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PRESS RELEASE: Canyon, Texas — March 5, 2026 the category-defining global domain acquired by Texas Slim, today announced it is building the first dedicated digital infrastructure network for the global beef industry — connecting ranchers directly to pricing, payment, and market settlement for the first time at scale. This... is not an e-commerce launch. It is infrastructure. American ranchers operate inside a system built against them — opaque pricing, slow payments, and middlemen extracting margin at every step. is being built to change that structure, not work around it. The platform is designed to do something the beef industry has never had: a single, transparent layer where product moves, prices are verified, and ranchers get paid faster — backed by real assets. is now engaging institutional investors, infrastructure capital, fintech partners, and agricultural stakeholders to participate in Phase I deployment. Platform Architecture is being architected as: • A real-time Beef Index enabling transparent price discovery • A rancher-direct routing system reducing intermediary bottlenecks • A digitally secured settlement layer compressing payment cycles • A Strategic Beef Reserve designed to buffer supply disruptions • A digital provenance system verifying origin and production data At scale, the platform functions as exchange-grade infrastructure supporting routing, liquidity management, and reserve coordination. Market Structure & Settlement The Beef Index establishes verified, quality-based pricing with capital routed directly to producers — cutting out the opacity that has defined agricultural markets for generations. The settlement framework modernizes agricultural clearing by reducing lag, limiting counterparty friction, and strengthening working capital stability for ranchers. The Strategic Beef Reserve provides structured inventory coordination designed to stabilize supply during periods of market stress. Capital Formation: Phase I Infrastructure Raise has initiated discussions for a $25 million Phase I infrastructure securitization to fund deployment of its routing and settlement architecture. Phase I capital will support: • Exchange architecture development • Rancher-direct routing integration • Regulatory and compliance alignment • Institutional pilot execution • Operational onboarding and scalability This is infrastructure capital directed toward measurable transaction flow improvement within defined regional corridors of the U.S. beef market. Upon validation and expanded adoption, subsequent phases are expected to extend routing nationally and integrate broader liquidity participation. Qualified institutional investors and accredited strategic partners are invited to request private offering materials and schedule executive briefings regarding Phase I participation. Market Positioning controls the definitive global domain within a $500B+ industry and is being developed as the foundational coordination layer for pricing, routing, settlement, and reserve infrastructure. is being valued and built like exchange infrastructure — comparable to financial clearing platforms — not as a consumer food brand. This represents base-layer infrastructure ownership in one of the world’s most essential industries. Executive Statement “This isn’t about launching a website,” said Texas Slim. “It’s about rebuilding how product and capital move through the beef economy. When routing is verified and settlement is efficient, the foundation strengthens.” About is being developed as digital infrastructure for the global beef industry, focused on verified routing, transparent pricing, and modernized settlement systems. It is not retail. It is infrastructure. Texas Slim™ Stacy Herbert 🇸🇻🚀show more

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Versan | Black Swan Capitalist

24,693 views • 4 months ago

The next milestone for the Stablecoin FX Layer When we launched the FX Layer on Uniswap v4, the objective wasn't simply to deploy liquidity. It was to rethink how stablecoin liquidity is coordinated. The initial deployment brought $150M to Uniswap v4 and processed $70M+ in volume within its first three days. Today's integration of Sky's LitePSM into Uniswap's routing infrastructure is another important step towards that vision. Why? Because the Stablecoin FX Layer is designed to unlock a different liquidity model: - Reduce the need for every new stablecoin issuer to bootstrap liquidity from scratch. - Coordinate liquidity across multiple stablecoin pairs. - Put idle capital to work whilst maintaining instant liquidity. - Improve execution through deeper, connected routing. With LitePSM, USDS has direct 1:1 convertibility with USDC, allowing Uniswap's router to access one of the deepest sources of stablecoin liquidity when determining the best execution path. The result is: - Traders: access deeper liquidity and lower slippage - Stablecoin issuers: connect to a shared liquidity instead of bootstrapping it from scratch. - Builders: Build apps on shared liquidity infrastructure, not fragmented pools. Today's integration is the next milestone. The Stablecoin FX Layer wasn't a one-off launch. It's an evolving liquidity architecture, and every new integration strengthens the network.

