Just wrapped the @EFetheverywhere launch in Dubai and officially welcomed the Ethereum Foundation into our home at the @0xPolygon x @Hadronfc Dubai Campus.
A surreal moment for the ecosystem, and a proud one for us.
Huge shoutout to our host @WEB3douin , and to our panel @barinov, @patcito, @asal_alizade, @Web3Ling for a sharp, grounded conversation that set the tone for what’s ahead.
Massive love to @ethereumfndn for choosing to build here and trusting this region.
And a special mention to @chainyoda and @0xAishwary , the ones who keep the momentum alive and make moments like this possible. Truly the GOATs.
Dubai showed up today.
Ethereum has a new chapter here and we’re just getting started!
Twelve Hadron founders. Seven weeks. One of them got acquired. Here's the round up 👇
@AlmanaxAI was acquired by @depthfirstlabs, announced in late June. The founders wrote about finding vulnerabilities in code from Ripple, Coinbase and Fireblocks, and are now taking that work beyond crypto into software security generally.
@0xEpochProtocol integrated @0xMiden on July 30, bringing private execution to its coordination layer for solvers and agents.
@Unigox_global took strategic investment from Hadron on July 22. Non custodial rails moving stablecoins into local currency across Europe, Africa and Asia.
@DashXHQ took strategic investment from Hadron on June 15. Cross border payments for Indian freelancers and exporters, with compliance at the center of it.
@payy_link brought Monaris into its ecosystem on July 9 to build a private credit layer for stablecoin businesses. Cashflow as the underwriting document instead of paperwork.
@kem_app published a breakdown of how the Kem Visa card works. Stablecoins sit in the account, spend anywhere Visa is accepted.
@stableyardfi is taking stablecoin acceptance the last mile, into the checkout flows merchants already run.
@AtharFinance made the case that every POS terminal should take cards and stablecoins, settled instantly across borders.
@suno_finance is channeling capital into solar plants in Colombia. Real generation behind the instrument.
@0xspiralstake put a new strategy live on July 28 with strUSD, and is running on Robinhood Chain.
Stormbit is building a unified venue for crypto options data on Solana. Its free Radar tool shows lenders the real collateral risk sitting behind a position.
Seven weeks. Twelve teams. A whole lot of updates.
Don't forget guys, applications are open. Tag a founder who should be on this list next.
This is spot on, couldn't have said it better myself.
That's what it's all about. Compounding wins until it's hard to ignore, and there have been so many this year alone. The builders can feel the momentum.
Bullish on @0xPolygon
https://t.co/7SZ1MAjqFR
Polygon is going through a quiet renaissance of renewed builder interest, driven by the success of legacy startups that initially launched there.
Polymarket alone has now enabled at least seeded a handful of derivative startups to build on top of Polygon also early stablecoin success in LATam gave more founders a reason to build payments and commerce products for that region alone.
We are now starting to see all of those wins compound across prediction markets, stablecoins, FX and real world payments.
July was a month about agency.
AI agents that can actually act. Founders expanding into new markets. A network reshaping itself into something more focused.
The theme kept showing up in different forms. This is what the month looked like 👇
The most interesting founders are working on problems that look unglamorous from the outside.
Plumbing for payments that should have existed years ago. Agent tooling that is too early for most rooms but exactly right for this one.
Most agents can think, code and research. Then a task costs money and they stall.
Last night builders took over the Dubai campus during Agent Builders Dubai #1 to fix exactly that. x402, agent wallets, and founders demoing live.
Shoutout to everyone that made it!
The chain you build on is either infrastructure or a ceiling. Polymarket's transaction count grew 1000% in a year and users never felt it.
That headroom is a choice @0xPolygon made for its builders. It's why our payments and RWA founders build there.
https://t.co/ohp0s6HYzZ
Nothing better than watching a team you backed go build exactly what they believe in.
@0xEpochProtocol is integrating with @0xMiden, betting that privacy is the foundation of onchain finance, not a feature you bolt on later.
Proud of this one 👏
https://t.co/xzT9ocsb0X
Excited to partner with @0xMiden
Not just because of what we're building together, but because we believe the future of on-chain finance should be both simple and private 🔐
Privacy isn't a feature. It's the foundation that makes on-chain finance actually usable.
With Epoch & Miden, you get privacy on your terms 🤝
Stablecoins are easy to hold. Still hard to spend.
The offramp is where crypto breaks, and @Unigox_global fixed their corner of it.
Non-custodial, gasless, USDC out to local currency in 100+ countries in under 60 seconds.
Live across Africa and Europe, now opening Asia. We're backing them.
https://t.co/pAXcoEfUam
Businesses and traders across Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and China trust Unigox to move money between stablecoins and their local currency. Settling in seconds. 🚀
Today, we're announcing a strategic investment from Hadron Founders Club @Hadronfc ❤️
Easily pay for goods and services, remit money to friends and settle payments across border in under 60 seconds.
Get started at https://t.co/GexcmiQPjg
Founders don't need another hype panel. They need a room to actually talk about how money moves.
That's the room we built on May 20: Stablecoins, Neo Banks & Agentic Payments day, hosted at Hadron's Dubai campus for MENA Blockchain Week.
The best time to build isn't tomorrow. Wasn't yesterday. It's right now.
@sandeepnailwal version: "f*ck learning, just build and chase success."
The ones who just do the thing, end up succeeding.
Founder checklist:
1. Ship something people come back to.
2. Get in a room with people who've done it.
3. Come build from the DXB Hadron FC campus.
Tag a founder who needs to hear this 👇
May brought Alpha V3. More assets onchain, including Nvidia, Tesla, the Nasdaq and gold, with a sturdier product and better UX.
No roadmap promises. Just build, listen, build again.
Congrats @DemetherDeFi. Setting the standard!
In March, @DemetherDeFi shipped a product for earning yield on stocks. By May, they improved it.
That short loop, ship then rebuild, is how you actually earn trust in DeFi.
First release, LDR: yields on stocks through a clean interface, built for people who don't think of themselves as crypto users.
Then the unglamorous part. They took the V1 feedback and rebuilt.