Interchain Base 8
Calibrated launch value from the rulebook. This basket carries no order panel today.
Why this basket exists
What the construction is trying to capture, who it is built for, and how it is meant to be sized inside a wider allocation.
Eight interoperability and foundation-layer protocols, recentred in the 2026-05 refactor around survivors with live cross-chain throughput. Celestia anchors at 30% as the data-availability category leader. LayerZero takes 20% on the messaging share that legacy bridges targeted but lost. Sui and GRAM each enter at 14% to extend the construction beyond IBC into modular coordination broadly. Wormhole retains 8% on real bridge volume. Axelar holds 6% as a diversifier despite share loss to ZRO. Cosmos Hub and Polkadot keep capped 4% references rather than dominating slots. Dymension and Saga exit. The basket converges thematically with the refactored OCOS6 by design.
- Sector family · Moderate risk tier
- Rule-based, divisor-method NAV
No committee note is published for this basket yet, so the catalogue description above stands in until one is written.
8 holdings, drawn to scale
Each tile's area is its weight in the basket, so the picture and the table below it are the same data read two ways.
| Holding | Share | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01TIA | 30% | ||
| 02ZRO | 20% | ||
| 03GRAM | 14% | ||
| 04SUI | 14% | ||
| 05W | 8% | ||
| 06AXL | 6% | ||
| 07ATOM | 4% | ||
| 08DOT | 4% | ||
| Total | 100% |
Why each name earned its seat
Research notes per constituent: the case for the asset, the regime that suits it, and the risk the seat carries.
- TIA30%Growth
Research note pending for this holding. Its weight and its role in the mandate are published above.
- ZRO20%Growth
Research note pending for this holding. Its weight and its role in the mandate are published above.
- GRAM14%Growth
Research note pending for this holding. Its weight and its role in the mandate are published above.
- SUI14%Growth
Sui is the Move-language L1 spun out of the Diem project. Parallel-execution architecture targets the throughput ceiling that Solana hits during congestion.
Higher beta than the established L1s. Outperforms during alt-L1 rotation and on technical-narrative catalysts. Drawdowns pronounced in flight-to-quality.
sub-3y historyventure overhang - W8%Growth
Research note pending for this holding. Its weight and its role in the mandate are published above.
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- AXL6%Growth
Research note pending for this holding. Its weight and its role in the mandate are published above.
- ATOM4%Infrastructure
Cosmos is the original interchain layer and remains the canonical IBC asset. The ecosystem of sovereign chains keeps the hub relevant even as hub-token economics lag.
Outperforms in interchain or modular cycles. Lags when the ICS revenue thesis fails to translate into token accrual, which has been most of 2024 to 2026.
weak token accrual - DOT4%Infrastructure
Polkadot is the parachain coordination layer with one of the longest live interoperability stories in crypto. Its position has eroded against modular alternatives.
Lags in modular-blockchain narratives where Celestia and Cosmos take share. Performs in interoperability-narrative cycles and on JAM milestones.
share loss to modular peers
What the numbers say
Simulated on historical constituent prices. A Sharpe is only published once the measured window clears 90 days, and drawdowns keep their sign.
Every figure above is simulated on historical constituent prices for a basket that has not traded. It describes how the rules would have behaved, not how they will behave. OICB8 is part of a public preview.
Max expected loss over the horizon · 95% confidence · historical distribution. There is a 5% chance the actual loss is larger.
| Window | Return | Sharpe | vs BTC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full window | −73.8% | −0.70 | −1.13 |
| 1 year | −66.5% | −1.00 | −0.21 |
| 6 months | −5.8% | −0.21 | −1.68 |
| 3 months | −13.7% | −0.89 | −1.98 |
| 1 month | +17.8% | Not graded | · |
Returns are simulated over each window. A Sharpe is published only once that window clears 90 days, so the shorter rows read Not graded and carry no comparison with bitcoin. Short windows flatter and punish at random; read the full window first and treat the rest as texture.
What could go wrong
Priced off this basket's own weights rather than off a generic disclaimer, so every figure below can be checked against the table above.
Drawdowns of 30 to 50% are within historical range during cycle bottoms, tracking the broader crypto market. Family-standard caps and rebalancing rules apply.
- Top-name weightLow
TIA is the largest position at 30%. Capped by methodology but still drives index direction.
- Short price historyMedium
TIA have under a year of usable history. Backtest metrics carry wider error bars.
- Pre-live statusLow
Second Wave index. NAV is computed but the basket isn't yet open for live allocation.
| Scenario | Loss on net asset value |
|---|---|
| TIA loses half its valueLargest holding, 30.0% of the basket | −15.0%Mechanical |
| The three largest holdings fall 30%TIA, ZRO, GRAM · 64.0% of the basket together | −19.2%Mechanical |
| The deepest simulated fall repeatsRecorded once in the window, 43 days to recover | −20.6%Recorded |
| A bad month, one in twenty95% historical value at risk over 30 days | −32.2%Measured |
The mechanical rows hold every other holding still, which is the optimistic case. This basket measured 0.74 correlation to bitcoin over its window: the holdings often move together, though less tightly than a broad crypto basket. Read the figures as a floor on the damage, never a ceiling.
The research behind the construction
Worth a second look later
OICB8 is under methodology review, so it carries no buy action today. The weights and the cadence are still being settled, and an order panel over rules that are about to move would put a commitment on the page the research has not earned. Everything above stays visible and updates with the study, so you can follow the work as it lands.