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Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 10 | Walt Lukken, President & CEO, FIA

We close out our Re-engineering Tokenization series this week with Walt Lukken, President & CEO of the FIA and Former Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. David Greely sits down with Walt to discuss the state of the conversation on tokenization in the cleared derivatives industry – and what the next steps are towards bringing tokenized assets into the mainstream.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 9 | Leah Wald, Digital Title Lead, Abaxx Technologies

This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we welcome Leah Wald, Digital Title Lead at Abaxx Technologies, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Leah to discuss her experiences and insights from a career working at the intersection of DeFi and traditional finance – and how she's working with Abaxx to re-engineer tokenization through the introduction of Abaxx Private Digital Title.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 8 | Christopher Jensen, Portfolio Manager & Director of Digital Asset Research, Franklin Templeton

Re-engineering Tokenization continues this week with Christopher Jensen, Portfolio Manager & Director of Digital Asset Research at Franklin Templeton. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Christopher to discuss his experience tokenizing money market shares with their BENJI token – and the challenges and opportunities that he sees for both the builders and the investors in tokenization for real-world and digitally native assets.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 7 | Julian Kwan, CEO, IXS and InvestaX

This holiday weekend on our Re-engineering Tokenization series, we welcome Julian Kwan, CEO at IXS and InvestaX, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Julian to discuss his experience in tokenizing real-world assets, finding the business models that work, how the space has evolved, and how after eight years, it's only getting started.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 6 | Riley Hughes, Co-Founder & CEO, Trinsic

We continue our Re-engineering Tokenization series this week with Riley Hughes, Co-Founder & CEO at Trinsic. David Greely sits down with Riley to discuss how digital IDs are being used today; the need for a visa-like network for identity in order to move digital IDs more into the mainstream; and the opportunities that a wallet full of digital IDs and attestations will create for a future of more secure, private, and trusted digital interactions.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 5 | Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product, Abaxx Technologies

Re-engineering Tokenization continues this week with Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Carrie to discuss what makes new technology adoptable by large institutions, the importance of it being interoperable and auditable, and why we should be thinking of augmenting existing PDF-based processes rather than replacing them as we re-engineer tokenization.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 4 | Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore

This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we welcome Peter Zaman, Partner at HFW Singapore, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss the tokenization and fractionalization of commodities and real-world assets – and the law and customs that facilitate commodity trading by allowing for the transfer of ownership without the transfer of possession.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 3 | Phil Zimmermann, Creator, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

We continue our Re-engineering Tokenization series this week by welcoming Phil Zimmermann, Creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Phil to discuss his work in cryptography and its role in establishing trust and preserving privacy online. Phil shares his thoughts on what we need to be doing to make sure our technology is helping – not hindering – us in building the type of society we want to live in.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 2 | Ian Forester, Head of Product, Abaxx Technologies

This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we continue our conversation with Ian Forester, Head of Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Ian to pick up where we left off last week, digging in deeper on the use of cryptographically secured identity and signatures to take the next step from digitization to tokenization. David and Ian discuss Abaxx’s approach to the four pillars supporting trusted commercial transactions: secure identity, intent, assets, and data.

Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 1 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies + Ian Forester, Head of Product, Abaxx Technologies

This week, we kick off our new series Re-engineering Tokenization with Josh Crumb and Ian Forester, CEO and Head of Product at Abaxx Technologies. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Josh and Ian to discuss asset tokenization and Abaxx Technologies’ approach to it – focusing on secure digital identity, privacy, and legal finality as the foundations for institutional grade commercial transactions.