Token financing has the opportunity to change the world economy drastically. Security tokens will enable organisations to bring real-world assets online, and decentralised finance (DeFi) aims to replace all existing financial services by decentralised solutions.
One class of security tokens, asset-backed tokens, are connected to a tangible or intangible object that has economic value; it essentially digitalises an asset and records its associated information on a blockchain. Tokenising assets, including real estate, companies, art or digital assets, means lowering costs for issuers, but also improving transparency, efficiency and liquidity of real-world assets. Tokens offer us an opportunity to re-imagine our economy, but how to get there remains a challenge.
Therefore, the 2Tokens project organised a third round table to discuss what token financing is, how it will impact the economy, and what we need to do to make it a success. The first round table, on November 6, 2019, discussed why we need tokenisation, what is required to achieve value from tokenisation, and how we should move ahead with it. During the second round table, on January 14, 2020, we tried to understand the challenges faced when designing new, token-driven, ecosystems. During this third and final round table on February 11, 2020, ...
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