1/@LaserDigital_, the digital asset arm backed by Nomura, has given us their backing, investing in $ZIG and teaming up with ZIG Markets to bring institutional-grade credit onchain, built and governed the way banks and family offices
ZIG Markets sits behind ~$80M of capital deployed across onchain and real-world yield strategies. The model is to originate opportunities, structure them properly, and distribute them through the venues where capital already sits.
Co-founder @ARafayGadit alongside @Khaliiqo in Tashkent for the Silk Road Finance and Technology Forum.
A young market taking shape across payments, fintech, and investment management, with global opportunities still gated by geography.
Tashkent was supposed to be a conference stop. It turned into one of the most interesting markets we’ve seen in a while!
A few conversations started here that could become very real, very quickly. More on that soon 👀
Shot this with @Khaliiqo to sum up our experience :)
Most onchain yield is paid by other onchain activity. Lending, trading, staking and liquidity incentives all draw on the same pool of capital, so when conditions turn, the yield and the collateral behind it tend to move together.