Next 2026 prediction - Uranium Is Just the start. Non-stablecoin RWAs: $5B (2022) to $30B+ (2025). Up 500%+ in three years. All came from Treasury bills. Private credit. Money market funds. 2026 prediction: At least one "exotic" tokenized asset class exceeds $100M on-chain value. Candidates: Commodities (uranium already live) Collectibles Alternative investments Carbon credits Solar When uranium holders can borrow USDC against their position, the floodgates open for stranger collateral.

The Word That Replaced DeFi Ask an institution about "liquidity pools" and watch their eyes glaze over. Ask about "vaults," and you have a conversation. Automated yield strategies reached billions in 2025. 2026 prediction: "Vault" becomes the institutional on-ramp. Curated yield strategies become how corporate treasury talks about DeFi.

In 1976, Larry Fink placed trades over the phone. Settlements arrived by courier. In 2025, he co-authored a piece in The Economist comparing tokenization to where the internet was in 1996. BlackRock now tokenizes its fund on Ethereum.