The next milestone for the Stablecoin FX Layer When we launched the FX Layer on Uniswap v4, the objective wasn't simply to deploy liquidity. It was to rethink how stablecoin liquidity is coordinated. The initial deployment brought $150M to Uniswap v4 and processed $70M+ in volume within its first three days. Today's integration of Sky's LitePSM into Uniswap's routing infrastructure is another important step towards that vision. Why? Because the Stablecoin FX Layer is designed to unlock a different liquidity model: - Reduce the need for every new stablecoin issuer to bootstrap liquidity from scratch. - Coordinate liquidity across multiple stablecoin pairs. - Put idle capital to work whilst maintaining instant liquidity. - Improve execution through deeper, connected routing. With LitePSM, USDS has direct 1:1 convertibility with USDC, allowing Uniswap's router to access one of the deepest sources of stablecoin liquidity when determining the best execution path. The result is: - Traders: access deeper liquidity and lower slippage - Stablecoin issuers: connect to a shared liquidity instead of bootstrapping it from scratch. - Builders: Build apps on shared liquidity infrastructure, not fragmented pools. Today's integration is the next milestone. The Stablecoin FX Layer wasn't a one-off launch. It's an evolving liquidity architecture, and every new integration strengthens the network.

Spark

11,656 views • 3 months ago

This is why institutional investors remain optimistic on crypto despite the recent volatility.😶‍🌫️ This cycle is fundamentally different.💯 In prior cycles, prices led and adoption followed. That sequence has now inverted.🔄 Massive levels of institutional adoption are accelerating behind the scenes across digital assets. More adoption in depth, infrastructure, and institutional integration than has ever occurred in the asset class history. However, prices are lagging these foundational developments.🔻 This lag does not signal a flaw in the market or the thesis.🙇‍♂️ It represents a temporary disconnect between on chain fundamentals and market pricing that will not persist. It is a window of opportunity that sophisticated capital explicitly recognizes and is positioning for.⏰ Those who identify this mismatch between surface level price action and structural progress will be disproportionately rewarded as the convergence unfolds.🔑 The eventual catch up between prices and these entrenched fundamentals is what will decisively reshape perceptions of digital assets from speculative to essential infrastructure.📈 Listen.👇 Warning: very bullish clip 😉💨

This is why institutional investors remain optimistic on crypto despite the recent volatility.😶‍🌫️ This cycle is fundamentally different.💯 In prior cycles, prices led and adoption followed. That sequence has now inverted.🔄 Massive levels of institutional adoption are accelerating behind the scenes across digital assets. More adoption in depth, infrastructure, and institutional integration than has ever occurred in the asset class history. However, prices are lagging these foundational developments.🔻 This lag does not signal a flaw in the market or the thesis.🙇‍♂️ It represents a temporary disconnect between on chain fundamentals and market pricing that will not persist. It is a window of opportunity that sophisticated capital explicitly recognizes and is positioning for.⏰ Those who identify this mismatch between surface level price action and structural progress will be disproportionately rewarded as the convergence unfolds.🔑 The eventual catch up between prices and these entrenched fundamentals is what will decisively reshape perceptions of digital assets from speculative to essential infrastructure.📈 Listen.👇 Warning: very bullish clip 😉💨

