Why 24/7 Markets Need Tokenized Collateral

🎬 Why 24/7 Markets Need Tokenized Collateral
As markets move closer to 24/7 trading, collateral infrastructure needs to keep up. On this week’s Brand New Rails, GSR Managing Director Andy Baehr explains why tokenized Treasuries and money market funds could help keep collateral productive, enable weekend trading and reduce risk in always-on markets.
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➤ Tokenized Treasuries and money market funds are proposed as solutions to enhance collateral productivity and risk management in the move towards 24/7 trading markets.
➤ The current system's limitations in collateral posting (weekday, limited times per day) create inefficiencies and weekend gap risk, which tokenization can address.
➤ The core benefit lies in enabling collateral to earn yield even when posted, facilitating smoother, lower-risk trading outside traditional hours.

#tokenized treasuries #collateral #24/7 markets #GSR #RealFi #fixed income #money market funds

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How Institutional Investors Generate Yield Using Bitcoin Holdings | Bitcoin Asia 2026

🎬 How Institutional Investors Generate Yield Using Bitcoin Holdings | Bitcoin Asia 2026
Yield became a dirty word in Bitcoin after BlockFi and Celsius blew up in 2022 so this panel starts by separating real yield from the kind that destroyed companies. Danny Knowles of What Bitcoin Did moderates Shone Anstey of LQWD Technologies Corp., Tyler Evans of Nakamoto Inc. and UTXO Management, and Dylan LeClair of Metaplanet on what generating yield on Bitcoin actually requires. The consensus: there's no free lunch, and the only question that matters is which risk you're underwriting.
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➤ Institutional investors are exploring yield generation strategies on Bitcoin, moving beyond past failures by focusing on risk underwriting and bridging traditional fixed income markets with digital assets.
➤ Key strategies discussed include leveraging Bitcoin's Lightning Network for transaction fees and issuing tokenized bonds or preferred securities backed by Bitcoin, aiming to attract capital pools that would otherwise not engage with crypto.
➤ The panel emphasizes that generating 'real yield' requires understanding and managing underlying risks, with a long-term vision of integrating Bitcoin-backed instruments into traditional financial frameworks to capture a significant portion of the global fixed income market.

#Bitcoin #yield generation #institutional investors #fixed income #Lightning Network #tokenized bonds #credit markets #ETFs

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This New Stablecoin Puts Idle Balances to Work

🎬 This New Stablecoin Puts Idle Balances to Work
RealFi CEO John O'Connor joins CoinDesk's Sam Ewen to explain how his platform is reimagining the stablecoin model, replacing reflexive DeFi yield with real-world fixed income assets, and giving holders of sUSDr the returns that issuers like Tether and Circle currently keep for themselves. He breaks down the portfolio construction behind USDr, why crypto treasurers are the ideal first customer, and what he learned from testnet ahead of a mainnet launch.
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➤ RealFi is launching USDr, a stablecoin designed to offer yields from real-world fixed income assets (treasuries, private credit) to holders, differentiating from traditional stablecoins like USDT/USDC.
➤ The platform targets crypto treasurers and institutional clients by prioritizing safety and liquidity, with a portfolio construction approach that mirrors traditional finance risk management.
➤ USDr aims to put idle stablecoin balances to work, offering a more productive use of capital compared to existing stablecoins, with a focus on transparency and a mainnet launch planned for August 2026.

#stablecoin #RealFi #USDr #fixed income #treasuries #private credit #DeFi #institutional #crypto treasury

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