Landshare Roadmap: Q1-Q2 2024

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December 28, 2023
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Landshare Team

As the year winds down, we’re immensely grateful to our dedicated community members, collaborators, partners, and everyone who has worked with us as pioneers in the RWA space. 2023 was a year to remember for Landshare, and we have even bigger ambitions for 2024!

In this article, we’re capping off 2023 by celebrating the year’s top achievements, outlining our core priorities going forward, and providing a detailed roadmap for the first half of 2024. Let’s dive in!

2023 Highlights

Tokenized House Flip

Early this year, we completed the first ever tokenized house flip, netting a 10%+ ROI in just a few months for our participants. In this process, we transformed a distressed property into something brand new, drastically increasing the property value. You can read about the renovation from start to finish in our Follow the Flip series.

Landshare DAO

This year also marked the launch of the Landshare DAO, which puts high-level decisions into the hands of LAND holders through a decentralized governance model. With this feature, LAND holders can control token emissions, staking rewards, treasury funds, and launch marketing initiatives autonomously.

To learn more about the Landshare DAO and how you can help shape the future of Landshare, be sure to check out our Deep Dive article and the Landshare Docs.

Real World Explorers

At the end of September, we launched an extensive community incentive program with a prize pool of 35,000 LAND tokens. During this period, we achieved 2.5 million impressions on social media, gained 1200 new token holders, received over 3000 registrations on the DS Dashboard, and welcomed several thousand new followers on X and Telegram community members.

This Friday, December 29th, we officially conclude the Zealy Sprint, marking the completion of the Real World Explorers program. The top 215 leaderboard participants will receive delightful New Year gifts from a 4,000 LAND prize pool.

We thank each explorer for their contributions and eagerly anticipate the opportunity to share what we have in store for the Landshare Shill Army.

Landshare RWA Token

To finish 2023 with a bang, we released our most ambitious update yet — the Landshare RWA Token!

With this new token, we’ve fundamentally reimagined our tokenization model, establishing a simple and secure way to gain exposure to real estate directly on-chain. Along with the new Token, we’ve introduced on-chain property valuations via Chainlink, new secondary trading market options, a UI/UX overhaul, and substantial improvements to the NFT ecosystem.

For more information about the RWA Token Update, be sure to check out the following resources:

2024 Roadmap

With the final days of 2023 ticking away, we’re setting our sights on the agenda for the new year. We have established 4 Core Priorities for 2024, each of which will guide our decisions throughout the year. Our roadmap is built as an extension of these priorities, with each item serving to advance one or more of them.

  • Increased accessibility & integration: Making it easier to access Landshare’s core features; providing additional value through new partnerships and listings
  • Visibility & Community Engagement: Spreading the word about Landshare; leveraging the power of our community to assist in those efforts; creating opportunities for the community to provide direct and actionable feedback
  • Feature development & app improvements: Continuing to build upon and improve our existing features; developing new features which improve the usability and utility of the LAND and LSRWA Tokens
  • Property expansion & diversification: Seeking new opportunities in the real estate space, providing RWA Holders with a diversified and expanded property pool

Q1-Q2

  • New CEX listing
  • Cross-chain capabilities
  • Landshare Shill Army
  • RWA Token listing on DS Swap
  • Card payments for LAND and RWA Token
  • New property NFTs
  • Dark mode for Landshare App
  • App improvements and bug fixes

Year-long and Ongoing Updates

  • New Properties & Diversification
  • Quarterly DAO Voting for Development Roadmap
  • Regular Community Townhalls
  • Integrations and collaborations with other RWA projects

Over time, we have discovered that the most effective way to increase visibility and engagement with the platform is through grassroots, community driven programs and insightful write-ups from Key Opinion Leaders across multiple platforms. To this end, we’re crafting several new initiatives designed to increase visibility and leverage the power of community.

Landshare Shilling Army

As part of the Real-World Explorer program, we frequently conduct shilling quests where users share information about Landshare, thereby boosting awareness of our updates and events. While this approach has been effective, we recognized the need for a modernized version, and that’s exactly what we’ve achieved with the Shilling Army.

We’re now going beyond mere likes and retweets, delving into more meaningful engagement. We’ve created distinct categories for creatives, influencers, shillers, and a plethora of user-generated content that will be ready to launch in mid-January. More details about this campaign, including information on how to participate and fulfill requirements, will be shared tentatively on January 16. Stay tuned so you don’t miss out.

Key Opinion Leaders

As many influential voices in the crypto space focus in on the RWA narrative, it’s crucial to continue our work with Key Opinion leaders across the crypto space. We are focused on creators who craft well-researched, highly informative content which clearly highlights the benefits of our platform in a way that is accessible to a wide audience.

Landshare DAO Grants

Many of our community members may be familiar with the DAO Grant Program and content creation contests. In 2024, we’ll be doubling down our efforts, engaging community members and up-and-coming content creators to produce high-quality, insightful content across multiple domains.

Next up, we must ensure that the platform’s features are easily accessible and well-integrated with other projects. By breaking down barriers to entry and expanding integrations, we make it easier to get into Landshare and even improve the project’s visibility in the process.