SMQKE

127,820 views • 3 months ago

Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell just went to Washington and sounded the alarm: America’s ranchers are in “CRISIS.” “We cannot afford a food supply where foreign beef fills the gap while American ranchers go out of business.” And he named the first step that the Trump Administration can take to reverse this crisis: “Reinstating Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling for beef and pork must be a top U.S. priority in the 2026 USMCA review.” “This is urgent regarding our food security, the survival of independent ranchers, and the long-term stability of North America’s beef supply.” “USDA reports that the U.S. beef cow herd has fallen to its smallest level in over 70 years.” “Ranchers tell us the same thing across the country. They cannot justify rebuilding their herds because the market does not reward U.S. origin.” “Tyson just closed a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, and is scaling back a plant in Amarillo, Texas.” “These moves impact 4,900 jobs.” “At the same time, beef imports are rising to record levels, over 4.5 million pounds last year.” “That combination—a shrinking domestic herd and rising imports—is a dangerous trajectory for America’s food security and rural economy.” “Reinstating MCOOL would give ranchers the most important thing they lack today: a reliable and forceful market signal that U.S.-raised beef will be recognized and rewarded.” “Reinstating MCOOL would allow consumers to choose U.S.-raised beef and ensure that choice benefits U.S. ranchers, give producers the confidence to reinvest in multi-year herd expansion, strengthen rural economies by keeping food dollars local, and build a more resilient domestic supply.” “The United States cannot afford a cattle industry at its smallest level in 70 years.” “MCOOL is essential for rebuilding the herd, restoring fairness, and protecting our food security.”

Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell just went to Washington and sounded the alarm: America’s ranchers are in “CRISIS.” “We cannot afford a food supply where foreign beef fills the gap while American ranchers go out of business.” And he named the first step that the Trump Administration can take to reverse this crisis: “Reinstating Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling for beef and pork must be a top U.S. priority in the 2026 USMCA review.” “This is urgent regarding our food security, the survival of independent ranchers, and the long-term stability of North America’s beef supply.” “USDA reports that the U.S. beef cow herd has fallen to its smallest level in over 70 years.” “Ranchers tell us the same thing across the country. They cannot justify rebuilding their herds because the market does not reward U.S. origin.” “Tyson just closed a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, and is scaling back a plant in Amarillo, Texas.” “These moves impact 4,900 jobs.” “At the same time, beef imports are rising to record levels, over 4.5 million pounds last year.” “That combination—a shrinking domestic herd and rising imports—is a dangerous trajectory for America’s food security and rural economy.” “Reinstating MCOOL would give ranchers the most important thing they lack today: a reliable and forceful market signal that U.S.-raised beef will be recognized and rewarded.” “Reinstating MCOOL would allow consumers to choose U.S.-raised beef and ensure that choice benefits U.S. ranchers, give producers the confidence to reinvest in multi-year herd expansion, strengthen rural economies by keeping food dollars local, and build a more resilient domestic supply.” “The United States cannot afford a cattle industry at its smallest level in 70 years.” “MCOOL is essential for rebuilding the herd, restoring fairness, and protecting our food security.”

