Robinhood tokenization could undermine the liquidity of the NYSE, Galaxy warns

According to Galaxy Digital, Robinhood’s plan to tokenize stocks in the new Ethereum compatible blockchain could shift trading volumes from traditional exchanges like the NYSE and undermine core revenues from trading fees and market data. At this week’s ETHCC meeting, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev detailed plans for “Robinhood Chain,” Arbitrum Orbit’s Ethereum compatibility layer 2….

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Robotic probes quickly measure key properties of new materials | MIT News

Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that can increase the efficiency of solar cells and other electronic devices. However, the pace of innovation is bottlenecked by the speed at which researchers can manually measure key material properties. A fully autonomous robotic system developed by MIT researchers was able to speed things up. Their…

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Ondo Finance and Pantera to invest $250 million in tokenized real world assets

The Defi Protocol Ondo Finance and Venture Firm Pantera Capital plans to increase investment in real-world assets (RWAS) and emphasizes increasing the industry’s focus on symbolising amid the preferred regulatory development in the US. The companies have informed Axios that they plan to invest $250 million in RWAS through a new fund called Ondo Catalyst….

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Face the challenges of AI/energy

The explosive growth of AI-powered computing centers has led to an unprecedented surge in electricity demand, which threatens to overwhelm the power grid and derail climate targets. At the same time, artificial intelligence technology can revolutionize energy systems and accelerate the transition to clean electricity. William H. Green, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI),…

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Trust in Agent AI: Why does an evaluation infrastructure have to come first?

When AI agents enter their actual deployments, organizations are under pressure to define where they belong, how they can effectively build them, and how they can operate at scale. At VentureBeat’s Transform 2025, technology leaders came together to talk about how they are transforming their business with agents. Shailesh Nalawadi, Vice President of Project Management…

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