New Exchange Listing

Although decentralized exchanges (DEXes) like Pancakeswap are a backbone of DeFi, many users prefer centralized exchanges as a way to buy and sell tokens. To make it easier for these users to get started with Landshare, we intend to list the LAND token on a new centralized exchange early in the year. This will not only allow us to reach more users, but also improve liquidity and opportunities for existing LAND holders.

Cross Chain Capabilities

As crypto moves to an increasingly multi-chain and cross-chain future, it’s imperative that our platform features are accessible through multiple chains. Cross-chain is one of our top priorities, and has been on the radar for a long time. With our latest platform updates as well as new advancements in cross-chain protocols, we have finally established a clear path towards a multi-chain Landshare ecosystem.

With cross-chain comes multiple benefits, including new partnership opportunities, wider access to platform features, and enhanced security. As one of our top priorities for H1 2024, we will continue to provide updates on the development of this feature, including a deep dive article in the coming weeks.

RWA Token Listing on DS Swap

After taking a major step forward with on-chain valuations [link] and fixed price liquidity for RWA Tokens, we will further expand secondary market options with a DS Swap listing for LSRWA. DS Swap will enable the exchange of LSRWA in an active secondary market, similar to Pancakeswap or Uniswap.

Card payment options

Funding a Web3 wallet like Metamask can be a major hurdle for DeFi newcomers. In order to smooth out the onboarding process, we intend to enable credit and debit card payment options for the LAND Token.

Our development will also be hard at work crafting new features and updates for the Landshare App. In addition to some new features yet to be announced, here are the top priorities for our development team entering in the new year.

NFT Migration & New NFTs

In the very near future, we will be completing the NFT migration process for existing NFT holders. With the new system, RWA Token Holders will be stack multiple NFTs for a single yield multiplier against their staked RWA Tokens.

Shortly thereafter, we will release our 3rd NFT for the newest Landshare property, LSCH. With this launch will also come a number of promotions and events designed to bring new users into the Landshare NFT ecosystem. With all 3 NFTs in possession, RWA Token holders can earn 40%+ APR in addition to the gains from rental yields and appreciation!

Dark mode for Landshare App

Dark mode has been a commonly requested feature and was passed via DAO proposal with an 81% vote. Accordingly, we will be launching this feature for the Landshare App early in the year.

App Improvements

Our recent Bug Bounty produced some excellent reports and feedback from the community. Our development team will be hard at work fixing existing bugs and making improvements to the Landshare App based on the feedback provided.

Multi-chain functionality for existing features

Bringing LAND and LSRWA to multiple chains is beneficial unto itself, but far less valuable if key features like staking, governance, and NFTs are not available on those other chains as well. As part of our cross-chain strategy, we will be working to ensure each of our core features has seamless cross chain interoperability, so whether you’re on BSC or another network, everything will work exactly the same.

Quarterly DAO Voting

The Landshare DAO has received several feature requests, and we want to create a streamlined way for LAND Holders to have a direct impact on the development roadmap. Starting at the end of Q1, the development team will assemble all feature requests from the DAO, as well as other ideas from the team or community, and create a single proposal which allows the community to vote for their top priorities.

Unlike a simple Yes/No proposal, the Quarterly DAO Vote will allow you to distribute your voting power across multiple options, based on how important you feel they are. The development team will then assess the results and use them to prioritize development resources, with the top vote-getters receiving special attention. This is a way for the community to provide direct feedback on our development roadmap and request new features for the platform, and a way for the development team to deliver on the community’s top concerns in a timely manner.

Last but not least, our 4th Core Priority is all about expanding and diversifying the real estate offerings for RWA Token holders. By expanding our selection, we not only reduce risk through diversification but also appeal to a wider range of potential investors.

To this point, we’ve focused on single family rentals and house flips. While we do intend to continue investing in these areas, we will be exploring several new options as well. By expanding our selection, we not only reduce risk through diversification but also appeal to a wider range of potential investors.

Some examples we’re exploring include short-term rentals, multi-unit properties, and mixed-use properties. The new RWA Token model also gives us the flexibility to try different strategies, including fix and hold projects or appreciation plays. Each type of investment comes with its own pros and cons, so we’ll continue to assess the market to find the best fit for our investors.

Closing Thoughts

As the RWA narrative captivates the crypto landscape, our sights are set on a new year marked by extraordinary growth. This roadmap serves as a launchpad for what lies ahead, and we invite you to join us at our Community Town Hall on December 29th at 12 PM CST, and be sure to submit your questions here. Your insights will help shape the future, so let’s unite and propel Landshare to new heights in 2024 — our biggest year yet!

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January 17, 2025
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January 17, 2025

Landshare's Loan Protocol: Access Liquidity Without Selling Your Tokens

How to access liquidity without selling LAND tokens
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Landshare Team

At Landshare, we aim to make real estate investment accessible to everyone. By tokenizing real estate assets, we allow users to invest in prime properties worldwide without the massive upfront cost. 

We’ve brought out our latest update: the Land Protocol. Through this, token holders can access liquidity without selling their assets by using Landshare Tokens (LAND) or Real World Asset Tokens (LSRWA) as collateral. 

This creates a mutually beneficial scenario for both borrowers and lenders. Borrowers gain the cash flow they need, while lenders earn consistent returns through interest. How does this work? Let’s discuss 

The Promise of Loan Protocol 

If you’re holding LAND or LSRWA tokens, why let them sit idle when you can borrow USDC and put your assets to work? 

