Jevons' Paradox: making something more efficient leads people to use more of it, not less.

DeFi was supposed to be the great escape from regulation. Permissionless, borderless, no gatekeepers.

The opposite happened. The better on-chain finance gets, the more regulation flows in, because efficiency attracts institutional capital, which demands regulatory oversight.

This is why OpenEden has been regulation-first from day one, and we built for it. We understood early that the path to unlocking trillions in tokenized RWAs doesn't bypass compliance; it addresses it directly.

— Jeremy Ng, Founder and CEO of OpenEden

https://x.com/jeremyng777/status/2026232817307590773?s=20

Stablecoin 2.0 represents a higher standard.

Treasury-backed reserves, regulatory oversight, and yield-bearing are becoming baseline expectations. That’s what USDO is delivering.

https://99bitcoins.com/wiki/what-is-stablecoin-2/

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2026235994081804557?s=20

Standard Chartered expects stablecoins to drive up to $1T in demand for US Treasury bills.

Stablecoin growth = $TBILL growth.

https://www.theblock.co/post/390783/stablecoins-could-drive-1-trillion-in-t-bill-demand-giving-treasury-room-to-shift-issuance-standard-chartered

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2026275071191618028?s=20

Traditional banks: less than 0.50%

$USDO: 3.25%

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝙐𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙.

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2026518311086002373?s=20

Stripe calls it a "stablecoin summer", and the payments layer is being built fast.

But every stablecoin is only as credible as its reserves. With $TBILL, rated "AA+" by S&P Global, with underlying US Treasury assets managed and custodied by BNY, stablecoins get the institutional-grade reserves they need.

The stablecoin economy scales on its reserves. The better those reserves are, the stronger the foundation.

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2026573658781859850?s=20

$15B in actively distributed RWAs reaffirms the market is growing.

Real holders. Real integration. Real capital at work.

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2026846483174277131?s=20

According to Broadridge's latest study, while AI is becoming foundational to day-to-day operations, tokenization represents the next wave of market evolution.

More than half of financial institutions are now investing meaningfully in tokenization, with many expecting clearer digital asset regulations to accelerate adoption.

The constraint now is execution.

As markets become more digitized and interoperable, institutional capital will flow toward regulated, institutional-grade tokenization platforms that are ready to ship. That’s the infrastructure OpenEden is built to deliver.

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2026974025172582911?s=20

#OpenDigest | 27 February 2026

Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem.

🟣 Stablecoin & RWA Market Pulse
→Total stablecoin market cap: $309.45B
→Total RWA on-chain market cap: $25.37B
→Total stablecoin holders: 229.59M
→Total RWA assets holders: 652,330

🟣 Top Headlines
→ The US Securities and Exchange Commission introduced new guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a "2% haircut" to proprietary positions in certain stablecoins.
→ The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is launching a 60-day public comment period on draft rules implementing the GENIUS Act.
→ The US Securities and Exchange Commission has granted a special request from WisdomTree to allow intraday trading in tokenized shares of a money market fund, adding that this could speed settlement times and ease access for retail investors.
→ BNP Paribas Asset Management is tapping Ethereum for a new blockchain pilot, issuing a tokenized share class of a French‑domiciled money market fund.
→ The tokenized US Treasury market has surged by over $1 billion since the beginning of 2026, despite macroeconomic uncertainty and concerns over the US government’s growing national debt.

🟣 OpenEden's Updates
→ Our Founder and CEO Jeremy Ng will be speaking on a panel at Digital Asset Summit 2026, noscriptd: Beyond Tokenized Treasuries: The Roadmap to Onchain Equities, Credit, and Derivatives.
→ PRISM’s exclusive pre-launch campaign has concluded, with over $22M in TVL contributed.

✅ Read the full digest on our X: https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2027286630466257070?s=20

The largest financial institutions are moving toward tokenized deposits and on-chain settlement. And there's no better time to be bullish over tokenization.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-27/barclays-considers-blockchain-platform-for-payments-deposits

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2027761823639073215?s=20

Binance has just dropped the Learn & Earn campaign with OpenEden! Find out more about our regulated RWA tokenization platform, and put your learning to the test to earn rewards.

Check it out here: https://binance.com/en/academy/learn-and-earn/course/what-is-openeden-eden-BN1226417715961802753

https://x.com/OpenEden_Fdn/status/2029127486181867970?s=20

PRISM, the new state of on-chain yield

Multi-strategy. Actively managed. Built for durability. In partnership with FalconX and Monarq.

Learn more about PRISM here: https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2029497946082087131?s=20

USDO integration on FalconX delivers real capital efficiency.

With USDO, FalconX's institutional clients can earn US Treasury yield on their idle capital while maintaining liquidity for trading and financing activities.

No more choosing between yield and liquidity.

Read the full announcement: https://openeden.com/news/openeden-usdo-integrated-on-falconx-to-expand-institutional-access/

https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2029547208966861304?s=20