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III. Seeds crosses $1B in AUM

Seeds (Fund IV) Portfolio management and trading automation platform for advisor-led wealth firms, Seeds, announced it has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management after more than doubling AUM since its Series A last year as adoption by financial advisors accelerates.

II. SyntheticFi Understanding the Policy–Market Split That Defined Q1 Rates Market

SyntheticFi (Fund V) SyntheticFi’s Q1 update explains that even though the Fed didn’t change rates, the 2–5 year portion of the Treasury yield curve moved higher, which affected borrowing costs and liquidity strategies for advisors and their clients. The newsletter walks through what drove that repricing, how the “lock vs. float” borrowing decision looked during the quarter, and why SyntheticFi’s box-spread–based financing remained relatively stable despite market shifts.

I. Anchored Finance Partners with Alpaca

Alpaca (Fund III) Anchored Finance announced the launch of tokenized U.S. stocks on a blockchain infrastructure powered by Alpaca, allowing global investors to access 1:1-backed tokens representing leading Nasdaq equities with real-time pricing, institutional-grade compliance, and 24/7 peer-to-peer transferability. The platform purchases the underlying shares and issues fully collateralized on-chain tokens, enabling instant settlement, reduced intermediaries, and the ability to use tokenized stocks within DeFi applications, with plans to expand from the initial top 10 Nasdaq stocks to more than 100 and eventually include other markets like Hong Kong equities.

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I. ParFour with Ethan Andrews

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III. Jensen Huang- Will Nvidia’s moat persist?

II. Sutton Capital: THE INVESTOR with Joel Palathinkal

I. How to Borrow Against Your Portfolio For Less with SyntheticFi

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