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Supply remains stable at approximately 321,578 tokens with minimal change over the observation window. Concentration risk is elevated, with the top five holders controlling 69.7% of circulating supply. Transaction activity has moderated to 594 trades in the past hour following elevated periods, suggesting cooling intraday momentum.", "thesis": "NVDAx has transitioned from a premium-trading regime to a persistent discount versus its reference equity, with the current -25bps divergence representing a meaningful departure from the baseline average of approximately -10.6bps and reflecting broader market microstructure dynamics in tokenized equity markets.", "whyItMatters": "Persistent discounts in tokenized equity products signal potential arbitrage constraints, custody friction, or demand imbalances that affect price discovery efficiency. For market participants, this creates execution uncertainty and raises questions about the reliability of tokenized assets as equity substitutes.", "assets": [ { "id": "asset_nvdax", "symbol": "NVDAx", "name": "NVIDIA xStock", "assetType": "tokenized_equity", "chain": "solana", "contractAddress": "Xsc9qvGR1efVDFGLrVsmkzv3qi45LTBjeUKSPmx9qEh", "referenceTicker": "NVDA", "issuerId": "entity_backed" } ], "entities": [ { "id": "entity_backed", "name": "Backed Assets", "type": "issuer" } ], "tags": [ "tokenized-equity", "NVDA", "xStock", "premium-divergence", "liquidity-analysis", "concentration-risk", "DEX-metrics", "market-microstructure" ], "timeWindow": { "start": "2026-08-13T06:51:10.080Z", "end": "2026-08-13T18:51:02.018Z", "observedAt": "2026-08-13T18:51:02.018Z" }, "observations": [ { "id": "obs_price_divergence_1", "kind": "price_divergence", "statement": "NVDAx trades at -25bps versus the NVDA reference price.", "metric": { "name": "premium_bps", "value": -25, "unit": "bps", 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"2026-08-13T18:51:02.018Z", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-13T185100143Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-13T185101907Z", "ev_dexscreener_2026-08-13T185101917Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-13T185102018Z" ] }, { "id": "obs_holder_concentration_4", "kind": "holder_concentration", "statement": "The five largest token accounts hold 69.7% of supply (pools and custodial accounts included).", "metric": { "name": "top5_account_share", "value": 0.6974148852587652, "unit": "ratio", "baseline": 0.6974148852587652 }, "occurredAt": "2026-08-13T18:51:02.018Z", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-13T185100143Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-13T185101907Z", "ev_dexscreener_2026-08-13T185101917Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-13T185102018Z" ] }, { "id": "obs_volume_context_5", "kind": "volume_context", "statement": "24h DEX volume of $1,174,079 implies 0.39x turnover of pooled liquidity.", "metric": { "name": "volume_24h_usd", "value": 1174079, "unit": "USD" }, "occurredAt": "2026-08-13T18:51:02.018Z", "evidenceIds": [ 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"2026-08-13T18:51:01.907Z", "dataHash": "sha256:84df36206d4f9878f8c2aadd4415d4e761f03cd59dd6713e353f28c2e6a3eb8f", "reliability": "primary", "supportsClaimIds": [ "clm_1", "clm_2", "clm_3", "clm_4", "clm_5", "clm_6", "clm_7" ] }, { "id": "ev_dexscreener_2026-08-13T185101917Z", "sourceId": "dexscreener", "sourceType": "market", "title": "NVDAx DEX pools, liquidity, and volume", "url": "https://api.dexscreener.com/latest/dex/tokens/Xsc9qvGR1efVDFGLrVsmkzv3qi45LTBjeUKSPmx9qEh", "publisher": "DexScreener aggregated venue data", "retrievedAt": "2026-08-13T18:51:01.917Z", "dataHash": "sha256:897209be60cec283316bf4eee81f516e2330419b398d566659eba14a4a62806c", "reliability": "high", "supportsClaimIds": [ "clm_1", "clm_2", "clm_3", "clm_4", "clm_5", "clm_6", "clm_7" ] }, { "id": "ev_jupiter_2026-08-13T185102018Z", "sourceId": "jupiter", "sourceType": "market", "title": "NVDAx token price and NVDA reference price", "url": 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