SmarterMarkets™ Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 4 | Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore
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Nov 8, 2025 
In this engaging discussion, Peter Zaman, a Partner at HFW Singapore with a rich background in commodities and tokenization, dives deep into the mechanics of transforming real-world assets. He highlights the differences between physical and dematerialized commodities and explains why gatekeepers are crucial in trading. Peter also explores the democratization of access through fractionalization and clarifies how legal frameworks enable fractional ownership. Regulatory challenges, especially those related to public tokenized commodities, also take center stage in this enlightening conversation.
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Carbon As The Bridge To Tokenized Commodities
- Carbon's dematerialized nature made Peter bridge commodities and digital assets in his practice.
- Tokenizing commodities follows naturally from trading dematerialized carbon products.
KlimaDAO Price Dislocation Story
- KlimaDAO's tokenized carbon credits briefly traded far above real-world prices, which caught Peter's attention.
- That episode pushed him to study how on-chain markets can diverge from off-chain reality.
Gatekeepers Enable Trade Without Moving Goods
- International commodity trading relies on trusted storage providers to separate possession from ownership.
- Documents like warehouse receipts and bills of lading let ownership change without moving the physical goods.