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Tokenize The World: A Tokenized Securities Documentary

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Part 1 Audio: The Definitive Intro To Tokenized Securities

Part 2 Audio: How Security Token Platforms Actually Work

Part 3 Audio: 7 Predictions About Our (Wild) Tokenized Future

Case Study Addendum: Tokenizing a Fund w/ Rob Nance (Part 1 of 2)

Case Study Addendum: Tokenizing a Fund w/ Rob Nance (Part 2 of 2)

The State of Asset Tokenization in 2020 w/ Hart Lambur & Michael Oved

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Table of Contents

Introduction to This Documentary

I decided to create this documentary about security tokenization after learning that many of my preconceived notions about security tokens were just flat wrong.  During my journey, I also discovered that several individuals I respected (and who were otherwise well versed on cryptoassets) also had misconceptions about security tokenization, how and where security tokens attempted to add value, why they might be needed, and the mechanisms of how they worked.

As my friend, Taylor Pearson pointed out in a really long Tweet storm: understanding how cryptocurrencies work means understanding cryptography, distributed systems, economics, and politics.

Security tokens add to this list . . .

  • SEC regulations & securities laws
  • Equity mechanics
  • Private and public issuance of stock
  • Secondary trading
  • Guidelines from over 100+ legal jurisdictions

My purpose here is not to convince you that security tokens and asset back tokens are valuable or needed, but instead to simply the complex and tell the story of projects makers, issuers, investors, and influencers driving adoption of security tokens.

To create this content, I had conversations with leading thinkers and creators in the field. What I found is that, at every step of the way, the tokenization of securities, real estate, art, and other real-world assets is forcing us to reexamine old habits and ways of operating.

This documentary started off as a passion project, quickly turned into a huge, time-consuming pain, and is now back to being a passion project as we hit publish.

I hope you enjoy our tokenized security documentary, “Tokenize The World.”

Thanks To Our Sponsors

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our two sponsors, Blocktrade.com and the Nomics API.

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Blocktrade: A Best in Class Trading Facility For Security Tokens & Tokenized Assets

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[Podcast] Institutional Cryptoasset Custody w/ Sam McIngvale of Coinbase Custody – (Eps. 0028 – 0029)

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This post was last updated on July 11th, 2019 at 05:58 pm

Part 1

Part 2

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Part 1 Description

Today’s conversation is with Sam McIngvale who heads up Coinbase Custody.

Coinbase Custody’s clients include PolyChain Capital, Multicoin Capital (who we’ve had on this podcast, by the way), Autonomous Partners, and Walden Bridge Capital. Coinbase Custody’s mission is to make digital currency investment accessible to every eligible financial institution and hedge fund in the world.

Before Sam was running Coinbase Custody, he was VP of Engineering at Apex Clearing Corporation.

As a side note,I’ve been to several crypto conferences for institutional investors and heard several unremarkable conversations about custody. This is not one of them.

Sam is on point throughout this entire interview and this conversation results in a fantastic episode that will likely leave you with much to consider.

Part 2 Description

Whereas the first part of this conversation was focused on custody, the second part of this conversation focuses more generally on the suite of institutional products that Coinbase is rolling out, including their prime brokerage offering.

We also discuss how Coinbase markets, which provides a shared pool of liquidity for all of Coinbase’s products…. is both an internal service provider to the rest of Coinbase and a product available to market makers and high-frequency traders.

I should mention that if you want to discuss these topics or this podcast episode, feel free to join us on our telegram group at NomicsTelegram.com

Topics Discussed In These Episodes

  • Why custody in the traditional financial world is a solved problem and a commodity, and why things are so much more difficult when it comes to crypto assets.
  • The spectrum of options and dimensions that exist for solving the institutional custody problem with regards to crypto assets.
  • Coinbase’s regulatory posture.
  • How Coinbase scales key management, key generation ceremonies, and thinks about security.
  • Insurance coverage of stored crypto assets at Coinbase.
  • Why Coinbase is going to great lengths to separate its various institutional offerings.
  • An overview of Coinbase’s suite of institution product offerings
  • Why consumer products in the crypto space are optimizing for getting the greatest number of individual users, whereas institutional products are designed around servicing the greatest amount of capital
  • How Coinbase Prime operates as a service layer on top of Coinbase’s products for institutional customers
  • Coinbase’s forthcoming OTC offering
  • The need for additional order types for cryptoassets
  • A discussion of Coinbase’s soon to be shuttered index fund

Sponsors

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our two sponsors, Panda Analytics and the Nomics API.

Aurora DAO

Aurora is a collection of blockchain applications and protocols that form a completely decentralized financial and banking platform. Founded by a group of blockchain enthusiasts who aspire to see digital currency flourish, Aurora aims to provide these decentralized financial solutions to anybody in the world, regardless of location and status.

Aurora’s first product—IDEX—is the first real-time decentralized exchange, and currently the #1 dApp in the world by daily users, transactions, and volume. IDEX achieved early success utilizing a hybrid design which carefully balances the speed and user experience of centralization with the security of blockchain.

However, that is only the beginning, as IDEX will evolve into a fully-decentralized exchange through AURA staking. This will allow users who hold and stake AURA tokens to run specialized nodes that perform various exchange functions. In return, they will be rewarded with the fees collected by IDEX as well as all future Aurora products. Learn more by visiting AuroraDAO.com.

