BR: Takeaways from the zerohash Onchain Brokerage Summit

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BR: Takeaways from the zerohash Onchain Brokerage Summit

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18 months as large organizations rapidly move from pilots to live products. 2027 1,627.0E 1,788.0E 2,073.0E 2,321.0E

Firms are also moving beyond crypto trading and integrating stablecoins EBITDA, Adj

and tokenized assets into core workflows such as account funding, 2025 217.1A 296.0A 437.7A 590.7A 2026 284.0A 299.0A 456.0A 627.0E

payments, and settlement, with adoption driven by competitive pressures, 2027 281.0E 286.0E 501.0E 701.0E

improving regulation, broader distribution of stablecoin-enabled accounts,

and a growing demand for 24/7 global money movement. Presenters also AllPricedvaluesas ofin priorUSD unlesstradingotherwiseday's marketnoted.close, EST (unless otherwise noted).

emphasized that the key challenge to further institutional adoption is

in abstracting away the underlying blockchain complexity, so customers

can experience the benefits of on-chain financial markets regardless of

the chain/token. Zerohash views stablecoins as the default settlement

layer for tokenized assets, AI agents, and programmable finance, where

the company is focusing on enabling interoperability across chains and

stablecoins.

Tokenized market infrastructure. The panel views tokenization as a

natural progression in financial markets as innovation has constantly

been used in removing friction in the system. Key infrastructure players

are already moving from pilots to rollouts, such as the DTCC, who is

launching a tokenization service in coming months; NYSE is building

a trading venue for tokenized securities (SEC/FINRA regulated, with

traditional compliance guardrails); and Blackrock has already launched

tokenized treasury funds. The current benefits are collateral mobility and