With the Landshare Loan Protocol, you don’t need to sell your valuable tokens to access liquidity. Instead, you can use them as collateral and get the funds you need while retaining ownership of your assets. Whether you want to cover personal expenses, make new investments, or take advantage of other opportunities by borrowing USDC through Landshare, you can maximize tokens' potential without parting with them.

As a lender, the protocol helps you earn 10% APY by contributing USDC. 

How does it work? 

The Landshare Loan Protocol has two distinct pools: one for LSRWA tokens and another for LAND tokens. Each of these pools has a set maturity date, the deadline by which loans must be repaid. If the loan isn’t repaid by this date, the collateral used by the borrower will be liquidated, meaning it will be sold to recover the loan amount. 

The completion percentage displayed for each pool shows how much time has passed in the loan term. For example, if the completion percentage is 50%, half the term is completed, and the same amount of time remains before the maturity date.

Once the loan term ends and the maturity date is reached, lenders will get their USDC back along with the interest earned during the loan period. This interest comes from the borrower’s repayment and is set at 10% APY. This means borrowers pay 10% in interest, and lenders earn 10% on their funds. As a lender, your USDC is secured by the collateral the borrower has provided—either LAND or LSRWA tokens. This makes the system secure for lenders since their funds are protected.

The protocol uses over-collateralization to reduce the risk for lenders. This means that borrowers must provide more collateral than the value of the loan they’re taking. 

For example, in the LSRWA pool, a borrower can only withdraw up to 50% of the value of their collateral. So if someone deposits $100 worth of LSRWA, they can only borrow 50 USDC. This extra collateral helps to protect lenders because the loan is backed by more than the borrowed amount, lowering the chances of a loss in case the borrower defaults.

If a loan is not repaid by the maturity date, the collateral (either LSRWA or LAND) will be sold to pay back the loan amount, including any interest. A 10% liquidation fee is also levied.  

After the liquidation, if there is any remaining balance from the sale of the collateral, the borrower can claim it. This process ensures that lenders are compensated even if a borrower fails to repay the loan.

How to borrow USDC using LSRWA and LAND

The process of borrowing USDC by pawning your LSRWA and LAND tokens is straightforward. Let’s walk through it: 

  1. As discussed, there are two pools for each of the tokens: LSRWA and LAND. Press the Borrow button of the pool against which you want to borrow USDC. 
  1. Next, a pop-up will appear on your screen. Enter the amount of USDC you wish to borrow. Once you do that, the collateral amount will be displayed immediately. 
  1. Now, simply press the Borrow button and approve the transaction in your wallet. You will be able to see the borrowed USDC in your wallet. 

How to lend USDC using LSRWA and LAND

You can lend your stablecoins through this protocol and earn 10% APY. The process is simple. Let’s look at it: 

  1. This time, press the Supply button. 

  1. Next, a pop-up will appear on the screen. Enter the amount you can supply and hit the " Supply" button.

Enhanced Capital Efficiency with $LSRWA

We’re rolling out a new borrowing strategy that unlocks triple the earning potential for our users. You’ll be able to borrow against staked LSRWA-USDT LP Tokens, allowing you to stack rewards from three sources at once:

  1.  LSRWA appreciation
  2.  LSRWA-USDT LP staking rewards
  3.  Gains from borrowed USDC

But wait, there’s more! 👀

If you buy $LSRWA via the DS Dashboard, you’ll earn NFT Credits. These credits can be used to mint NFTs and unlock even more rewards, taking your real estate investing to the next level with a touch of DeFi magic!

How the new borrowing strategy will work: 

1. Create LP Tokens: Pair USDT and LSRWA on DS Swap to generate LSRWA-USDT LP Tokens.

2. Wrap and Stake: Deposit LP Tokens into a wrapped contract to keep earning LAND yields.

3. Borrow USDC: Use your wrapped LP Tokens as collateral and unlock USDC via our Loan Protocol.

💡 Why is this exciting? This strategy supercharges your capital efficiency, letting you grow your portfolio without missing out on staking rewards or token gains.

Final Note

Borrowing through the Landshare Loan Protocol offers more than just quick access to cash—it’s an opportunity to make your tokenized assets work for you. You don’t have to choose between selling your tokens and staying liquid. 

With a fixed maturity date and competitive interest rates, this system allows you to borrow responsibly while keeping your tokens safe. 

Take advantage of the liquidity your assets can provide through the Landshare Loan Protocol.

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January 6, 2025
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January 6, 2025

Landshare 2025 Roadmap: New Features, Core Priorities & Team Insights

Learn what's coming up for Landshare in 2025.
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Landshare Team

Hello Landshare community!

As we move into yet another new year, we’d like to express our gratitude for each and every LAND holder, LSRWA investor, and community member who has shared their time and energy with us. 2024 was marked with several major milestones, and you can check out our annual recap here.

With last year officially behind us, it’s time to put out the team’s vision for the next 12 months of Landshare. In this roadmap, we will cover the specific deliverables you can expect to see this year, the ongoing developments that will occur throughout the year, and the core priorities that drive our decision-making process.

Without further ado, let’s dive in!

