In the interview, Rey Fernando Verboonen, co-founder and CEO of Curioinvest, recounted his journey from speculator to builder in the digital asset space. We covered the tokenization of real-world assets ( RWAs) using blockchain, the importance of regulatory compliance, and his optimistic vision for blockchain’s societal impact.
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I met Fernando at Edcon during Tokyo’s humid July. We engaged in a short conversation that somehow touched on Real-World Assets ( RWA), the “woke mind virus,” and the varying level of decentralization of governments such as Switzerland, America, and Japan. In the brief time we talked I noted Fernando’s friendliness and his passion to learn and discuss a wide range of topics.
I met him again at Asia Blockchain Summit in Taipei where we sat down for a conversation. Fernando shared insights into his journey from an early adopter of cryptocurrency to a trailblazer in the tokenization of real-world assets. In this, our second and longer conversation, I appreciated Fernando’s earnest optimism, which punctured the skepticism and pessimism I often feel at events.
In the interview, Fernando shared his journey into cryptocurrency, his role in founding Curioinvest to pioneer the tokenization of real-world assets, the challenges of integrating both legal and tech stacks, and his vision for a hybrid system that combines centralized and decentralized frameworks to tokenize assets.
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