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Crypto price action is no longer the best measure of progress in digital assets. Historically, Bitcoin was a reasonable proxy. Today, the better measure is how much financial activity is moving onto digital asset infrastructure: - Digital asset venues are becoming multi-asset markets. RWA Perpetual traded $525 billion in Q1'26 - 68% more than in all of 2025. Average open interest was more than 5X last year’s level. - Tokenization is creating active markets, not just digital representations. Active on-chain RWA value more than quadrupled from the start of 2025 through Q1'26. Tokenized gold alone traded $91 billion in Q1, more than in all of 2025. - Institutional credit is moving on-chain. Borrowing across major on-chain private credit protocols reached $2.3 billion in Q1'26, up nearly 6X from the start of 2025. At FalconX, our overcollateralized credit vault has more than doubled this year to over $170 million. The key shift is that we have moved past simple on-chain asset representation. Now, the core markets surrounding these assets - trading, financing, and risk management - are beginning to operate on digital infrastructure. This is why FalconX is expanding beyond crypto. Bitcoin remains foundational. But by this broader measure, 2026 is a pivotal year. #DailyOrbit