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Odaily reports: Relay posted on X stating that its platform serves use cases including wallets, payments, real-world assets, prediction markets, perpetual contracts, and trading, covering thousands of developers. It claims that the platform is best-in-class in terms of transaction latency, reliability, and fill rates, with data covering roughly 100x transaction volume, larger orders, more routing, and more use cases, and it publicly provides Dune data. Relay stated that performance may vary significantly across different applications depending on integration methods, and that it has recently released multiple updates.
Pump.fun co-founder and COO Alon posted on X that the platform's in-house cross-chain bridge, Pump Bridge, is now available to all app users. According to the test data he published, compared with the previously used cross-chain service provider Relay, Pump Bridge improves buy execution speed by about 2x, reduces transaction error rate by 92% from over 11% to under 1%, and on average yields more tokens for the same capital, while currently charging no additional cross-chain fees.Alon noted that previously, roughly 1 in every 9 cross-chain buys on Relay encountered an error, with a typical transaction taking close to 4 seconds and about 10% of transactions taking more than 7 seconds. He also said that the social trading app FOMO is still using Relay.The above results come from randomized testing conducted between September 28 and October 7, covering networks including Robinhood, BSC, Base, Arc, and Ink but excluding Ethereum, with a total of 416,669 transaction results recorded, of which 383,326 were used for transaction timing statistics and 35,333 USDC buys under $500 were used to compare execution performance.In addition, Alon said that the platform fee rate for the Pump.fun app is 0.45%, Callout rewards are distributed at at least $300,000 per day and have totaled about $20 million over the past two months. During the limited-time referral reward campaign, referrers can receive all platform fees generated by referred users, while the platform says it will not retain any platform fee revenue.
Cross-chain protocol Relay announced on Twitter that it will discontinue Relay Vaults. Users holding funds must visit the official portal to withdraw; the portal will be shut down on December 31, 2026, after which users can still withdraw directly from the contracts. According to the official statement, the Vaults were an optional product for liquidity providers and are being phased out ahead of an imminent upgrade, with further details to be announced in the future. Swaps, payments, and other integrations remain unaffected and will continue operating as usual.
Antseed Foundation has announced the completion of a $2.4 million token round, led by Spark Capital, with participation from Collider, DCG, North Island Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Relay Capital, and Venice.ai. Antseed's primary business is building a peer-to-peer AI inference network that enables model and agent service providers to offer services directly to users, with matching and settlement completed through local routing, reputation mechanisms, and on-chain payments.
Odaily News: The sandwich attack bot operated by JaredfromSubway.eth has extracted a cumulative total of 117,007 ETH since March 2023, worth approximately $295 million at current prices. In June 2026, an anonymous attacker deployed 66 counterfeit token contracts, exploiting the bot's automated trading logic to steal at least $7.5 million in ETH and stablecoins, and funneled the funds into Tornado Cash. The stolen assets have not yet been recovered.Sandwich attacks are a form of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV): the bot monitors large transactions in Ethereum's public mempool, buys ahead of the target transaction, and sells after the transaction pushes the price up, capturing profits from the spread. The bot's primary contract had received a cumulative total of 117,007 ETH as of August 28.MEV-Boost block construction is centralized among a small group of participants, with relay.ultrasound.money, Titan Relay, and bloXroute regulated relays collectively forwarding approximately 85% to 88% of related blocks within a 24-hour window; Titan's builder independently assembled 50.3% of the blocks. Monthly sandwich attack extraction amounts have declined from approximately $10 million in late 2024 to roughly $2.5 million in October 2025. (Bitcoin.com News)
: Celestia Labs has announced the acquisition of Sovereign Labs, a developer of high-performance blockchain frameworks. Since 2021, Sovereign Labs has been deeply involved in the Celestia ecosystem, with its framework providing underlying support for projects such as the cross-chain bridge Relay Protocol and the high-performance perpetual contract trading platform Bullet. Following this acquisition, Celestia Labs' technical capabilities will extend from Layer 1 to the execution and application layers, positioning it as a full-stack custom blockchain development partner for enterprises. As projects like Hyperliquid, Polymarket, and Robinhood have chosen to build their own chains, enterprise demand for full-stack blockchain infrastructure is growing.
on-chain analyst Ai Yi posted on Platform X, stating that Memecoins are becoming the primary traffic gateway for Robinhood Chain. CASHCAT reached a market cap of $100 million within five hours, and Robinhood CEO @vladtenev participated in related discussions. Robinhood Chain saw over 10,000 new tokens launched in a single day, with DEX trading volume exceeding $560 million. Robinhood Chain is an L2 network. Users can add the network via wallets such as OKX, Binance, and MetaMask, with Chain ID 4663. The official Robinhood Wallet is available on iOS and Android mobile apps and features cross-chain functionality. Cross-chain methods on Robinhood Chain include the official cross-chain bridge, Robinhood Wallet, and third-party aggregators like Relay, Stargate, and Across. Withdrawals via the official cross-chain bridge have a 7-day waiting period. DEXs on the Robinhood Chain ecosystem include Uniswap and NOXA Fun. Meme tracking tools include DEXScreener and GMGN.
MNX, a decentralized futures exchange focused on the AI economy, has completed a $6.4 million funding round with participation from Village Global, Cambrian, Relay Digital, North Island Ventures, and others. MNX aims to build AI-native derivatives infrastructure, covering futures on GPU rental prices and data center electricity costs, valuation markets for private labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek, AI benchmarks and financial forecasting markets, as well as perpetual contracts for AI-related global equities. The platform supports leverage, portfolio margin, and batch auction for fair execution. Settlements are conducted in a fully non-custodial manner on MegaETH, with the mainnet scheduled to launch this summer.
According to the official announcement, to celebrate its fourth anniversary, Huobi Community launched the themed campaign “Four Years Together, Grateful for Your Presence” from May 19 to June 11, and unveiled the dedicated page “Community Co-Journey Archive.” This special page features four major sections: “Community Prophecy Highlights,” “Milestones of the Fourth Anniversary,” “Annual Data Report,” and “User Memory Wall,” enabling users to revisit top posts, trending topics, and the “Top Creators List” of the year. The themed campaign comprises four interactive activities: 1. **The “Oracle Challenge”** runs from May 20 to May 29. Every day at 11:00 a.m., the platform posts the day’s trending token in the campaign thread; users submit their prediction—“up” or “down”—for the next day’s price movement. Results are determined by comparing the Huobi HTX closing price at 11:59 p.m. against the opening price that day. Each day, 20 correct predictors are randomly selected to receive rewards. 2. **The “Wealth Story Submission Campaign”** runs from May 19 to June 7. Users can post stories about their personal experiences or investment insights under the hashtag #HuobiCommunity4thAnniversary# to compete for three tiers of awards, including the “Annual Story Award.” 3. **The “Fourth Anniversary Meme Relay Contest”** runs from May 20 to June 8. Users may post original memes, emoji packs, or humorous anecdotes in the comment section of the campaign thread; an official judging panel will select the top three “Meme Relay Champions.” 4. **“My First Time in the Community – Memory Collection”** launches concurrently. Users are invited to share their first comment, first article, or most memorable discussion on Huobi Community; selected submissions will be featured on the “User Memory Wall” section of the dedicated page.