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A core benefit to tokenising a private markets fund isn't just the distribution. It's collateral. Custody, ownership and charges against the asset are visible onchain, so a prime broker can lend against it. The paper version never worked that way. @ShreyRastogi1 with @laurashin on the layers behind the recent Mubadala Capital launch.

$PONS is next cycles ethereum:0x44ff8620b8ca30902395a7bd3f2407e1a091bf73 Virtuals launched in 2024 on Base and was a launchpad based around tokenising AI agents. In the space of 80 days, ethereum:0x44ff8620b8ca30902395a7bd3f2407e1a091bf73 went from 0 to $5B FDV. Early revenue numbers for Virtuals match $PONS very closely. Both saw early traction and had 300/400K days before a period of consolidation where people doubting whether this was something sustainable. After a few weeks of consolidation Virtual saw a significant increase in volume (similar to what we are starting to see with RH chain). What followed was a two month period of incredible volume where ethereum:0x44ff8620b8ca30902395a7bd3f2407e1a091bf73 had $1M+ revenue days and topped at $5B MC. While I think the timeframe for $PONS to hit $1B will be longer and the multiple of revenue will be lower (Virtual traded at P/S of 15) the pattern is clear.... If RH chain adoption continues, there is no doubt $PONS will have $1M+ revenue days. Now lets say launchpads trade at a 10x multiple of revenue during peak bull ($PUMP currently at P/S of 6 which is also incredibly low imo). This would put $PONS at $3B FDV. A 30x from current valuation. The path for $PONS is obvious. All you need is a bit of patience.

☕️thought: We spent years trying to make crypto usable for humans. Then AI agents came along and didn’t seem too bothered by wallets, keys, or blockchains. Now everyone is talking about tokenising assets. The more interesting shift might be that software can own those assets too. Humans and agents, on the same rails. Maybe the killer UX was never really for us. and yeah… the social layer is about to get weird👀

Deepening our push into capital markets, we are investing in ZILO and Licuido to add regulated transfer agency, issuance and collateral mobility to our capital markets infrastructure built on the XRPL. This comes on the heels of Aviva Investors tokenising its US Dollar Liquidity Fund on the XRPL last week - a clear signal that institutions are ready to move. Ripple is here to help them.

Investors are not betting on tokens as much anymore, and we have been thinking why. There are three kinds of assets that have accrued value in the past 18 months. 1. Assets that commit revenue to buybacks. Hyperliquid is an instance of this. 2. Assets that commit to governance through tokens requiring institutional partners to purchase the token to own a stake in the network. Morpho is an instance of this. 3. Ones that do not issue tokens but issue equity directly to private investors. Deribit, Privy, Rain fall in this camp. The market has wised up and is no longer willing to pay ridiculous multiples for low-revenue tokens without a great future. Pre AI crypto was the hot asset class. In 2026, AI takes that crown. So where does value go? Tokenisation is the trend that has been winning. Stablecoins were the first attempt at it. On-chain stocks are the second iteration. Blockchains will become the infrastructure layer where the world’s assets will be traded and settled. These assets will not be issued by foundations and labs with funny piecharts for token distributions, but more often than not by large institutions. The assets represented would be on-chain equivalents of traditional assets alongside native ones. 1. Ondo has 438 assets represented on chain. 2. Blackrock’s BUIDL has $2.3B represented on-chain. 3. Similarly, Centrifuge has scaled to $1.62B in TVL by focusing on treasury funds ($870M ) and a AAA corporate fund ($686M). None of these are what would be considered “tokens” in the conventional realm of digital assets. But in 2026, they are all digital asset representations of where the industry is headed. If you are into issuing tokens, pivot to capturing value from tokenisation. The reason for this secular trend is fairly simple. In 2022, there was the hope that radical decentralisation and DAO-native models that are run by token holders will upend traditional firms. And tokens represented a meaningful premium. In 2025, that premium turned into a discount as most asset Users see the value in tokenised representations of real world assets due to improvements in accessibility and cost. They