Arun Krishnakumar

Tokenize

Business EN ↓ 30 episodes

Tokenize is a podcast that explores the real-world applications of digital assets, with a focus on institutional use cases. If you are in the camp - "Blockchain and cryptos are all hype, and no real use" - you have arrived at the right place. Over the last few years, institutions have explored use cases and services like digital assets custody, on-chain analytics and tokenization. If you're interested in learning about the potential of decentralized technology, this podcast is for you.

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Arun Krishnakumar

Episodes

Can you long London and short New york city? 11.01.2024 36:51

In this episode of Tokenize, I speak to one of my favourite teams in the land of tokenized real world assets. Kellan Grenier and Trevor Bacon formerly part of the hedge fund industry in New York, talk about their journey with Parcl, their startup. I am perhaps misleading you when I say Parcl are 'Tokenizing' real estate. Technically they are not. They have spent the last two years to ga...

The consensus chain - Solana 04.01.2024 26:57

In this episode of Tokenize, I am joined by Nick Ducoff, the Head of Institutional growth at the Solana foundation. If you have been following the crypto/web3 market you would know that Solana was one of the hardest hit ecosystems by the FTX collapse. Yet, the blockchain was built on sound architectural principles, had a strong culture and a rallying community. Therefore, the Solana ecosystem reco...

Tokenizing Real World Assets (RWA) and private equity 14.12.2023 39:04

In this episode of the Tokenize podcast, I had the opportunity to talk to Oi Yee Choo, the CEO of Addx. Oi Yee is a former banker, and has been pioneering efforts at Addx in tokenizing private equity and other capital market instruments. In this episode Oi Yee talks about how the process of tokenizing asset classes like private equity can drive financial inclusion, better pricing and more liquidit...

Digital Asset Guardrails - The Good, Bad and the Ugly 07.12.2023 35:17

In this episode of Tokenize, I talk to Ari Redbord, the Global head of Policy at TRM labs. TRM labs are an Onchain analytics firm funded by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Citi, PayPal, Block, Initialized Capital, Tiger Global, Bessemer, and Y Combinator. Previous to joining TRM labs, Ari was a prosecutor. In this episode, he shares his legal expertise with us in relevance to the digital asse...

What are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)? 30.11.2023 44:59

In this (first) episode of the Tokenize podcast, I speak to my dear friend Richard Turrin, whom I have followed and learnt from over the years. Richard has been an authority in Fintech, particularly within emerging markets and has seen the rise of China's cashless revolution by virtue of living and providing live coverage of the leapfrog moment. He has published two books, 'Cashless&apos...