How Superstate Is Building The Bridge Between $700 Trillion In TradFi and DeFi

About this episode

Robert Leshner discusses how Superstate is bridging traditional finance and decentralized finance through tokenization.

Robert Leshner is the Founder and CEO of Superstate, as well as the former CoFounder of Compound. Most people in DeFi are focused on the $2.5 trillion cryptonative market. Robert is focused on the $700 trillion that hasn't moved onchain yet. In this episode, he explains why tokenization is the long awaited evolution for crypto markets, how Superstate is building the bridge between institutional TradFi assets and DeFi, and why the benefits of tokenization will soon lead to a hockey stick moment in DeFi and RWAs. ------ 💎 THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS 🔒 KPK | Best risk-adjusted yield through automated vaults 🏦 ALTURA | Bringing the yield institutions kept, to your wallet 🕛 NOON | The highest and safest stablecoin yield, built for the long term 🟠 APYX | The first dividend-backed stablecoin (DBS) 👻 MANTLE | Aave V3 is live on Mantle 🐡 PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | ETH staking solutions for scale ⚔️ KATANA | Deep liquidity & real yield ------ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - What does tokenization actually mean? 3:41 - Tokenization is evolution, not revolution 7:42 - Why Robert built Superstate 12:49 - What are the primary benefits for tokenized asset issuers? 18:34 - Superstate’s…

People in this episode

Host: DeFi Dad

Guest: Robert Leshner

Topics covered

• tokenization
• DeFi
• TradFi
• institutional assets
• financial automation
• regulatory landscape

Keywords

• Superstate
• tokenization
• DeFi
• TradFi
• cryptonative market
• institutional assets
• financial automation
• regulatory landscape

Sponsors

KPK, ALTURA, NOON, APYX, MANTLE, PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL, KATANA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Superstate, Compound

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