infrastructure of DeFi.July 2022: Gained 58%. The timeline for The Merge upgrade was confirmed on July 14, market sentiment rebounded from the post-LUNA and 3AC crisis low, and approximately $337 million in short positions were liquidated within 3 days.July 2025: Gained 49%. The US GENIUS Act was signed, spot ETH ETFs recorded a record monthly inflow of approximately $5.4 billion, corporate capital accelerated its allocation to ETH, staking rate reached about 30%, and declining exchange balances contributed to supply tightness.Historically, ETH's strong monthly rallies have typically been driven by a combination of "Ethereum-specific catalysts plus supply-demand imbalance." For July 2026, Steven Ehrlich believes the current market environment presents similar opportunities:1. Institutional infrastructure is being built. EthLabs (protocol R&D) and Ethereum Institutional were recently launched to drive institutional participation in the on-chain ecosystem, with participants including Sharplink, BitMine, and Joe Lubin.2. The Ethereum roadmap continues to upgrade. Vitalik Buterin proposed the "Lean Ethereum" plan on July 4, aiming to simplify Ethereum's architecture, increase speed, and enhance quantum resistance over the next 3 to 4 years. Its significance is comparable to The Merge.3. Corporate capital continues to accumulate ETH. Digital asset reserve companies are still actively building their ETH positions. Sharplink currently holds 886,725 ETH, added 10,000 ETH in purchases last week, and stated its goal is to increase the amount of ETH per share.Steven Ehrlich stated that Ethereum is entering a new phase of development, where institutional adoption, technological upgrades, and capital allocation may become key factors driving ETH's price action.
on-chain analyst Ai Yi posted on Platform X, stating that Memecoins are becoming the primary traffic gateway for Robinhood Chain. CASHCAT reached a market cap of $100 million within five hours, and Robinhood CEO @vladtenev participated in related discussions. Robinhood Chain saw over 10,000 new tokens launched in a single day, with DEX trading volume exceeding $560 million. Robinhood Chain is an L2 network. Users can add the network via wallets such as OKX, Binance, and MetaMask, with Chain ID 4663. The official Robinhood Wallet is available on iOS and Android mobile apps and features cross-chain functionality. Cross-chain methods on Robinhood Chain include the official cross-chain bridge, Robinhood Wallet, and third-party aggregators like Relay, Stargate, and Across. Withdrawals via the official cross-chain bridge have a 7-day waiting period. DEXs on the Robinhood Chain ecosystem include Uniswap and NOXA Fun. Meme tracking tools include DEXScreener and GMGN.
Ave.ai has officially launched the Perp DEX feature on iOS, integrating Hyperliquid perpetual contract trading capabilities. Users can now access perpetual contract trading scenarios on mobile through Ave Wallet Pro, experiencing more efficient and convenient on-chain contract trading services.Hyperliquid is a high-performance trading infrastructure that has garnered significant attention in the on-chain perpetual contract market. Its core revolves around a fully on-chain order book, perpetual contract trading, and an efficient matching experience. With this integration of Hyperliquid by Ave.ai, users can not only discover on-chain assets, view market data, and manage wallet assets through Ave.ai, but also participate in on-chain contract trading on mobile devices.As a one-stop on-chain trading platform, Ave.ai continuously upgrades its products around multi-chain asset discovery, DEX market data, on-chain data analysis, wallet transactions, and trading tools. The launch of Perp DEX on iOS is a crucial step for Ave.ai in improving its mobile trading ecosystem and further expands Ave.ai's contract trading scenarios beyond spot trading.Leveraging the new Perp DEX feature, users can view Hyperliquid contract market data in real-time, conveniently manage account assets, and quickly execute contract operations such as opening and closing positions. This significantly lowers the barrier to on-chain contract trading on mobile, helping users efficiently capture market opportunities and comprehensively enhancing mobile trading efficiency and user experience.In the future, Ave.ai will continue to optimize the Perp DEX product experience, iterating on key scenarios such as market data display, trading entry points, asset management, position interaction, and risk warnings. The platform will persistently refine its product capabilities to provide global Web3 users with more professional and efficient one-stop on-chain trading services.Crypto assets and perpetual contract trading carry high volatility and risk. Users are advised to thoroughly understand the relevant rules and carefully assess their own risk tolerance.
Seb Audet, CEO of DeFi portfolio tracker Zapper, announced that after nearly seven years of operation, the company has decided to fully shut down. All functions, including the website, mobile app, and API services, will officially go offline on August 3rd. Founded in 2019, Zapper was a mainstream portfolio tracking tool in the DeFi space, with features encompassing liquidity pool monitoring, yield farming tracking, DEX aggregation, and NFT support. At its peak, the project had 2 million monthly active users and processed over $13 billion in transaction volume. Zapper previously raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Framework Ventures, with participation from investors including Mark Cuban. Seb Audet stated that after evaluating various options, the company believes an orderly shutdown is the best course of action at this time.
According to official sources, BNB Agent Studio now supports AI Agents in accessing CoinMarketCap (CMC) market data with a single click via the B402 merchant pool of Binance Pay, with the Agent's own wallet automatically handling the data call payment.According to reports, building AI Agents that rely on real-time market data previously required configuring API keys, subscription plans, and independent payment processes. Through this integration, developers no longer need to create a CMC account, manage API Keys, or write additional payment code. The Agent can complete the entire process of "requesting data - automatic payment - processing output." Currently, the first batch of 4 types of CMC data interfaces are available, including:DEX Search: Query tokens and trading pairs on decentralized exchanges;Quotes Latest: Obtain real-time prices and market data for specified tokens;Listings Latest: Obtain market-wide token ranking data;DEX Pairs Quotes: Obtain real-time quotes for specified DEX trading pairs.BNB Chain stated that all data requests are paid through B402 based on the x402 protocol and are settled instantly on BNB Smart Chain (BSC). This feature will help developers quickly build AI Agents with market awareness, such as daily market analysis Agents, token ranking change reminder Agents, investment watchlist Agents, and narrative analysis Agents that combine large language models for market interpretation.