do not value the 50th dex on the 18th L2 Tokenisation is the easiest mechanism to export the best assets from mature markets like the US and Korea to the world. It gives a mechanism for financial primitives to communicate with the marvel that globalisation itself was. The rails on which these assets move, settle and are stored will be valuable. We think, for investors and founders, this really just means four things 1. Crypto has reached a level of maturity where moats and network effects matter. The players that have emerged and dominated in the last 24 months were capital-intensive, walled IP ecosystems that spoke to finance at scale. Both Ethena and Hyperliquid had moats of capital and networks that can’t be rivaled. 2. Value accrual will increasingly be in the equity side of the equation. If you are trying to raise, seeing where tokenisation unlocks new markets or business models may be far easier an answer to find than to compete with being the 50th iteration of a Hyperliquid trading interface 3. Geo-specific markets are not as mature as the ones in the US. Tokenisation unlocks fintech primitives that were not possible earlier in emerging markets. Cracking distribution, UX and business models can lead to economies of scale in these new markets 4. Lastly - question what can be tokenised and why?. USDAI tokenised the debt markets around GPUs. There are players tokenising energy markets. A good place to start is to revisit the graveyard of dead startups in 2017 and explore what could come on-chain today due to changes in regulation and infrastructure not just beacuse it can but because there is demand. Blockchains are capital rails, but the new winners among startups will be ones that redefine what forms of capital can be pushed in these rails Where tokens allow anyone to be an asset issuer, tokenisation focuses on bringing productive assets to the masses. It creates a pathway to retain the benefits of DeFi - be it composability, 24/7 markets or global access, without the risks of buying into a random token. As consumers look towards better alternatives to hedge their own savings and diversify asset classes, tokenisation will become the common trend. For founders and investors, the fork in the road ahead asks a simple question: do you bet on a private, equity-native vehicle or do you bootstrap a network from scratch with a token? Right now, we are leaning away from tokens and towards equity.

SOLD Maestro​.trade for $19,988 USD Congrats to the buyer! .TRADE is a top-level domain that surged in popularity in 2025. Now, in 2026, it is a well-established TLD that has expanded into the prediction markets industry – where it feels like a perfect fit and a much stronger branding choice than .MARKETS. .TRADE domains are now being used worldwide across categories such as crypto and DeFi, the aforementioned prediction markets, physical trade, logistics and commodities, brokerages, CFDs and TradFi trading, B2B wholesale and marketplaces, trade finance and compliance, gaming marketplaces, analytics and intelligence, and local and consumer businesses. Here are several companies and projects building their brands on .TRADE: Crypto & DeFi ● Liquid​.trade: Multi-market trading platform for finding opportunities, sizing positions, and executing leveraged trades across web and mobile. ● Drift​.trade: Decentralized on-chain trading platform on Solana for perpetual futures, spot trading, prediction markets, and yield products. ● Axiom​.trade: DeFi trading platform for on-chain crypto markets, offering tools to trade memecoins, perpetuals, and yield products. ● RollX​.trade: Base-native decentralized exchange for spot and perpetual crypto trading, combining self-custody with CEX-like execution and leveraged markets. ● Fly​.trade: Cross-chain DeFi liquidity aggregation protocol that lets users swap crypto assets across multiple blockchains without manually using bridges or DEXs. ● Legend​.trade: Social crypto trading platform where users discover top traders, track live positions, and copytrade directly through the Legend app. ● Catapult​.trade: Crypto token launch and synthetic trading platform where users launch high-volatility tokens, trade provably fair charts, and earn from market volume. ● Phoenix​.trade: Solana-based perpetuals trading platform offering leveraged crypto markets through a decentralized on-chain exchange interface. ● Gains​.trade: Decentralized perpetuals exchange where users trade crypto, forex, stocks, indices, and commodities from their wallet with leveraged on-chain positions. ● Bulk​.trade: High-performance