A fleet of 2,026 drones illuminated the skies above Victoria Harbour in south China's Hong Kong on Wednesday night, creating spectacular formations of rockets, astronauts and other themed images to celebrate the 29th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

⚓️ Ethra Ship Notes｜Vol.026 Today, I think the RWA conversation has quietly shifted. For the past two years, stablecoins have dominated the discussion. And for good reason. They're the most successful real-world application blockchain has produced so far. But stablecoins solve one problem. They move money. Tokenization is trying to solve a much bigger one. It moves ownership. That's why Matt Hougan recently argued that tokenization could ultimately become a larger market than stablecoins. I tend to agree—but with one important caveat. Issuing a token is easy. Operating a real-world asset isn't. Once an asset comes onchain, the real work begins. Who maintains it? Who reports its performance? Who verifies that everything happening offchain actually happened? Without those answers, tokenization is simply digital packaging. With them, it becomes infrastructure. Perhaps the next stage of RWA won't be defined by how many assets are tokenized. It will be defined by how well those assets continue to function after they're onchain. That's a much harder problem. And probably a much bigger opportunity. @EthraShip #EthraShip# #EthraShipProtocol#

🌲 Investing in Canopy Notes No.026 One idea has been changing the way I think about blockchain ecosystems. What if launching a chain wasn't the finish line? What if it was simply the beginning? Traditionally, blockchains feel binary. Either a network launches... or it doesn't. Success often depends on raising enough capital, attracting enough attention, and convincing enough people before the product has even had time to prove itself. That has always felt backwards to me. The best products rarely begin fully formed. They begin as small experiments. They attract a handful of believers. They improve through feedback. Only then do they become something much larger. That's how startups grow. That's how open-source software evolves. Why shouldn't blockchain infrastructure follow the same path? Recently, I came across Canopy Network's idea of letting chains start small and gradually become fully sovereign once they reach a defined CNPY threshold. What caught my attention wasn't the mechanism itself. It was the philosophy behind it. Instead of asking builders to prove everything on day one, the network allows them to earn independence over time. Growth becomes something that's demonstrated, not assumed. Perhaps sovereignty shouldn't be granted simply because a chain exists. Perhaps it should be earned because a community has decided it's worth supporting. That feels surprisingly close to how the internet evolved. Communities came first. Infrastructure followed. Maybe blockchain is beginning to rediscover that order. @CNPYNetwork #CNPYNetwork# #Canopy#

⚓️ Ethra Ship Notes｜Vol.026 Today, I think the RWA conversation has quietly shifted. For the past two years, stablecoins have dominated the discussion. And for good reason. They're the most successful real-world application blockchain has produced so far. But stablecoins solve one problem. They move money. Tokenization is trying to solve a much bigger one. It moves ownership. That's why Matt Hougan recently argued that tokenization could ultimately become a larger market than stablecoins. I tend to agree—but with one important caveat. Issuing a token is easy. Operating a real-world asset isn't. Once an asset comes onchain, the real work begins. Who maintains it? Who reports its performance? Who verifies that everything happening offchain actually happened? Without those answers, tokenization is simply digital packaging. With them, it becomes infrastructure. Perhaps the next stage of RWA won't be defined by how many assets are tokenized. It will be defined by how well those assets continue to function after they're onchain. That's a much harder problem. And probably a much bigger opportunity. @EthraShip #EthraShip# #EthraShipProtocol#

🌲 Investing in Canopy Notes No.026 One idea has been changing the way I think about blockchain ecosystems. What if launching a chain wasn't the finish line? What if it was simply the beginning? Traditionally, blockchains feel binary. Either a network launches... or it doesn't. Success often depends on raising enough capital, attracting enough attention, and convincing enough people before the product has even had time to prove itself. That has always felt backwards to me. The best products rarely begin fully formed. They begin as small experiments. They attract a handful of believers. They improve through feedback. Only then do they become something much larger. That's how startups grow. That's how open-source software evolves. Why shouldn't blockchain infrastructure follow the same path? Recently, I came across Canopy Network's idea of letting chains start small and gradually become fully sovereign once they reach a defined CNPY threshold. What caught my attention wasn't the mechanism itself. It was the philosophy behind it. Instead of asking builders to prove everything on day one, the network allows them to earn independence over time. Growth becomes something that's demonstrated, not assumed. Perhaps sovereignty shouldn't be granted simply because a chain exists. Perhaps it should be earned because a community has decided it's worth supporting. That feels surprisingly close to how the internet evolved. Communities came first. Infrastructure followed. Maybe blockchain is beginning to rediscover that order. @CNPYNetwork #CNPYNetwork# #Canopy#

It seems that Tom Lee(@fundstrat)'s #Bitmine# just bought another 89,026 $ETH($197.64M). 4 newly created wallets likely linked to #Bitmine# just received 89,026 $ETH($197.64M) from #Kraken# and #FalconX#.

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Electronic Arts reported a record fiscal year 2026 -Net bookings reached a new record of $8.026 billion, up 9% from last year. -Net revenue was $7.531 billion, up 1%. -Cash from operations rose 23% to $2.553 billion. What drove the record: >Battlefield 6 ( had the best full year in franchise history and was the top-selling shooter of 2025. >The EA Sports FC portfolio grew by a few percent in net bookings >Apex Legends had its best Q4 net bookings of the year and more than 10% growth for the full year. EA CEO: “Driven by our talented teams and disciplined execution, we delivered a record FY26, highlighted by the incredibly successful launch of our iconic Battlefield franchise.” Q4 net revenue grew 12% to $2.12 billion, with net bookings at $1.864 billion. Net income was $887 million.