Hayden Adams: Robinhood Chain's Golden Start and Uniswap Chain's Killer Feature

Odaily reported on July 14th, Tokyo, at WebX 2026 hosted by Coinpost, Uniswap Labs founder and CEO Hayden Adams stated in a fireside chat that a recent hot topic in the industry is the explosive growth of Robinhood Chain. As a major fintech company, Robinhood's proprietary chain hosts both Meme coins (which is certainly a good sign for a new chain) and RWA (which is even more exciting and promising). Robinhood Chain has the potential to become a bridge connecting traditional assets on-chain and crypto-native assets.

Although the current bear market has dampened industry morale, entrepreneurial teams must always face different timing and luck, and 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 potential, and existing businesses and assets still show a trend towards digitalization and moving on-chain.

For entrepreneurs, building a proprietary chain has clear benefits, as assets can connect to global users more quickly through crypto methods. Otherwise, they must face startup costs related to infrastructure, policy regulation, market makers, and so on.

Uniswap Chain often explains the operating principles of the crypto world to traditional financial clients, highlighting that the core appeal of the crypto approach is the sufficiently low cost of global asset circulation. However, a major obstacle remains: clients get very nervous upon hearing the term "Crypto," accompanied by distrust, and they also have to contend with different protocols, standards, and ecosystems within the crypto space.

Uniswap's advantage lies in the reputation it has built over the past few years, with its ultimate goal being to become the global liquidity layer for on-chain assets. Uniswap is iteratively improving its infrastructure and ecosystem, version by version, while simultaneously working on 1,000 things—engaging with external partners, supporting more token launches, and establishing more customized asset liquidity solutions... Specifically, this year's focus will be on RWA.