AI in Financial Services Podcast From Pilots to Production in The New Era of Tokenized Finance with Tal Elyashiv of SPiCE VC
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Feb 23, 2026 Tal Elyashiv, Co-founder and managing partner at SPiCE VC, a tokenization and blockchain infrastructure investor. He explains why tokenized assets are moving from pilots into institutional-scale use. Topics include tokenization as settlement infrastructure, tokenized treasuries and new products, AI-driven fraud and identity challenges, and human-in-the-loop governance for AI in finance.
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Institutional Tokenization Is Already In Production
- Institutional capital is already tokenizing real-world assets like treasuries and funds at scale.
- Tal Elyashiv cites ~$30 billion AUM in tokenized funds and BlackRock's $4B Biddle as evidence these are production deployments.
Tokenization Replaces Complex Settlement With Programmable Rails
- Tokenization is becoming foundational infrastructure because it programs settlement and regulatory complexity into assets.
- Tal explains this reduces multi-week settlements and counterparty risk into near-instant operations, simplifying back-office rails.
Tokenized Treasuries Create DeFi To TradFi Bridges
- Tokenized treasuries enable new DeFi-traditional finance bridges and yield opportunities.
- Tal uses BlackRock's Biddle fund as an example that lets DeFi players earn interest on treasuries without leaving crypto.