Crypto Is Real Now: Stripe, Solana, BlackRock, Argentina, Hong Kong, Gaming

18/04/2025 4 min

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The Daily Quest – Chaos to Clarity, Noise to Narrative.It’s Friday, April 17th, and today we’re ripping through the real-world adoption wave:– Stripe enables crypto payments via USDC on Solana– Telefónica drops tokenized infrastructure on Base + Chainlink– Indonesia puts its carbon registry on-chain (Topl)– BlackRock goes full TradFi DeFi with a tokenized fund on Ethereum– Argentina turns to stablecoins for survival– Telegram bots becoming the default bank for Gen-Z– Real estate NFTs are booming again — not in the metaverse, but in the real world– Hong Kong approves retail crypto ETFs (while the US sues everything)– New gaming wave: Shrapnel, Parallel, and real NFT assets– Reddit’s NFT failure shows what really matters: distribution over decentralizationPlus a sneak from Critters Quest — edition minting’s almost done. Next up? Item crafting and real gameplay.Full breakdown + links in the Substack. Link in bio.Join the Discord — you’ll want to be there.Catch the live show daily at 3PM CST.Stay interesting, my friends.#solana #ethereum #blackrock #usdc #stripe #crypto #defi #gaming #web3 #ton #argentina #hongkong #tokenization