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There's staking on Robinhood for ADA. Only a 1 day unlock period and only $1 minimum to stake and getting rewards in about 15 days Is there a better staking protocol out there in all honesty? I challenge people to at least try deviating from other chains and try it out. If you're not satisfied, there's always your home chain. Use a hardware wallet if you're gonna download Lace and ask AI some questions if Cardano is as bad as everyone says it is Godspeed submitted by /u/Substantial-Suit-926 [link] [Kommentare]

I noticed that the same PAX/USDT pair currently appears across three Uniswap V3 pools with very different displayed prices. One pool shows around $0.34, another around $0.92, and a very small pool shows around $0.968. My understanding is that each pool has its own liquidity range and reserves, so the displayed price can diverge when liquidity is fragmented. The smallest pools may also show extreme price movements even when very little capital is involved. Would arbitrage normally bring these prices back together, or can low liquidity and routing limitations leave the pools disconnected for a long time? Interested in hearing how experienced Uniswap LPs interpret this. submitted by /u/Actual-Ad2198 [link] [Kommentare]

Been following the stablecoin space closely for a while and this one genuinely caught me off guard. Not the TradFi entry itself, that felt inevitable after the Genius Act passed. What I didn't see coming was Ripple and Solana sitting at the table with Visa, BlackRock, and Stripe to build the thing that's designed to undercut the existing crypto-native stablecoin leaders. Circle's stock dropped double digits on the announcement. Tether wasn't invited either. The consortium returns yield to partners instead of keeping it, which is a direct attack on the business model that made both of them dominant. The part I keep coming back to is whether Ripple and Solana made the right call here. Joining gives them a seat at the table with the biggest financial institutions in the world. But they also just helped commoditize an infrastructure layer that crypto built from scratch. Amazon and Walmart are apparently building their own stablecoins separately on top of all this. Curious how people here are feeling about it. Is this crypto growing up and going mainstream or is it crypto getting eaten alive by the institutions it was supposed to disrupt? submitted by /u/ArcanuMELO [link] [Kommentare]

As stablecoin use surges globally, traditional finance is rushing to keep pace. Many businesses, though, are still getting up to speed on how to integrate dollar-pegged tokens into customer payments, and London-based startup Velocity—which on Tuesday announced a $38 million Series A funding round—is one of the firms helping them to do so. “These are companies that do not understand that they can be using stablecoins to solve their problems. Those are the people we are going for,” said Rob Hadick, a general partner at the venture capital firm Dragonfly, which has carved out a niche in backing firms that facilitate fiat-to-bridge transactions. Dragonfly and Firstmark led Velocity’s Series A round, which also included investments from Coinbase, Capital One Ventures, QED Investors, Activant Capital, Ripple, and Wintermute. Eric Queathem, founder and CEO of Velocity, declined to specify at what valuation his startup raised its most recent stash of capital. Founded in 2025, Velocity aims to tap into the industry’s rapid expansion, with its name pointing to its goal of making payments faster through stablecoins. The company declined to name specific clients but said its customers include a mix of global merchants, payment providers, fintechs, and financial institutions. Read more [paywall removed for Redditors]: https://fortune.com/2026/07/14/exclusive-payments-startup-velocity-38-million-businesses-stablecoin-growth/?utm_source=reddit/ submitted by /u/fortune [link] [Kommentare]

TL;DR: Civic focuses primarily on KYC and identity verification for compliance. ONTO Wallet takes identity a step further by integrating data monetization, allowing users to not just prove who they are, but also earn from their verified profile. Decentralized Identity (DID) is a foundational pillar of Web3. For a long time, projects like Civic have dominated this space, focusing heavily on KYC (Know Your Customer) and Sybil resistance. They provide the necessary infrastructure for dApps to ensure their users are real people and compliant with regulations. ONTO Wallet, powered by the Ontology network, offers a more expansive vision of what Web3 identity can be. While ONTO provides robust verification (ONT ID), it doesn't stop at compliance. It treats your verified identity as an asset that can be monetized. | Feature | Civic | ONTO Wallet | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Primary Focus | KYC & Compliance | Identity Management & Data Monetization | | Target Audience | dApps needing verification | Users wanting to control and earn from data | | Passive Income | No | Yes (via AI data markets) | | Tech Stack | Civic Pass | ONT ID & zkTLS | If a protocol simply needs to block bots, Civic is a great tool. But for users, ONTO Wallet offers a much more compelling value proposition: the ability to turn your verified digital footprint into a source of passive income in the booming AI data economy. Q: Do I have to do KYC to use ONTO Wallet? A: ONTO supports various levels of verification. You can build a robust digital profile and monetize metadata without necessarily providing a government ID, depending on the specific data market requirements. Q: How does ONTO protect my identity while monetizing it? A: Through zero-knowledge proofs (zkTLS), ONTO can prove the validity of your data to buyers without exposing your actual identity. Q: Is Civic obsolete? A: Not at all. Civic remains a strong B2B compliance tool. ONTO is simply pioneering the ToC data monetization aspect of identity. References [1] "The Next Phase of Decentralized Identity," Blockworks, 2026. submitted by /u/Rc7xn [link] [Kommentare]

One of the biggest issues in crypto is liquidity and users being spread across multiple blockchains. Cross-chain solutions are trying to solve this by allowing assets and data to move between ecosystems like Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Polygon, and others. Supporters believe this could accelerate DeFi and NFT adoption, while critics point to bridge hacks and security risks. Do you think cross-chain infrastructure is the future of crypto, or are the security concerns still too big? Which projects are doing it right? submitted by /u/Webclues_Infotech [link] [Kommentare]