Farm Action

13,288 views • 10 months ago

IOTA is being born. 🐣 For almost a decade, the IOTA Foundation has been the mother of IOTA. It carried it, protected it, fed it, corrected it, rebuilt it when necessary, and kept it alive long enough to turn a technological intuition into real infrastructure. But no decentralized network is meant to live forever under its mother’s protection. A foundation is not the final form of a public DLT. It is the womb. The incubator. The structure that allows something immature to survive until it is ready to breathe on its own. And that moment is now approaching. With IOTA Rebased, Move at the base layer, staking, validators, real programmability, and now Starfish live on Mainnet through Protocol Version 24, IOTA is no longer a promise guarded by its mother. It is becoming an adult network. Not just a project. Not just a vision. Not just an architecture waiting for its moment. It is public infrastructure for the real world. 🌍 🔹 The IOTA Foundation is now entering its great year of delivery. One year, maybe a year and a half, in which it will have to consume part of its tokens, not as a sign of weakness, but as the final stage of separation. 🔹 Many will read this as bearish. To me, it is exactly the opposite. It is the umbilical cord being cut in front of everyone. 🔹 Because no truly neutral infrastructure can depend forever on a European foundation. Not Africa, not ASEAN, not America, and not any major global trade corridor will fully trust a public DLT if they perceive that one legal entity still holds too much power over it. That is the key. For IOTA to become bigger, the IF has to become smaller. For IOTA to become more neutral, the IF has to stop being the center. For IOTA to become global infrastructure, it has to stop looking like a network protected by its mother and start behaving like a network that belongs to the world. 🌍 During this phase, some validator nodes supported by IF-delegated tokens will disappear. And although some people will misread this, it is part of the natural process. Those nodes were scaffolding. They helped raise the initial structure, gave stability to the launch, and allowed the network to start walking. But the scaffolding is not the building. When the building is ready, the scaffolding comes down. First, only a few independent validators will enter. Then more. Then competition. And eventually, a real economic fight for validator positions inside a network that no longer depends on its mother’s initial protection. That is decentralization entering adulthood. 💎 The IOTA Foundation also has to become independent from IOTA. Its natural path should no longer be to act as the permanent treasury of the network, but to build real products on top of it. That is where TWIN comes in. TWIN can become the major enterprise, institutional and commercial layer built on IOTA. A SaaS layer for global trade, traceability, digital identity, compliance, digital product passports, logistics, customs, exporters, governments and supply chains. 🧬 The IF would then stop being the mother feeding the child and become something much healthier and much more powerful. 🔥 A customer of IOTA. 🔥 A builder on IOTA. 🔥 An operator using neutral infrastructure to deliver real products to the market. 🔥 That is the right model. Bitcoin does not need a foundation to feed it. It does not need a CEO. It does not need a treasury to keep it emotionally alive. Bitcoin simply exists and offers what it is. Scarcity, settlement, monetary resistance and neutrality. IOTA has to do the same in its own territory. Not only as money, but as digital trust infrastructure for trade, data, identity, real-world assets, machines, institutions and entire economies. 🔹 In 2027 or 2028, TWIN could spin out as an autonomous SaaS business, with recurring revenue, institutional clients and the ability to attract real capital rounds. 🔹 Not crypto grants. Not community funding. Real institutional capital. 🔹 If it proves traction, adoption and revenue, we could be talking about Series A or Series B rounds, each in the tens of millions of dollars. And major investors are already keeping one eye on this coming opportunity.👀👀👀👀👀💰💰💰💰💰 Meanwhile, IOTA would become freer and freer. 💎 Free from dependence on its foundation. 💎 Free from a central treasury. 💎 Free from institutions. 💎 Free from founders. 💎 Free from non-decentralized decisions. 💎 Free even from the need for someone to “save” it. A public network does not reach maturity when its mother protects it better, but when it no longer needs protection. That is why this moment is not bearish. It is brutally bullish. The child is ready to leave home. And when a decentralized network leaves home, it stops being a project and starts becoming infrastructure. Bitcoin needed one paper to decentralize money. IOTA has needed a decade to decentralize real-world trust. And maybe the market will take time to understand it, but the most bullish moment in IOTA’s history may be exactly this. Some will see a mother letting go of her child’s hand. Others will see a network finally being born as sovereign, neutral and free infrastructure. To the untrained eye, the truth may look bearish. To the wise, it will look exactly the opposite. Bullish in its purest form. 💎 Born to be decentralize! #IOTA #IF #Move #TWIN #ASEAN #AfCFTA

