Tokenization | Florian Spiegl, Evident | VOX Ep. 69

Florian Spiegl, founder of Evident Capital, retraces the history of asset tokenization and the ideas behind it through the lens of his career.

Spiegl has been pursuing tokenization business models since 2016, first at Finfabrick and now Evident, a wealth platform seeking licenses to issue securities tokens.

He speaks with Jame DiBiasio about the value of transitioning many capital-markets activities to blockchain, choices between public and private networks, the role of banks and asset managers, and how to create an ecosystem – as well as Evident’s plans for fundraising.

• Timecodes:
• 0:00 – Florian Spiegl, Evident Capital
• 2:17 – Digitizing banks before blockchain
• 5:10 – Innovation (or lack thereof) in asset management
• 8:08 – New winners and losers
• 9:50 – Is blockchain necessary?
• 11:38 – Lessons from previous startup Finfabrik
• 14:10 – The idea behind Evident and seeking licenses
• 15:44 – Public versus private ledgers
• 17:00 – Banks’ internal tokenization projects
• 19:27 – Best strategy for go-to-market: wide or niche?
• 22:09 – Crypto native versus DLT/TradFi
• 25:38 – Can banks adjust to this new world?
• 28:35 – Evident’s fundraising plans