How $100B Asset Managers Are Making Tokenized Funds a Reality | Maredith Hannon of WisdomTree
From Other People's Money with Max Wiethe by Max Wiethe
January 27, 2026 · 47 min
About this episode
Maredith Hannon discusses the rise of tokenized funds and their implications for asset management.
Maredith Hannon, Head of Business Development at Wisdom Tree Digital, joins Other People’s Money to discuss how tokenized real-world assets are taking off at a pace eerily similar to the early growth of ETFs. Crypto enthusiasts have long touted the potential for fund vehicles to be tokenized and put on chain. That story is quickly becoming a reality with rapid AUM growth and established players like WisdomTree with over $100B in AUM quickly launching funds from money market and equity to alternatives like private credit. Hannon also discuss the additional utility that on chain funds provide and how they are giving access to retail and institutional clients alike with platforms like WisdomTree Prime and WisdomTree Connect. Follow Maredith Hannon on X: https://x.com/MaredithH1 Follow Max on X: https://x.com/maxwiethe Follow Other People’s Money on: Apple Podcast https://bit.ly/4e7QJ1M Spotify https://bit.ly/3Yhaazi YouTube https://bit.ly/3C63VXR X https://x.com/opmpod Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:54 The Rise of Tokenization 02:20 WisdomTree's Tokenized Funds 04:35 Comparing ETFs and Tokenized Funds 10:35 User Experience in Tokenized Assets 20:29 Regulation and Future of…
People in this episode
Host: Max Wiethe
Guest: Maredith Hannon
Topics covered
- tokenization
- asset management
- fund vehicles
- ETFs
- private credit
- retail access
- institutional clients
Keywords
- tokenized funds
- WisdomTree
- AUM growth
- crypto
- ETFs
- private credit
- retail access
- institutional clients
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WisdomTree, Wisdom Tree Digital, WisdomTree Prime, WisdomTree Connect
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