Why CLOs Are Suddenly DeFi's Hottest Yield Play
About this episode
Niklas Kunkel discusses the evolving RWA market and the rise of CLOs in DeFi, alongside cautionary insights on token ownership.
Niklas Kunkel maps where the RWA market is heading next, from Centrifuge and Apollo's CLOs to Galaxy's first tokenized credit product, then turns to a cautionary tale: some SpaceX pre-IPO token buyers never actually owned the shares they thought they had. Host: Steven Ehrlich - Host of Bits + Bips and Head of Research at Sharplink Guest: Niklas Kunkel - Founder and CEO of Chronicle Labs This clip is from a longer conversation on crypto oracles, tokenized real-world assets, and Chronicle Labs' work verifying them. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/HW9Cu_E8DnU We go live every week - subscribe to catch it live. Cape: Your biggest crypto vulnerability isn't your wallet, it's your phone number. Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier that rotates your SIM identity daily and blocks SIM swaps before they happen. Get 33% off your first six months at https://cape.co/unchained (use code: UNCHAINED). Chapters 🌍 00:00 Where the RWA market goes next, from the man building its plumbing: Niklas Kunkel 💰 00:44 The yield trade heating up: why CLOs like Centrifuge's JAAA and Apollo's Acred are suddenly everywhere 🌌 01:14 Galaxy's first tokenized CLO, and why it's a far bigger…
People in this episode
Host: Steven Ehrlich
Guest: Niklas Kunkel
Topics covered
- DeFi
- CLOs
- tokenized assets
- real-world assets
- crypto oracles
- yield strategies
Keywords
- CLOs
- DeFi
- tokenized assets
- real-world assets
- yield
- SpaceX
- Chronicle Labs
Sponsors
Cape
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Centrifuge, Apollo, Galaxy, Chronicle Labs, SpaceX
Products: CLOs, tokenized credit product, tokenized REITs, equities
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