SmarterMarkets™ Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 9 | Leah Wald, Digital Title Lead, Abaxx Technologies
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Dec 13, 2025 Leah Wald, Digital Title Lead at Abaxx Technologies, shares her unique journey from founding Valkyrie Investments to navigating DeFi and traditional finance. She discusses the challenges and promises of tokenization, particularly in light of past failures. Leah highlights Abaxx's innovative approach to digital title transfers, enabling instant ownership with retained yield. The conversation dives into regulatory shifts, the complexities of money market fund tokenization, and how these concepts will reshape market structures. It's an insightful look at the future of finance!
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Integration Not Replacement
- Tokenization must integrate with existing institutional systems rather than force replacement.
- Adoption at scale requires building bridges to current custody, compliance, and mental models.
Launching Bitcoin Funds For Institutions
- At Valkyrie Leah launched multiple Bitcoin-related funds to meet institutions where they already were.
- The experience taught her to design products that fit existing brokerage and compliance frameworks.
Seeing DeFi Composability Up Close
- At Sol Strategies Leah experienced high-performance blockchain capabilities and composability firsthand.
- She watched DeFi protocols compose rapidly in ways TradFi would take years to replicate.