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  1. Cover of The 114-Holder Treasury

    Field Note / August 2026

    Field Note / On-Chain

    The 114-Holder Treasury

    What holder concentration and wallet activity reveal about the tokenized-Treasury boom.

    On-chain signalsTokenized TreasuriesMarket structure
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  2. Cover of The HSBC Switchboard

    Coffee / August 2026

    Coffee with the Corner Office / Nº2

    The HSBC Switchboard

    Why liquidity—not issuance—may decide who owns the clearing layer between digital forms of money.

    Institutional strategyLiquidityTokenized money
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  3. Cover of The Trillion-Dollar Assumption

    Field Note / August 2026

    The Institutional Map / Field Note

    The Trillion-Dollar Assumption

    How the GENIUS yield ban—and one undefined word—could reshape the trillion-dollar stablecoin thesis.

    StablecoinsRegulationTokenized funds
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  4. Cover of The State Street Play

    Coffee / August 2026

    Coffee with the Corner Office / Nº1

    The State Street Play

    A first-principles read of State Street’s strategy: enable the market, then own the infrastructure.

    Institutional strategyTokenizationMarket infrastructure
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  5. Cover of Build, Skip, or Wait: Nine Models Mapped

    Research Note / July 2026

    The Institutional Map / Issue 05

    Build, Skip, or Wait: Nine Models Mapped

    Where real value sits across nine digital-asset business models—and where patience is the position.

    Business modelsMarket maturity
    Open report
  6. Cover of Stablecoin, or Deposit?

    Research Note / July 2026

    The Institutional Map / Issue 04

    Stablecoin, or Deposit?

    Two forms of the digital dollar—and the liquidity layer beneath the fight.

    StablecoinsTokenized deposits
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  7. Cover of The Tokenized-Equity Business Banks Haven’t Productized Yet

    Research Note / July 2026

    The Institutional Map / Issue 03

    The Tokenized-Equity Business Banks Haven’t Productized Yet

    Why tokenized equities may matter more as collateral than as a trading product.

    Tokenized equitiesCollateral
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  8. Cover of The Rails Held. The Sellers Went Dark.

    Research Note / July 2026

    The Institutional Map / Issue 02

    The Rails Held. The Sellers Went Dark.

    Market infrastructure, ETF wrappers and the limits of institutional flow visibility.

    Market structureInstitutional flows
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  9. Cover of The Rails, Not the Token

    Research Note / July 2026

    The Institutional Map / Issue 01

    The Rails, Not the Token

    Institutional market infrastructure across collateral, custody, settlement and liquidity.

    Market infrastructureSettlement
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  10. Cover of The House Always Won

    Research Note / July 2026

    Open Market / Issue 01

    The House Always Won

    A market-structure study of VC-token and memecoin launch mechanics.

    Launch mechanicsMarket structure
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