Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections

The Story: Esteemed science journal Nature published a paper all about the coming wave of decentralized social media, or DeSo, and the implications of “tokenizing” user engagements. Authors ​​Meysam Alizadeh, Emma Hoes and Fabrizio Gilardi argue that social media companies like Streemit, Reddit and Twitter are announcing plans to help users monetize their activity,  which […]

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A Weekly Digest of Everything in Real-World Assets

It could be a smart business play for Republic, which noted how blockchains can increase access and opportunities to invest in assets that are usually off limits to most people. “For millions of global retail investors, investing in private assets like startups, real estate, and fine art is opaque, highly illiquid, and mostly inaccessible,” Andrew […]

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Crypto Lender Maple Finance Opens Cash Management Pool for U.S Investors

Demand for blockchain-based T-bill offerings has been steadily rising as the yield on U.S. government debt, widely considered as risk-free, surpassed yields in decentralized finance (DeFi). Digital asset firms, crypto investment funds and protocol treasuries often hold substantial amount of cash in stablecoins. Tokenized Treasuries offer them a shield from inflation and a way to […]

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Compound Founder Forms ‘Superstate’ to Issue Bond Fund With Ethereum for Record-Keeping

“The adviser believes that a blockchain-integrated recordkeeping system may provide operational efficiencies and enhance shareholder experience without negatively impacting the quality of the services provided by the fund’s transfer agent,” according to the filing. “In the future, the fund’s shares may also be available for purchase, sale, or transfer from one shareholder to another shareholder […]

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DeFi Platform Num Finance Raises $1.5M, Will Expand Stablecoins in Latin America, Middle East

Stablecoins anchor their price to an external asset, usually to a government-issued fiat currency, and allow cheaper and faster transactions using blockchain technology. Despite its growing adoption in developing countries, U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoins dominate the market, representing roughly 99% of the combined supply, according to CoinGecko data.

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Tokenized Treasury Bond Market Cap Nears $500M as Crypto Investors Chase TradFi Yield

The fact that established players are also coming into the space, merging blockchain technology with traditional finance, also fuels growth, according to Doug Schwenk, chief executive officer of Digital Asset Research, a research and crypto data provider for institutional clients.

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Tokenization of Real World Assets ‘Changes How Value Is Transferred’

Just like how big corporations were initially uncomfortable with cloud computing, but it’s now normalized for institutions as cautious as the Central Intelligence Agency, real-world assets will be eventually tokenized on private blockchains, then permissioned chains, and finally public chains, said Securitize’s CEO Carlos Domingo on stage.

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