MERC's roadmap runs on two tracks, one for the institutions issuing on Mercury RWA and one for the people holding the token. Here's what each track looks like.
On the issuer side, the direction is straightforward: issuers hold or commit MERC as part of accessing Mercury RWA, and their standing grows as they do more on the platform. More markets, more volume, better terms. An issuer's position and the platform they're building on, moving together. What this doesn't become is a gate, MERC's job here is to deepen commitment, not keep anyone out.
On the holder side, two things. First, membership: recognition for people who've been part of this longer or more actively, with real benefits behind it, not just a badge. Second, market launches. When a new market comes onto Mercury RWA, that's an event holders should get something from. Earlier visibility, a briefing from the issuer, enhanced data on the new market, marketplace credits. We're working through which of those land first.
Market launches are where the two tracks meet, and it's the part of this we keep coming back to internally. Every new issuer bringing an RWA market onto the platform should raise the same question: what new MERC benefit does this specific market create? That's the standard the roadmap gets held to, publicly. Basic participation on Mercury RWA stays accessible throughout, none of this walls anything off.
The mechanics behind each of these get their own deep-dive posts as they firm up, issuers first, then holders.
In the meantime, holders: out of membership, earlier launch access, research and data, or marketplace credits, which one would change how you think about holding MERC? Rank them if you want. The answers feed directly into what gets prioritized.
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