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Robinhood Founder Vlad Tenev on the Great Wealth Transfer, Tokenization, and Gen Z's Investment Future

In a Bankless interview, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev discusses the future of finance, driven by generational wealth transfer, tokenization, and Gen Z's investing behavior. He reveals that Gen Z are serious long-term investors, starting retirement planning as early as age 19 on average. Tenev addresses the $70-90 trillion "Great Wealth Transfer," emphasizing Robinhood's strategy to serve both younger generations and older asset owners through products like banking services and trust accounts. He predicts 24/7 markets and asset tokenization will become standard, with Robinhood already offering tokenized stocks in the EU. Robinhood is building a hybrid CeFi/DeFi infrastructure, including its own Layer 2 chain, to improve accessibility and utility for real-world assets. Tenev dismisses the notion that young investors are solely driven by "financial entertainment," highlighting data showing 40% of platform assets are in passive investments. Other key points include: the social value of prediction markets as "truth machines," plans for a Robinhood Social feature, the potential of AI-powered financial agents, and efforts to democratize access to private equity investments. He also discusses regulatory challenges and the strategic focus on global expansion if U.S. clarity remains limited.

marsbit03/18 11:02

Robinhood Founder Vlad Tenev on the Great Wealth Transfer, Tokenization, and Gen Z's Investment Future

marsbit03/18 11:02

The $50 Real Estate Dream: The Collapse of RealT's Detroit Empire

RealT, a crypto startup founded by Canadian brothers Rémy and Jean-Marc Jacobson, promised to democratize real estate investment by tokenizing properties into $50 shares, allowing global investors to earn rental income. The company rapidly acquired around 500 properties in Detroit and hundreds more across the Americas, attracting over 16,000 investors. However, the reality on the ground was starkly different: tenants lived in hazardous conditions with issues like flooding, mold, fire damage, and structural decay. Detroit city officials sued RealT for hundreds of code violations, citing unsafe and uninhabitable conditions. The Jacobsons blamed property managers and local contractors, while investors grew increasingly distrustful amid allegations of mismanagement, deceptive transactions, and halted rental payments. The case exposes the severe disconnect between blockchain-based financial innovation and the physical deterioration of real-world assets.

marsbit03/18 10:53

The $50 Real Estate Dream: The Collapse of RealT's Detroit Empire

marsbit03/18 10:53

WEEX Labs: The Lobster Craze, What Can Agentic Economy Bring to Web3?

WEEX Labs: The Rise of OpenClaw and What Agentic Economy Brings to Web3 NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently praised OpenClaw as the "largest, most popular, and most successful open-source project in human history." This AI agent, developed by a former Apple engineer, gained 320,000 GitHub stars in just three months, surpassing Linux and React. Its logo resembles a lobster claw, hence the nickname "Lobster" in Chinese communities. Unlike traditional AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Claude, which primarily respond to queries, OpenClaw represents a shift towards autonomous execution. It can take over operating systems, autonomously use browsers, code executors, APIs, and iMessage, planning and performing tasks until completion. Its official skill marketplace, ClawHub, already offers over 27,000 skills, expanding its capabilities. This development signals the beginning of the Agentic Economy, where AI evolves from conversational tools to proactive doers. Web3 is identified as the ideal ecosystem for this growth due to its native compatibility with autonomous, code-driven interactions. Key integrations include: - The x402 protocol enabling autonomous payments and model switching. - ERC-8004 providing portable reputation and identity. - ClawPay, ClawCredit, and ClawRouter facilitating private payments, native credit, and routing. - Stablecoins like USDT and USDC serving as 24/7 banking for agents. Notable projects leveraging this synergy include KITE (a PoAI L1 blockchain for agents), Pieverse (enabling gasless on-chain transactions via messaging apps), and GoPlus Security’s SafuSkill (a security-focused skills marketplace). Meme tokens like "Lobster" have also emerged, capitalizing on the trend. The article concludes that OpenClaw’s rise marks a new phase—Agentic Era—where AI agents can perform 24/7 transactions, collaboration, and entrepreneurship, driving new DeFi narratives and on-chain activity.

