How Casper's Manifest Plans to Capture the $16T Tokenized Asset Industry

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In Zug today, the Casper Association published the Casper Manifest, a multi-year technical roadmap that the network is positioning as its bet on what the next cycle of blockchain infrastructure will actually be used for. The document was introduced by Casper Association President and CTO Michael Steuer at the Bermuda Digital Finance Forum, the invitation-only 500-person event co-hosted by SALT and Penrose Partners at the Hamilton Princess, in front of an audience of Web3 protocols, traditional finance, and institutional finance leaders. The Manifest commits the network to nine coordinated protocol initiatives, with the first, X402 micropayments, shipping in the next few weeks.

The Manifest commits the network to nine coordinated protocol initiatives, with the first, X402 micropayments, shipping in the next few weeks.

The framing is unusual for the category. Most Layer 1 roadmaps in 2026 emphasize throughput, fees, or ecosystem incentives. The Casper Manifest emphasizes none of...

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