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Remember when you put your card in an ATM, and a horse-drawn carriage would bring you the money? 💰
Neither do we, but that’s how Wells Fargo got started. 🐴
Time changes, and technology evolves, but the spirit of innovation stays the same. 💎
We sat down with the BlockApps team to discuss what the spirit of innovation means for tokenized real-world assets and how their Mercata marketplace is ushering in the future of financial access. 🔍
They’ve been writing the book on RWA tokenization since 2015. ✍️
No carriages here – we’re riding a rocket toward the future of tokenized assets. 🚀
What you do when you’re early is what matters most. 📋
BlockApps CEO Kieren James-Lubin and CPO Victor Wong were biasing action from the beginning – their work with Vitalik and the original Ethereum team helped lay the groundwork for the industry we know today. ⛰️
Back then, the “tokenization of real-world assets” was a thought exercise, not a practice. The word didn’t even exist yet! 😶
Kieren shared that the scant initiatives exploring the topic back then were fundamentally process-focused – the “how” was the question of the day. ❓
Realizing that the logical next step in the evolution of blockchain was institutional-focused, compliant infrastructure, BlockApps was born. 🔨
They’ve laid the groundwork for the tokenization boom we’re seeing today. 🏗️
BlockApps’ first step was defining how real-world asset tokenization could take shape. 🤔
The result: BlockApps’ STRATO Mercata network is purpose-built for asset tokenization with the goal of turnkey and compliant deployment. 🔑
The environment delivers all of the technical benefits of Ethereum with a few notable additions:
STRATO Mercata also uses an extension of Solidity called SolidVM, meaning most smart contracts built on Ethereum are comparable with the BlockApps ecosystem. 🔌
This compliance and modularity make building and deploying RWA and tokenization infrastructure within the BlockApps ecosystem simple for retail and institutions. ✔️
Almost a decade's worth of work is coming to fruition. 🌹
The BlockApps team has meticulously laid the foundation for mass tokenization… and the world is catching up! 🏃
To succinctly convey their process to a now-ready global market, the BlockApps team recently released an exciting ecosystem component. 🆕
The Mercata marketplace is the latest iteration of BlockApps’ tokenization pedigree. 🥇
With it, anyone can easily participate in the greatest financial movement since the Wells Fargo wagon. 🏇
Purchasing assets or creating your real-world asset storefront is as easy as any other Web2 experience – you don’t even realize you’re using a blockchain at the end of the day. ⛓️
BlockApps is kicking off the store with the flagship categories of:
And that’s just the beginning – the modularity of the marketplace and the timing of its release spell big things for the future of Mercata. 🔮
Users dislike friction, and one of the cardinal sins of blockchains is their challenging interfaces and functionality. 😫
BlockApps keeps the technical tendrils tamped down while letting the flexible features of the marketplace shine in a way that only a decade of experience in tokenization can deliver. 💯
This is how the galaxy-brained builders who invented this industry see tokenization (trust us, we asked them), and we fully support the trend. 📈
At RWA World, we’re always on the cutting edge of tokenization. 😎
We aim to spread the message of financial freedom and self-sovereignty far and wide! 📣
But the true heroes of this industry have been diligently working with focus and tenacity to make this ideal technically possible. 💻
The BlockApps team are living examples of these traits. 💪
We’re beyond excited to work towards the same bright, neon future of tokenization with them! 🤩
Check out BlockApps’ Mercata marketplace to get a glimpse into the future, and remember to subscribe to the RWA World Newsletter for Friday Alpha – we have some exciting things in the works. 🤫
