Coinbase Partners with Centrifuge
Coinbase named Centrifuge a Preferred Tokenization Infrastructure and made a strategic investment in Centrifuge.
This first-of-its-kind documentary film dives into one of the biggest financial shifts of our time — the tokenization of real-world assets. Featuring insights from top industry leaders, investors, and innovators from Sky, Avara, Centrifuge, Coinbase, Ripple, Franklin Templeton, Chainlink, Figure, Ava Labs, Polygon Labs, and more, it unpacks the $30 trillion opportunity, the rapid institutional adoption of blockchain-based assets, and the challenges ahead. Filmed across Centrifuge’s global Real-World Asset Summits, this documentary provides a front-row seat to the future of finance.
"Tokenization isn’t just an idea anymore — it’s happening and reshaping finance as we know it. In ‘Tokenization, Unwrapped,’ we bring together the voices driving this $30 trillion transformation."
— Bhaji Illuminati, CEO, Centrifuge
Featuring interviews with industry leaders:
Stani Kulechov
Founder & CEO, Avara
Rune Christensen
Co-founder, Sky
Anthony Scaramucci
Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital
Mike Cagney
Co-founder & CEO, Figure
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
Robert Leshner
CEO, Superstate
Meltem Demirors
General Partner, Crucible Capital
Roger Bayston
Head of Digital Assets, Franklin Templeton
Matt Halstead
Investments & Digital Assets, Teacher Retirement System
Anthony Bassili
Head of Allocators & Tokenization, Coinbase
Ben Forman
Founder & Managing Partner, ParaFi Capital
Lucas Vogelsang
Co-founder, Centrifuge
Carlos Domingo
Founder & CEO, Securitize
Rebecca Rettig
Chief Legal & Policy Officer, Polygon Labs
Morgan Krupetsky
Senior Director, Ava Labs
Expert Insights
Right now, real-world assets have surpassed the total value locked in DeFi, which is pretty significant because it’s a very small percentage of what can be turned into a real-world asset. My personal view is that real-world assets will surpass the value of cryptocurrencies over the next one to three years. This trend will drive the majority of net new value into the industry.
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
We don't even know the full extent of the tokenization potential. When you consider how big the impact will be on the financial system, there's stuff that none of us have really thought of yet. A 24/7 fully automated financial system that anyone can participate in will unlock entirely new use cases and opportunities.
Lucas Vogelsang
Co-founder, Centrifuge
If you invite me back to an interview in five years, most of the world's assets will be tokenized. We only have about one-third of the world's assets as liquid today. The tokenization of real-world assets could create a liquid structure where we could eventually trade everything. The digital tokenization of real-world assets is upon us.
Anthony Scaramucci
Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital
What excites me the most is unlocking more substantial investment opportunities for clients. Maybe half of the assets on this planet are accessible through private and public markets, but the other half remains illiquid or out of reach. Tokenization allows investors to integrate these assets into their portfolios, increasing the possibilities of generating better outcomes.
Roger Bayston
Head of Digital Assets, Franklin Templeton
Back in the day, people said public blockchains wouldn’t work, that everything would be private chains. Now you have BlackRock coming to Ethereum, Franklin Templeton issuing tokenized funds, and Société Générale launching a permissionless stablecoin. Good luck going back.
Sébastien Derivaux
Co-founder & Partner, Steakhouse Financial
From the RWA Summit to the Big Screen
Filmed at Centrifuge’s Real-World Asset Summits in Dubai, Austin, Brussels, Singapore, and New York, this documentary transforms exclusive conversations into a deep dive on tokenization. With 27 interviews and insights distilled from hours of footage, it unpacks the bold ideas, market trends, and seismic shifts bringing finance onchain.
The Real-World Asset Summit is where these discussions happen first — an application-gated gathering of capital markets leaders, DeFi builders, and investors shaping the future of tokenization. Designed to move beyond theory, these events focus on real adoption, deep collaboration, and actionable insights.