Audio from the October 6, 2022 installment of “Polygon Alpha” with Jack Chong and TJ (Teej) Ragsdale - the authors of The Unreal Primer on Real World AssetsLinkTree - https://linktr.ee/polygonalphapodcastYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PolygonTVApple - Follow the show on Apple Podcast!Spotify - Follow the show on Spotify!RSS feed - https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/863588.rssThe Report: An Unreal Primer on Real World Assets An Unreal Primer on Real World Assets I. Ontology: The Dualism of Real World Assets - Birth: Create new assets - Rebirth: Adapt existing assets II. Problem: In Need of a Standard III. Solution: Protocol Wars - The Battle for Standards for Representation and Ownership of Assets - The Battle of Infrastructuralists - The Battle of Asset Specialists IV. Prediction: Adoption Dynamics at the Tails of Two Systems - DeFi eats long tail assets first - Capital: Demand from Asset Managers - Capital: Demand from Crypto-Native Organizations - Supply: Origination from Asset Managers & Web2 Fintech - FinTechs Incubating Proprietary DeFi Protocols - From RWA to DeFi: Flexport - A Dialectic: Pincer Adoption, Cost Curves, and Value Accrual V. The Landscape - Infrastructuralists - Stablecoins - Liquidity Pools - Layer 1s - Oracles- Tokenization/Securitization - Security Tokens/Secondary Markets - Regulatory - Asset Specialists - Real Estate - Emerging Market Credit - Revenue-Based Finance (RBF) - Trade Finance - Insurance - Synthetics - Treasuries - Agriculture - ReFi - Physical Infrastructure Finance - Yield Aggregators and Portfolio Management - Collectibles - Miscellaneous/Mystery FlavorHost: Justin Havins aka Crypto TexanAV Engineer: Aaron PettijohnPolygon official channel:Website: polygon.technologyTwitter: twitter.com/0xPolygonTelegram Community: t.me/polygonofficialTelegram announcement: t.me/PolygonAnnouncementsReddit: www.reddit.com/r/0xPolygon/Discord: discord.com/invite/polygonFacebook: www.facebook.com/0xPolygon.Technology/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polygonalpha.substack.com