What Do Asset Managers and Investors Want to Tokenize?

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For this week’s Thursday episode, I interviewed Bhaji Illuminati, the new CEO – formerly CMO – of Centrifuge.

The platform is focused on providing onchain finance to asset managers and investors through tokenized financial products. We talk about the company’s leadership changes and 2025 strategy to bring asset managers onchain, what investors want from tokenized products and RWAs and more.

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Talking points for the road

Crypto-focused headlines or research that caught my eye…and should catch yours, too.

1. Traders of Solana-based LIBRA memecoin lost $251 million: Nansen (The Block)

2. Ethereum Developers Release New Initiative to Simplify Cross-Chain Transactions (CoinDesk)

   1. Pssst…episode coming soon on this. Stay tuned.

3. Michael Saylor’s Big Bet on Bitcoin Is Inspiring Copycat CEOs (Bloomberg)

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