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Recently, the crypto community has been paying close attention to Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 developed by the well-known fintech platform Robinhood, which officially launched its mainnet on July 1, 2026. While Robinhood is already a household name in traditional finance, its decision to build an Ethereum Layer 2 has raised questions across the crypto industry. After all, the Ethereum ecosystem already has a crowded Layer 2 landscape, and many projects have struggled to gain traction or

Key TakeawaysBitcoin (BTC) has rallied from about $61,400 on July 6 to an intraday high of $64,653 on July 10 and trades near $63,800 at the time of writing, as risk appetite returns across crypto.US President Donald Trump said Iran had reached out to Washington to discuss a possible agreement, easing the geopolitical fears that knocked BTC below $62,000 earlier in the week.Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 end of 2026 Bitcoin target, with digital assets research head Geoff Kendrick cal

Key TakeawaysSK Hynix listed its American depositary receipts on the Nasdaq on Friday, July 10, 2026, raising $26.5 billion in the largest US share sale ever completed by a foreign company, surpassing Alibaba's $25 billion in 2014.Priced at $149 per ADR, the shares opened more than 15% higher at $171.50 and finished their first session up 13%, lifting the company's market capitalization to about $1.25 trillion.The offering was oversubscribed more than seven times, with anchor interest from insti

Key TakeawaysRobinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer 2 built on Arbitrum's Orbit stack, went live on July 1, 2026 and crossed $100 million in total value locked in about a week, according to DeFiLlama data.Roughly $90 million of that TVL sits in the Morpho lending protocol that powers Robinhood Earn, boosted by an approximately $50 million deposit from DeFi protocol Ethena into a USDG vault.On July 8 the network posted around $560 million to $570 million in 24 hour DEX volume, briefly overtaking Hype

The stablecoin market has reached another major milestone, with adjusted transaction volume climbing to approximately $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa data. The figure not only surpassed the previous record set earlier this year but also increased by more than 60% month over month, despite the broader cryptocurrency market remaining relatively subdued.What makes this growth particularly notable is that it is being driven less by speculative trading and more by rising demand for stableco

Circle has reached a major milestone after receiving final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Circle National Trust, a national trust bank regulated directly by the federal government. While it will not operate as a traditional commercial bank, the new institution will provide digital asset custody and fiduciary services, paving the way for Circle to eventually manage the reserves backing USDC directly.The approval marks a significant advancement

The Ethereum Foundation has revealed that it is deploying multiple AI agents to automatically identify security vulnerabilities within the Ethereum protocol before attackers can exploit them. Rather than relying solely on manual security audits or traditional bug bounty programs, these AI systems are tasked with analyzing source code, smart contracts, cryptographic systems, and network infrastructure to uncover potential weaknesses.During testing, the AI agents successfully discovered several re

Artificial intelligence is transforming the global technology landscape, but behind every breakthrough AI model lies an equally important component: advanced memory chips. As demand for AI computing continues to surge, semiconductor companies are racing to expand production and strengthen supply chains. One of the latest and most significant moves comes from Micron Technology, which announced that it will increase its planned U.S. investment from approximately $200 billion to more than $250 bill

Updated: July 13 2026, 09:30 (UTC+8) | Author: MEXCHeadlinesEuropean Parliament advances the Digital Euro into member state negotiationsUK eases stablecoin holding restrictions under updated crypto regulationsRobinhood Chain surpasses Solana in daily DEX trading volumeMarkets focus on CPI, PPI, and Clarity Act legislative progress this weekMercado Bitcoin completes $20 million strategic financing Industry UpdatesU.S. Housing Bill With CBDC Ban Officially Becomes Law Despite Trump's InactionAccor

Overview A blockchain live for only a week has crossed $100 million in total value locked, approached $200 million in stablecoins, and briefly topped $500 million in single-day decentralized exchange volume, and these figures are drawing intense attention because they come from Robinhood, a mainstream brokerage with nearly 28 million funded accounts. When traditional finance's vast user base is grafted directly onto a Layer 2 for the first time, the market sees not just another L2 but a potentia