💡 A Shared Vision for the Future

Landshare has grown into something far greater than what we initially envisioned. What started as a concept for tokenized real estate has blossomed into a robust ecosystem featuring tools and features like staking, NFTs, liquidity pools, a loan protocol, and a secondary market.

In 2025, our focus shifts to unlocking the full potential of these offerings. This year will be about refinement, outreach, and adoption. We’ll prioritize showcasing our features to a broader audience through compelling content, strategic partnerships, offline events, and expanded advertising efforts.

Our goal is simple: to make Landshare a recognized leader in tokenization and to bring the benefits of our ecosystem to the masses. Your support continues to fuel this journey, and together, we can achieve even greater milestones.

TL;DR: The 2025 Roadmap

For those short on time, we’ve summarized the roadmap here, starting with our Core Priorities followed by the specific features and developments you can expect throughout the year.

  • User Experience and Product Polish: Taking a full audit of Landshare’s user experience, including UI changes, quality of life updates, bug fixes and implementing user feedback to improve existing features.
  • Simplified Onboarding: Making it easier for new users to join and engage with Landshare’s ecosystem.
  • Expanded Marketing: Strengthening our presence through YouTube, Web2 ads, and participation in industry events.
  • Property Expansion & Diversification: Adding more real estate options, including single family rentals, short-term rentals (Airbnb), and multi-unit properties, to provide broader investment opportunities.

🔑 Key 2025 Deliverables

  • Landshare Referral Program: Refer new users to Landshare and earn USDC Rewards. Compete on the leaderboard for the most referrals to earn bonuses.
  • Tokenization Hub (3rd Party Tokenization): Offers tokenization-ready templates for property owners to simplify onboarding new properties to the Landshare Ecosystem. Learn more
  • LSRWA Express: A simplified investment option allowing users to deposit stablecoins and earn stablecoin yield from real world assets.
  • LSRWA Liquidity Expansion: Introducing improved liquidity solutions for large LSRWA holders to reduce price impact, alongside enhanced liquidity pools.
  • Plume Network Deployment: Buy LSRWA on Plume Network using the pUSD stablecoin.
  • New Borrowing Strategies: New ways to maximize earning potential by staking LSRWA-USDT LP tokens to earn from multiple sources simultaneously.
  • NFT Ecosystem Refresh: Improving NFT usability with UX enhancements, bug fixes, new NFT releases, and a revamped Marketplace 2.0.
  • Focus Group: A dedicated Telegram group exclusively for large LAND and LSRWA investors, providing them with a direct channel to communicate with the team and access exclusive perks such as sneak peeks, early access to features, and other insights.

🎯 Ongoing Priorities

In addition to the key deliverables, here are the continuous efforts we’ll focus on throughout 2025:

  • Expanding the property portfolio with more diverse options, including Airbnbs and multi-unit buildings.
  • Exploring cross-chain opportunities to extend Landshare’s reach.
  • Making consistent UI/UX upgrades to enhance the platform.
  • Continuing YouTube and Web2 marketing initiatives.
  • Additional CEX listings.

Now that you know what to expect this year, let’s dive a little bit deeper into the new features and changes coming to Landshare in 2025.

⏩ LSRWA Express

We recognize that there are different types of users in the Web3 world — some are highly sophisticated, constantly seeking new ways to squeeze out additional yields. Others are passive, laid-back participants with less experience on the blockchain. Our vision is an ecosystem that accommodates both types of investors. For this reason, in line with our goal to make Landshare more accessible, we’re introducing LSRWA Express.

With LSRWA Express, qualified investors can earn real returns from real assets by simply depositing stablecoins in the Landshare platform. Behind the scenes, the stablecoins are used to purchase, hold, and redeem LSRWA Tokens, much like the capabilities our users already enjoy. On the front end, investors will enjoy a seamless investment where their gains are expressed in terms of USD. Here’s how it works:

  1. Complete KYC: Users will need to complete KYC in order to access LSRWA Express. Using Swipelux ZeroID, this process can be completed in a few moments.
  2. Deposit Stablecoins: Users can then deposit and lock stablecoins for a specific period of time.
  3. LSRWA Acquisition: The deposit contract will use the stablecoins to acquire LSRWA Tokens on behalf of the user.
  4. Yield Generation: LSRWA are auto-redeemed for USDC each month on behalf of all LSRWA Express users. Gains are reflected to the user and harvestable as USDC immediately.
  5. Withdrawal: When the lockup period has passed, users can withdraw their principle in the form of stablecoins or choose to continue staking.

With LSRWA Express, you can earn stablecoin yield without having to navigate the complexities of the ecosystem. Meanwhile, our existing users can continue to benefit from the robust feature set that Landshare has to offer.

💸 Maximize LSRWA yields with new borrowing strategies

In 2024, we launched our Loan Protocol, introducing the ability to borrow USDC against LAND or LSRWA Tokens. In 2025 we’re taking the next step and allowing users to borrow against staked LSRWA-USDT LP Tokens. With this capability, you’ll be able to earn yield from three different sources at once: LSRWA appreciation, LSRWA-USDT LP staking rewards, and gains from borrowed USDC.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Create LSRWA-USDT LP Tokens: This is the same process as it stands now — visit DS Swap and add USDT and LSRWA to the pool.
  2. Wrap LSRWA-USDT LP Tokens: Rather than staking LSRWA-USDT directly, you will deposit them into a wrapped LSRWA-USDT LP Token. The tokens deposited into the wrapped contract will then be deposited into the vault, still earning a LAND yield.
  3. Borrow USDC: Finally, with wrapped LSRWA-USDT Tokens in hand, visit the Landshare Loan protocol and borrow USDC.

