70% of tokenized assets fall short on transparency, report finds
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Chronicle Founder Nik Kunkel joins CoinDesk's Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook to unpack their new report that found over $12 billion in tokenized assets falling short on transparency. Kunkel breaks down the five pillars every tokenized asset needs to meet, why roughly 70% of the assets reviewed don't clear the bar, and what real-time, verifiable proof-of-asset data means for institutions like BlackRock, BNY Mellon and Galaxy racing to bring trillions onchain.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Niklas Kunkel Joins Markets Outlook
02:21 - Chronicle's New Report: Tokenization's Hidden Problem
03:50 - $12.3B Exposed: 70% of Tokenized Assets Fail the Test
06:12 - The Five Pillars Every Tokenized Asset Needs
08:18 - How to Achieve Proof of Asset
10:47 - Why Risk Isn't Priced In
12:57 - BlackRock, BNY Mellon and the Road to Real-Time Regulation
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