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RWA 2.0-AI x RWA ｜Real Yield for AI Agent | Tokenized Income ETFs｜Weekly Payout ｜Redefining US Equity Tokenization｜华语：@RWAlpha_AI_CN
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Real assets, Real yield. Continuing to create long-term value for investors.

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Yusong Wang（Head of Partnerships & Growth, FOMO Group – RWAlpha Strategic Partner）

Core Thesis: Regulatory licenses are the foundation of a complete RWA ecosystem. While the DeFi narrative has its limits, RWA is backed by real underlying assets that provide long-term sustainability.

•FOMO Group was founded in Singapore in 2015, starting with cross-border payments under its MPI license and expanding into capital markets in 2023. Its core strengths lie in three key licenses: a Digital Payment Token (DPT) license, a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license covering brokerage and custody, and a Recognized Market Operator (RMO) license for RWA tokenized secondary trading. Together, these licenses support the entire lifecycle from on-chain issuance and secondary trading to fund inflows and asset custody.

•The partnership with RWAlpha is essentially “plug and play.” RWAlpha specializes in on-chain RWA and DeFi product design, as well as compliant on-chain asset management. FOMO provides the licensed off-chain infrastructure, including payments and custody. Together, they form a naturally complementary and complete RWA ecosystem.

•The financing narrative of DeFi has limitations. Much of its yield comes from on-chain arbitrage and token incentives, making it vulnerable during market downturns. RWA, on the other hand, offers predictable returns, auditable structures, and exposure to real underlying assets. We expect capital and market attention to continue shifting toward RWA throughout the second half of 2026 and into 2027 and 2028.

•One of the most exciting areas to watch is the tokenization of AI-related equity assets, including private companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX. Retail investors and high-net-worth individuals around the world are eager to gain exposure to these companies, yet traditional investment channels remain inaccessible. This represents a genuine and growing demand for RWA solutions.

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Yusong Wang, @FOMOPayOfficial
We’ve built the full onchain stack —from issuance and trading to capital flow and custody. End-to-end models like this are still rare in Asia.

A breakdown thread of the key takeaways from the 5.18 “Tokenized U.S. Stocks” Space with 100K+ live listeners is below.👇
#RWA #Tokenization

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The partnership with @RWAlpha_AI was essentially plug-and-play.
They handle onchain RWAs and compliance management. We bring the licensed offchain infrastructure. Strong synergy from day one.

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Eugene Cheung（Chief Commercial Officer, OSL Group）

Core Thesis: Trading utility and asset utility are not contradictory—they are complementary. The goal of tokenization should be to unlock the intrinsic value of assets, not to tokenize for the sake of tokenization.

• The long-term trend is clear: blockchain-enabled trading venues and 24/7 markets are pushing traditional financial infrastructure to evolve. Ultimately, end users will be the biggest beneficiaries.

• As a licensed and regulated digital asset platform, OSL Group serves as a bridge between traditional finance and on-chain markets. Through compliant frameworks such as wallet KYT/KYW, OSL has already partnered with major financial institutions including ChinaAMC and Taikang on tokenized money market fund products.

• A key insight: if an asset already enjoys deep liquidity in traditional markets, there is little value in simply replicating that liquidity on-chain. Instead, tokenization should focus on enhancing and unlocking the asset’s underlying utility and value.

• Trading utility can reinforce asset utility. For example, to fully realize the investment value of U.S. equities on-chain, investors need access to 24/7 trading. When Nasdaq is closed on weekends, instruments such as perpetuals can provide hedging functionality. The two attributes work hand in hand.

• The most important principle: tokenization should create value by enhancing the asset itself—not by pursuing tokenization as an end in itself.

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@ecgold888, @osldotcom
Blockchain is reshaping traditional finance infrastructure --into a new 24/7 market. Traditional finance must evolve with changing user demands. Ultimately, users benefit the most.

