Svmuu News, July 14, Tokyo: At WebX 2026, hosted by Coinpost, Hayden Adams, founder and CEO of Uniswap Labs, stated during a fireside chat that the most talked-about topic in the industry recently has been the explosive growth of the Robinhood Chain. As a major fintech player, Robinhood’s self-built blockchain features both meme coins (undoubtedly a positive sign for a new chain) and real-world assets (RWAs)—which are even more exciting and promising. The Robinhood Chain has the potential to serve as a bridge connecting traditional assets on the blockchain with native crypto assets.
Although we are currently in a bear market and industry morale is low, startup teams must navigate varying market conditions and luck while continuing to move forward. When Uniswap first launched, the market was in terrible shape, and no one believed crypto had a future. In this cycle, there are at least adoption expectations, and existing businesses and assets still show a trend toward digitization and on-chain integration.
For entrepreneurs, building their own blockchain offers clear benefits: assets can connect with global users more quickly through crypto, whereas otherwise they would face startup costs related to infrastructure, regulatory compliance, market makers, and more.
Uniswap Chain often explains how the crypto space works to traditional financial clients, highlighting that the core appeal of crypto lies in the sufficiently low cost of global asset circulation. However, there is a major hurdle: clients become anxious the moment they hear the word “crypto.” Beyond mistrust, they must also navigate the various protocols, standards, and ecosystems within the crypto space.
Uniswap’s strength lies in the reputation it has built over the past few years, and its ultimate goal is to become the liquidity layer for on-chain assets worldwide. Uniswap is refining its infrastructure and ecosystem version by version, while simultaneously working on a thousand different initiatives—engaging with external partners, supporting more token issuances, and establishing more customized asset liquidity solutions… Specifically for this year, the focus will be on RWA.