This episode starts with Siam and Mark chatting about TAO going “more mainstream,” name-dropping Jason Calacanis’ interest and sharing Const’s reminder that TAO/Bittensor ultimately stands on Bitcoin’s groundwork. They briefly recap recent ecosystem happenings (Bitstarter’s TAO Ads launch for Subnet 21 and their upcoming San Francisco trip), then bring on a returning guest from Resi (Subnet 46) to share a major product expansion.
Seby explains RESI as a real-estate “oracle” network: miners produce and the team verifies highly accurate property valuation models (already available via Chutes for cheap inference). The big update is RESI Finance, a lending/tokenization layer built on top of that oracle. The core idea: instead of slow/expensive “tokenize your whole house” structures, RESI tokenizes liens/charges (mortgage-like claims) because they’re standard, easier legally, and safer. They claim they’ve reduced tokenization overhead from roughly $2,000 and weeks to about $200 and ~2 days, with the fee covering real-world checks (title verification, signatures/DocuSign, notary, and recording the lien) before any tokens can be minted.
They compare the model to Figure HELOC (a large mortgage-backed stablecoin business): investors deposit USDC into a vault and receive a receipt token, while homeowners borrow against home equity; loans are later bundled/sold (MBS-style) and fees/interest create yield. RESI’s version mirrors this: investors deposit USDC and receive an “rUSD”-style receipt token with target yield; homeowners either (a) sell small slices of property exposure and/or (b) borrow against tokenized property collateral at lower rates (e.g., ~5%). The “looping” concept is using cheap borrowing against a yielding property to lever returns (e.g., reinvest borrowed funds to lift effective yield toward 20–30%+), with the oracle’s live pricing enabling liquidations/risk control.
