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Atis Shala

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Atis is a senior analyst and community lead with four years of experience in crypto. He has a bachelor from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

FinanceTrading
Perpetual Futures Funding Rates: 78% of a Quarter at 0.01%
A funding print carries five exchange choices, covering the interest component, the measurement depth, the clamp width, the cap and the settlement interval. With a 0.01% interest component and a 0.05% clamp, any average premium from minus 0.04% to plus 0.06% returns exactly 0.01%. Binance, Bybit and OKX shorten the settlement interval at the funding […]...
3 weeks ago
FinanceTokenization
What Are Tokenized Stocks and How Do They Work?
“Tokenized stock” is an umbrella term covering at least three structures with materially different ownership rights. Buying one does not automatically make you a shareholder. On 28 January 2026, SEC staff issued a joint statement dividing tokenized securities into those tokenized by or on behalf of the issuer and those tokenized by unaffiliated third parties, […]...
3 months ago
FinanceReal World Assets (RWA)Tokenization
Stocks on the Blockchain: The Rise of Onchain S&P 500 Trading
Tokenization eliminates traditional market hours, geographic restrictions, and T+1 settlement delays, allowing investors worldwide to trade the S&P 500 around the clock via near-instant atomic swaps. Rather than reinventing the index, most current tokenized S&P 500 assets use a “wrapped” model, where traditional ETF shares are held by a regulated custodian and mapped 1:1 to [&h...
6 months ago
CryptocurrencyDeFiEducationFinance
Geopolitics and Crypto: How Does Politics Control the Market?
Key Takeaways: Crypto markets process global conflicts and geopolitical shocks in real time because the onchain economy never sleeps. Institutional capital and spot ETFs now absorb sudden volatility to prevent the catastrophic retail selloffs seen in previous market cycles. Wall Street hedge funds actively utilize decentralized prediction platforms like Polymarket as primary intelligence feeds to ...
7 months ago
FinanceNews
Nasdaq Moves Toward Tokenized Equities, Signaling a New Era for RWA
Nasdaq has moved another step toward merging traditional markets with blockchain technology. The exchange submitted a formal proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that seeks approval for tokenized stock trading on its primary marketplace. The filing represents one of the most significant tokenization initiatives ever undertaken by a major American exchange and reflects […]...
11 months ago
ExchangeFinanceNewsRegulation
BitMart Pulls Hong Kong VASP Application due to Regulations
Hong Kong’s ambitions to become a global crypto hub continue to test the resilience of international exchanges. On Thursday, BitMart confirmed that it had withdrawn its application for a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in the city. The move places it alongside a growing list of platforms that have decided the cost of compliance […]...
1 year ago