Podcast Lesson
"Ask what the tokenized version does that the original cannot Carlos Domingo, drawing on years of tokenization projects including ones he now considers mistakes, argues that tokenizing an asset for its own sake is meaningless: "You have to find utility. What is that the tokenized asset does that makes it a superior version versus the non-tokenized asset." Useful advantages include peer-to-peer transferability for collateral, 24/7 liquidity, or composability with DeFi lending protocols — but only if those features actually matter for the specific asset. Anyone evaluating or launching a tokenization initiative should start by articulating one concrete improvement the blockchain version provides, and discard the project if none exists. Source: Carlos Domingo, Crypto Podcast, Salt Conference Interview"
Empire
Jason Yanowitz & Santiago Santos
"How the Institutional Playbook for Crypto Is Being Rewritten by DATs and RWAs"
⏱ 38:00 into the episode
Why This Lesson Matters
This insight from Empire represents one of the core ideas explored in "How the Institutional Playbook for Crypto Is Being Rewritten by DATs and RWAs". Crypto & Web3 podcasts consistently surface lessons that are immediately applicable — and this one is no exception. The timestamp link below takes you directly to the moment this was said, so you can hear it in context.