Mindfully Curated
A few months ago, we announced a renewed focus of Protocol on three strategic initiatives: Scale L1, Scale blobs, Improve UX. Following previous updates on Scale L1 and Scale blobs, this note relates to our “Improve UX” track, and its mission: **Seaml…
In this episode of FYI, ARK CEO Cathie Wood and Analyst Nick Grous sit down with Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder and CEO of Robinhood. Together they explore how Robinhood is redefining retail investing and financial services—from expanding access to private markets and tokenized assets to transforming its product ecosystem into a fintech super app.
Vlad discusses Robinhood’s long-term vision at the intersection of capitalism and democracy, why retail ownership matters more in the age of AI, and how the company is building around the upcoming $124 trillion generational wealth transfer. He also shares the strategic thinking behind Robinhood’s expansion into credit, crypto, and international markets, including the development of its own blockchain and stablecoin.
Finally, they explore the role of AI in Robinhood’s platform evolution, including the launch of Cortex, and the guiding philosophy behind the company’s product velocity and value-driven subscription model.
In this episode of the Brainstorm, Sam Korus and Nicholas Grous dive into the intriguing world of prediction markets, focusing on the recent partnership between Robinhood and Kalshi. They explore how this collaboration is reshaping access to sports bet…
In this article, I describe how the unbundling and rebundling cycles in SaaS and fintech are playing out in DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and crypto apps.
Last week, Robinhood joined forces with Kalshi to expand prediction markets with event contracts on professional and college football.1 Because the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulates the new contracts, users no longer need to navigat…
A UN survey this month showed a majority of nations had yet to book hotels in Belém due to high costs, raising concerns about lower participation at the climate summit
The post COP bureau meeting ends in stalemate as Brazil insists Belém logistics can work appeared first on Climate Home News.
As temperatures rise, the UN’s health and weather agencies release guidelines to reduce risks for workers facing extreme heat
The post Employers need plans to protect workers from rising heat stress, UN says appeared first on Climate Home News.
Campaigners argue the Reko Diq copper-gold mine in Balochistan risks worsening the plight of human rights defenders in a region marred by conflict
The post Asian Development Bank backs Pakistan copper mine despite human rights fears appeared first on Climate Home News.
Following up from Protocol Update 001, we’d like to introduce our approach to blob scaling. The L1 serves as a robust foundation for L2 systems to scale Ethereum, and a necessary component of secure L2 solutions is data availability provided by the L1….
China, Korea and Russia move ahead of the West in the race to sell reactors overseas, as developing states back nuclear energy in a “new era of growth”
The post Emerging economies turn to Asian reactors for new wave of nuclear power appeared first on Climate Home News.
Switzerland’s lead negotiator at INC-5.2 reflects on why the talks didn’t succeed – and the options now for getting an effective agreement
The post Why we couldn’t agree on a plastics treaty in Geneva – and what might happen next appeared first on Climate Home News.
The fast-rising use of coal in the production of synthetic fuels and plastics could put China’s climate targets at risk despite record additions of renewables, new analysis shows
The post China’s emissions fall but growing coal-to-chemicals sector raises concern appeared first on Climate Home News.
In this episode of the Brainstorm, Sam, Nick, and ARK Chief Futurist, Brett Winton, explore whether browsers are worth billions and the implications of launching L1 blockchains with stable coins. From the strategic importance of browsers in the AI arms…
Nuclear energy is back in favour as a low-emissions alternative to fossil fuels, but high costs and long build times make a goal to triple capacity by 2050 seem a tall order
The post “Epic” effort needed to hit 2050 nuclear power target, experts say appeared first on Climate Home News.
Since announcing the Trillion Dollar Security project, we have surveyed the ecosystem to understand which improvements are highest priority to every layer of the Ethereum stack and community. Now it is time to begin the next phase of this initiative: …
On June 22 in Austin, Tesla launched its robotaxi service to a limited group of users, beginning the shift in its model from one-time low-margin hardware sales to recurring, high margin revenues. Now that it is scaling, Tesla should be able to meet u…
With most countries yet to submit new emissions-cutting plans due by the end of next month, Brazil will launch consultations on how to tackle an expected shortfall in ambition
The post COP30 president prepares for clash of views on how to respond to NDCs appeared first on Climate Home News.
Amazon nations meeting in Colombia can bring unified, bold commitments to COP30 – and define a model that prioritises people and planet through long-term prosperity
The post Leaders should put the Amazon at the heart of a new green economy appeared first on Climate Home News.
Last week, AI search startup Perplexity made an unsolicited bid to acquire Google Chrome, the largest web browser in the world, for $34.5 billion in cash.1 Though the bid is unlikely to succeed, Perplexity clearly is trying to scale its distribution.
The case comes after Climate Home News revealed that uncontrolled air pollution has put people’s health at risk in Chile’s copper mining heartland
The post Campaigners sue Chilean government over copper mining pollution appeared first on Climate Home News.