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Liquidity has contracted to $820,789, down from a peak of $959,843, while 24-hour volume of $2.68 million implies 3.27x turnover of pooled liquidity. Supply remains stable at 229,638 tokens with top 5 holders controlling 44.2% of circulation. The failed DexScreener data source limits complete market visibility.", "thesis": "TSLAx exhibits structural premium volatility and liquidity sensitivity that creates persistent arbitrage gaps versus the underlying equity, with current conditions showing widening discount pressure amid contracting liquidity.", "whyItMatters": "Persistent deviations from reference pricing in tokenized equity products indicate market structure inefficiencies that affect price discovery and may signal stress in redemption mechanisms or liquidity provision.", "assets": [ { "id": "asset_tslax", "symbol": "TSLAx", "name": "Tesla xStock", "assetType": "tokenized_equity", "chain": "solana", "contractAddress": "XsDoVfqeBukxuZHWhdvWHBhgEHjGNst4MLodqsJHzoB", "referenceTicker": "TSLA", "issuerId": "entity_backed" } ], "entities": [ { "id": "entity_backed", "name": "Backed Assets", "type": "issuer" } ], "tags": [ "tokenized-equity", "TSLA", "premium-divergence", "liquidity", "arbitrage", "xStock", "solana", "market-structure" ], "timeWindow": { "start": "2026-08-14T03:21:00.902Z", "end": "2026-08-14T15:31:03.691Z", "observedAt": "2026-08-14T15:31:03.691Z" }, "observations": [ { "id": "obs_price_divergence_1", "kind": "price_divergence", "statement": "TSLAx trades at -81.3bps versus the TSLA reference price.", "metric": { "name": "premium_bps", "value": -81.3, "unit": "bps", "baseline": -20.776183670203764 }, "occurredAt": "2026-08-14T15:31:03.691Z", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153059622Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ] }, { "id": "obs_supply_change_2", "kind": "supply_change", "statement": "Circulating supply is 229,638.165 tokens (+0% vs the prior observation).", "metric": { "name": "supply_ui_amount", "value": 229638.16549262, "unit": "tokens", "baseline": 229638.16549262, "delta": 0 }, "occurredAt": "2026-08-14T15:31:03.691Z", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153059622Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ] }, { "id": "obs_liquidity_level_3", "kind": "liquidity_level", "statement": "Tracked DEX liquidity totals $820,789 across ? pools.", "metric": { "name": "liquidity_usd", "value": 820789, "unit": "USD", "baseline": 873196 }, "occurredAt": "2026-08-14T15:31:03.691Z", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153059622Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ] }, { "id": "obs_holder_concentration_4", "kind": "holder_concentration", "statement": "The five largest token accounts hold 44.2% of supply (pools and custodial accounts included).", "metric": { "name": "top5_account_share", "value": 0.44206774050166525, "unit": "ratio", "baseline": 0.44206774050166525 }, "occurredAt": "2026-08-14T15:31:03.691Z", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153059622Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ] }, { "id": "obs_volume_context_5", "kind": "volume_context", "statement": "24h DEX volume of $2,680,255 implies 3.27x turnover of pooled liquidity.", "metric": { "name": "volume_24h_usd", "value": 2680255, "unit": "USD" }, "occurredAt": "2026-08-14T15:31:03.691Z", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153059622Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ] } ], "evidence": [ { "id": "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "sourceId": "solana_rpc", "sourceType": "onchain", "title": "TSLAx token supply at slot 439252200", "url": "https://solscan.io/token/XsDoVfqeBukxuZHWhdvWHBhgEHjGNst4MLodqsJHzoB", "publisher": "Solana mainnet (direct RPC)", "retrievedAt": "2026-08-14T15:30:58.155Z", "dataHash": "sha256:f15ec7f519cf4eaac41b2e8155b06fb24b9ce42e90451503268f90c899faca5b", "reliability": "primary", "supportsClaimIds": [ "clm_1", "clm_2", "clm_3", 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"ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ], "confidence": 0.95, "falsifiers": [ "reference_price_feed_stale", "token_price_oracle_error" ] }, { "id": "clm_2", "statement": "The current premium of -81.3bps represents a widening of approximately 60.5bps from the 11.7-hour baseline average of -20.8bps", "type": "calculation", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153059622Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ], "confidence": 0.85, "falsifiers": [ "baseline_calculation_error", "non-representative_baseline_period" ] }, { "id": "clm_3", "statement": "Premium volatility over the 11.7-hour window exceeded 200bps, ranging from -83.3bps to +122.8bps", "type": "calculation", "evidenceIds": [ "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153058155Z", "ev_solana_rpc_2026-08-14T153059622Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153103691Z", "ev_jupiter_2026-08-14T153057368Z" ], "confidence": 0.9, "falsifiers": [ 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