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As the tokenization of capital markets intensifies, the Securities Transfer Association (STA) recently submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), warning that stock tokens issued by third-party entities could undermine market integrity. The association is calling on regulators to prioritize tokenized securities authorized by listed companies in future rulemaking.The STA represents numerous Wall Street transfer agents, whose members argue that genuine tokenized stocks should be formally authorized by the issuing company and recorded on the official shareholder register, rather than consisting of "wrapped" token products created by independent platforms.The association points out that third-party stock tokens could confuse investors regarding their actual holdings and expose them to platform credit, custody, and operational risks, without establishing a direct legal relationship with the listed company. Therefore, any innovation exemptions, pilot programs, or permanent regulatory frameworks for tokenized securities should be prioritized for the issuer-supported model. The STA also urges the SEC to reform the existing Direct Registration System (DRS), arguing that the current U.S. securities depository system struggles to meet the real-time transfer and settlement demands of on-chain securities. It recommends that regulators collaborate with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) to optimize the digital securities infrastructure.Currently, the global tokenized stock market, valued at approximately $2 billion, is predominantly led by the third-party model, including products launched by Ondo Finance and Kraken, while institutions like Securitize and Figure adopt the issuer-authorized model. (CoinDesk)
"White-Haired Stock Guru" Serenity posted on X platform, pointing out that IBK Research released a report last month on the Boston Dynamics supply chain. The report indicates that Boston Dynamics plans to achieve an annual production capacity of 30,000 units only by 2028, while Chinese robot manufacturers are expected to reach a total production capacity of 100,000 units by the end of 2026. This may lead institutions to begin revaluing the humanoid robot sector.In terms of the competitive landscape, the U.S. camp includes Tesla, Figure, Apptronik, and Agility Robotics, while Boston Dynamics is controlled by South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group. Major Chinese players include Unitree Robotics, Fourier Intelligence, AGIBOT, UBTECH Robotics, and XPeng Robotics. European companies include Neura, Pal Robotics, Wandercraft, and Oversonic.Additionally, IBK Research estimates that Atlas shipments will reach 11,290 units by 2028, and will increase to 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, and 50,000 units respectively between 2029 and 2032. However, Serenity questioned this linear growth model, arguing that the actual volume ramp-up curve is more likely to follow an S-curve. Serenity predicts that shipments could reach 15,000 to 20,000 units by 2028, increase to 40,000 to 70,000 units by 2029, and further rise to 90,000 to 140,000 units by 2030.
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports that Paradis Labs announced on the X platform that Agility plans to go public via a SPAC merger with CCXI around the fourth quarter, with its stock ticker changing to AGLT. Its private placement fundraising amounts to approximately $640 million, with support from investors including AMZN, NVDA, SoftBank, DCVC, among others. Approximately 100 Digit humanoid robots have been deployed across 9 facilities including those of AMZN, GXO, Schaeffler, Toyota, and MELI. In Schaeffler's 8 deployed units and GXO's 3 pre-booked deployments, accuracy rates stand at around 98%. Agility states that the payback period for owning one Digit humanoid robot is approximately 1.1 years. Orders for Digit v5 exceed $300 million, with the version slated for release in 2026; the pipeline includes over 30 customers.Agility is the first company to utilize NVDA Halos for full-stack robotics safety. Its RoboFab facility in Oregon has an annual production capacity exceeding 10,000 units, with approximately 75% of components sourced from the United States. As annual production scales up to over 10,000 units, the bill of materials cost is expected to drop from $125,000 to approximately $15,000 to $20,000. Paradis Labs indicates that, combining technology and commercialization, Agility is the most advanced among Western humanoid robot OEMs; Figure's deployment at BMW remains controversial, TSLA currently does not sell any units externally, Apptronik has no current deployments, and Boston Dynamics has robotic products but its public listing progress is slower, with no customers expected at least until 2027.
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Coinbase announced a “seven-figure” strategic investment in Centrifuge and selected it as the primary asset tokenization partner for its public blockchain, Base. Under the partnership, Centrifuge will serve as the core infrastructure for issuing tokenized assets on Base, enabling the onchain issuance and trading of real-world assets (RWAs), including ETFs, credit funds, and structured products. The two parties have previously collaborated—for instance, launching the first compliant onchain S&P 500 index fund on Base.
Mike Cagney, founder of Figure Technology Solutions (FIGR), stated that the company is pushing to rebuild the underlying infrastructure of traditional credit markets through blockchain, bringing loans, real-world assets (RWA), and even stocks onto the chain. The goal is to enable credit flows to move away from traditional intermediary systems and become "the new infrastructure of Wall Street." According to data, Figure's monthly loan origination volume exceeded $1 billion for the first time in March this year, with total origination reaching $2.9 billion in the first quarter of 2026, an annualized scale of approximately $12 billion.Mike Cagney pointed out that loan tokenization can significantly reduce securitization costs and lower traditional intermediary fees, while enhancing liquidity through continuously updated credit markets, and enabling on-chain credit assets to directly integrate with the DeFi ecosystem, expanding the scope of investor participation. Its Forge platform can bundle loans into standardized asset pools and convert them into tokens usable as collateral within DeFi protocols.Currently, Figure is advancing related business within the Solana ecosystem and plans to expand to Ethereum. Additionally, the company has launched YLDS, a yield-bearing stablecoin with a scale of approximately $600 million, backed by traditional assets such as U.S. Treasury bonds, and is exploring stock tokenization as well as on-chain staking and lending. Mike Cagney stated that blockchain will become one of the most transformative technologies and will redefine the structure of future financial markets. (CoinDesk)
According to Cointelegraph, blockchain lending platform Figure Technology and its on-chain credit platform Hastra have officially integrated auto loans into their tokenized credit market, further expanding the range of real-world assets (RWAs) accessible to decentralized finance (DeFi) investors. Democratized Prime—the decentralized lending marketplace operated by Figure Markets—has launched auto finance as a new asset class for the first time. Hastra has also announced its expansion to Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains, with plans to roll out auto loan products first on Solana and then on Ethereum in June. According to Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure, the platform has generated over $22 billion in on-chain loans to date. Analysts view Figure’s tokenized lending business as experiencing significant growth and have assigned it an “outperform” rating with a $67 price target.