Unchained

The Chopping Block: Will Tokenizing RWAs Finally Click This Time? - Ep. 517

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Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest crypto news. This week, the crew is joined by Goldfinch co-founder Blake West to talk about the momentum around asset tokenization. Whether it’s private credit (what Goldfinch specializes in) or U.S. Treasurys (what Robert’s new venture Superstate will tackle), real-world assets (RWAs) are en vogue among the crypto set. What’s driving this fresh interest in an old concept that has failed to take off?

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Show highlights: 
  • how Blake got into RWAs
  • why Robert launched his new company Superstate
  • why Robert hates the term “real-world asset”
  • why the only actual RWA in the blockchain space is the U.S. dollar, aka stablecoins
  • why other non-native crypto assets have struggled to migrate onto blockchains
  • how having on-chain T-bills could push demand for stablecoins
  • why private credit is a good thing to bring on chain, according to Blake
  • what the not-so-obvious benefits of bringing these things onto blockchains are
  • whether Arkham’s model of de-anonymizing people goes against the ethos of crypto


    • Hosts
    • Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly 
    • Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
    • Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly 
    • Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures

      Guest:

      Blake West, cofounder of GoldfinchDisclosuresLinks
      • Unchained:
      • Compound Founder Creates ‘Superstate’ to Bridge TradFi and Blockchains
      • Arkham Launches Bounty Marketplace to Trade Crypto Wallet Intel
      • MakerDAO Mulls Proposal to Allocate $750 Million More to US Treasuries
      • MakerDAO Has Brought in Real World Assets. Is It Worth the Risk?
      • CoinDesk:
      • Tokenized U.S. Treasurys Surpass $600M as Crypto Investors Capture TradFi Yield

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