Tune in to this episode of the Security Token Show where this week Herwig Konings and Kyle Sonlin cover the industry leading headlines and market movements, including how Securitize is crowning itself as the top dog of RWAs!

This week Jason Barraza had a chance to sit down with Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities on their work in El Salvador & recent issuances and Fernando Ors, Chairman at Reental covering their position in the market and recent capital raise campaign on Republic.

Herwig Konings also hosted Remy Jacobson, Co-CEO of RealT on their recent $REG token genesis drop and ecosystem overview.

Company of the Week - Herwig: Securitize: https://securitize.io/ 

Company of the Week - Kyle: Backed: https://backed.fi/ 

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The Market Movements

1. BlackRock’s BUIDL Surpasses BENJI in AUM: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/30/blackrocks-buidl-becomes-largest-tokenized-treasury-fund-hitting-375m-toppling-franklin-templetons/

1. Securitize Raises $47M from BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, and Others: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/securitize-announces-47-million-strategic-funding-round-led-by-blackrock-302133075.html

1. Backed Raises $9.5M from Gnosis, Blockchain Founders Fund, and others: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/30/tokenized-asset-issuer-backed-raises-95m-as-cryptos-rwa-race-heats-up/
2. Quincy, Mass. Taps into JPMorgan for $10M Muni Bond: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/jpmorgan-sells-first-of-its-kind-muni-bond-deal-via-blockchain

1. Untangled Launches $6M Private Credit Pool on Celo: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/02/tokenized-private-credit-platform-untangled-opens-its-first-usdc-lending-pool-on-celo/

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⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰

• 0:16 Introduction
• 1:34 STS Interviews: Bitfinex Securities
• 9:00 The Market Movements
• 19:44 STS Interviews: Rental
• 31:27 STS Interviews: RealT
• 35:28 Companies of The Week: Securitize, Backed