A breakdown thread of the key takeaways from the 5.18 “Tokenized U.S. Stocks” Space with 100K+ live listeners is below.👇
#RWA #Tokenization

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Alexandra Zhao（Executive Director, Head of Digital Assets, CSOP）

Core Thesis: ETF tokenization should begin with plain-vanilla products and progress gradually. Trading characteristics and asset characteristics are not mutually exclusive.

• CSOP currently offers around 70 products across a diverse range of strategies, from broad-based equity baskets to leveraged single-stock ETFs. Most recently, the firm launched Hong Kong’s first physical gold ETF.

• A flagship high-yield product is the Active Covered Call ETF (2802), which combines dividend income and option premiums as sources of cash flow, distributes monthly, and has delivered attractive yield performance.

• The tokenization roadmap starts with money market fund ETFs, which are the most straightforward products to tokenize, before gradually expanding into commodities (such as gold), high-dividend strategies, and leveraged single-stock ETFs.

• Take the 2x SK Hynix ETF (7709), the world’s largest leveraged single-stock ETF, as an example. Although it is designed as a high-volatility trading instrument, the scarcity of Korean equity exposure in Hong Kong has led many investors to treat it as a long-term allocation vehicle. This demonstrates that trading characteristics and asset characteristics can coexist within the same product.

• Hong Kong regulators have recently issued new guidance on secondary market liquidity for tokenized assets, providing greater clarity around the trading framework and secondary market structure for tokenized products.

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@AlexZhao_BTC，#CSOP
We start tokenization with plain vanilla assets,
then gradually expand into gold, high-dividend, and leveraged equities -- Progressive. Not aggressive.

A breakdown thread of the key takeaways from the 5.18 “Tokenized U.S. Stocks” Space with 100K+ live listeners is below.👇
#RWA #Tokenization

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Nathan Ma（CEO, DMZ Finance & RWAlpha Incubator）

Core point: The fundamental mistake of tokenized U.S. equities is that they tokenize the trading layer rather than the asset layer.

• The total TVL of tokenized U.S. stocks is only around $1.1B, representing just 0.0015% of the U.S. equity market’s $72T market cap. Growth has remained stagnant because nearly every project has focused on the trading layer—bringing spot U.S. stock trading on-chain. But on-chain users either trade high-leverage perpetuals or use traditional brokers like Futu and Tiger. 1x spot stock trading simply has no competitive edge.

• The real opportunity lies in the income-generating nature of assets. STRC added $300M in TVL within 60 days, proving that yield-bearing products are what on-chain users actually want.

• Income ETFs represent a massive $700B market. Covered-call and income-oriented index ETFs generate an average annual yield of 10.4%, while the high-dividend ETF sector alone accounts for $220B AUM with an average annual yield of 14.2%. This is the market RWAlpha is targeting.

• The evolution from T-Bill Tokens to Income ETFs is straightforward: T-Bill Tokens are designed for stability, serving as stablecoin reserves and exchange collateral, but their yield profile is limited. Income ETFs combine stability with attractive returns, making them a strong candidate for the next generation of on-chain assets.

• Prediction: the on-chain market for yield-generating ETFs will soon surpass T-Bill Tokens (currently around $15B).

• RWAlpha roadmap: rAI (Nasdaq ETF portfolio, ~$12B underlying AUM) → rSTR (based on STRC) → Future products covering the S&P 500, gold, energy, and other risk-return profiles, the core differentiator is institutional-grade customization and transparency.

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@NM_DMZ Nathan Ma（CEO, @DMZ_Finance & RWAlpha Incubator）
Core point: The fundamental mistake of tokenized U.S. stocks is that they tokenize trading attributes, not asset attributes.

A breakdown thread of the key takeaways from the 5.18 “Tokenized U.S. Stocks” Space with 100K+ live listeners is below.👇
#RWA #Tokenization

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T-Bill tokens offer stability. But for both stability and yield, Income ETFs are the stronger play.

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Nina Rong（Executive Director of Growth, BNBChain）

BNB Chain is emerging as core infrastructure for the RWA space, providing both ecosystem support and asset distribution capabilities.

