Register and share your invite link to earn from video plays and referrals.

BRIX
@brix_money
Tokenized emerging markets yield. Trade the Macro.
15 Following    5.6K Followers
The market for tokenized non-US government debt is growing. What does this mean? 1. Macro investors want exposure to local currencies, not just US dollars. Until recently, the only way to do this was going through local rails. Tokenization makes macro trades accessible by bringing assets onchain. Some of the most prominent examples to date include: - Euro money market funds - Hong Kong Dollar money market funds - Chinese RMB money market funds - Mexican government bonds - Brazilian government debt - Turkish money market funds (hello 👋) 2. The holder market is still in its infancy. According to @RWA_xyz, there are currently ~9.9k holders of onchain non-US government debt. And yet, the amount of distributed value averages out to $1.4B since August 2023. Currently, profits sit within a concentrated number of holders. 3. Investing in global government debt has historically been a TradFi opportunity, not a DeFi one. In DeFi, investors traded assets for DeFi-native yield. We're at a juncture now where: - DeFi traders are mapping macro opportunities. For them, it's a new source of yield. Of course, this yield has unique risks because it is real, global risk, but that is precisely also its appeal. - TradFi investors are being onboarded into tokenization and doing their due diligence on the process involved. For them, this is a faster way to access trades they are already involved in at the macro level.
Show more
We'll show you our weekly yield if you show us yours.
Stupidly easy access to assets. From everywhere. For everyone.
You told us you wanted a more convenient way to access wiTRY and we heard you. Starting today you can swap between wiTRY and any token live on MegaETH, directly in the Brix dApp.
Show more
Surprise: Brix dApp now live in Beta. Access Institutional-grade Turkish Money Market Fund yields right from the dApp.
Non-USD stablecoins in emerging markets have a unique value proposition, and it all has to do with yield. Great write-up on the state of the market by @bonnazhu
突发奇想: 短期内链上 FX 能不能起来,并不取决于链下货币规模本身有多大(欧元够大了,但稳定币始终不温不火),而是取决于这个货币和美元之间有没有足够大的利差。利差大到值得承受 FX 风险,才有 Carry Trade 的诉求,才有资产上链的理由从而反过来拉动链上 FX 设施的发展。 因此从这个角度看, 像 @brix_money 这样,一开始就从新兴市场的高息上链切入,反向带动其稳定币发行,反倒可能比吭哧吭哧辛苦做欧元、日元这类稳定币场景更有戏。包括 @tori_finance 的创始人之前在 @delphi_labs 的采访里也提到了第一个收益产品会是新兴市场货币 Carry Trade。 虽然这一类策略在传统市场当中相比较于日元/美元的Carry Trade 算是小巫见大巫,但对于整个链上来说,几百亿美元,也足以支撑起一个新资产类别和赛道了。 过去没人做,原因在我看来也是链上的分发体系还不成熟,外加美元敞口的需求本身也没有完全探索完毕: - 离岸交易 - DeFi 交互 - 跨境支付 - Agent 支付 这几个重要的需求场景前后跨度近10年, 1)稳定币最早的用例是离岸交易所。17 年94之后,国内法币交易关停,出海转型,市场急需一个替代品来做交易对,正好被泰达赶上了。后续 USDT 的规模,几乎就是币币交易带起来的,而远在美国、欧洲的合规交易所,则因有法币交易对,故不需要稳定币。对的,需求就是来自于出海的交易所和大批的中国用户。 2)之后 DeFi 大幅发展,链上生态爆发,稳定币成了参与各种借贷、AMM、流动性挖矿的主要媒介,已经成规模的美元稳定币如 USDT 和 USDC 自然成为了承接这波流量和需求的赢家,以至于所有的链上基础设施和 DeFi 栈也都是围绕美元建的,几乎看不到其他外汇的影子。 3)再后来,稳定币在贸易和跨境支付中的使用频率越来越高。由于美元是全球储备货币,大部分国际贸易用美元结算,因而承接这部分场景和需求的,仍旧是美元稳定币 USDT 和 USDC。而对于需要用本地货币结算的跨境汇款,即便是用到了区块链,其实也只是法币进来过一道 U,链上转一笔,到了对面再 OTC 成本地货币,整个过程并不需要本地货币上链。 4)现在,当我们开始憧憬 Agent 链上支付,但由于大部分产品和 API 都是美元定价,大多走的也还是美元稳定币,不干其他货币什么事。 虽然场景上,未来大头仍旧是美元稳定币为主,但因为链上分发体系的成熟,想在链上起一个新的 FX 资产,尤其是跟收益相关的,难度上来说,已经要比几年前容易的多。关键还是找到“对”的资产。 在这种背景下,欧元等非美元稳定币规模始终没起来,除了确实是没有特别明确的非你不可的持有需求外,和欧元利率和美元利率本身很接近也有不小关系。这使得欧元计价的 DeFi 类产品几乎就是多此一举,完全不如美债。 但对于新兴市场,如土耳其、巴西、埃及等就不一样了,虽然他们的货币贬值预期强烈,但经不住他们利率也高,利率扣除货币贬值预期后(可对冲),美元本位的收益依旧可以达到可观的两位数,可替代性没那么强。 甚至,你无论是拿去做抵押借出更多美元做 Looping 放大利差收益,还是拿去 Pendle 拆 PT/YT 锁定固定收益或投机浮动收益,或者通过分级把一个土耳其里拉计价的 40% 产品切成一个美元计价的 8-10% 稳定产品,和一个能承担汇率波动但大大放大收益的劣后端杠杆产品,它的可能性都远远超过了单纯在链下做 Carry Trade。 只是目前还不知道,处理汇率风险相关的设施,会在需求端假如真起来后,多久跟上,例如新兴市场 FX 的 Perp 交易对,或者一些期权交易对。 毕竟大部分人,资产还是以美元计价的。
Show more
financial advisors : " it's important to counter-balance the risk in your portfolio " me : " actually 97% of my portfolio is emerging market stocks whose performance is entirely conditional on the US and Iran moving closer to a peace deal in the next 12 hours "
Show more
Oh hi there.
App Wave 3 is now live on Terminal Five new apps have been added to the roster. App intros in the thread below:
Catch @degentellect on @therollupco breaking down onchain forex at Brix. ⬇️
Ataberk Casur explains how Brix Money is bringing non-USD stablecoin and forex carry-trade onchain.