Marketing Strategy

As highlighted earlier, one of our primary focuses for 2025 is bringing Landshare’s innovative features to a wider audience. Unlocking the full potential of our ecosystem requires not only building great products but also effectively communicating their value. To achieve this, we have developed a two-pronged marketing strategy targeting both traditional property owners and the crypto community.

🏢 B2B Marketing
Our business-to-business (B2B) efforts are designed to increase awareness of tokenization in traditional sectors and attract property owners to the Landshare ecosystem. Key strategies include:

  • Animated Explainer Videos
  • Targeted YouTube Ads
  • YouTube Influencers
  • Google Ads Campaigns
  • Facebook & Reddit Ads
  • Educational Content

👥 B2C Marketing
Our business-to-consumer (B2C) strategies aim to unlock the potential of the Landshare ecosystem within the crypto community. These efforts include:

  • Co-Marketing Initiatives
  • Twitter Spaces Participation
  • YouTube & Twitter KOLs Outreach
  • Ongoing Short-Term Events
  • Crypto-Focused Podcasts
  • Community-Led Growth

With this multi-faceted approach, we aim to bridge the gap between traditional property owners and the blockchain space while expanding our footprint in the crypto community. 2025 will be a year of bold outreach, creative campaigns, and consistent effort to bring our product to the masses.

🏘️ Property Expansion

Landshare’s Tokenization Hub represents a groundbreaking step forward in making real estate tokenization more accessible to property owners and investors alike. Designed as a comprehensive on-chain solution, it simplifies the process of bringing new properties into the Landshare ecosystem, offering property owners tools and templates to tokenize their assets seamlessly. If you’re unfamiliar with the Tokenization Hub, check out our feature preview here.

The Tokenization Hub will provide solutions for property owners, adding a new audience to the ecosystem. But what benefits can our existing users expect? In addition to new single-family rentals via our Roofstock + Forumpay collaboration, we’re opening the door to properties like Airbnbs, short-term rentals, and multi-unit complexes and improving the efficiency of our property pipeline. In doing so, we aim to grow and diversify our property selection to cater to different investor preferences.

This expanded property portfolio not only benefits investors but also strengthens the overall ecosystem. More properties mean more transaction activity, increased token utility, and greater exposure for Landshare as a pioneer in real estate tokenization.

🏦 Improving liquidity options for LSRWA

Since the inception of Landshare, we’ve sought to make real estate a truly liquid asset. In 2024, we successfully listed LSRWA Token on DS Swap and created a LSRWA-USDT LP Staking pool, enabling LSRWA holders to trade their tokens anytime. As a result of these efforts, we are proud to say that LSRWA is among the first security tokens with a secondary market, allowing investors to trade their RWA-backed tokens 24/7/365. Recently, our DS Swap pool hit the $350k mark, a testament to the support of our community and liquidity providers.

Despite these successes, we feel there is still room for improvment with regard to LSRWA liquidity — particularly for larger holders. In 2025, we’ll be implementing the following liquidity solutions:

  • OTC Sales: Offering the ability to conditionally sell larger LSRWA sums at a moderately discounted price, instilling confidence in larger buyers.
  • Rental Income Buybacks: Proposing the use of a portion of rental income to buy back LSRWA on DS Swap and add liquidity, increasing price, reducing LSRWA supply and increasing liquidity. This change would require a vote of LSRWA holders.
  • DS Swap adjustments: Using primary sale funds to buy back and burn tokens on DS Swap when the price dips below NAV, generating a small profit for LSRWA holders and ensuring tokens can be sold on DS Swap for a reasonable price.

🔃 NFT Refresh

The NFT ecosystem has been a core pillar of Landshare, driving users toward RWA adoption for over 2 years. In 2025, we’ll be giving the NFT ecosystem a refresh designed to improve user experience and functionality. Some of the updates you can expect include:

  • UX enhancements: Simplified navigation and bug fixes to improve the day-to-day experience of users.
  • Easy onboarding: Improved clarity for how the ecosystem works and how to get started.
  • Marketplace 2.0: A major overhaul to the NFT marketplace UI, plus added functionality like the ability to list premium upgrade NFTs.
  • New NFTs: New properties means new NFTs — each successful property offering on the Tokenization Hub will create a produce a brand new NFT.

Conclusion

Landshare’s foundation is stronger than ever, built on years of hard work, innovation, and the unwavering support of our community. Thank you for believing in Landshare and for being an integral part of this journey. Your feedback, enthusiasm, and commitment inspire us to push boundaries and aim higher every single day.

Stay tuned for the exciting developments ahead, and let’s continue building something extraordinary together!

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November 17, 2024
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November 17, 2024

RWA Tokenization Could See 50x Growth by 2030: Why Real Estate Tokenization is Gaining Popularity

Discover how RWA tokenization, led by real estate, is transforming investments with accessibility, liquidity, and a predicted 50x growth by 2030
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Landshare Team

Trump has won US elections, and with his second term comes a golden age for crypto, with positive regulations and unlimited opportunities. Bitcoin has already touched $91K in jubilation, with a brand new bull run already on the road. Altcoins are not behind either; in fact, CoinGecko’s 2024 Q3 crypto industry report highlighted RWA, memecoins, and more as the most popular crypto narratives!

