DeFi
Uniswap opens the tool behind its UNI burns to any app. Robinhood takes USDC instead
TJAR, the system that turns Uniswap's protocol fees into UNI and burns it, is now open to everyone. It handled more than $15.3 million in a month, and its first outside user wants stablecoins, not UNI.
Exchanges
Robinhood's crypto revenue fell 55%. Prediction markets now earn it more
Robinhood posted record revenue of $1.42 billion in Q3 2026, but crypto revenue sank to $120 million. Bets on events brought in $173 million, and its new blockchain says it collected more than $50 million in fees in its first quarter.
Policy
Prosecutors say a Robinhood engineer bought Hyperliquid perps before 9 coin listings
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged two former Robinhood engineers with fraud, alleging they used secret listing plans to bet on Hyperliquid. Each allegedly made more than $50,000, and both are presumed innocent.