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08/02/2025

Web3 Weekly Recap: From Ethereum's Birthday to the Stablecoin Race & Tokenized U.S. Stocks

From Asia to Wall Street, Web3 is exploding with historic milestones and pivotal regulatory developments. Here are the biggest highlights from the past week, as compiled from Foresight News. 🔷 Ethereum Turns 10: A 3,600x Growth Journey Ethereum — the world's second-largest blockchain platform — just celebrated its 10th anniversary. From a modest market cap in 2015, ETH has grown 3,600x to roughly $450 billion today, cementing its place as a cornerstone of the digital asset industry. Ethereum is the birthplace of

Web3 Weekly Recap: From Ethereum's Birthday to the Stablecoin Race & Tokenized U.S. Stocks

From Asia to Wall Street, Web3 is exploding with historic milestones and pivotal regulatory developments. Here are the biggest highlights from the past week, as compiled from Foresight News.

🔷 Ethereum Turns 10: A 3,600x Growth Journey

Ethereum — the world's second-largest blockchain platform — just celebrated its 10th anniversary. From a modest market cap in 2015, ETH has grown 3,600x to roughly $450 billion today, cementing its place as a cornerstone of the digital asset industry.

Ethereum is the birthplace of Web3's most important ecosystems, including:

  • Stablecoins (USDC, DAI, etc.)
  • DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations)
  • DeFi (decentralized finance)
  • NFTs (unique digital assets)

As the Ethereum ecosystem continues to expand — with Layer 2s, zk-Rollups, real-world asset tokenization, and security improvements — analysts are asking: Can ETH grow another 100x over the next decade?

🔷 Regulations Heat Up: Hong Kong and the U.S. Race to Act

The past week also brought significant regulatory shifts:

  • In Hong Kong, fintech companies are scrambling to apply for stablecoin issuance licenses under a new regulatory framework expected to take effect in early 2026.
  • In the U.S., the SEC approved spot Bitcoin ETFs with in-kind creation/redemption, paving the way for greater liquidity and lower costs compared to the cash-based model.
  • The SEC also unveiled "Project Crypto", an initiative to build a comprehensive regulatory framework aimed at making the U.S. the global hub for crypto.

This could be a turning point that ushers Web3 markets into a mature growth phase — though it will also raise the bar for projects on compliance and transparency.

🔷 Tokenized U.S. Stocks: Robinhood Leads the Charge

Robinhood, the trading platform popular with younger American investors, just reported a massive spike in crypto revenue for Q2, reflecting a wave of investors returning to the market.

Robinhood's strategic moves include:

  • Launching tokenized U.S. stocks in European markets
  • Rolling out staking services in the U.S.
  • A vision to become the "all-in-one" financial app for Gen Z

This aligns with the broader trend of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, a market currently valued at around $500 million that could reach $1.34 trillion by 2030 — a potential 2,600x increase.

🔚 Takeaway: Web3 Is Entering a New Era

From Ethereum's 10-year milestone to sweeping regulatory moves and the transformation of traditional financial assets, Web3 is in the middle of a period that will define its future.

The question is: Are you — as an investor or builder — ready for what comes next?