decentralized exchange combining self-custody with CEX-like speed for fast, fair on-chain trading across many markets. ● Vend​.trade: Self-custodial crypto trading platform for buying and selling tokens with simple onboarding, low minimums, and no trading fees. ● Click​.trade: Upcoming crypto trading platform offering Chrome, Telegram, and terminal interfaces for spot and futures trading across web3 markets. ● Paragon​.trade: Crypto trading platform with structured DeFi products and automated strategies for earning yield across on-chain markets. ● Margin​.trade: Upcoming cross-margin trading platform for 24/7 leveraged markets across crypto, commodities, and stocks. ● Private​.trade: Upcoming decentralized trading project positioning itself around privacy-focused market infrastructure. ● Decibel​.trade: Aptos-based decentralized exchange for on-chain perpetuals, bringing fast self-custodial trading and market settlement to DeFi users. ● Ethereal​.trade: Decentralized exchange for spot and perpetuals trading, powered by USDe and built around high-performance on-chain markets. ● Gradient​.trade: Off-market DeFi trading protocol using coordinated order routing and market-maker liquidity to enable price-impact-free token swaps. ● Peanut​.trade: Crypto market-making and TGE services company offering DEX liquidity management, MEV protection, and algorithmic trading strategies. ● Hotstuff​.trade: DeFi Layer 1 for confidential on-chain trading, with perps, spot, and options on one margin account. ● Oku​.trade: DeFi trading platform for swaps, bridges, limit orders, and Uniswap v3 liquidity management across multiple chains. ● Hyena​.trade: USDe-margined perpetuals exchange for trading on-chain markets with capital-efficient collateral, native rewards, and Hyperliquid-powered execution. ● Cro​.trade: Trading app on Cronos offering real-time token swaps, trending token discovery, and portfolio tracking for on-chain users. ● Power​.trade: Crypto options and perpetuals trading platform offering altcoin derivatives markets with mobile and web trading access. ● Fullstack​.trade: Upcoming crypto trading platform positioning itself as an all-in-one front end for on-chain trading. ● Livo​.trade: Ethereum token-launch platform for deploying ERC-20 tokens with bonding-curve pricing, fair launches, instant liquidity, and automatic Uniswap graduation. ● Figment​.trade: AI-powered perpetuals trading platform where users create autonomous trading agents, run strategies, and compete in on-chain trading arenas. Prediction Markets & Event Trading ● Opinion​.trade: Decentralized prediction market platform for creating, trading, and resolving real-world event markets using on-chain infrastructure and AI-assisted oracles. ● Stand​.trade: Prediction market trading platform for discovering strategies, tracking wallets, copy trading, alerts, and automated execution across markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. ● Alphawhale​.trade: Prediction market platform for following top Polymarket traders, tracking whale activity, managing positions, and automating trading strategies. ● Kairos​.trade: Upcoming prediction market platform for trading event-based markets, tracking opportunities, and positioning around future outcomes. ● VDEX​.trade: Zero-knowledge trading platform for crypto, stocks, commodities, FX, and prediction market perps with self-custody and zero gas fees. ● Omen​.trade: Prediction market platform offering funded accounts, market tracking, and trading access across prediction markets, perps, crypto, and equities. ● Alpha​.trade: Upcoming prediction market platform for trading across Kalshi, Polymarket, Manifold, and other markets with AI-powered news and real-time insights. Physical Trade, Logistics & Commodities ● OzaGlobal​.trade: Alaska-based international trade company connecting businesses with Latin American suppliers through sourcing, logistics, customs compliance, and quality control. ● Azurite​.trade: International logistics company transporting metals, raw materials, and oversized cargo through rail, road, ocean, and project freight services. ● Akhdar​.trade: Agribusiness trading company sourcing and supplying grains, oils, and oilmeals across international commodity markets. ● Publiko​.trade: International trade consultancy helping companies with market entry, logistics, incentives, regulatory compliance, and cross-border business development. ● EngineParts​.trade: Slovakia-based exporter of genuine, aftermarket, new, used, and remanufactured engine parts for trucks, buses, agricultural, and earthmoving