According to official announcements, following the launch of SPCXx and USPXx within weeks of their public listings, BSPx has officially launched on Mantle. BSPx is the tokenized stock representation of Bending Spoons, which owns brands such as WeTransfer, Vimeo, Evernote, and AOL. BSPx is issued by xStocks and is now open for trading on Fluxion. BSPx is traded via Fluxion's hybrid infrastructure, where its Atomic RFQ mechanism anchors real-time market quotes during market trading hours to support pricing; meanwhile, the AMM execution mechanism ensures trading can continue uninterrupted after market close. Reportedly, BSPx is the third tokenized stock launched on Mantle in less than a month, as Mantle's tokenized stock market expands rapidly at the pace of the traditional IPO listing calendar. Previously, SPCXx launched on June 19, and USPXx launched on June 23. This makes Mantle one of the first L2 networks capable of tokenizing newly listed stocks and bringing them on-chain at the pace of traditional market listings. In previous news, xStocks' xPoints are now live on Mantle, meanwhile DEX F on Mantle
According to official announcements, xStocks' xPoints are now live on Mantle. Meanwhile, the DEX Fluxion on Mantle is offering an additional 1 million Fluxion points to reward users. Currently, by trading, holding, or providing liquidity for your favorite tokenized stocks and ETFs on Fluxion, users can earn Fluxion points on one hand and xPoints on the other, achieving double rewards from a single action. According to official information, an increasing number of tokenized stocks and ETFs are continuously being listed. They can be traded 24/7 on Fluxion with better prices and deeper liquidity, powered by the dual engines of Atomic RFQ and AMM.
According to official announcements, the on-chain burn for GateToken (GT) in the second quarter of 2026 has been officially completed. A total of 2,570,063.3829548 GT has been transferred to the burn address, with a destruction value exceeding $17.75 million.Since the launch of the Gate Chain mainnet in 2019, GT has implemented a continuous burning mechanism. To date, a cumulative total of 189,947,219 GT has been burned, with a total cumulative destruction value exceeding $1.311 billion (based on the quarterly average price). The total token supply has been significantly reduced by approximately 63.32% from the initial 300 million tokens.As the sole Gas token for the Gate Layer, GT's usage frequency continues to rise. As the underlying infrastructure, the Gate Layer provides high-performance network support for applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, Gate Meme Go, and Gate Swap. Furthermore, Gate is continuously enriching its product ecosystem. Gate Stocks has established a 7×24 hour trading service system covering the three core markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, encompassing over 12,500 global stocks and ETF assets. It supports fractional share trading starting from as low as 0.01 shares and provides entitlements to stock dividends. The platform also supports cross-broker transfer of US and Hong Kong stocks, and facilitates corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse stock splits, further enhancing the stock investment service experience. Gate will persistently execute a long-term, stable GT burning mechanism to form a tighter positive cycle between the token's economic model, actual usage demand, and ecosystem expansion.
Sui posted on X platform, stating that this week's highlights include ensuring data privacy, expanding decentralized capital markets, and welcoming new teams into the network development pipeline. LoquaApp has launched a privacy-first AI agent messaging app on Sui, supporting users in sending messages, interacting with AI agents, and conducting peer-to-peer token transfers within chats; RipStationxyz has deployed a graded Pokémon card platform on Sui for on-chain trading and physical redemption; suidevelopers held a technical meeting, where kostascrypto and abhinavg6 analyzed the cryptography behind protocol-level confidential transfers; 0xfluid has chosen Hashi to build an institutional-grade Bitcoin credit market, enabling native BTC to be used as collateral through formally verified contracts on Sui; realtbook has partnered with paga to create a compliant financial bridge, offering tokenized real-world assets to African consumers and businesses; six early-stage development teams, including AssetoFinance, audricai, gendotpro, kash_bot, predikt_gg, and transact_sh, have completed the third cohort of the Sui Hydropower Fellowship; tradeonhudi announced the upcoming launch of 7×24 hour leveraged perpetual contracts on Asia-Pacific stocks, targeting markets in Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong; Turbos_finance released its Q2 2026 report, having launched its CLMM and once became the highest-volume AMM DEX with a single-day SUI-USDC trading volume exceeding $17 million. The upcoming Sui Tunnels experiment will be opened for system testing of the network's TPS limit under load.
Jack McDonald, Senior Vice President of Ripple's stablecoin business, disclosed eight recent developments regarding RLUSD in a post on X on June 29, covering settlement, regional access, on-chain liquidity, cross-border payments, multi-chain support, exchange listings, charity, and the Japanese market. Mastercard has expanded its settlement capabilities to support RLUSD across eight blockchain networks, including the XRP Ledger. Ripple has also expanded RLUSD's availability in Turkey through partnerships with BiLira, Bitexen, and Bitlo, and collaborated with Bitso to enable RLUSD and MXNB to support liquidity and cross-border transactions via the XRP Ledger's Permissioned DEX. RLUSD has also achieved multi-chain support through Wormhole Native Token Transfers and entered the Japanese market via SBI VC Trade after receiving approval from the Japan Financial Services Agency. Additionally, RLUSD has been listed on exchanges such as Gate and Floq, integrated with the cross-chain infrastructure provider Squid Router, and Ripple has joined Water's GetBlue campaign as its exclusive digital asset and payment partner.