RWA or real estate tokenization has had a good run in 2024, setting the sector up as one to see tremendous growth in this decade. A recent Tren Finance research report even predicts a 50x growth for RWA tokenization by 2030.

Out of the most popular RWAs to be tokenized this far, real estate is up there. A traditionally illiquid market now turned liquid by RWA tokenization, real estate tokenization is quickly gaining traction. 

The hype surrounding RWA tokenization

RWA tokenization refers to the process of converting ownership over real-world assets (RWAs) like real estate, art, commodities, or financial instruments like bonds or equities into digital tokens on a blockchain. One asset can be turned into one or a series of blockchain-based tokens, so an asset can essentially be purchased by multiple investors. This makes certain markets previously only accessible to HNIs and enterprises more accessible and liquid, lowering entry barriers for novice investors.

Each RWA token can represent complete or fractional ownership of an underlying asset, allowing it to be traded, transferred, or held digitally.

Multiple perks to RWA tokenization make the sector so popular to RWA owners and crypto investors alike. Some of them are:

  • Accessibility: As just mentioned, tokenization lowers the barriers to entry for investing in high-value assets with the feature of fractional ownership. For example, having a stake in a high-value real estate property becomes possible for retail investors with RWA tokenization.
  • Liquidity: Traditional RWAs often suffer from illiquidity; if you take real estate as an example again, assets are inaccessible to buyers due to geographical and economic reasons. However, tokenized assets can be traded quickly and 24/7 from any part of the world, and fractional ownership allows people from all financial backgrounds to enter any market, significantly enhancing liquidity.
  • Cost efficiency: By eliminating intermediaries and streamlining all processes, RWA tokenization reduces costs related to asset management, transaction fees, and regulatory compliance.
  • Global reach: Blockchain enables RWA to be marketed and traded globally, increasing both investor pool and market efficiency.
  • Lower risk than typical crypto: Many traditional investors stay wary of your usual crypto due to their speculative nature; their value is derived from market supply and demand instead of any underlying asset. RWA tokenization solves this issue for such investors, bringing real-world value to the blockchain. This expands the utilities of crypto, birthing innovative use cases that bridge the physical and digital economies. 

What’s more, the use cases of RWA tokenization are vast. You can choose to tokenize everything from real estate to debt instruments to art/collectibles to commodities, making RWA a cornerstone of the DeFi movement.

RWA sector to grow 50-fold in six years?

As Tren Finance’s October 2024 report stated, predictions from some of the largest financial institutions and business consulting firms suggest a 50x growth for RWA by 2030. 

Further forecasts say that the RWA sector could reach a market size between $4 trillion and $30 trillion, as you can see in the image below. 

If the sector reaches even $10 trillion by 2030, that would be a 54-times growth from its current value of $187 billion. 

As Tren Finance further captured in the report, the global RWA market stands at $867 trillion, only a small portion of which currently exists on-chain:

As the RWA tokenization sector matures, it is expected to capture more of this untapped market. 

What else does the Tren Finance report note? Here’s a quick summary:

  • McKinsey & Company expects a $4 trillion market valuation for RWA by 2030, while Standard Chartered expects $30.1 trillion.
  • The tokenized market excluding stablecoins is valued at $11.6 billion.
  • Including stablecoins, the tokenized market holds a valuation of $170 billion. In contrast, private credit holds $9 billion, real estate has $3.8 billion, securities and Treasuries have $2.2 billion, commodities have $1 billion, and ReFi, collectibles, intellectual property, and others have respectively $150 million, $60 million, $50 million, and $130 million+.
  • 2024 has seen the highest amount of RWAs brought on-chain in history.
  • The RWA ecosystem is dominated by BlackRock in tokenized Treasuries and securities, Tether Gold in commodities, and Landshare in real estate among others, as per the report. 

As blockchain continues integrating with TradFi, the financial markets are going through a revolution. Big players like BlackRock and Tether are expanding into RWA tokenization; the sector most definitely has the potential to completely change how people invest/trade and own assets. 

Real estate tokenization running ahead 

Out of all the different RWA being tokenized, real estate tokenization has probably caught on the fastest. Why is that? Here’s what Landshare thinks:

  • Real estate properties are typically high-value and illiquid, making them super ideal for fractionalization through tokenization. By breaking down ownership of real estate into smaller, easily tradable tokens, all sorts of investors can participate in the market without needing large capital. For example, on Landshare, investors can enter the US real estate market with only $50 as a threshold.
  • Real estate is a universally recognized asset class with historically stable returns and good appreciation potential. Add to that the universal market for real estate prepared by tokenization, and investors are naturally attracted to the asset.
  • Blockchain’s ability to provide immutable ownership records and eliminate intermediaries addresses trust and fraud issues usually rampant in traditional real estate transactions.
  • Traditional real estate transactions further involve high costs and lengthy settlement periods. Tokenization simplifies and accelerates both processes, making real estate significantly more attractive.

Overall, real estate’s vast, underutilized potential combined with blockchain’s efficiency creates a perfect use case, naturally making it a frontrunner in the RWA tokenization space.

