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Token for Your Thoughts
🎙️ Token for Your Thoughts is the podcast where we sit down with the people behind the companies shaping Crypto & Web3. Hosted by Lindsey McConaghy, each episode dives into the stories of founders, builders, and innovators creating the future of crypto, blockchain, and decentralized tech.
Expect candid conversations and deep dives into what it takes to launch and scale in crypto & Web3.
💡 Whether you’re a founder, investor, or just crypto-curious, Token for Your Thoughts gives you a front-row seat to the ideas and people driving the next wave of innovation.
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Token for Your Thoughts
Why Institutions Need a New Framework for Tokenization with Zach Zukowski
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When Zach Zukowski was 11 years old, his dad gave him $500 to invest in the stock market. That decision sparked an interest in markets that eventually led him to reading company earnings reports as a teenager, secretly mining cryptocurrency using university computers, becoming the first hire at Borderless Capital, and today founding Tokenization Systems.
In this episode of Token for Your Thoughts, Zach shares his unconventional journey into crypto, why he believes tokenization is one of the biggest opportunities in financial markets, and why simply putting traditional assets on-chain isn't enough.
We discuss:
• How a $500 investment changed the course of his career
• The story behind his college crypto mining experiment
• Why he became obsessed with Bitcoin after discovering the white paper during an internship
• What he learned from researching tokenomics and advising more than 100 blockchain projects
• Why tokenization is about much more than putting assets on a blockchain
• The hidden risks institutions should consider when designing tokenized products
• Why he has been publishing research and submitting comment letters on stablecoin regulation to U.S. regulators
• Why the way tokenized products are designed today could determine who benefits from the next generation of financial infrastructure
If you're interested in digital assets, stablecoins, tokenization, or how financial infrastructure is evolving, this conversation offers a thoughtful look at where the industry is headed and the choices that could shape its future.
Connect with Zach:
- X: @CryptoZach
- Website: https://tokenization.systems
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