Yoki Arcade is live inside @StartaleApp, with matches settled onchain on @soneium. Ancient spirits wove themselves into the digital age as elemental Yoki Cores. Challengers pick one, commit their element, and duel. Winner takes the ASTR pool.
The Arcade is open.
According to @CryptoStats_, @Polkadot is currently the 3rd largest exporter of cross-chain value (after Ethereum and Bitcoin).
~$104M in assets have moved from Polkadot to other networks.
When assets move, it means the network is being used.
I think it's going to be very hard to beat the hyperbridge economic model. It's protocol expenses work out to less than $200/day
"Purely zk-proven bridges" will be at least 10,000x more expensive eating into their profit margins.
I'm happy to make bets though, minimum $10k.
@PhalaNetwork They vampirized ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธthe Web3 Foundation grants, and now theyโre flying off to Ethereum.
Goodbye, little mosquito ๐ฆ
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@0xgoku_ Very interesting to hear @giottodf talking about success and marketing in blockchain.
Quite funny when you think about his dead token
Oops, sorry, $Ded token.
Gav probably sits on the far end of โbuild what people will want (but donโt yet know)โ, inventing future desires.
The opposite is the conventional path: โbuild what people wantโ, listen to the market, find immediate demand, satisfy it.
With the first approach, you/your instincts just have to be โveryโ right.
We don't make the rules:
'No customers = no company.
So maybe your code isn't as important as you think??โ ๐
@Harri_obi said it, THEN @iam_gilchrist &
@seunlanlege went to war over it.
๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ โ ๐ฌ๐๐คโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐โ๏ธ
This Sunday, Iโm releasing a DROPS episode with @seunlanlege from @hyperbridge!
We talk about:
- How Hyperbridge is building the "undersea cables" of crypto - invisible cross-chain infrastructure that connects isolated blockchains securely
- The problem with todayโs bridges and how Hyperbridge removes multisig risks
- Why decentralisation and permissionless participation matter for global access
- Lessons from working with @gavofyork (Ethereum & Polkadot founder) and what Polkadot got right
- The philosophy behind building open, verifiable systems - and rejecting gatekeeping
And much more!
Out on Sunday!
Last week, @Johnlikes_ joined @jd_durkin on the floor of the @NYSE to talk about Polkadot.
ICYMI they covered Gavin Woodโs return as CEO, why AI needs blockchain, emerging trends, and more.
While most LPs got liquidated in todayโs chaos, my $DOT stayed calm โ protected inside @hydration_netโs Omnipool ๐ง
Moments like this really show the power of Hydrationโs design.
Unlike most Ethereum-based DEXes, where LPs get forced to sell at the bottom when markets crash and liquidity dries up, the Omnipool works differently ๐
All assets are pooled together in one shared vault.
Prices adjust gradually, not instantly.
Your assets arenโt dumped โ they breathe through the volatility.
โ The result:
โข No panic selling
โข More stable LP positions
โข Shared risk between protocol and LPs
While others get liquidated, your assets keep breathing.
Stay hydrated, not liquidated.๐โโ๏ธ
More proofs, less trust.
Thatโs the core belief thatโs driven everything weโve built from our bridge to Sovereign Intents.
Congrats to @AndreiDeSte and the MicroPay team for embodying it and winning big at @token2049 with Hyperbridge.
๐๏ธ Need to catch up on the news? Here's our top 10 from today:
๐ธ The SEC issued a no-action letter allowing investment advisers to use state-chartered trust companies as qualified custodians for crypto assets.
๐น 21Shares SUI ETF and Polkadot ETF are now listed on the DTCC platform.
๐ธ Brian Quintenz will *not* be the next CFTC chair, following a White House decision to withdraw his nomination.
๐น Robinhood plans to roll out prediction markets in the UK and EU.
๐ธ Google searches for altcoin season are rising again.
๐น Bitwise CIO says "Tether could one day surpass Saudi Aramcoโs $120B record profit, becoming the most profitable company in history."
๐ธ Cronos partners with Amazon Web Services to advance institutional tokenization, RWA growth and AI-driven DeFi.
๐น Tether bought 8.88K $BTC worth about $1.05B, per Nansen.
๐ธ Chainlink, UBS and Swift pilot tokenized fund workflows, aiming to modernize the $100T fund industry.
๐น Visa launched a pilot with Circleโs USDC and EURC to make cross-border payments faster and more flexible.
The psyop "Users don't care about decentralization", is actually a misdirection. The opinion of users don't actually matter.
Its the developers' opinions that matter, and they are sophisticated enough to discern the risks associated with centralized interop.
Hyperbridge