#511: Jesse Knutson, Head of Ops at Bitfinex Securities, on Tokenized Securities, Capital Rotation, RWAs, and The Future of Tokenization

Jesse Knutson is Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities, a regulated security token platform offering issuers and traders access to capital and tokenized securities. Jesse started his career in traditional finance having worked at global investment banks including Barclays and Macquarie. In addition to his role as Taiwan Head of Equity Capital Solutions, Jesse was also a founding member of Macquarie’s digital asset working group, and deal lead on the firm’s first equity investment into the Bitcoin mining space. Prior to joining Bitfinex Securities, Jesse was VP of Financial Products at Blockstream where he worked on developing and distributing financial products built on Bitcoin and backed by Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining. 

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Tokenized securities 
- Tokenization is in a position to challenge traditional payment rails 
- NYSE going 24/7 trading 
- How tokenized stocks work 
- The convergence of tradfi <> crypto 
- Freedom is the killer feature of stablecoins 
- Will RWAs be the next boom for tokenization? 
- El Salvador Plan B conference 
- 4 year crypto cycles will have less impact than before 
- Bitfinex Securities 
- Capital rotation and fund flows 
- The relationship between gold <> bitcoin 
- Building on Bitcoin 

Bitfinex Securities
X: @BFXSecurities
Website: www.bitfinex.com/securities
LinkedIn: Bitfinex Securities

Jesse Knutson
X: @KnutsonJesse
LinkedIn: Jesse Knutson

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