Hey DDians! How’s it going?
We’ll be honest—sideways market trends are boring. But it is these momentum plateaus that hold the key to future breakouts, since strong hands accumulate and build, and weak hands quit owing to “diluted conviction”. So, boring is good as long as the upcoming trajectories look “parabolic.” And speaking of building, there’s quite some stuff happening. Let’s check it out!
Here’s what we have for you in this issue –
- An EVM jewel in XRPL’s crown
- Robinhood just levelled up its crypto game
- Strategy & Metaplanet are UNSTOPPABLE
XRPL’s EVM Sidechain Is Now Live. Like What???🫨
You may know XRPL for powering banking and cross-border payments. Well, the blockchain has added another notch on the belt, and thanks to this development, XRP seems to be out of its existential crisis.
XRP Ledger’s Ethereum-compatible EVM sidechain is now live on the mainnet.
Source: @kwok_phil
Built by Ripple, Peersyst, and Axelar (with tech from Evmos), the XRPL EVM Sidechain connects directly to the XRPL mainnet, with Axelar as the bridge.
Source: @axelar
What does it mean?
- Developers can now build, port, and deploy Ethereum-based dApps on the XRP Ledger.
- All of this will happen with XRPL’s speed and cost-efficiency through Solidity and standard EVM tooling.
- XRP can now be used as gas, and value can move securely between chains..
- This will open access to over 80 other blockchains, and eventually Wormhole’s 200+ app ecosystem.
- XRP is no longer a one-trick pony for remittances — it now has the tools to play in DeFi, NFTs, and on-chain composability.
XRPL always had the short end of the stick wrt use cases.
With smart contracts and cross-chain compatibility, it is now working towards redefining its utility in a multichain world. From being just a payment rail, it is on its way to becoming a programmable layer with serious institutional backing.
Guess the value that this “spec bump” is bringing to the table? $28 billion.
And, now comes the most important question of all. Are you an XRP holder?
The Crypto-Robinhood Love Affair Is Going Wild🔥
Robinhood was just an app-based facilitator for spot, derivatives trading of stocks, ETFs, and crypto.
Now, they are bringing blockchain to the mix.
On Monday, Robinhood announced a sweeping expansion into tokenized U.S. equities, perpetual futures, and even its own Layer 2 blockchain.
Too much to process? Wait, let us explain.
EU Gets Tokenized Tesla, Apple & Co.
Source: @RobinhoodApp
- EU users will now be able to trade 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs.
- These aren’t synthetic or wrapped — they’re blockchain-native versions of popular stocks.
And Crypto Perps
Source: @RobinhoodApp
- Not just tokenized stocks. EU users will also have access to crypto perpetual futures, with up to 3X leverage and continuous exposure by the end of summer.
- dy/dx, Hyperliquid, Binance just got challenged by a Tradfi platform with 23 million users.
The Robinhood Chain
Yes, you read that right. We promise we didn’t make it up.
It’s what Robinhood called its upcoming Layer 2 blockchain based on Arbitrum.
Source: @RobinhoodApp
The Menlo Park-based company just went “big on blockchain” with this move.
It’s not about interfaces anymore. It’s all about owning the infrastructure game.
Did Someone Say ETH and SOL Staking?
As if “building an entirely new blockchain” wasn’t enough, Robinhood will also let U.S., EU, and EEA users earn yield on-chain through ETH and SOL staking.
Source: @RobinhoodApp
It’s funny to think that this is the same app that used to block token withdrawals.
Why This Matters?
This isn’t just a product rollout — it’s a strategic takeover of the most valuable real estate in crypto: onboarding and infrastructure. With its Bitstamp acquisition complete and licenses across major regions, Robinhood is positioning itself as a regulatory-compliant CeDeFi empire.
Stock tokens. Crypto perps. Native staking. Custom chain.
This isn’t the future of finance.
It’s the fintech app your TradFi uncle already trusts — now fully crypto-pilled.
BTW, if you held $HOOD, you would have made a ton of cash by now, as the stock hit a new all-time high post the announcement.
Billions Fueling The “Bitcoin Balance Sheet Arms Race”💰
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) just dropped another $531.9 million to buy 4,980 BTC, bringing its total hoard to a jaw-dropping 597,325 BTC, worth over $64 billion. That’s 2.8% of the entire Bitcoin supply.
Source: @saylor
Michael Saylor isn’t playing small ball. He’s now selling equity like ammo:
- Sold 1.35M MSTR shares for $519.5 million
- Sold STRK and STRF preferred stock for another ~$58 million
- Still has $40.5 billion worth of ammo left in those ATM programs
Source: @firstwefeast
This is part of Saylor’s “42/42” plan — a nuclear-scale $84 billion war chest designed to buy bitcoin through 2027. It’s an upgraded version of his previous “21/21” roadmap, and if it plays out, he’ll own close to 5% of all BTC.
Saylor’s endgame?
He thinks each Bitcoin will hit $21 million in 21 years.
Source: @saylor
But, hold on.
While Strategy is nearing the 600K BTC holdings mark, its Japanese counterpart, Metaplanet, is putting up a tough fight. Speak about “aggressive Bitcoin accumulation”, and you have “two bulls going head-to-head” (no pun intended).
Metaplanet just bought another 1,005 BTC for $108 million — bringing its stack to 13,350 BTC. A whopping 10,000 BTC jump in just three months that leapfrogs Galaxy Digital and CleanSpark, making Metaplanet the #5 largest corporate holder of Bitcoin worldwide.
Source: @gerovich
And they’re not stopping.
Their public goal?
210,000 BTC by the end of 2027.
What we’re witnessing isn’t just treasury strategy.
Strategy wants to be the BlackRock of Bitcoin.
Metaplanet wants to be the Japan Inc. of digital gold.
And we just want to keep you updated with such spicy stories every week, so that you don’t have to spend time and effort flipping through multiple sources to “maintain a green portfolio”. We curate and collate core crypto market trends so that you can sleep peacefully, while your profits multiply with every passing day.
That’s all for this time! See you in the next one👋
