President of Securitize; Founder PFMA; Formerly: Coinbase Head of Capital Markets; SEC Director of Trading & Markets; JP Morgan, Global Head of Market Structure
Joined January 2013
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Jun 11
Had a great time speaking with @jacqmelinek and @_TalkingTokens about market changes during my career: from the trading floors, to the SEC & now Securitize.
Check it out to learn why tokenization could be the biggest market shift in the last twenty years.
Today's pod is with @Observatory13, President of @Securitize.
Brett traces how tokenization has evolved from floor-based trading rooms to onchain capital markets, why tokenized stocks might be the next major frontier, and the conversations happening between bulge bracket banks about bringing tokenized IPOs to onchain investors within the next year or two.
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00:00 - Understanding Tokenization
02:44 - The Evolution of Capital Markets
05:09 - Regulatory Landscape and Innovation
09:11 - Institutional Adoption of Tokenization
13:22 - Brett's Transition to Leadership at Securitize
16:15 - Growth Opportunities for Securitize
20:12 - Advice for Traditional Firms Entering Digital Assets
21:56 - The Importance of Networking in Crypto Events
24:26 - The Shift of Tokenization from Disruption to Integration
27:09 - Bridging Traditional Finance and Blockchain
30:07 - Understanding the Landscape of Tokenization
32:33 - The Future of Tokenized Assets
39:42 - Regulatory Perspectives on Tokenization
42:47 - Envisioning the Future of Tokenization
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May 20
Highest quarterly revenue in company history and updated S4 filed. One step closer. LFG!!
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Apr 27
Tokenization is already happening, but the opportunity for the tokenization of the equities market is enormous. And the sooner more issuers get involved, the faster this will move.
🎥 Brett Redfern says it’s not a question of if assets move on-chain, but when.
U.S. equity market sits around $70T.
Tokenized assets are ~$30B and growing.
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Apr 20
It was great to join @JennSanasie @ the @NYSE to discuss @Securitize 's progress to date & future plans to tokenize securities within regulated entities and without risking investor protections as @SECGov continues to unlock opportunities for innovation
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On CoinDesk's Public Keys at the @NYSE, @Securitize President @Observatory13 unpacks $30B of tokenized assets on chain and the road to public markets, NYSE's Michael Reinking on BTC's correlation with tech, and @avax_one's Jolie Kahn on a new AI data center in Alberta — plus Strategy's STRC shakeup.
Watch with @JennSanasie:
00:00 Welcome to Public Keys
00:24 Strategy Proposes Semi-Monthly STRC Dividends
02:05 Tokenized Assets On Chain Near $30B
02:13 Securitize's Brett Redfearn Joins Public Keys
05:53 Why Securitize Built Inside the Regulatory Framework
06:37 The Clarity Act and Market Structure
11:43 Tokenizing the $70 Trillion US Equity Market
13:51 NYSE's Michael Reinking on the Week Ahead
15:20 Bitcoin's Correlation With Tech Stocks
16:30 DeFi Hacks and Institutional Overhang
17:54 What's Driving $1B in BTC ETF Inflows
20:26 Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI Data Centers
21:52 Goldman Sachs Files Bitcoin Premium Income ETF
22:38 Morgan Stanley's Record BTC ETF Launch
22:53 BTC ETFs see $1B in Inflows
24:44 AVAX One CEO Jolie Kahn Joins Public Keys
26:17 AVAX Bull and Bear Case
27:41 Inside AVAX One's Alberta AI Data Center Plan
30:45 Fear and Greed Index at 29
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Apr 20
Back at @NYSE today after the tokenized RWA market hit a $30B milestone over the weekend.
Make sure you tune into @CoinDesk Public Keys interview with Securitize President @Observatory13 breaking down his new role and where the industry goes from here.
Let’s have a week!
