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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- 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