Hayden Adams: The Golden Start of Robinhood Chain and the Killer Move of Uniswap Chain

Odaily News, July 14, Tokyo, at WebX 2026 hosted by Coinpost, Uniswap Labs founder and CEO Hayden Adams said in a fireside chat that a recent hot topic in the industry is the exaggerated growth rate of Robinhood Chain. As a major fintech company, Robinhood's own chain features both Meme (which is undoubtedly a good sign for a new chain) and RWA (which is even more exciting and anticipated). Robinhood Chain has the opportunity to become a bridge connecting traditional assets on-chain and crypto-native assets.

Although the current market is bearish and industry morale is low, entrepreneurial teams always have to face different timings and luck, yet they continue to move forward. When Uniswap first launched, the market was terrible, and no one believed Crypto had a future. In this cycle, at least there is adoption anticipation, and existing businesses and assets still show a trend of going online and moving on-chain.

For entrepreneurs, the benefits of building their own chain are obvious. Assets can connect to global users faster through crypto methods; otherwise, they have to face startup costs like infrastructure, regulatory policies, market makers, etc.

Uniswap Chain often explains how the crypto industry works to traditional finance clients. It introduces that the core appeal of the crypto approach is that the cost of global asset circulation is low enough. However, there is also a major obstacle: clients get very nervous when they hear the word 'Crypto,' showing distrust, and on top of that, they have to deal with different protocols, standards, and ecosystems within the crypto space.

Uniswap's advantage is the reputation it has built over the past few years, and its ultimate goal is to become the liquidity layer for global on-chain assets. Uniswap is continuously perfecting its infrastructure and ecosystem version by version while working on a thousand things at once—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.