marsbit03/18 10:34

WEEX Labs: The Lobster Craze, What Can Agentic Economy Bring to Web3?

marsbit03/18 10:34

US SEC and CFTC Jointly "Unbind": Crypto Assets Are "Digital Commodities" Not "Securities"

The U.S. SEC and CFTC have jointly issued new interpretive guidance clarifying that most crypto assets are not securities. Instead, they are classified as digital commodities, digital collectibles, digital tools, or stablecoins—provided stablecoin issuers do not pay interest. Only tokenized assets that represent traditional financial instruments are considered securities. Key classifications include: - Digital commodities (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum) are non-securities whose value derives from utility and market dynamics. - Digital collectibles (e.g., NFTs, meme coins) are for collection or use. - Digital tools (e.g., membership tokens, credentials) serve functional purposes. - Stablecoins are non-securities if they do not pay yields. The guidance also states that DeFi mining, staking, wrapped assets, and airdrops generally do not constitute securities offerings—unless airdrops require active effort (creating an investment contract risk). Notably, a token initially sold as a security can later be reclassified as a non-security if it becomes decentralized or gains utility. This clarity is expected to benefit crypto IPOs (e.g., exchanges like OKX and Kraken), DeFi protocols, and prediction markets like Polymarket by reducing regulatory uncertainty and attracting institutional liquidity. However, increased regulatory alignment may reduce innovation in gray areas and raise compliance costs. Overall, the move signals tighter integration with mainstream finance, potentially ensuring the industry’s broader adoption and stability.

Odaily星球日报03/18 10:18

US SEC and CFTC Jointly "Unbind": Crypto Assets Are "Digital Commodities" Not "Securities"

Odaily星球日报03/18 10:18

McKinsey x Artemis Joint Report: Only 1% of Stablecoin's $35 Trillion Transaction Volume is Real Payments, C-Side Usage Negligible

McKinsey and Artemis's joint report reveals that out of $35 trillion in annual stablecoin transaction volume, only about 1% ($390 billion) represents genuine payments. The majority (58%) of these real payments are B2B transactions—such as cross-border settlements and corporate treasury operations—which grew 733% year-over-year. Consumer usage, including retail payments and card spending, remains negligible. The report identifies five structural reasons for this institutional dominance: 1) Greater financial efficiency incentives for businesses; 2) Programmable payments suit B2B workflows, not consumer use cases; 3) Regulatory frameworks favor institutional adoption; 4) Closed-loop B2B systems avoid network effects needed for retail; 5) Corporations prioritize internal benefits over expanding to retail networks. While B2B stablecoin adoption continues accelerating, consumer usage faces significant friction and may remain secondary. The analysis suggests stablecoins may evolve primarily as an institutional settlement layer rather than a mainstream retail payment tool.

marsbit03/18 10:10

McKinsey x Artemis Joint Report: Only 1% of Stablecoin's $35 Trillion Transaction Volume is Real Payments, C-Side Usage Negligible

marsbit03/18 10:10

‘Quite sticky’ – What HIP-3 60% user retention means for Hyperliquid

Hyperliquid's HIP-3 segment, which offers trading in non-crypto assets like oil, gold, and silver, demonstrates significantly higher user retention at 64% compared to just 27% for crypto assets. Analysts attribute this "sticky" user base to the appeal of trading less volatile traditional assets over crypto, which is prone to high volatility and market manipulation. This trend has led to increased liquidity and trading volume, with HIP-3 accounting for 33% of the platform's total volume. The growth in real-world asset tokenization has also contributed nearly 10% of the platform's fees. As a result, HYPE's value has surged, rising 57% during the recent crisis. For a sustained rally, analysts note that bulls must overcome key resistance levels at $42 and $46 to potentially reach $50.