IOTA is being born. 🐣 For almost a decade, the IOTA Foundation has been the mother of IOTA. It carried it, protected it, fed it, corrected it, rebuilt it when necessary, and kept it alive long enough to turn a technological intuition into real infrastructure. But no decentralized network is meant to live forever under its mother’s protection. A foundation is not the final form of a public DLT. It is the womb. The incubator. The structure that allows something immature to survive until it is ready to breathe on its own. And that moment is now approaching. With IOTA Rebased, Move at the base layer, staking, validators, real programmability, and now Starfish live on Mainnet through Protocol Version 24, IOTA is no longer a promise guarded by its mother. It is becoming an adult network. Not just a project. Not just a vision. Not just an architecture waiting for its moment. It is public infrastructure for the real world. 🌍 🔹 The IOTA Foundation is now entering its great year of delivery. One year, maybe a year and a half, in which it will have to consume part of its tokens, not as a sign of weakness, but as the final stage of separation. 🔹 Many will read this as bearish. To me, it is exactly the opposite. It is the umbilical cord being cut in front of everyone. 🔹 Because no truly neutral infrastructure can depend forever on a European foundation. Not Africa, not ASEAN, not America, and not any major global trade corridor will fully trust a public DLT if they perceive that one legal entity still holds too much power over it. That is the key. For IOTA to become bigger, the IF has to become smaller. For IOTA to become more neutral, the IF has to stop being the center. For IOTA to become global infrastructure, it has to stop looking like a network protected by its mother and start behaving like a network that belongs to the world. 🌍 During this phase, some validator nodes supported by IF-delegated tokens will disappear. And although some people will misread this, it is part of the natural process. Those nodes were scaffolding. They helped raise the initial structure, gave stability to the launch, and allowed the network to start walking. But the scaffolding is not the building. When the building is ready, the scaffolding comes down. First, only a few independent validators will enter. Then more. Then competition. And eventually, a real economic fight for validator positions inside a network that no longer depends on its mother’s initial protection. That is decentralization entering adulthood. 💎 The IOTA Foundation also has to become independent from IOTA. Its natural path should no longer be to act as the permanent treasury of the network, but to build real products on top of it. That is where TWIN comes in. TWIN can become the major enterprise, institutional and commercial layer built on IOTA. A SaaS layer for global trade, traceability, digital identity, compliance, digital product passports, logistics, customs, exporters, governments and supply chains. 🧬 The IF would then stop being the mother feeding the child and become something much healthier and much more powerful. 🔥 A customer of IOTA. 🔥 A builder on IOTA. 🔥 An operator using neutral infrastructure to deliver real products to the market. 🔥 That is the right model. Bitcoin does not need a foundation to feed it. It does not need a CEO. It does not need a treasury to keep it emotionally alive. Bitcoin simply exists and offers what it is. Scarcity, settlement, monetary resistance and neutrality. IOTA has to do the same in its own territory. Not only as money, but as digital trust infrastructure for trade, data, identity, real-world assets, machines, institutions and entire economies. 🔹 In 2027 or 2028, TWIN could spin out as an autonomous SaaS business, with recurring revenue, institutional clients and the ability to attract real capital rounds. 🔹 Not crypto grants. Not community funding. Real institutional capital. 🔹 If it proves traction, adoption and revenue, we could be talking about Series A or Series B rounds, each in the tens of millions of dollars. And major investors are already keeping one eye on this coming opportunity.👀👀👀👀👀💰💰💰💰💰 Meanwhile, IOTA would become freer and freer. 💎 Free from dependence on its foundation. 💎 Free from a central treasury. 💎 Free from institutions. 💎 Free from founders. 💎 Free from non-decentralized decisions. 💎 Free even from the need for someone to “save” it. A public network does not reach maturity when its mother protects it better, but when it no longer needs protection. That is why this moment is not bearish. It is brutally bullish. The child is ready to leave home. And when a decentralized network leaves home, it stops being a project and starts becoming infrastructure. Bitcoin needed one paper to decentralize money. IOTA has needed a decade to decentralize real-world trust. And maybe the market will take time to understand it, but the most bullish moment in IOTA’s history may be exactly this. Some will see a mother letting go of her child’s hand. Others will see a network finally being born as sovereign, neutral and free infrastructure. To the untrained eye, the truth may look bearish. To the wise, it will look exactly the opposite. Bullish in its purest form. 💎 Born to be decentralize! #IOTA #IF #Move #TWIN #ASEAN #AfCFTA

Salima

20,645 views • 5 months ago

$While the U.S. debates tokenization, South Korea is already building the rails to put TradFi onchain "South Korean government seeks infrastructure to tokenize traditional securities beyond fractional investments. So they had legislation that passed before that's recognizing blockchain-based securities, which takes effects on February 4th, 2027." "The first phase will include private money market funds, private corporate bonds, unlisted shares, and fractional investments. Phase two will expand the system to publicly offered securities, like a Robin Hood situation. Phase three would create onchain settlement using stable coins and other digital payment assets." "This is not South Korea creating a small crypto sandbox, they're designing a path for conventional capital markets, all of it, issuance, trading, settlement, and investor rights to operate onchain."$

While the U.S. debates tokenization, South Korea is already building the rails to put TradFi onchain "South Korean government seeks infrastructure to tokenize traditional securities beyond fractional investments. So they had legislation that passed before that's recognizing blockchain-based securities, which takes effects on February 4th, 2027." "The first phase will include private money market funds, private corporate bonds, unlisted shares, and fractional investments. Phase two will expand the system to publicly offered securities, like a Robin Hood situation. Phase three would create onchain settlement using stable coins and other digital payment assets." "This is not South Korea creating a small crypto sandbox, they're designing a path for conventional capital markets, all of it, issuance, trading, settlement, and investor rights to operate onchain."

