Tokenizing Assets Doesn’t Raise Token Value!. Jake Claver, recorded December 2025.
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Claver explains why the simple act of tokenizing real-world assets onto a blockchain network does not inherently drive utility for the underlying native token. He argues that network utility depends directly on transactional volume and active settlement activity rather than static token issuance. Because direct asset-to-asset barter remains impractical in modern commerce, market participants rely on stablecoins to exchange tokenized assets for liquid mediums that circulate in the broader economy. Claver details how decentralized exchanges route these asset trades, utilizing the network's native digital token as an intermediary bridge to facilitate settlement between trading counterparties. He concludes that network demand accrues when broad financial markets are tokenized and generate continuous transactional velocity across the underlying decentralized settlement infrastructure.
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