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Holding shares at brokerage account is analogous to holding cryptocurrencies at CEX—the physical stock certificate is analogous to crypto held in self-custody wallet. The former is claim to the latter (in the case of crypto the latter is the good, and in the case of shares the latter is part-ownership of the good while the former is a claim to the part-ownership).

“The share is evidence of part-ownership, or a claim to part-ownership, of a good.”

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7-1b4b You can let the tech decide what are the problems to be solved. Otherwise, it will decide by itself. It’s about possibility and not about should.

QUE5 - Who owns them

  • 2020s is seeing coins coming off exchanges (check Glassnode)
    • DEX led to pulling money off of exchanges
    • DeFi might counter Maximalists movement (check Dune or Nansen)
      • [Interesting paradox and somehow reminds me of the Protestant Reformation]develop