The Wolf Of All Streets

25,911 views • 1 month ago

My conversation with Rob Hadick ＞|＜. As General Partner at Dragonfly, Rob has one of the clearest views on how blockchain is evolving from speculative crypto into the actual infrastructure of global capital markets. In this episode we dig into why finance, payments, asset issuance, and markets are the only parts of crypto that are truly scaling and how the industry is quietly becoming TradFi’s onchain upgrade. We spend a lot of time mapping traditional capital markets primitives directly onto blockchain rails and examining where value is actually going to accrue as tokenization, stablecoins, and onchain trading mature. At the center of the conversation is the belief that blockchain is no longer building a parallel financial system it is becoming the settlement, issuance, and trading layer for the existing one, while crypto itself settles into a more mature “capital markets +” phase focused on real assets, institutional flows, and sustainable business models. We discuss: - The current state of crypto as capital markets infrastructure and the decline of pure speculative narratives - Why finance, payments, and tokenization are winning while most other crypto applications struggle - The architectural parallel between traditional capital markets and on-chain systems - Tokenized assets = Securities - Stablecoins = Cash / settlement - DEXs & on-chain venues = Exchanges - Prediction markets = Information markets - Why institutions are moving on-chain and what they actually want (control, privacy, segregated markets) - Token vs equity: where value accrues in a non-Clarity Act world - The mass extinction event in crypto VC and why Dragonfly is doubling down on financial infrastructure - Stablecoins, RWAs, and the real path to “tokenization of everything” - Prediction markets (and why Polymarket matters) as the next interface layer - Sustainable business models and where value will ultimately capture Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction & State of Crypto as Capital Markets 2:00 – Why Speculative Narratives Are Fading 7:00 – Finance, Payments & Tokenization as the Only Scaling Verticals 12:00 – Institutional Adoption & What Wall Street Actually Wants 18:00 – Token vs Equity Value Accrual 25:00 – Blockchain as the New Settlement & Issuance Layer 35:00 – Prediction Markets, Information & the Next Interface 45:00 – Crypto VC Consolidation & Dragonfly’s Thesis 55:00 – Real-World Assets, Stablecoins & On-Chain Markets 1:05:00 – Closing Thoughts: Where Value Accrues Next Enjoy!

My conversation with Rob Hadick ＞|＜. As General Partner at Dragonfly, Rob has one of the clearest views on how blockchain is evolving from speculative crypto into the actual infrastructure of global capital markets. In this episode we dig into why finance, payments, asset issuance, and markets are the only parts of crypto that are truly scaling and how the industry is quietly becoming TradFi’s onchain upgrade. We spend a lot of time mapping traditional capital markets primitives directly onto blockchain rails and examining where value is actually going to accrue as tokenization, stablecoins, and onchain trading mature. At the center of the conversation is the belief that blockchain is no longer building a parallel financial system it is becoming the settlement, issuance, and trading layer for the existing one, while crypto itself settles into a more mature “capital markets +” phase focused on real assets, institutional flows, and sustainable business models. We discuss: - The current state of crypto as capital markets infrastructure and the decline of pure speculative narratives - Why finance, payments, and tokenization are winning while most other crypto applications struggle - The architectural parallel between traditional capital markets and on-chain systems - Tokenized assets = Securities - Stablecoins = Cash / settlement - DEXs & on-chain venues = Exchanges - Prediction markets = Information markets - Why institutions are moving on-chain and what they actually want (control, privacy, segregated markets) - Token vs equity: where value accrues in a non-Clarity Act world - The mass extinction event in crypto VC and why Dragonfly is doubling down on financial infrastructure - Stablecoins, RWAs, and the real path to “tokenization of everything” - Prediction markets (and why Polymarket matters) as the next interface layer - Sustainable business models and where value will ultimately capture Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction & State of Crypto as Capital Markets 2:00 – Why Speculative Narratives Are Fading 7:00 – Finance, Payments & Tokenization as the Only Scaling Verticals 12:00 – Institutional Adoption & What Wall Street Actually Wants 18:00 – Token vs Equity Value Accrual 25:00 – Blockchain as the New Settlement & Issuance Layer 35:00 – Prediction Markets, Information & the Next Interface 45:00 – Crypto VC Consolidation & Dragonfly’s Thesis 55:00 – Real-World Assets, Stablecoins & On-Chain Markets 1:05:00 – Closing Thoughts: Where Value Accrues Next Enjoy!

