Nvidia Leads Tokenized Stock Trading on Arcus as RWA Demand Grows

Jennifer Sanasie and Eleanor Terrett sit down with Eddie Zhang, founder and CEO of Arcus, at Korea Blockchain Week. Arcus launched 24/7 trading of tokenized U.S. stocks on Robinhood Chain in July and has since done more than $5B in perpetuals volume, a $500M record day, and a 100,000+ perps waitlist. Zhang explains the thesis for melding stock and crypto trading in one venue and how "real-time tokenization" backed by Robinhood's book delivers price and liquidity. - Chapters/Timecodes: 00:00 Buying Apple Stock at 2 A.M. From Seoul 00:28 $5B in Perps and a Record Day 01:48 Why Meld Stock and Crypto Trading 03:07 Free Stocks, Fees on Perps — and What People Trade 04:27 Three Tokenization Models and 'Real-Time Tokenization' 05:45 Issuing Stocks Directly On-Chain, Globally 06:38 Should Issuers Get to Opt Out? 08:24 Why Disruptive Access Wins 08:51 What US vs. International Traders Actually Want - #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoinDesk?sub_confirmation=1 CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coindesk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Newsletters: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletters CoinDesk Podcast Network: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Public Keys: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rqYzRV10nfKfoTpFXZhTE Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE The Policy Protocol: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fh8ffulAWcCqMu0uVuwoj