Heavy hitters like Larry Fink and Paul Atkins have said that tokenization is the future, but acquiring and managing tokenized assets can be a tall order for the average retail investor. Today's company is working to change that, with a unique strategy that provides value far beyond market exposure.
Marco Santori is the Chief Executive Officer of Solmate, which trades under the symbol SLMT. Solmate is an institutional infrastructure company accelerating Solana’s growth, and giving investors exposure to Solana's native token, SOL.
Marco is a treasury company pioneer, launching the very first Altcoin treasury on Nasdaq, and he was a partner at Pantera Capital where he helped to structure some of the industry's best performing treasuries. Marco was also the Chief Legal Officer at Kraken, one of the world's largest digital asset exchanges, served as the President of Blockchain.com, and he was a partner at the law firm Cooley, where he led the firm's global fintech team.
Today, Marco joins us to explain how Solmate's infrastructure flywheel creates value, what makes Solana unique among blockchains, and how the emergence of digitized capital markets will impact the world of finance.
Highlights:
- Blockchain basics (2:22)
- What is Solana? (4:27)
- What sets Solmate apart (7:28)
- Infrastructure flywheel (11:08)
- Digital capital markets (13:31)
- Why the UAE? (15:42)
- Institutional readiness and blockchains (19:30)
- How will blockchains change finance? (21:17)
- Innovations in the works (24:53)
- Solmate's investment thesis (27:19)
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