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Robinhood Chain Mainnet - How a Major Retail Brokerage Is Bringing Tokenized Stocks and DeFi to Millions

Robinhood Chain Mainnet: How a Major Retail Brokerage Is Bringing Tokenized Stocks and DeFi to Millions

On July 1, 2026, at its “The World is Flat” keynote in London, Robinhood opened the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain — an Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 built on Arbitrum technology. With approximately 27.6 million funded accounts at the time, the brokerage connected its vast retail user base to a permissionless network where tokenized versions of Nvidia (NVDA), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), and other equities can interact directly with...

DeFi, Main, Real World Assets (RWA), TradFi

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US Commerce Department Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic AI Models

The U.S. Department of Commerce has lifted its emergency export controls on Anthropic’s advanced artificial intelligence models, concluding a high-stakes standoff between the artificial intelligence firm and federal regulators over national security and cybersecurity guardrails. The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security rescinded restrictions on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 systems, restoring full global access after a...

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Global Oil Prices Slide to Pre-War Levels Near $70 as Middle East Supply Surges

Global oil benchmarks continued their downward trajectory on Thursday, completely erasing the geopolitical risk premiums built up during the recent conflict in the Middle East. Brent crude futures slipped more than 1% to slide just under $71 per barrel, marking their lowest level since late February, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell toward $67 per barrel. Brent crude fell to around $70.80 per barrel, hitting its lowest...

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Samsung and SK Hynix Shares Post Massive Year-to-Date Gains on Sustained AI Memory Boom

The global artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout has triggered a major market rally for South Korea’s premier semiconductor manufacturers. Driven by an acute shortage of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, both technology giants have posted massive triple-digit gains over the first half of the year, significantly impacting traditional equity indices and capturing the attention of institutional digital asset and equity macro...

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UK Finalizes Landmark Crypto Framework as US CLARITY Act Faces Narrowing Window

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finalized a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto trading platforms, custodians, stablecoin issuers, and staking entities, taking full effect on Oct. 25, 2027. The new rules ease key constraints following industry pushback, including reducing capital coefficients for stablecoin issuers from 2% to 1% to balance consumer safety with market innovation. In contrast, the U.S. Digital Asset...

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