Tokenisation is the process of converting rights to an asset into a digital token on a blockchain. There is great interest by financial intermediaries and technologists around the world in figuring out how to move real-world assets onto blockchains to gain the advantages of Bitcoin while keeping the characteristics of the asset. Wrote a blog post on the same topic - https://blog.cofound.it/asset-tokenisation-a-primer-fbcc0393a944

1. Presents
Mayank Jain
cofound.it - Head of Outreach (India)
Asset Tokenisation

2. About me (aka firesofmay)
๏ I'm Mayank Jain (Based in Pune).
๏ I'm a Software Engineer.
๏ Previously at Helpshift for 5yrs.
๏ Currently at cofound.it as the Head
of Outreach (India).
@firesofmay
linkedin.com/in/firesofmay/
mayank@cofound.it

3. What is cofound.it?
Based in Slovenia Advice blockchain
startups
Seed-round and
follow on
investments in
return for equity

4. Examples of cofound.it projects

5. Why listen?
Cryptotraders Tech Enthusiasts General Audience
For

6. Salvator Mundi by
the renowned
Leonardo da Vinci.
Recently sold at $450M

7. What are the
issues in buying/
selling Paintings?

8. Users can buy a
small piece of the painting
What if?
Original Painting

9. Users can buy a
small piece of the painting
What if?
Painting Tokens Trading of Tokens

10. It is easy to
prove fake
from original
What if?

11. What if?
We can cut down cost by removing intermediaries

12. What if?
Price discovery becomes easy
due to ease of exchange

13. The first open blockchain platform
that democratises access to Fine Art

15. “An asset is a resource with
economic value that an individual,
corporation or country owns or
controls with the expectation that
it will provide future benefit.”
What is an asset?
Source: Investopedia

16. "Tokenisation is the process of
converting rights to an asset into
a digital token on a blockchain."
- Addison Cameron-Huff
What is tokenisation?

17. Types of Assets
FungibleTangible
Intangible Non-Fungible

19. ASSETS
NON-FUNGIBLEFUNGIBLE
TangibleIntangible

20. ASSETS
FUNGIBLENON-FUNGIBLE
TangibleIntangible

21. ASSETS
Carbon
Credits
FUNGIBLENON-FUNGIBLE
TangibleIntangible

22. ASSETS
Carbon
Credits
FUNGIBLENON-FUNGIBLE
TangibleIntangible

23. What does it mean to transfer a token?
Ownership
E.g. Fractional ownership
of a real estate
Limited Rights
E.g. Rights to listen to a song
Transfer of

24. What are the benefits of tokenizing an
asset?
๏ Ownership is highly divisible.
๏ Near Immediate trade settlement.
๏ Access to international investors.
๏ Possibility of markets that never close.
๏ Shared ownership models become feasible.
๏ Increased liquidity.
๏ Value transfers are programmable.

25. Examples of projects tokenizing various assets
and many more....

26. Challenges?

27. Governance
House owned by 1 Person
Vs.
House Fractionally owned
by 10000 People
• Who should maintain this house?
• Who pays for its maintenance?
• How is consensus formed?

28. Possible Governance Approaches
Each token
is one vote
Proxy Voting Majority Shareholder

30. Centralization
How to introduce decentralization &
mitigate the risk of single-point
failure in such cases?

31. • How do you legally execute
your right to the underlying
asset?
• Who will issue the tokens and
under what legal framework?
• In case of a conflict how do you
resolve the conflict?
Legal

32. Conclusion

33. Kevin O'Leary - Asset-Based Coins Will
Eventually Replace Small Cap Stocks
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcT4-ddkgqc

34. This is just the beginning

38. Further Reading:
• https://blog.cofound.it/asset-tokenisation-a-primer-fbcc0393a944
• https://medium.com/maecenas/infographic-maecenas-process-3e12b5ed83e8
• http://www.nasdaq.com/article/how-tokenization-is-putting-real-world-assets-on-blockchains-
cm767952
• https://hackernoon.com/traditional-asset-tokenization-b8a59585a7e0
• https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/29/stephen-mckeon-on-asset-based-tokenization.html
• https://www.maecenas.co/Maecenas-WhitePaper.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcT4-ddkgqc
Thank you
@firesofmay linkedin.com/in/firesofmay/mayank@cofound.it