Brett W. Redfearn

@Observatory13

President of Securitize; Founder PFMA; Formerly: Coinbase Head of Capital Markets; SEC Director of Trading & Markets; JP Morgan, Global Head of Market Structure

New York

Joined January 2013

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Brett W. Redfearn
@Observatory13
Sep 14
1/ Something else I will never forget (a belated September 11th thread ... and February 26, 1993) In 1993, I worked on the 54th floor of the World Trade Center when a Ryder van packed with explosives detonated in the garage beneath the North Tower. Six people died, over a
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Brett W. Redfearn
@Observatory13
Sep 14
"Once a share token sits in a non-KYC wallet, the connection between the beneficial owner and the corporate issuer effectively dissolves. The issuer doesn’t know who holds the share. The platform that created the token may not know either. And if nobody knows who holds it, nobody
Securitize president flags unanswered voting rights question for tokenized stocks in non-KYC wallets
From cryptobriefing.com
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Brett W. Redfearn
@Observatory13
Sep 10
As the debate around @robinhood's AMC tokenized stock heats up with @CEOAdam, @vladtenev, and @RobinhoodCrypto — and the broader conversation about how tokenization can benefit both issuers and investors keeps evolving — it was great to join @laurashin this morning to talk about
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Brett W. Redfearn
@Observatory13
Sep 10
Who Gets to Tokenize a Stock Without Asking?
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Brett W. Redfearn
@Observatory13
Sep 3
This is worth a read. The "permissionless" issue — transfers to non-KYC'd wallets globally — is one of the more significant developments in tokenized securities markets. Freedom from excessive government oversight is great, but market manipulation, terrorist financing, and
Graham Ferguson
@grahamfergs
Sep 2
1/ Permissionless tokenized "stocks" are being sold as the future. They are not. Many aren't even backed by underlying assets. It's stocks before 1929 again but with smart contract wrappers. We've run this experiment before and it ended badly for everyone. Read on.
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