Logan Jastremski

50,206 views • 1 month ago

Nobody is talking about what just happened in Frankfurt. Ondo, Clearstream, and Deutsche Börse Group just announced a partnership that changes the entire $ONDO thesis. Clearstream is not a startup. It is the post-trade infrastructure that European institutional capital actually runs on. 20 trillion euros in assets under custody. The settlement and custody backbone of the largest financial markets in the world. Here is what was just announced. Phase one: now live on 360X (Deutsche Börse Group’s regulated digital asset trading venue) Ondo tokenised stocks and ETFs are now live on 360X. AAPLon, NVDAon, TSLAon, MSFTon, GOOGLon, METAon, SPYon, QQQon. The largest tokenised securities bulk listing on 360X to date. That is phase one. Phase two: what changes everything Ondo tokenised assets will be integrated into Clearstream's custody, settlement, and collateral infrastructure. Institutions across Europe will be able to hold tokenised Apple stock in the same custody system where they hold their traditional securities. Same workflow. Same settlement rails. Same infrastructure they have used for decades. But onchain. Clearstream will also make assets it holds in custody available to Ondo in tokenised form for distribution to Ondo's global client network outside the US. That is a two-way bridge. Ondo brings assets onchain. Clearstream distributes them through institutional infrastructure. The wall between crypto rails and traditional finance just came down in both directions simultaneously. This follows Ondo's recent regulatory approval to offer tokenised stocks and ETFs across 30 European countries. 500 million investors now have regulated onchain access to US markets. Most people are still thinking about $ONDO as a crypto token. The institutions just started thinking about it as post-trade infrastructure. Those are two completely different categories of bets. The crowns were never up for debate. Most people just found out too late.

Nobody is talking about what just happened in Frankfurt. Ondo, Clearstream, and Deutsche Börse Group just announced a partnership that changes the entire $ONDO thesis. Clearstream is not a startup. It is the post-trade infrastructure that European institutional capital actually runs on. 20 trillion euros in assets under custody. The settlement and custody backbone of the largest financial markets in the world. Here is what was just announced. Phase one: now live on 360X (Deutsche Börse Group’s regulated digital asset trading venue) Ondo tokenised stocks and ETFs are now live on 360X. AAPLon, NVDAon, TSLAon, MSFTon, GOOGLon, METAon, SPYon, QQQon. The largest tokenised securities bulk listing on 360X to date. That is phase one. Phase two: what changes everything Ondo tokenised assets will be integrated into Clearstream's custody, settlement, and collateral infrastructure. Institutions across Europe will be able to hold tokenised Apple stock in the same custody system where they hold their traditional securities. Same workflow. Same settlement rails. Same infrastructure they have used for decades. But onchain. Clearstream will also make assets it holds in custody available to Ondo in tokenised form for distribution to Ondo's global client network outside the US. That is a two-way bridge. Ondo brings assets onchain. Clearstream distributes them through institutional infrastructure. The wall between crypto rails and traditional finance just came down in both directions simultaneously. This follows Ondo's recent regulatory approval to offer tokenised stocks and ETFs across 30 European countries. 500 million investors now have regulated onchain access to US markets. Most people are still thinking about $ONDO as a crypto token. The institutions just started thinking about it as post-trade infrastructure. Those are two completely different categories of bets. The crowns were never up for debate. Most people just found out too late.

2xnmore

22,977 views • 5 months ago