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NFTs & Web3
Rarible Launches Solana NFT Marketplace With Claynosaurz as First Collection
Rarible's site now lists Solana alongside Ethereum, MegaETH and Base, with dedicated Explore, Mint and Gacha pages for the network.
Podcast
The Ethereum EIP-8363 Debate
The EIP-8363 Debate: ETH Researchers Want to Kill Staking Rewards After 50% of ETH is Staked
DeFi
ether.fi Removes Restaking From weETH, Nearing A Full EigenLayer Exit
Restaking exposure moves into weETHs, a separate token built on Symbiotic. CEO Mike Silagadze: “End of an era. Sad.”
DeFi
Uniswap's New Launchpad Out-Launched Pons On Its First Day On Robinhood Chain
Pools.trade opened on Aug. 5 charging no launchpad fee and created 10,506 tokens that day against Pons' 7,210. Uniswap says the product does not change its support for the launchpads already built on its protocol. Some traders disagree. PONS is down 49% on the week.
Blockchains
Robinhood Chain's DEX Volume Fell 72% While Transactions And Deposits Set Records
Daily volume dropped from $878 million on Jul. 11 to $241 million on Aug. 1 as transactions, deposits and stablecoin supply climbed to all-time highs. Volume per transaction fell 74%. More than 90% of the chain's incentive spending pays depositors.

Regulation & Politics
a16z's Miles Jennings Says Banks Fighting the CLARITY Act Are 'Accelerating Their Own Obsolescence'
Six banking trade groups are still pressing senators to tighten the bill's prohibition on interest-like rewards for holding stablecoins, a payment Jennings says will continue under GENIUS if CLARITY dies.
DeFi
Sentora Opens A Lending Vault Against Wellington's First Native Onchain Credit Strategy
The Morpho vault holds $9.6 million of PayPal's stablecoin and lends against mWIN, a Luxembourg-issued token whose bond portfolio Wellington Management runs. Of the 8.31% headline yield, 7.61 percentage points come from a PYUSD reward stream.
DeFi
Uniswap Ships A Memecoin Launchpad On Robinhood Chain, Topped By $FRONG Token Minted Six Days Early
Pools opened four and a half hours behind its own countdown. Uniswap Labs claims the product and disclaims every token on it, including FRONG, the frog memecoin named after its teaser video that leads the platform at a $12.1 million valuation.
Blockchains
Aave And ether.fi Founders Lead Opposition To Ethereum's Staking Yield Burn
Stani Kulechov and Mike Silagadze headline two days of opposition to the tapered issuance burn, now renumbered EIP-8363. Ethereum core devs decide Thursday whether to consider it for Hegotá.

Regulation & Politics
Traders Push CLARITY Act Odds Into 2027 After Thune Skips Cloture Filing
Kalshi's Sept. 1 contract now trades at 2 cents, while the price on enactment before Jan. 1, 2028 ticked up, moving the implied probability out of this year and into the next.



