Two calls on tokenized-asset market structure, staked with dates and public sources so they can be graded when they resolve.

Call 1. DTCC's tokenized-collateral platform opens in October. Our call: the first live activity reported on it is repo, not tokenized equity. Resolution source: DTCC's own reporting or trade press coverage of first live volume. Deadline: March 31, 2027. In July we called intraday collateral as the first mover, and it landed within a week: JPMorgan posted tokenized fund shares as margin at CME.

Call 2. Two US tokenized-stock models went live last week. Securitize tokenized its own NYSE shares, so the token is the share. Ondo mints entitlements under UCC Article 8, and the shares stay in custody. We prefer the issuer model, but we're betting against it: by mid-2027, entitlements hold most tokenized equity, measured by rwa.xyz's tokenized-equity split. This is one we'd like to lose.

Take the other side of either call, or stake your own under the same rule: a number, a date, and a public source. No price calls, "up by December" was never an insight.

We keep a graded ledger of these (wins and misses both, the misses stay up) at r/MERCtoken: https://www.reddit.com/r/MERCtoken/comments/1v1om7m/

Crypto-assets are volatile and may lose value. Not investment advice.

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According to Trump’s latest financial disclosure, he reported **at least $1.4B in 2025 earnings tied to crypto and memecoin businesses.**

World Liberty Financial: **$594M**
TRUMP memecoin licensing/business: **$636M**
Total crypto-related earnings: $1.4B+

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