Hercules|DeFi

For years, Bitcoin has been the most secure blockchain in the world, but building on it has always been challenging.
𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘍𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.
Existing solutions often forced developers and users into wrapped BTC, multisigs, or centralized bridges, compromising the security and simplicity of Bitcoin.
That is where @GOATRollup comes in.
Instead

RWA DeFi protocols now hold about $17 B in TVL and have surpassed DEXs to become the fifth largest category in DeFi.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘞𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
As of today, onchain RWAs reached over $19.1B in distributed value, growing 4.67% over the past month despite a crypto downturn.
𝘈𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘱 7.63% 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 593,000 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴.
Private credit cont

Your best bet to get on new meta is to know the movers before they get out there
𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺.
Here are a few you want to keep your eyes on: 👇
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➢ @pantographPBC is building robots that learn the same way humans do by trying things, messing up, and getting better over time. Instead of being programmed step by step, their robots teach themselves through practice, learning from both success and failure.
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➢ @Use_lucid is an AI-powered trading signal agent bui

After carrying out one of the largest token burns, @Uniswap has entered a new chapter in its history
A few days ago, the protocol permanently removed 100 million UNI tokens from circulation.
𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 $596 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯.
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧
This event is after the approval of a governance proposal (UNIfication), which passed with near total support from the community.
Almost 99% of votes were in favor, showing very strong agreement among UNI holders. The burn is the first major reduct

2025 was big, but 2026 will redefine DeFi. The protocols, tools, and flows we take for granted today are about to evolve fast.
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘐-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘦𝘍𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
DeFi is moving from experimental playground to real-world financial infrastructure.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳: 👇
➢ Stablecoins are breaking free fro

Looking back at how this year has been, one thing is clear, consistency matters a lot and quality over slops.
I really made sure to focus on growth and I'm glad the numbers are there to show how big this year has been for me
Hope to do more next year, maybe of this
This is how the numbers look like:
> Smart followers: 660
> Ranked 890 in CT mindshare
> 11.7M total impressions
What matters most to me isn’t just the numbers, but who those numbers represent.
Shoutout to every one of you showing up and pushing out quality contents over the year, let's do wayyy more next year.
This wrap is powered

Artificial intelligence has front-run nearly every other narrative this year.
➦ Many projects emerged, but only one has positioned itself at the infrastructure layer: @SentientAGI.
Sentient isn’t another AI app.
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘹-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘈𝘐, 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤, 𝘹𝘈𝘐, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺.
It’s also the only AGI-oriented project in crypto focused on real utility, openness, and long-term impact.
The traction backs th

Building a career in Web3 is the best move in this market.
Do you think you’re too late? Not at all.
The best set of creatives are built in a quiet market like the one we’re seeing today.
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𝐒𝐨, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭?
Step 1: Look for what interests you
Step 2: Are you a technical or non-technical person?
Step 3: Decide on your career choice and follow people who are experienced in it.
Step 4: Connect and network with them, build your skill, and excel.
Of course, it’s easier said than done.
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𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Quantum computing is slowly moving from a distant concept into what we can no longer ignore.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.
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➢ In Bitcoin’s case, most developers continue to argue that quantum risk is far off and largely theoretical. The view is that the technology is still early, and that Bitcoin is unlikely to face any real quantum related threat for at least the next decade

Paying people worldwide have always been tricky
Liquidity, speed, and cost are the three things that really matter.
𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘊𝘏, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘟 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘵𝘤.
Hence, the reason many workers turned to stablecoin.
@rise_pay is improving this by building a global payroll system on @arbitrum that can pay workers anywhere, instantly and compliantly.
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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐅

Those fear mongerers who write
"Crypto is Dead"
"I'm leaving Crypto.."
need to step back, take a pause and think.
We are still early and going through a transition phase.
I'm not leaving no matter what.

Recently, @Monero showed clear strength in both price and activity.
$XMR gained roughly +15% over the week. It moved from the $370 level to $432 range. Daily trading volume frequently exceeded $170M during peak sessions, depicting buy pressure.
𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, $440 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 $460 𝘵𝘰 $515.
But why Monero is now leading the privacy narrative like $ZEC did past few months?👇
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➢ Monero v0.18.4.4 Flu

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 2026 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬
➢ Reserve-backed stablecoins will consolidate liquidity but diversify custody models.
➢ Big issuers like Circle and Tether keep dominating volumes while offering more modular custody & yield products to stay competitive.
➢ Regulated stablecoins like USDC & USDT will face stricter, clearer requirements for who can use them and how they operate.
➢ DAI and FRAX will continue to be the main option for open, permissionless DeFi
➢ We will be seeing New types of stablecoins that mix algorithmic mechanisms with partial collateral are ge

GOAT Network makes Bitcoin work to earn you BTC yield.
@GOATRollup 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘝𝘔 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘻𝘬𝘝𝘔, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯-𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘻𝘬-𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘛𝘊 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐓 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭
The original BitVM2 system made users trust operators too much, especially when it came to data inputs that could be manipulated. GOAT BitVM changes that with decentralized sequencers.
These sequencers commit their keys and inputs to Bitcoin ahead of ti

Arbitrum is scaling users and investing heavily in builders through a wide range of grants.
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.
Here are the main grants in the @Arbitrum ecosystem and what they offer.👇
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𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬
➢ Arbitrum Audit Program
The Arbitrum Audit Program commits 10 million $ARB over 12 months