Chris Perkins (leatherneck)

Chris Perkins

President of CoinFund. Combat Marine Corps veteran. Inventor. Citi/Lehman alum.

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Every year, there is a song of the summer. While songs including Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” and “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter grappled for this summer’s coveted song title, an unexpected winner took the crypto summer crown. For the crypto industry, 2025 will forever be known as the summer of Digital Asset Treasury companies, or “DATs.” My thoughts today in @Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisperkins/2025/09/08/how-digital-asset-treasury-companies-stole-the-crypto-summer-spotlight/

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$ETH is having a moment. And convergence is happening. But from DATs to ETFs to LSTs there a two types of projects: ✅ Those who have insured and guaranteed their $ETH yield And.. 🚫 Those who have not 😢 CESR, the composite ether staking rate, that was built by @coinfund_io and calculated by @CoinDeskMarkets, makes this possible. @IMAfinancial and @ChainproofDAI have now brought this cutting edge, institutional risk management product to life. And institutions will demand risk management.

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After a woeful 20 years, crypto and tokenization is breathing life back into the traditional markets that they were thought to disrupt. This week, @RobinhoodApp launched tokenized stocks. @Bullish, @Gemini, and @FalconXGlobal are reported to be pursuing IPOs based on @undefined's IPO success. And numerous crypto -acquiring SPACs and treasury companies have catalyzed excitement across Wall Street. My thoughts in @Forbes below https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisperkins/2025/07/01/why-the-pro-crypto-sec-is-exploring-tokenized-ipos/

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Stablecoins are the 16th largest holder of treasuries and hold more USTs than Norway, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Germany, The Netherlands, Mexico and the UAE. If this isn’t a wake up call—I don’t know what is. Stablecoins present an incredible opportunity for the U.S. to drive demand for its debt.

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With the imminent launch of the spot $ETH ETF on the horizon, it looks like activity is picking up across the Ethereum ecosystem with priority transaction fees rising....#CESR, the composite ether staking rate, is up 24bps since 7/13.

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