Edel thesis: onchain securities lending for tokenized equities
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Bullish call$EDEL+21%since listing, moved with the callHow it played out ↓Edel forks Aave V3 to build a money market for tokenized stocks, targeting the $3.5T annual securities lending market that earns brokers $10B+. Suppliers get auto-compounding aTokens, borrowers post 120-150% collateral.
Key claims
$3.5 trillion in stocks lent annually generating $10B+ in revenue
Borrowers post 120-150% collateral
Multi-source oracles (Chainlink, xStock, Ondo) with fallbacks
Time for a quick @edeldotfinance thesis TL;DR.
WTF is Edel and why does it matter? ↓
➤ $3.5 trillion in stocks are lent annually through brokers, generating $10B+ in revenue that stock owners never see
➤ Traditional securities lending runs on 1980s infrastructure with fax machines, multi-day settlements, and opaque pricing designed to lock out regular investors
➤ Edel builds native DeFi infrastructure for tokenized equities rather than bridging to TradFi, using Aave V3's battle-tested architecture
➤ Suppliers deposit tokenized stocks (TESLAon, APPLon) and receive auto-compounding aTokens while maintaining full ownership and price exposure
➤ Borrowers (institutions, traders) post 120-150% collateral for shorting, hedging, or market-making at transparent, algorithmically-determined rates
➤ Multi-source oracles (Chainlink, xStock, Ondo) provide price feeds with fallback mechanisms and real-time health monitoring
➤ Protocol operates 24/7 despite traditional market hours, with automated liquidations and governance-adjustable risk parameters
➤ Only accepts high-grade tokenized equities that meet strict protocol criteria, prioritizing security over speed on Ethereum
➤ Tokenization momentum building with Ondo's tokenized stocks and BlackRock's fund tokenization creating real demand
➤ Even capturing a tiny fraction of the massive, inefficient TradFi securities lending market would make Edel significant by DeFi standards
➤ Positioned as critical infrastructure for the tokenization transition, reversing decades of one-way rent extraction back to asset owners
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How the call played out · since 31 Oct 2025
Prices as of 23 Oct 2026This piece takes a view on $EDEL, so that move is read against the call.
Brokers keep the revenue from lending trillions in stocks; Edel moves securities lending onchain so token holders capture it.
+21%
Moved with the call · since it listed on 13 Nov 2025, 13 days after this piece
- At listing
- $0.0262
- Now
- $0.0316
- vs BTC
- +50%
- After 1 month
- +11%
- After 3 months
- −70%
- High since
- +255% 20 Nov 2025
- Low since
- −79% 10 May 2026
Since then
Zero has written 3 more pieces on Edel and $EDEL since this one.
- Edel: Canton-native perp DEX for tokenized equities and the DTCC working groupOn Edel
- Why hold EDEL: tokenized stocks money market thesisBullish call on $EDEL
- EDEL launch: one of the main RWA bets this cycleBullish call on $EDEL
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