Blockchain

Is the tokenization of stocks launched by Robinhood really a financial innovation? This article comprehensively analyzes its essence as "non-transferable contracts for difference" and reveals core issues such as regulatory arbitrage, credit risk, and retail investor misguidance, hitting directly at the bubble truth behind the "new trend."

The Ethereum Community Fund (ECF) made a high-profile appearance at EthCC, proclaiming "ETH to $10k," directly pointing fingers at the Ethereum Foundation (EF) for its "irresponsibility." This article breaks down its aggressive strategies, the controversies surrounding key figures, and the community's reactions, questioning whether the "community is ultimately a purpose or a means."

The Trump family has amassed $620 million through encryption projects in six months, exceeding the wealth of three generations of traditional family businesses. This article deeply reveals their wealth landscape and encryption layout from Memecoins, stablecoins to mining enterprises, showcasing how presidential influence is transformed into a new type of "money printing technique."

Robinhood launches tokenized stocks of OpenAI and SpaceX, sparking controversy. This article analyzes the legal structure, operational pathways, and community reactions of "equity tokenization," exploring whether it is an attempt at financial democracy or a speculative product cloaked in equality.

Drawing on case studies like Circles and other social graph projects, the author explores how explicit and implicit multiple identities can balance privacy protection, governance fairness, and Sybil resistance—offering novel, theoretically grounded yet practical insights for digital identity design.

Robinhood and Kraken have successively launched stock tokens. This article provides an in-depth comparison of the differences between the two in terms of custody, regulation, trading hours, and on-chain issuance.

xStocks promotes the tokenization of US stocks, igniting the cryptocurrency world, with Kraken and Robinhood both integrating. However, its founder was previously involved in DAOstack's "soft RUG," raising community concerns over high fees and custody transparency.

From Ranch to Congress, Bitcoin Senator Cynthia Lummis Advocates for a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Aiming to Bet the Nation on Crypto, Defend Dollar Hegemony, and Reshape the Financial System.

Five years later, the tokenization of US stocks makes a comeback, with new players like Kraken, Robinhood, and xStocks reshaping the narrative within a regulatory framework, while the once-booming DeFi craze has become a memory.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the trade-offs between physical custody, 24/7 arbitrage, KYC compliance, and self-custody, while explaining their long-term value impact on stablecoins, real assets, Ethereum/Solana settlement layers, and U.S. fintech stocks.

The article reveals the complete cycle of "illogical rise in the capital market → futile attribution → bubble burst → desperate reversal." It also points out the key rule of "inability to price means infinite potential."

This article analyzes how technologies such as Nitro WASM, Stylus, BoLD, and Orbit meet the demands for millisecond-level response, institutional compliance, and high-frequency trading, and compares them with the general roadmap of Coinbase Base.

The author not only organizes the innovative practices of mainstream platforms such as Kraken and Coinbase but also interprets their far-reaching impact on global capital flow, dollar hegemony, and the DeFi ecosystem from an economic perspective.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of physical asset custody, 24/7 arbitrage, KYC compliance, and the trade-offs of self-custody, while elucidating their long-term value drivers for stablecoins, RWA (Real World Assets), Ethereum/Solana settlement layers, and U.S. fintech stocks.

This report reviews the explosive logic behind DeFi Summer and systematically analyzes PayFi’s core concepts, protocol ecosystems, application scenarios, and potential catalysts, exploring whether it has the potential to trigger a new wave of on-chain financial enthusiasm—“PayFi Summer.” Unlike DeFi Summer, PayFi focuses more on addressing real-world payment pain points and delivering long-term sustainable value. It is driven by strategic capital, targets a mass user base, and originates within a stricter regulatory environment. Therefore, its “Summer” is more likely to be a moderate, enduring transformation that profoundly reshapes global payment infrastructure, rather than a short-term speculative frenzy.