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Robinhood Chain mainnet is now live, an Arbitrum-based Layer 2 designed for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), financial services, and DeFi primitives with fast block times and Ethereum security.
Day-one integrations include Uniswap for liquidity, Chainlink oracles, Alchemy, and BitGo custody; new Stock Tokens enable 24/7 trading and DeFi composability in over 120 countries.
Additional products: Robinhood Earn (USDG lending at ~7%...
Samsung and SK Hynix Shares Post Massive Year-to-Date Gains on Sustained AI Memory Boom
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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...
U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Record Worst Month Ever With $4.5 Billion in Outflows
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $4.5 billion in net outflows in June 2026, the worst month since their January 2024 launch.
BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for the bulk of redemptions, with assets under management across products falling sharply from early-month levels.
The outflows coincided with Bitcoin’s roughly 20% decline in June, pushing prices near $58,000 amid broader market pressures.
U.S. spot Bitcoin...
UK Finalizes Landmark Crypto Framework as US CLARITY Act Faces Narrowing Window
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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...
Loopring Shuts Down DEX Services Citing Limited Adoption and Technical Limits
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Ethereum Layer-2 scaling pioneer Loopring has announced the immediate closure of its decentralized exchange (DEX) and automated market maker (AMM) services, bringing an end to the core trading platform of the first-ever zero-knowledge rollup deployed on the network.DEX and Relayer Halts: Loopring has shut down all trading activities and taken its supporting relayer offline effective immediately.Technological Obsolescence: The team cited...