Landshare is a U.S.-based platform dedicated to the tokenization of real estate properties. It enables investors to acquire fractional shares in residential properties using blockchain technology, streamlining the investment process and broadening the scope of who can invest in real estate. By integrating blockchain technology into the real estate market, Landshare offers tokenized property assets on its platform, making it possible for investments to start at just $50, thus democratizing the entry into property investment.

The platform employs Real World Asset (LSRWA) tokens, granting investors partial ownership in tangible property assets and marking a notable innovation in real estate investment. Landshare's utility token, LAND, has proven its transactional effectiveness by facilitating the sale of four tokenized properties on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), demonstrating its market readiness. Addressing the traditional inefficiencies and liquidity issues in real estate, Landshare positions itself as a critical player, offering promising prospects for growth and passive income generation.

Learn more about us on our official website.

Landshare Roadmap: Q1-Q2 2024

As the year winds down, we’re immensely grateful to our dedicated community members, collaborators, partners, and everyone who has worked with us as pioneers in the RWA space. 2023 was a year to remember for Landshare, and we have even bigger ambitions for 2024!

In this article, we’re capping off 2023 by celebrating the year’s top achievements, outlining our core priorities going forward, and providing a detailed roadmap for the first half of 2024. Let’s dive in!

2023 Highlights

Tokenized House Flip

Early this year, we completed the first ever tokenized house flip, netting a 10%+ ROI in just a few months for our participants. In this process, we transformed a distressed property into something brand new, drastically increasing the property value. You can read about the renovation from start to finish in our Follow the Flip series.

Landshare DAO

This year also marked the launch of the Landshare DAO, which puts high-level decisions into the hands of LAND holders through a decentralized governance model. With this feature, LAND holders can control token emissions, staking rewards, treasury funds, and launch marketing initiatives autonomously.

To learn more about the Landshare DAO and how you can help shape the future of Landshare, be sure to check out our Deep Dive article and the Landshare Docs.

Real World Explorers

At the end of September, we launched an extensive community incentive program with a prize pool of 35,000 LAND tokens. During this period, we achieved 2.5 million impressions on social media, gained 1200 new token holders, received over 3000 registrations on the DS Dashboard, and welcomed several thousand new followers on X and Telegram community members.

This Friday, December 29th, we officially conclude the Zealy Sprint, marking the completion of the Real World Explorers program. The top 215 leaderboard participants will receive delightful New Year gifts from a 4,000 LAND prize pool.

We thank each explorer for their contributions and eagerly anticipate the opportunity to share what we have in store for the Landshare Shill Army.

Landshare RWA Token

To finish 2023 with a bang, we released our most ambitious update yet — the Landshare RWA Token!

With this new token, we’ve fundamentally reimagined our tokenization model, establishing a simple and secure way to gain exposure to real estate directly on-chain. Along with the new Token, we’ve introduced on-chain property valuations via Chainlink, new secondary trading market options, a UI/UX overhaul, and substantial improvements to the NFT ecosystem.

For more information about the RWA Token Update, be sure to check out the following resources:

2024 Roadmap

With the final days of 2023 ticking away, we’re setting our sights on the agenda for the new year. We have established 4 Core Priorities for 2024, each of which will guide our decisions throughout the year. Our roadmap is built as an extension of these priorities, with each item serving to advance one or more of them.

  • Increased accessibility & integration: Making it easier to access Landshare’s core features; providing additional value through new partnerships and listings
  • Visibility & Community Engagement: Spreading the word about Landshare; leveraging the power of our community to assist in those efforts; creating opportunities for the community to provide direct and actionable feedback
  • Feature development & app improvements: Continuing to build upon and improve our existing features; developing new features which improve the usability and utility of the LAND and LSRWA Tokens
  • Property expansion & diversification: Seeking new opportunities in the real estate space, providing RWA Holders with a diversified and expanded property pool

Q1-Q2

  • New CEX listing
  • Cross-chain capabilities
  • Landshare Shill Army
  • RWA Token listing on DS Swap
  • Card payments for LAND and RWA Token
  • New property NFTs
  • Dark mode for Landshare App
  • App improvements and bug fixes

Year-long and Ongoing Updates

  • New Properties & Diversification
  • Quarterly DAO Voting for Development Roadmap
  • Regular Community Townhalls
  • Integrations and collaborations with other RWA projects

Over time, we have discovered that the most effective way to increase visibility and engagement with the platform is through grassroots, community driven programs and insightful write-ups from Key Opinion Leaders across multiple platforms. To this end, we’re crafting several new initiatives designed to increase visibility and leverage the power of community.

Landshare Shilling Army

As part of the Real-World Explorer program, we frequently conduct shilling quests where users share information about Landshare, thereby boosting awareness of our updates and events. While this approach has been effective, we recognized the need for a modernized version, and that’s exactly what we’ve achieved with the Shilling Army.

We’re now going beyond mere likes and retweets, delving into more meaningful engagement. We’ve created distinct categories for creatives, influencers, shillers, and a plethora of user-generated content that will be ready to launch in mid-January. More details about this campaign, including information on how to participate and fulfill requirements, will be shared tentatively on January 16. Stay tuned so you don’t miss out.

