IOTA's recently-launched Ecosystem Foundation is making its first series of investments, committing $10 million to to early-stage startups focused on digital trade and tokenization of real world assets (RWAs).
Users can also send SMR tokens (and in the future NFTs and custom Native Assets) to the ShimmerEVM through Firefly.
These changes are supposed to boost the value of iota tokens for holders and investors, alongside improving network security.