Are Tokenized Stocks Real? | Gabriel Otte of Dinari

Tokenized stocks have long been a crypto dream, but are they real yet? Gabriel Otte, founder of Dinari, joins to break down the current landscape. We cover what tokenized stocks actually are, why regulatory hurdles make them complex, how Dinari secured the first broker-dealer license for tokenized public shares, and what this means for on-chain finance. We also explore the limitations of current tokenized stock offerings, Robinhood’s moves, and whether true DeFi composability is possible for equities. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🟠 BINANCE | THE WORLDS #1 CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/binance ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:08 Tokenized Stocks 101 5:47 Why is it Taking so Long? 8:48 Traditional Stocks Infra 24:07 Broker Dealer Licenses 27:55 Dinari Tokenized Stocks 30:48 What is an ATS? 32:51 What about Exchanges 35:13 Tokenization Benefits 47:16 Pitching to Wall Street 51:49 The State of Tokenized Stocks 1:03:48 Hype or Real? 1:07:15 Stablecoin Analog 1:10:25 Tokenizing Private Companies 1:17:07 New SEC 1:21:04 What’s Next? 1:23:03 Cancer Research to Crypto 1:28:43 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Gabriel Otte https://x.com/GabeOtte Dinari https://dinari.com/defi Dinari granted first broker-dealer registration to offer tokenized stocks https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/dinari-granted-first-broker-dealer-registration-offer-tokenized-stocks-2025-06-26/ ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