Next Step for Institutional DeFi? Institutional NFTs
The institutional appetite for decentralized finance (DeFi) is being extended to incorporate the frothy world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Announced Tuesday, custody and wallet technology firm Trustology is providing support for Ethereum-based NFTs, with a view to allowing institutional investors to use these tokens as collateral, for example, within the DeFi space.
There’s currently an explosion happening in NFTs, which can be thought of as blockchain-based title deeds to a digital artifact. The trend is a carry-on from things like the original CrypoKitties phenomenon in 2017, with the technology (Ethereum’s ERC-721 token standard) later morphing its way deep into the world of digital art.
Today, the value being conferred on everything from art to music to seminal tweets is measured in hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Meanwhile, institutional NFT is becoming a thing, with funds like Delphi Digital, Scalar Capital and Sfermion investing in digital collectibles.
Like DeFi, NFTs are normally associated with non-custodial wallets. But a collection of valuable NFT assets being managed on the behalf of a fund, for instance, would require a custody solution including rules to allow certain individuals to lend the asset or use it as collateral, said Batlin.
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| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 81.2% | 33 | $62 204.66 | -2.38% | 0.09% | $1 229 470 656 932 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 74.8% | 43 | $2 437.96 | -1.38% | -2.78% | $293 480 418 418 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 91.2% | 1 | $0.999417 | -0.04% | -0.03% | $119 787 427 012 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 78.4% | 35 | $578.87 | 0.49% | 4.83% | $82 237 028 095 |  |
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| 5 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 78% | 45 | $142.86 | -4.08% | -3.37% | $67 040 151 417 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 94.4% | 1 | $0.999996 | 0% | 0% | $35 124 926 543 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 74% | 43 | $0.529117 | -2.59% | -11.71% | $29 928 993 745 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 83.6% | 32 | $0.106806 | -4.92% | -1.12% | $15 623 930 640 |  |
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| 9 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.158257 | 1.16% | 2.96% | $13 700 569 434 |  |
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| 10 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 81.6% | 31 | $5.19 | -2.27% | -4.07% | $13 152 577 202 |  |
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| 11 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 76.8% | 38 | $0.344996 | -3.79% | -3.11% | $12 061 427 310 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 67.6% | 60 | $26.37 | -3.34% | 0.26% | $10 717 932 778 |  |
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| 13 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 96% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 14 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 92.4% | 1 | $0.116354 | -0.46% | 0.23% | $10 171 995 609 |  |
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| 15 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 54% | 94 | $0.000017 | -5.85% | 4.51% | $10 110 735 164 |  |
