Blockchain and the Regulation of Cryptocurrencies

Blythe Masters, founding partner at Motive Partners; Brett Redfearn, founder of Panorama Financial Markets Advisory; Liz Von Habsburg, managing director at Winston Art Group; and Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize, join Julia La Roche on episode 38.

This episode is a recording of a panel from Art Basel hosted by Securitize called “Art & Equity: Expanding Access to High-Quality Assets from Fine Art to Private Equity.”

0:00 Intros

6:27 Defining tokenization, the blockchain

8:51 Use cases for tokenization

10:14 How blockchain, crypto has disappointed many

13:00 Looking at crypto/blockchain through First Principles

15:00 Real-world use cases

16:20 Opportunity to democratize capital markets with blockchain

19:00 Expanding access to art and PE

22:08 Thoughts on FTX fiasco

25:40 Crypto industry’s reaction

28:08 Evolution in art investing through technology

29:20 Short-term pain, long-term gain

30:15 Ownership is an ‘enormous prize’ for blockchain technology

34:00 You can’t break everything

35:28 Basic fundamental problems that could benefit from digitization

37:15 Don’t underestimate what can be done with the existing regulatory framework