equipment. Brokerages, CFDs & Traditional Trading ● Upscale​.trade: Web3 prop-trading platform where users complete trading challenges to access simulated funded accounts and keep a share of profits. ● Composer​.trade: Automated trading platform where users build, backtest, and execute algorithmic investment strategies without needing to code. ● Bolt​.trade: Upcoming F&O strategy platform helping traders discover backtested setups with defined entry, target, and stop-loss levels. ● CFI​.trade: Global online broker offering forex, stocks, indices, commodities, ETFs, and CFD trading through multi-asset platforms. ● Hello​.trade: Upcoming trading platform for global access to stocks, commodities, ETFs, crypto, and leveraged perpetuals. ● Versus​.trade: Online CFD broker offering multi-asset trading through MetaTrader 5, including its proprietary Versus Pairs product. ● VaultMarkets​.trade: South African forex broker offering multi-asset trading, account types, education, and MT4/MT5 access for retail traders. ● Arrow​.trade: India-focused ultra-low-latency trading and brokerage platform by iRage Capital for stocks, options, and futures trading. Trade Finance, Capital Markets & Compliance ● Mesh​.trade: Digital capital markets platform for issuing, tokenising, trading, settling, and managing financial assets through blockchain-based market infrastructure. ● Trustnet​.trade: Cargodian compliance platform helping businesses screen partners for KYB, sanctions, UBO, PEP, and supply-chain due-diligence risks. ● 360tf​.trade: Trade finance platform helping businesses and banks manage letters of credit, document checks, working capital, and transaction workflows. Marketplaces, Distribution & Commerce ● Nostra​.trade: European FMCG supplier importing and distributing global-brand coffee, sweets, and beverages through B2B wholesale and export channels. ● Energynat​.trade: European importer and distributor of photovoltaic systems, supplying solar modules, inverters, mounting systems, carports, and related PV equipment. ● Wego​.trade: B2B food and beverage marketplace connecting suppliers, distributors, retailers, and restaurants through online ordering, promotions, and ERP integrations. ● Vilde​.trade: European home and garden brand supplying kitchen, bathroom, storage, decoration, garden, and seasonal products through B2B wholesale channels. ● B2B​.trade: Wholesale marketplace connecting manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and business buyers across FMCG, apparel, electronics, auto goods, and other categories. ● Oland​.trade: Poland-based distributor of household appliances and consumer electronics, supplying B2B partners with branded products and logistics support. ● Maishima​.trade: Osaka outdoor marché complex near Maishima sports and leisure facilities, featuring food, retail, events, and bike rentals. ● Kitayama​.trade: Japanese importer specializing in premium Argentinian wines, offering direct imports, wholesale partnerships, tastings, and online sales. Gaming, NFTs & Digital Asset Marketplaces ● Tensor​.trade: Solana NFT marketplace and trading platform for buying, selling, bidding on, and managing digital collectibles with pro trader tools. ● ArcRaiders​.trade: Community marketplace for ARC Raiders players to list, discover, and safely trade in-game items, blueprints, and offers. ● Bloxy​.trade: Roblox item marketplace for buying and selling in-game items with automated bots, instant delivery, and secure trading workflows. Data, Intelligence & Trade Analytics ● Cloudcraft​.trade: Crypto trading platform offering whale tracking, liquidity maps, AI analysis, and proprietary indicators for active traders. ● Glint​.trade: Prediction market intelligence platform mapping news, social signals, and OSINT data to Polymarket and Kalshi markets in real time. ● Tina​.trade: UN ESCAP trade intelligence platform helping policymakers analyze tariffs, trade agreements, NTMs, and bilateral flows for trade negotiations. That level of popularity allowed us to aim higher with our .TRADE domains and land sales such as Maestro. .TRADE's strong, descriptive appearance, single-syllable pronunciation, and growing collectible appeal make it a solid choice for trading-related brands. Given the strength and staying power of categories such as crypto, prediction markets, and trading in general, we feel confident that .TRADE domains will continue gaining ground. In our estimation, our top .TRADE domains, such as Zero​.trade, Space​.trade, and Neural​.trade, are already worth six figures. Once again, congrats to the buyer on acquiring Maestro.