Panda Analytics

If investing is not your full-time job, but you still want to get into crypto and blockchain, what cryptocurrencies should you consider when making an investment decision?
One popular solution is a portfolio of crypto assets selected and rebalanced on a regular basis. Panda Analytics is a crypto index research and management company that has software tools which allow you to construct a passive index tailored to your risk level and help you execute the strategy, automating the tedious rebalancing work. Also, Panda created the world’s first Proof-of-Work index fund, a low-cost, complexity-free investment vehicle allowing you to diversify into crypto. If you want to learn more about their index fund and tools, please check the website at PandaAnalytics.com.

Nomics’s Free Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin API

The Nomics API offers squeaky clean and normalized primary source trade data offered through fast and modern endpoints. Instead of having to integrate with several exchange APIs of varying quality, you can get everything through one screaming fast fire hose. If you found that you or your developer have to spend too much time cleaning up and maintaining datasets, instead of identifying opportunities, or if you’re tired of interpolated data and want raw primary source trades delivered simply and consistently with top-notch support in SLAs, then check us out here.

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[Podcast] The State of Crypto Market Data w/ Vortex & Nomics’ Co-founders (Ep. 0027)

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This post was last updated on July 11th, 2019 at 05:45 pm

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Description

My guest today is actually me and my co-founder at Nomics, Nick Gauthier.

In this episode, we’re interviewed by the creator of the Crypto Cast Network, who goes by the name of Vortex.

This interview is a deep dive into the state of crypto market data.

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[Podcast] Programmable Tokenized Debt Markets w/ Dharma Protocol’s Nadav Hollander – (Eps. 0024 – 0025)

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This post was last updated on July 11th, 2019 at 07:41 pm

Part 1

Part 2

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Part 1 Description

Today’s conversation isn’t quite a documentary, but it isn’t just your average interview either. So I’m labeling this a deep dive, and the topic is tokenized debt.

The Flippening Podcast is first and foremost for institutional investors, and I’m covering this topic because the dual issues of debt and lending are just too big to ignore and absolutely rife with investment opportunities. Many of which we talk about during this conversation.

My co-creator for this content is Nadav Hollander, who is the founder and CEO of Dharma: a platform for building borderless lending products using programmable, tokenized debt.

This is the first of two episodes, in which we break down the topic of tokenized debt into five chapters. Today, you will hear the first few chapters of this conversation.

In chapter one, we discuss the history and origins of debt from the origin of the human species, up until around the year 2000. We also discuss the web 2.0 peer to peer lending solutions that preceded Dharma, such as prosper and lending club.

In the second chapter, we discuss the history and development of Crypto Asset Technology that has paved the way for programmable, tokenized debt. In chapter 3 we discuss we discuss how the Dharma protocol works and the 1st class operators within the system.

Part 2 Description

As a reminder, in chapter one we discussed the history of debt from the origin of the species to the year 2000. In chapter two, we explored the history and development of crypto asset technology that has paved the way for programmable, tokenized debt.

Today’s episode begins with the second half of chapter three of this conversation, where we discuss how the Dharma protocol works and the first class operators within the system.

In chapter four, we focus on the top use cases and investment opportunities for tokenized debt. Finally, in chapter five, we discuss Dharma as a corporate entity, how it works, and more.

Sponsors

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our two sponsors, REX BKC ETF and the Nomics API.

Rexshares – REX BKC ETF

BKC is managed by Brian Kelly, a Cryptocurrency and Blockchain professional, CNBC contributor, Bitcoin author, and BK2Cents blog author.

Equity can add a different dimension to cryptocurrency investing.  Just as gold miners need pans and wash-plants, cryptocurrency needs hardware, software, miners, and exchanges – Brain finds the companies trying to profit from the building the crypto infrastructure and puts them all in one fund, BKC. Please visit rexshares.com for more information on the ETF and to sign up for Brian Kelly’s blog – BK2Cents.

Now here’s the legal wording: Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risk factors including Cryptocurrency & Blockchain technology risk, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Fund’s prospectus. Read it carefully before investing. BKC is not suitable for all investors.  Not all companies BKC invests in may have significant exposure to blockchain or cryptocurrency although it’s the focus of the fund.  The advisor’s judgments may be wrong and lead to loss of principal. Distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC.

Note: This ETF closed on February 5, 2019.

Nomics’s Free Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin API

The Nomics API offers squeaky clean and normalized primary source trade data offered through fast and modern endpoints. Instead of having to integrate with several exchange APIs of varying quality, you can get everything through one screaming fast fire hose. If you found that you or your developer have to spend too much time cleaning up and maintaining datasets, instead of identifying opportunities, or if you’re tired of interpolated data and want raw primary source trades delivered simply and consistently with top-notch support in SLAs, then check us out here.

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[Podcast] Intermission – Nomics’ Series A VC Round & Other Updates

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This post was last updated on July 11th, 2019 at 05:09 pm

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Today’s episode is a brief discussion about our recent intermission.

We’re taking a break because Nomics, the company that produces this podcast, is currently fundraising for our Series A and I (Clay Collins) am swamped until part 1 of this process is complete.

In this episode, we talk about fundraising, as well as the future of this podcast. We’ll be coming back with a vengeance (and a brand new episode) next week.

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