Key Opinion Leaders

As many influential voices in the crypto space focus in on the RWA narrative, it’s crucial to continue our work with Key Opinion leaders across the crypto space. We are focused on creators who craft well-researched, highly informative content which clearly highlights the benefits of our platform in a way that is accessible to a wide audience.

Landshare DAO Grants

Many of our community members may be familiar with the DAO Grant Program and content creation contests. In 2024, we’ll be doubling down our efforts, engaging community members and up-and-coming content creators to produce high-quality, insightful content across multiple domains.

Next up, we must ensure that the platform’s features are easily accessible and well-integrated with other projects. By breaking down barriers to entry and expanding integrations, we make it easier to get into Landshare and even improve the project’s visibility in the process.

New Exchange Listing

Although decentralized exchanges (DEXes) like Pancakeswap are a backbone of DeFi, many users prefer centralized exchanges as a way to buy and sell tokens. To make it easier for these users to get started with Landshare, we intend to list the LAND token on a new centralized exchange early in the year. This will not only allow us to reach more users, but also improve liquidity and opportunities for existing LAND holders.

Cross Chain Capabilities

As crypto moves to an increasingly multi-chain and cross-chain future, it’s imperative that our platform features are accessible through multiple chains. Cross-chain is one of our top priorities, and has been on the radar for a long time. With our latest platform updates as well as new advancements in cross-chain protocols, we have finally established a clear path towards a multi-chain Landshare ecosystem.

With cross-chain comes multiple benefits, including new partnership opportunities, wider access to platform features, and enhanced security. As one of our top priorities for H1 2024, we will continue to provide updates on the development of this feature, including a deep dive article in the coming weeks.

RWA Token Listing on DS Swap

After taking a major step forward with on-chain valuations [link] and fixed price liquidity for RWA Tokens, we will further expand secondary market options with a DS Swap listing for LSRWA. DS Swap will enable the exchange of LSRWA in an active secondary market, similar to Pancakeswap or Uniswap.

Card payment options

Funding a Web3 wallet like Metamask can be a major hurdle for DeFi newcomers. In order to smooth out the onboarding process, we intend to enable credit and debit card payment options for the LAND Token.

Our development will also be hard at work crafting new features and updates for the Landshare App. In addition to some new features yet to be announced, here are the top priorities for our development team entering in the new year.

NFT Migration & New NFTs

In the very near future, we will be completing the NFT migration process for existing NFT holders. With the new system, RWA Token Holders will be stack multiple NFTs for a single yield multiplier against their staked RWA Tokens.

Shortly thereafter, we will release our 3rd NFT for the newest Landshare property, LSCH. With this launch will also come a number of promotions and events designed to bring new users into the Landshare NFT ecosystem. With all 3 NFTs in possession, RWA Token holders can earn 40%+ APR in addition to the gains from rental yields and appreciation!

Dark mode for Landshare App

Dark mode has been a commonly requested feature and was passed via DAO proposal with an 81% vote. Accordingly, we will be launching this feature for the Landshare App early in the year.

App Improvements

Our recent Bug Bounty produced some excellent reports and feedback from the community. Our development team will be hard at work fixing existing bugs and making improvements to the Landshare App based on the feedback provided.

Multi-chain functionality for existing features

Bringing LAND and LSRWA to multiple chains is beneficial unto itself, but far less valuable if key features like staking, governance, and NFTs are not available on those other chains as well. As part of our cross-chain strategy, we will be working to ensure each of our core features has seamless cross chain interoperability, so whether you’re on BSC or another network, everything will work exactly the same.

Quarterly DAO Voting

The Landshare DAO has received several feature requests, and we want to create a streamlined way for LAND Holders to have a direct impact on the development roadmap. Starting at the end of Q1, the development team will assemble all feature requests from the DAO, as well as other ideas from the team or community, and create a single proposal which allows the community to vote for their top priorities.

Unlike a simple Yes/No proposal, the Quarterly DAO Vote will allow you to distribute your voting power across multiple options, based on how important you feel they are. The development team will then assess the results and use them to prioritize development resources, with the top vote-getters receiving special attention. This is a way for the community to provide direct feedback on our development roadmap and request new features for the platform, and a way for the development team to deliver on the community’s top concerns in a timely manner.

Last but not least, our 4th Core Priority is all about expanding and diversifying the real estate offerings for RWA Token holders. By expanding our selection, we not only reduce risk through diversification but also appeal to a wider range of potential investors.

To this point, we’ve focused on single family rentals and house flips. While we do intend to continue investing in these areas, we will be exploring several new options as well. By expanding our selection, we not only reduce risk through diversification but also appeal to a wider range of potential investors.

Some examples we’re exploring include short-term rentals, multi-unit properties, and mixed-use properties. The new RWA Token model also gives us the flexibility to try different strategies, including fix and hold projects or appreciation plays. Each type of investment comes with its own pros and cons, so we’ll continue to assess the market to find the best fit for our investors.

Closing Thoughts

As the RWA narrative captivates the crypto landscape, our sights are set on a new year marked by extraordinary growth. This roadmap serves as a launchpad for what lies ahead, and we invite you to join us at our Community Town Hall on December 29th at 12 PM CST, and be sure to submit your questions here. Your insights will help shape the future, so let’s unite and propel Landshare to new heights in 2024 — our biggest year yet!

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