Spout Finance: What Are You Really Trusting When You Hold a Tokenized Stock?
From The Index Podcast · 35:46
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Most tokenized stocks are wrappers, which means there are more parties in the chain than most people realize. Marc Ryan, co-founder and CEO of Spout Finance, breaks down what you are really trusting when a stock goes on chain.In this episode of The Index Podcast, Marc, a former tech investment banker, explains how Spout Finance is bringing a prime brokerage style product to Solana, why overnight gaps shape how the platform handles risk, and why he thinks Wall Street is warming up to Solana.This is the unglamorous side of tokenized stocks that most people skip.🚀 In this episode, we cover:🔍 What you're really trusting when you hold a tokenized stock: issuers, wrappers, and custodians🌍 Why tokenized stocks open US markets to people in emerging economies🧮 How Spout Finance's options-based model works, explained in plain English🌙 Why overnight gaps and thin after-hours liquidity shape how the platform handles risk🗽 Is Wall Street warming up to Solana? What Marc hears from institutions in New York⚖️ Why Marc thinks building on an EVM chain is the riskier bet📜 What tokenized stock regulation could mean for the whole market🔗 Follow & learn more:🎙️ The Index Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@theindexpodcast🧑💻 Marc Ryan (X): https://x.com/0xmryan🔗 Marc Ryan (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-ryan/🌐 Spout Finance (Website): https://spout.finance🐦 Spout Finance (X): https://x.com/SpoutFiShow LinksThe Index X ChannelYouTube
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