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Shiloh

Shiloh

The dev and artist of BasedBOBR, painter, full-stack dev, ape.store speaker

Posts by Shiloh

Summer.fi Flash Loan Exploit: $6 Million, One Transaction

Trump Crypto Income Disclosure: The $1.4B Breakdown

Polymarket World Cup Volume Beat a Presidential Election

SEC Meme Coin Classification: Your Bags Are Now Legal

Circle National Trust Bank: What Changes for USDC

Robinhood Chain Memecoins: What's Actually Trading

Robinhood Chain memecoins like CASHCAT went parabolic within days of mainnet launch. Here's what's trading, who made money, and the real risks.

The GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules Nobody's Fully Ready For

Six federal agencies face a July 18, 2026 deadline to finalize the GENIUS Act stablecoin rules. Heres what changes for builders and issuers once the rulebook locks in.

Robinhood Chain Uniswap Volume Just Exploded, Then Memecoins Cashed In

Robinhood Chain's Uniswap volume hit $563.9M in a single day, a 10x jump. Here's what actually drove it, and why it's not the RWA story most coverage claims.

Robinhood Agentic Crypto Trading Goes Live, What Changes

Robinhood agentic crypto trading just went live for eligible US customers. Here's how the MCP handshake and isolated accounts actually work.

Bankr AI Agent: Why It's the Best Project on Base

Build a Base App in 2026: The Essential 6-Step Guide

MiniKit and Farcaster mini-apps stopped working inside the Base App on April 9, 2026. Here's the current wagmi + viem + SIWE stack, step by step.

Robinhood Chain Stock Tokens and the Faucet, Explained

How Robinhood Chain stock tokens actually work, who can access them, and how to claim free testnet tokens from the faucet before real money is involved.

What Is Base's B20 Token Standard?

Base's B20 token standard went live in July 2026 as a native, protocol-level alternative to ERC-20 built for stablecoins and tokenized assets. Here's how it works.

Build a Simple, Safe AI Agent for X: The Grok-Bankr Lesson

An attacker drained a Grok-linked wallet with Morse code posted on X. Here's what actually happened and how to build an AI agent for X the safe way.

Solana TVL: What the Dollar Numbers Actually Miss

Solana TVL is down 56% in dollars, but SOL-denominated TVL just hit an all-time high. Here's what's actually driving both numbers.

How to Bridge to Base (Without Losing Money to Bad Bridges)

Coinbase's official Base bridge was deprecated. Here's how to safely bridge to Base in 2026 using Superbridge, CCTP, and the routes that actually still work.

Open USD Stablecoin: the Plan to Dethrone Tether

The Open USD stablecoin just launched with Visa, BlackRock, Stripe, and 140 other backers, and it dropped Circle's stock 13% in a day. Here's why.

Build a Free DeFi Security Monitor With Hermes on a $5 VPS

Skip the sketchy paid skill packs sold for USDT over Telegram. Build a free, read-only DeFi security monitor with Hermes Agent and EVMScope instead.

Build an Onchain AI Agent: The Essential 5-Step Guide

Base's own base-mcp npm package is deprecated. Here's how to wire a self-hosted Hermes agent to the current mcp.base.org gateway, with zero private keys exposed.