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Apr 10
Was great to jump on @CryptoAmerica_ today, one day after joining @Securitize to talk about why I made this move, why I’m bullish on tokenization, and what’s next for tokenized stocks. Thank you for a fun discussion @jacqmelinek @EleanorTerrett @thatgerald
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Apr 10
Clarity on the Clock with White House Crypto Council Executive Director @patrickjwitt, Securitize President @Observatory13 and DeFi Education Fund's @amandatums x.com/i/broadcasts/1nJOLErza…
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Brett W. Redfearn retweeted
Apr 10
🚨TUNE IN: Our Friday live show starts at 12:30 PM ET with a stacked lineup featuring @WhiteHouse Crypto Council Executive Director @patrickjwitt, @Securitize President @Observatory13 and @fund_defi’s @amandatums.
You won’t want to miss this one!
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Brett W. Redfearn retweeted
Apr 9
It is my pleasure to announce that Brett Redfearn @Observatory13, the chairman of our advisory board for the past 4.5 years, has agreed to join @Securitize as our president and board member to help me run the business as we are about to become a publicly traded company. Brett has an extensive career as a market structure expert in J.P. Morgan, as the head of trading and markets at the SEC, and as head of Capital Markets at Coinbase. Welcome on board Brett!!
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Mar 24
Congrats @carlosdomingo, @Securitize, and @NYSE for taking another major step forward in the development of tokenized securities.
Mar 24
We have just announced a major partnership with @NYSE to support the development of tokenized securities markets, with Securitize named as the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain-native securities for corporate or ETF issuers on the upcoming NYSE-affiliated tokenized securities platform (the Digital Trading Platform). But there is more to it 👇
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Brett W. Redfearn retweeted
Feb 11
Using @Securitize to provide regulatory coverage to trade securities onchain. Let's go!
Feb 11
Uniswap surging after Fortune reports BlackRock will buy the token as part of its push into DeFi.
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1 Dec 2025
As tokenization may drive the most significant market structure changes in a generation, Peter Haynes (TD Securities) and I had fun diving in to the tokenization of equities in his latest Bid Out Podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/5j2…
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26 Nov 2025
1/ Congrats to @Securitize for approval to operate both an Investment Firm & a Trading & Settlement System (TSS) in the EU, and for being the first company in the world licensed to operate regulated digital securities infrastructure in both the US & EU. securitize.io/learn/press/Se…
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26 Nov 2025
2/ ESMA recognized that “The use of distributed ledger technology, with all transactions recorded in a decentralized ledger, can expedite and condense trading and settlement to nearly real-time and could enable the merger of trading and post-trading activities.”
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3/ Thus, ESMA created the TSS, which combines trading and settlement into one entity. The TSS should allow DLT to increase efficiency, reduce costs and operational complexity, and simplify the “value chain” (fewer intermediaries) — thus modernizing capital-markets infrastructure
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Brett W. Redfearn retweeted
12 Nov 2025
I was honored to give the keynote at the @PhiladelphiaFed’s Ninth Annual Fintech Conference this morning. My remarks outlined the next steps in the @SECgov’s Project Crypto and what to expect in the coming months.
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5 Nov 2025
The tokenized asset space is about to explode.
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10 Oct 2025
Excited to moderate this panel 10/16. The race to tokenize stocks is on & the SEC is unlocking the ability to progress. But, many questions remain including what are the costs and benefits for investors & issuers, & which model makes the most sense? Will be a great discussion.
7 Oct 2025
We are excited to announce Brett Redfearn of Panorama Financial Markets Advisory will be speaking at our 92nd Annual Market Structure Conference, "Redefining the Market." To learn more about speakers & panels, and to register for the event, visit our site: bit.ly/3IPejGR
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13 Jun 2025
1/ In this quiet & innocuous set of updates to the SEC’s rule making activity, today we saw the formal withdrawal of several misguided & overreaching proposals that characterized the hyper-regulatory agenda of former SEC Chair Gensler.
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13 Jun 2025
4/ Fourteen proposed rules in total were withdrawn today. A clean break from potential policy changes that consumed far too much time of SEC staff and concerned industry market participants, who spent unknown quantities of hours addressing their shortcomings.
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13 Jun 2025
5/ It's a clean break. And I'm hopeful for -- and anticipate -- more meaningful engagement with industry and a more sensible and tailored approach to regulation (or deregulation) under the leadership of Chairman Paul Atkins in the coming years. Time to move on...
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