ambcrypto03/18 10:07

‘Quite sticky’ – What HIP-3 60% user retention means for Hyperliquid

ambcrypto03/18 10:07

Mastercard Snags BVNK After Failed $2 Billion Coinbase Deal

Mastercard has acquired stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, including $300 million in contingent payments. This follows BVNK’s earlier failed $2 billion merger talks with Coinbase. The acquisition aims to expand Mastercard’s capabilities in digital assets and on-chain payments, integrating fiat rails with blockchain-based transactions. BVNK operates in over 130 countries and previously partnered with Visa to enable stablecoin payments. The deal, pending regulatory approval, is expected to close by year-end. Meanwhile, the stablecoin market has seen slowed growth recently but remains resilient despite broader crypto market volatility. Bitcoin is trading around $74,700, up 7% over the past week.

bitcoinist03/18 10:02

Mastercard Snags BVNK After Failed $2 Billion Coinbase Deal

bitcoinist03/18 10:02

Now is the Best Time to Interact with Polymarket (Exclusive Tutorial Included)

Polymarket, a prediction market platform, is currently offering an exceptional opportunity for users to earn liquidity provider (LP) rewards, particularly due to a massive $2 million subsidy program for NCAA's "March Madness" basketball tournament events. The core strategy for effective interaction is to focus on accumulating these LP rewards instead of solely trading, as a significant majority of users have never received any. To qualify, users must provide liquidity on specific, subsidized events by placing orders within a maximum spread (e.g., ±1¢) and a minimum share amount (e.g., 1000 shares). Rewards are distributed daily, but only if they exceed $1. The article provides a step-by-step guide: First, select an event with high subsidies from the Rewards page, preferably one starting later to minimize price volatility and inventory risk. For example, a game starting days later showed almost no price movement. Next, use the Split function to create equal buy and sell shares from a minimum of $1000, then place limit sell orders on both sides. It's advised to place orders slightly away from the market price (e.g., the second position) to reduce the risk of orders being filled, which would require rebalancing. Users should monitor their positions and consider withdrawing orders about one day before the event starts to avoid last-minute volatility, then potentially move funds to a later event. The author reports earning $4.31 in rewards over a few hours with minimal effort, highlighting that the current high subsidies and low volatility make this a relatively low-risk strategy to enhance one's Polymarket activity profile.

Odaily星球日报03/18 09:49

Now is the Best Time to Interact with Polymarket (Exclusive Tutorial Included)

Odaily星球日报03/18 09:49

You've Been Training Google's AI for Free for 15 Years, Completely Unaware

For 15 years, Google has leveraged reCAPTCHA to harness free human labor to train its AI, unbeknownst to users. Initially created to digitize books by having users transcribe distorted text, the system evolved under Google's ownership. With reCAPTCHA v2, users were tasked with identifying objects like traffic lights and crosswalks in images from Google Street View. This provided massive, free training data for Google's computer vision models, directly benefiting products like Google Maps and the autonomous vehicle company Waymo, valued at $45 billion. At its peak, 200 million reCAPTCHAs were solved daily, amounting to 500,000 hours of free human labor—worth an estimated $5 million per day at minimum wage. This data-labeling operation, embedded as a mandatory gateway to essential websites, was unparalleled in scale and cost-efficiency. The latest version, reCAPTCHA v3, invisibly analyzes user behavior to verify humanity, further feeding AI systems. The profound irony is that users spent years proving they were human by performing tasks AI couldn't do, thereby training the very systems that now make their contributions obsolete. Google never asked for consent, paid for this labor, or disclosed its purpose, turning the entire internet-using population into unwitting, unpaid trainers for its commercial AI empire.

marsbit03/18 09:32

You've Been Training Google's AI for Free for 15 Years, Completely Unaware

marsbit03/18 09:32

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