Why does every gangster wear a Rolex?
Having been immersed in TVB police dramas since childhood, my childhood dream was to own a Rolex. Why? Because every gangster has a Rolex. It's their last resort, their money for a comeback when they run away. Without a Rolex, gangsters are like rappers without social security—weak and vulnerable.
But then the sky fell, and Rolex collapsed.
Let's dive in!
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Be it Rolex or Labubu, as financial products, their gameplay is too simplistic.
If trillions of dollars in assets like art, luxury watches, classic cars, and rare wines were brought into DeFi, then watches would no longer be mere watches; after tokenization, they could be used as collateral to borrow stablecoins. Famous paintings would no longer be just pricey pieces of art; they could be purchased in pieces, adding liquidity and even leveraging derivatives.
What changes is the on-chain integration of different assets; what remains unchanged are the underlying liquidity pool, lending market, staking vault, and interest-earning strategies. Note that this isn't a meme, but real assets with solid value anchors.
RWAFi = RWA + AI + DeFi. This is what LiveArt is doing. Let's break it down.
RWA
This is undoubtedly LiveArt's advantage. Their long-term development has enabled them to access top-tier resources in the art world. In fact, when you see Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama, Canaletto... do you need more words to describe it?
A quick search revealed that over 100 top artists, over $200 million worth of blue-chip art, luxury watches, and other assets are already listed on LiveArt. 100 Us getting a few Van Gogh paintings is a real possibility.
AI
Does this even have anything to do with AI? The aforementioned artist value rankings are generated by AI. Of course, LiveArt's flagship product is the world's first proprietary RWA model for art: the LiveArt AI Agent. This is an agent powered by multimodal AI and art market data. It integrates machine learning and blockchain data to track sales, predict trends, verify provenance, and analyze transaction patterns. Previously, art sales required dedicated curators or agents, but LiveArt is revolutionizing this.
DeFi
Even with artwork and AI, RWA still needs to be profitable, or have a sound economic model. LiveArt has deployed on 17 public chains and has over 50 partners, enabling the platform to offer DeFi features such as on-chain RWA staking, trading, lending, and AI-driven smart investing.
Also, structured products! Finally, someone is doing this: RWA index tokens, on-chain funds and vaults, income-generating structured products, and derivatives based on real-world assets. This is all possible, and I, Wang Duoyu, am investing.
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NFT veterans are probably familiar with LiveArt. Founded in the US in 2021, it has secured investments from Binance, Kucoin, and OKX. Now, with this impressive upgrade, the platform token $ART, connecting the aforementioned products, is another top-tier ticker, hahaha. My understanding is that in addition to traditional governance functions, $ART should unlock access to specific RWA assets, ecosystem incentives, and, more importantly, the main token for participating in auctions.
There's no TGE yet. To participate, just keep an eye on the various events on the official @LiveArtX Twitter account. Looking back at the investment institutions, all the top-tier firms are represented. Theoretically, there's a chance, given the uniqueness, data quality, product completeness, and team.
In summary, with the power of AI and DeFi, LiveArt, the leading art RWAFi platform, is worth keeping an eye on.
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Author: anymose | A soft-core science writer
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Always remember to DYOR!