Notes from building IX.

How private assets get tokenized, marked, borrowed against and financed — written as we work it out, including the parts that are not solved yet.

AI infrastructure and the compute layer beneath the AI economyThesis
·6 min read

Everyone Wants a Piece of AI. Few Are Looking at the Layer Beneath It.

AI exposure does not have to mean picking an AI company. Explore how productive GPU infrastructure creates a different thesis built around compute demand, operating economics and fractional ownership.

AI InfrastructureGPU OwnershipFractional ownershipTokenization
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Fractional ownership represented as one asset divided into distinct ownership interestsExplainer
·11 min read

What Does Fractional Ownership Actually Mean?

Fractional ownership is more than dividing an asset into smaller pieces. Learn how legal ownership, economic rights, revenue rights and token representation differ.

Fractional OwnershipTokenization
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The evolution of GPU compute infrastructureThesis
·7 min read

The Age of Compute: Why GPU Infrastructure Is Becoming a Strategic Asset

AI growth depends on physical compute. Explore why GPU fleets, data-center demand and reinvestment are turning productive compute infrastructure into a strategic asset.

AI InfrastructureGPU Ownership
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The six sequential steps of tokenizing a real-world asset, from title to verifiable claim.Guide
·5 min read

How to Tokenize an Asset: The Six Steps Nobody Skips

Tokenization is 10% smart contract and 90% legal plumbing. The six steps between a real asset and a claim someone can verify, in the order they must happen.

tokenizationSPV
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How a direct loan moves from origination to recovery in private credit.Explainer
·6 min read

Private Credit, Explained: How Direct Lending Actually Works

Private credit AUM passes $2 trillion in 2026. Here is how a direct loan is originated, priced and recovered — and the three risks regulators keep naming.

private creditdirect lending
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A special purpose vehicle holding a single asset, separated from its sponsor's balance sheet.Explainer
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What Is an SPV? Special Purpose Vehicles in Plain English

A special purpose vehicle holds one asset and nothing else. Here is why almost every private deal uses one, what bankruptcy-remote means, and how SPVs fail.

SPVprivate markets
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The ownership record gap between $25 trillion of private capital and $38 billion of on-chain assets.Thesis
·7 min read

Private Markets Run on PDFs: The Ownership Record Problem

Private capital manages close to $25 trillion. Just $38 billion of real-world assets sit on a public chain. The gap is not technology — it is the register.

private marketstokenization
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Explainer
·6 min read

What Makes an Asset Worth Tokenizing?

What makes a real-world asset worth tokenizing? Explore the role of ownership, verification, access, settlement, and productive cash flow in RWA tokenization.

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Explainer
·6 min read

Who Actually Pays GPU Yield?

Where does GPU yield actually come from? Follow the money from AI compute demand and GPU rental revenue to costs, settlement, and on-chain ownership.

GPU YieldAI Infrastructure
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Thesis
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Tokenized GPU Ownership: The Next Trillion-Dollar Asset Class

Physical GPUs are becoming income-generating assets on-chain. Here's why tokenized GPU ownership is the most overlooked crypto investment opportunity.

GPU OwnershipRWA
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Thesis
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The 2026 AI Compute Shortage: Why GPU Supply Can't Keep Up

AI demand is compounding while GPU and data-center supply is capped by fabs, power and build times. Here's why the compute shortage persists into 2026 — and why that makes AI infrastructure a scarce, income-producing asset.

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Guide
·2 min read

How to Invest in AI Infrastructure: A Guide to Tokenized GPU Compute

AI runs on physical GPUs, clusters and data centers — but owning that infrastructure has always needed institutional capital. Here's how tokenized compute lets anyone invest in AI infrastructure and earn from real workloads.

AI InfrastructureTokenization
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Comparison
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Tokenized GPUs vs. Tokenized Treasuries: Two Kinds of RWA Yield

Tokenized treasuries and tokenized GPU compute are both real-world assets, but they pay very different yields for very different reasons. Here's how they compare on source, upside, and risk — and where each fits in a portfolio.

RWAReal yield
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Explainer
·2 min read

What Are Real-World Assets (RWAs)? A Plain-English Guide

Real-world assets (RWAs) are physical or traditional financial assets — property, infrastructure, credit — represented on-chain as tokens. Here's how tokenized ownership actually works, and why it matters.

RWATokenization
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Thesis
·2 min read

Why AI Infrastructure Is the First Real-World Asset on IX

AI compute is the most supply-constrained asset of the decade: demand is exploding, supply is not. Here's why IX tokenizes GPU infrastructure first — and what it means for owners.

AI InfrastructureRWA
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Deep Dive
·2 min read

How On-Chain Ownership of GPU Compute Actually Works

From a physical GPU cluster to a fractional token that pays you when it runs AI workloads — a step-by-step look at how IX turns real compute into on-chain, income-producing ownership.

On-chain ownershipAI Infrastructure
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