Robert Lesher is the Co-Founder &CEO of Superstate. In this conversation, we discuss Superstate’s $82M raise, the future of tokenization on Wall Street, tokenized deposits, deciding what gets tokenized, the most overhyped use case of tokenization, DeFi, Stablecoins, DATs and when capital markets will embrace tokenization.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome Robert Leshner To Crypto In America
0:30 - What Does ‘Crypto In America’ Mean To Robert
3:45 - $82M Raise To Bring Wall Street On Chain
7:30 - What Is Not Being Told About Crypto & Wall St In The Media - Every Bank Is Interested In Tokenization
10:30 - Worried About DTC/Tokenization?
16:00 - Token Holders as Share Holders
18:30 - Deciding What Gets Tokenized
22:55 - Most Overhyped Tokenization Use
24:00 - Surprised There Hasn’t Been More Adoption
30:10 - Tokenized Deposits
31:50 - Stablecoins Are A Bigger Market Than Tokenized Deposits
35:00 - Previous Struggles Of Working Within US Regulations
41:00 - Lending & DeFi In Tokenization
47:40 - TradFi in Crypto
49:40 - DATs
51:25 - Robert Is Watching When Capital Markets Embrace Tokenization
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