According to @wallisi, The Economist highlighted that institutions and real-world assets (RWAs) are moving onchain with regulatory support. Source: @wallisi on X (Dec 2, 2025). The post references a BlackRock X status, underscoring ongoing institutional participation in tokenized assets; as context, BlackRock launched the USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) on Ethereum in March 2024. Sources: @wallisi on X; BlackRock press release (Mar 2024). Trading relevance: traders can watch three areas tied to this narrative shift—RWA tokenization platforms, tokenized U.S. Treasury products, and ETH-based DeFi protocols with RWA exposure—for potential sentiment and flow changes. Sources: @wallisi on X; BlackRock press release (Mar 2024).

According to @cas_abbe, Hemi is building a Layer-2 that combines Bitcoin’s security with Ethereum’s flexibility via a virtual machine that understands both chains, source: @cas_abbe on X. According to @cas_abbe, this design would allow Ethereum-style DeFi to tap Bitcoin liquidity directly while giving BTC more utility beyond storage, source: @cas_abbe on X. According to @cas_abbe, the post adds that if successful, developers would no longer have to choose between security and usability, and it identifies $HEMI as the associated token, source: @cas_abbe on X. According to @cas_abbe, the narrative centers on BTC-to-ETH interoperability and cross-chain liquidity as Hemi’s core value proposition for traders watching $HEMI, source: @cas_abbe on X.