Full story with @ArmaniFerrante on 24/7 US equities for international investors. What is Backpack? Bona fide security entitlements. Stablecoins. US capital markets. 00:34 What is Backpack? Your neobrokerage. Your money. Your exchange. “Backpack is a globally regulated financial institution for the future of money. And right now, we are in the early innings of this incredible transformation of global finance all around the world.” 01:47 24/7 trading with a bona fide security entitlement 24/7 trading began in crypto. But not all tokenized stocks represent the same asset or come with the same legal rights. “If you take a look at what the tokenized stock issuers are doing today... these properties might be different legal rights. They might be cash settled. And so they might be more akin to something like a CFD rather than an actual security entitlement.” “What we're doing is really for the first time opening up 24/7 trading for a genuine bona fide security entitlement.” “Markets will close on Friday in the US. And over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, people through the Backpack brokerage will continue to trade and they'll get the exact same asset that you would expect from your neighborhood brokerage account.” 03:47 The world building on US capital markets “Jensen Huang from NVIDIA, he loves to say that the world needs to build on the American tech stack. But we don't talk enough about the world building on the US capital market. And that's really the thing that's happening with crypto right now.” 04:07 Stablecoins first. Tokenized equities next. “Maybe from a domestic point of view, a stablecoin is a story about efficiency, a story about upgrading the existing financial system. But when you look internationally, it's a very different story. It's a story about access. It's a story about the entire world wanting access to US dollars, even if they don't have access to local USD banking rails.” Circle and Tether have grown into major holders of US Treasuries. Backpack is bringing that same global access to tokenized US equities on @Solana. “In the exact same way that US dollars have really been exported to the entire world and proliferated through the form factor of a stablecoin, we fully expect tokenization of US equities to have the exact same effect, but for publicly traded companies in the US all around the world.”

🎒 MAD SUMMER is here and it's not just an NFT flex anymore, it's a lifestyle 🔥 Mad Lads x Backpack just dropped their biggest IRL push yet. If you thought PFP culture was just JPEGs, buckle up: 🗺️ New website + Lads Map Full rebuild coming — way more interactive, with a live map to organize meetups. No more guessing where the Lads are. 👟 Monthly 1/1 drops you gotta EARN them Nike Air Force 1s (custom, Lad-themed) first drop: Custom skateboards Custom Switch 2 Apple headsets Resin figures More to come... These aren't giveaways for holding a JPEG and vibing. You put in work, you get the 1/1. 🍻 Sponsored meetups Squad of 5-10 Lads, rock the @MadLads / @Backpack merch, and the team covers the drinks. Show the world what community actually looks like IRL. 🎬 Creator support Top creators get AI subscription coverage + masterclasses. If you're building content around this ecosystem, they want you leveled up. 🎟️ Concert & sports ticket giveaways Because flexing the brand isn't just online anymore. 🎯 The endgame Lads = the core users and biggest advocates of Backpack. They're literally forming user groups to deepen the DEX/exchange loyalty loop Backpack isn't just a platform, it's home base. Oh and apparently there's a Pokémon card tease dropped at the end too 👀 stay tuned. WAO, harder than ever. This is what happens when a community stops being just chart-watchers and turns into an actual movement. Mad Summer isn't a campaign it's a flex on every other community out there.