Many people think that the "shanzhai season" is just hot money without the brain to buy junk coins, but the result is that other coins rise to smoke, and your position remains unchanged. Who hasn't experienced this kind of pain? But the real targets that can run out of the curve are often not in the "market", but in the major events off the chain. For example, the core reason behind the 250.6% surge in IZI this week is that iZUMi Finance has partnered with Nasdaq listed company CIMG to launch the Upstarts Fund. This is the first time that a listed company's treasury funds have entered DeFi through a compliance framework. To put it simply, traditional capital is no longer just a spectator, but rather a source of liquidity for real money. In the past, DeFi's funding mostly came from "insiders in the cryptocurrency industry", and traditional institutions have always been bystanders. This time, iZUMi has launched the Upstarts Fund, which is equivalent to bringing real "compliant funds" onto the chain. ✅ This fund does three things: one ⃣ Manage the encrypted assets of listed companies and allow idle assets to generate interest on the chain; two ⃣ Invest in high-quality tokens and invest institutional funds in top DeFi and emerging projects; three ⃣ Promote the tokenization of US stocks, allowing traditional stocks to also circulate on the chain. ✅ This implies that: The boundary between US stocks and on chain assets has been bridged; Traditional capital has become an active participant in DeFi; Web3 is no longer just "grassroots finance", but truly moving towards the unification of the capital market. ✅ Why iZUMi? IZUMi is not a new player: the project was established in 2021 and started with liquidity management; I have managed over $200 million in liquidity for major chains; The self-developed DEX has millions of users, annual transaction fees exceeding tens of millions of dollars, and promises to use its revenue to repurchase iZi; It is the core liquidity partner of mainstream chains such as Linea, Monad, zkSync, Taiko, Base, etc. Step by step, iZUMi is no longer just a DeFi protocol, but has become a bridge for capital entry. ✅ The significance of iZi Every time a listed company uses iZUMi to put funds on the blockchain, it brings about: larger fund management scale, stronger liquidity moat, and deeper ecological binding. Ultimately, all of these will be directly fed back to iZi, making it a core asset for institutions to enter the cryptocurrency market. More importantly, iZUMi is paving the way for tokenized stock trading. Once the tokenization of the US stock market is implemented on the chain, it will create a market space worth trillions of dollars. At that time, iZUMi will not only be a DeFi protocol, but also a cutting-edge gateway for the integration of global capital markets and Web3. ✅ Summary in one sentence: IZUMi has opened the floodgates for institutional entry with the Upstarts Fund, making iZi the biggest beneficiary of the integration of traditional capital and Web3.