Tokenization just unlocked a $1.7 trillion industry

Wall Street Unplugged - What's Really Moving These Markets

Frank Curzio

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🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Historically, multimillion-dollar artwork has only been available to the highest level of social elites… But a new company is bringing priceless works of art to the average investor—and disrupting a $1.7 trillion industry in the process… Scott Lynn, co-founder and CEO of , shares how his firm gives anyone the chance to invest in multimillion-dollar artwork through securitization. [2:20] When you’re first to market—especially with a brilliant idea—there’s always a risk of copy-cat competitors... But Scott breaks down the hard work and regulatory hurdles a company would have to go through to offer a similar service. [4:40] He also explains how fine art can enhance a diversified portfolio... highlights some impressive returns over the past two decades compared to the S&P 500… and gives us a walkthrough of the website—including how it picks artwork… and its unique secondary market. [6:50] Of note… when he was still in high school, Scott created the most popular internet game of the late ’90s. Today he shares that story. [14:00] Finally, I share why I’m most excited about the security token market from a macro perspective… and highlight an incredible special offer for my advisory—including how to lock in a free crypto pick. [16:56] Enjoyed this episode? Get Wall Street Unplugged delivered FREE to your inbox every Wednesday: https://www.curzioresearch.com/wall-street-unplugged/ Wall Street Unplugged podcast is available at: --: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-street-unplugged-frank/ -- : https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/curzio-research/wall-street-unplugged-2 -- : https://www.curzioresearch.com/category/podcast/wall-street-unplugged/ : https://twitter.com/frankcurzio :. https://www.facebook.com/CurzioResearch/ : https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-curzio-690561a7/ : https://www.curzioresearch.com

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0:00.0	Wall Street Unplug looks beyond the regular headlines, heard on mainstream financial
0:06.4	media to bring you unscripted interviews and breaking commentary direct from Wall Street
0:11.5	right to you on Main Street.
0:13.5	He's going up there, it's October 21st.
0:18.6	Now Frank Curzio is the Wall Street Unplug podcast where I break the headlines and tell
0:24.2	you what's really moving these markets, have a great guest for you right now.
0:33.8	His name is Scott Lynn, who is the founder and CEO of Masterworks, which based on its
0:39.8	recent capital race last month is being valued at over $1 billion.
0:45.8	So Masterworks, the only platform in the world that makes it possible to invest in works
0:50.8	from some of the greatest artists, this is an NFTs, this is different.
0:54.8	And they do this by tokenizing the art, which you guys should know by now selling off
1:01.3	a small piece.
1:02.3	So anyone can own it.
1:06.2	So as a value of these works go higher and higher, you could trade your shares at a higher
1:09.4	price on their secondary market, which they created or regulated for you as investors,
1:15.0	or if they happen to buy the painting and then you have a piece in it and they sell it,
1:19.8	you get a proceeds, or a piece of the proceeds, similar to if you own a stock that was acquired.
1:26.3	So you're looking at the art market itself, right?
1:28.6	Stitsock Show from 2000, 2018, Blue Chip Artisan performed SB 500 by 180 percent.
1:35.8	So this is a massive, massive industry, Delight pegs at 1.7 trillion as a total addressable
1:42.4	market.
1:43.4	But here's the problem, this is a market, which most of you know, that was only available
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