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Re: Reinsurance as Uncorrelated RWA Yield
Re is bringing an interesting alternative to RWA yield, one that is less correlated to markets and instead is based on real reinsurance activity.
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Metric: The Next-Gen DEX
Liquidity Providers (LPs) on Decentralised Exchanges (DEXs) have long faced a structural problem during market movements: as prices move on Centralised Exchanges (CEXs), which are hubs for spot liquidity and perform price discovery, DEXs still quote prices before the market moves, giving arbitrageur
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Re and the Case for Reinsurance Yield Onchain
Most onchain RWA yield today comes from short-dated US Treasuries (T-bills), wrapped in over 100 tokenised treasury products, including BlackRock’s BUIDL, Circle’s USYC, Ondo’s OUSG, and Franklin’s BENJI. Cumulatively, they represent $14.7 billion, or 38% of total onchain RWAs, and are among the mos
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Jumper: The Onchain Finance Super-App
Marco, CEO of Jumper, joins Tom at Castle Labs to discuss what comes after bridge aggregation: why cross-chain movement is becoming invisible, how Jumper is separating from LI.FI, and whether one interface can become the front end for onchain finance.
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