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ROLLUP: Crypto Pain Market | Coinbase Super Bowl Rug Pull | IBIT Liquidation Cascade | Prediction Markets Explode | BlackRock x Uniswap

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Feb 13, 2026
They fisk Coinbase’s Super Bowl ad and what it reveals about crypto’s collapsed public story. They unpack a brutal selloff, record IBIT volume and the possibility of forced TradFi liquidations. Prediction markets and Robinhood’s rapid growth get center stage. They weigh LayerZero’s L1 bid, MegaETH/Aztec launches, Vitalik calling ETH a store of value, BlackRock tokenizing on Uniswap, and a weird missing tungsten cube.
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Robinhood Chain Targets Tokenized Exchange

  • Robinhood launched its permissionless testnet aiming to become an exchange-layer L2 with an open developer ecosystem.
  • Hosts view Robinhood's execution track record and UX as competitive advantages against incumbents building tokenized exchanges.
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Bear‑Market Token Launch Playbook

  • MegaETH and Aztec launched with a conservative, bear-market token distribution playbook emphasizing purchaser cost basis and lockups.
  • Hosts note bear launches can yield the best long-term ROI if projects survive the market.
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Finance Is Dominating Short‑Term Crypto Use

  • Debate continues whether non-financial crypto use cases can scale or if finance will dominate adoption for the next decade.
  • Hosts lean that finance is winning now and consumer/social experiments likely need financial infrastructure mature first.
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