• BNB Chain works closely with Ondo, covering ~80% of its trading volume; STRC is also now live on BNB Chain.

• The broader trend is TradFi moving toward crypto — NYSE is building blockchain-based trading systems, DTCC is actively exploring on-chain integration, and the SEC is showing support. Blockchain is set to become the underlying infrastructure for financial products.

• BNB Chain’s core value for RWA projects: deep integration with existing DeFi (using RWAs as collateral for lending/borrowing) + access to 4M+ daily active users for asset distribution.

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@nina_rong @BNBCHAIN
Crypto is moving toward TradFi, while traditional finance has been moving closer to Crypto.

A breakdown thread of the key takeaways from the 5.18 “Tokenized U.S. Stocks” Space with 100K+ live listeners is below.👇
#RWA #Tokenization

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We believe blockchain will become the foundational infrastructure for future finance and DeFi -- As the most important asset class in traditional finance, US equities must be well-prepared to move onchain.

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@PhyrexNi (U.S. equities & macro analyst, Top X KOL)

Core thesis: Yield-bearing tokenized U.S. equities could replace the traditional “printing air from air” DeFi model.

• Simply moving U.S. stocks on-chain for trading has limited upside — even Nvidia’s on-chain trading volume is nowhere close to its off-chain volume. The real on-chain demand is leverage (which is extremely difficult to obtain through traditional brokers) and fragmented yield generation.

• Traditional DeFi has two fatal flaws: “Printing air from air” — tokens depreciate the moment they launch. “If you don’t know where the DeFi yield comes from, you are the yield source.” Combined with dark forest risks (hacks, rug pulls), users are reluctant to keep capital on-chain.

• Yield-bearing tokenized equities fundamentally solve the yield-source problem: regulated stocks with real dividends and cash flows, backed by actual assets and corporate performance — not just vaporware.

• Dividend distribution frequency is evolving from monthly → weekly → daily, dramatically reducing capital lock-up time and matching the fragmented capital management needs of on-chain users.

• The AI sector continues to drive U.S. equity indices higher, and combining this with high-dividend ETF strategies could deliver double-digit annualized returns — outperforming USDT/USDC yield products while being far more stable than altcoin staking.

• Even under extreme scenarios, RWA products are backed by real-world assets. Through KYC/AML processes, holders can still reclaim the underlying assets — making them significantly safer than purely on-chain assets.

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【Phyrex’s Quotes】@PhyrexNi

A breakdown thread of the key takeaways from the “Tokenized U.S. Stocks” Space with 100K+ live listeners is below 👇
#RWA #Tokenization

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Leonard Leung（CEO, Aster DEX）

1. “Tokenization solves ownership. Perpetuals solve price exposure — fundamentally, they are two completely different things.”

2. “Most traders in crypto are driven by trading demand, not ownership demand — so in the short term, perpetualization will likely be more popular than tokenization.”

3. “Right now, you can’t hold Tesla stock and use it as collateral to lever up on BTC. But if Aster accepts Ondo’s tokenized Tesla or RWAlpha’s STRC token as collateral for trading other contracts, that’s a massive improvement in capital efficiency for traders.”

4. “In a bull market, people used to think anything below 20–30% yield was meaningless. Now the market has become more rational about APY and cares more about where the underlying yield comes from — which actually makes this the perfect time for RWA yield products to emerge.”

5. “We’re exploring ways to use on-chain RWA products like tokenized STRC to create additional yield opportunities for users, and we hope to launch related products within the next month.”

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@Leonard_Aster @Aster_DEX
💡 Tokenization solves ownership.
📈 Perpetuals solve price exposure.

A breakdown thread of the key takeaways from the 5.18 “Tokenized U.S. Stocks” Space with 100K+ live listeners is below.👇
#RWA #Tokenization

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“Most traders in crypto are driven by trading demand, not ownership demand — so in the short term, perpetualization will likely be more popular than tokenization.”