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The Agent Engineering Standard: A 13-Category Specification for AI Systems
Every category traces back to something that broke. Here's what broke, what we built, and how we enforce it.

ERC-3643 Tokens as Institutional-Grade Collateral for OTC Derivatives
This paper explores whether ERC-3643 compliant stablecoins can serve as eligible collateral for non-regulatory variation margin in institutional OTC derivative operations.

ERC-3643 tokens for Derivative Collateralization
ERC-3643 tokens for Derivative Collateralization explores how compliant tokenized collateral can improve bilateral OTC trading by embedding regulatory compliance directly into the token infrastructure while enabling automated settlement and risk management through smart contracts.

stETH-based Swaps: now, later or never?
A comprehensive assessment of the demand, risks, and opportunities of Ethereum Staking Rate Swaps within the Lido ecosystem — using stETH APR as a benchmark, stETH as collateral, and ERC-6123 as the smart contract standard.

Primer: Ethereum Staking Rate Benchmarks
Ethereum Staking Rate Benchmarks is a primer on the emerging space of standardized measures for Ethereum staking rewards and related financial instruments such as Ethereum staking rate dated futures and swaps.

ERC-6123: Rethinking Financial Derivatives
ERC-6123: Rethinking Financial Derivatives is a deep dive into the ERC-6123, an open-source standard for creating and managing derivative contracts on Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks.

ERC-1400: Secure & Compliant Digital Securities
A deep dive into the ERC-1400 token standard for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) financial instruments such as equity, private credit, treasuries, real estate funds, etc. in a compliant and regulated manner on Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks.

ERC-3643: Compliant RWA Tokenization
Demystifying ERC-3643 is a deep dive into the ERC-3643 token standard for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) such as securities, commodities, real estate, etc. in a compliant and regulated manner on Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks.