This presentation provides a glimpse into the future of security tokens both from a technological and market standpoint.

1. The Future of Security
Tokens: Myths vs. Realities
Invector Labs

2. Agenda
• Myths and realities of security tokens
• Evolving tokenized applications
• Evolving security token infrastructures
• What’s next?

3. Myths vs.
Technological
Realities in Security
Tokens

4. https://medium.com/coinmonks/what-we-need-to-
enable-the-security-token-thesis-2eade6ee96f2
https://hackernoon.com/the-security-token-thesis-
4c5904761063

5. Myth: Security tokens will bring liquidity to
illiquid assets...

6. Reality:
Liquidity is
something
you build, not
something
that
happens...

7. Myth: Tokenization will enable fractional
ownership and global access to assets

8. Reality:
Fractionalized
ownership is
mostly useless
except for trading

9. Myth: Programmability will create new forms
of crypto-securities

10. Reality: There
are no
programmable
interfaces in
the current
generation of
security token
platforms

11. Myth: Regulation will expand the landscape
of crypto-securities

12. Reality: Security
tokens today only
support two types
of regulation:
KYC/AML

13. Myth: Security tokens will disintermediate
the securities market

14. Reality:
Middlemen are
finding their way
into
crypto securities

16. Important
dilemmas in
security tokens…

17. Regulation
Decentralization

18. Off-Chain
Processes
Programmability

19. Anonymous
Runtimes
Identity

20. Tokenized
Applications
Infrastructure

21. We need a better model…

22. The Crossing the Chasm Model…

23. Applying to Security Tokens
V1
Tokenization
Platforms
Tokenized
Equity
Projects
V2
Tokenization
Platforms
Tokenized
Debt,
Corporate
Issuances
Specialized
Security
Token
Protocols
Security
Token
Blockchain/
Sidechain
Tokenized
Derivatives,
Investor
Products
The Chasm
Time
TechnologicalSophistication

24. Evolving Security Tokens Mean…
New
Tokenization
Models
Evolved
Tokenization
Infrastructure
Security
Tokens
2.0

25. Evolving Security Token Applications…

26. The Next Wave of Security Token Applications
Tokenized Debt
Tokenized
Securities
B2B
Tokenization

27. Tokenized Debt
• Simple pricing model
• Benefits of a dividend
payment
• Protocols specialized in that
use case

28. Tokenization of
Securities
• Expand investor access to
existing securities
• Extend stablecoin model
• Leverage established pricing
and risk management
models

29. B2B Tokenization
• Leverage tokenization to
streamline bank-to-bank
trading of securitized
products
• Large volumes, manageable
risk

30. Evolving security tokens infrastructure…

31. The Building Blocks of a Security Token
Platform
Security Tokens 2.0
Crypto-Financial
Primitives
Hybrid
Governance
Privacy
Liquidity
Protocols
Disclosures
Programmability

32. Crypto-Financial Primitives
• Enable equity, debt, and
hybrid protocols in security
token stacks
• Lay out the foundation for
security token derivatives

33. Hybrid, Programmable Governance
• Enable voting and governance
models using identity-based,
on-chain consensus
mechanisms
• Augment on-chain voting
models with off-chain
processes

34. Privacy
• Incorporate privacy protocols
as a first-class citizen in
security token models
• Model privacy regulatory rules
as part of security token
issuances/transfers

35. Liquidity Protocols
• Build
collateralization/convertibility
directly into security token
smart contracts
• Incorporate liquidity protocols
into security token exchanges

36. Disclosures
• Decentralized, trustless
models to store datasets
relevant to security tokens
• Correlated disclosure data sets
with the performance and
lifecycle of security tokens

37. Programmability
• Extend security token
platforms with programmable
interfaces
• Provide programmable models
for third parties to build key
building blocks of security
token architectures: regulatory
rules, exchange integration,
etc.

38. Multi-Blockchain ST Runtimes
• Extend security token
platforms to non-Ethereum
blockchain runtimes
• Enable security tokens that
can be pegged across different
blockchains

39. Do security
tokens deserve a
new blockchain?

40. The Case for a Security Token Blockchain
Smart
Contract
Limitations
• Smart contracts are a horrible way to
represent ownership
A new
consensus
model
• Consensus and incentives optimized for
security token models at the blockchain
level
Crypto-
Economics
• Align the economics of security tokens with
the crypto-economics of the network
Market
Players
Network
• Provide an environment for financial
market players to be integrated into a
security token network

41. The Case Against a Security Token Blockchain
Protocol
Landscape
• Ethereum includes a large set of crypto-
financial protocols relevant to security
tokens
Tier2 Model
• Security tokens can be considered a tier2,
instead of tier1, blockchain problem
Market Players
Influence
• A new blockchain for security tokens can be
subjected to manipulations by large market
players
Runtime
Fragmentation
• A new blockchain for security tokens can be
conducive to many blockchains for security
tokens

42. Where does that
leave us?

43. Rapid Fire: 10 non-
predictions about
security tokens

44. Asset Tokenization is likely to be commoditized…
But we will see 1-2 winners…

45. Most tokenization platform startups are likely to
run out of cash before iterating in their platforms…

46. Security token debt products might be the first
crypto-security to attract mainstream investors…

47. We will see several blockchains for security
tokens…

48. New forms of stable coins will emerge
(ex: treasury bonds)…

49. Security token derivatives can be the bridge to
build successful tokenized products attractive to
investors…

50. The first wave of successful crypto-securities
might be extensions of existing securitized
products…

51. Decentralized security token marketplaces
and exchange protocols will emerge…

52. Trustless disclosures can become a standalone
segment of the security tokens market…

53. Liquidity mechanics for security tokens are
likely to be built at the protocol level…

54. Security tokens might enable new forms of
securities…

55. Summary
• Security token solutions today are too simplistic to have a big impact
in the market
• Crossing the chasm means transitioning from end-to-end platforms to
best of breed protocols
• The next wave of security token platforms will center on building
crypto-financial and compliance protocols
• We might see a new blockchain for security tokens

56. Thanks!
jr@invectoriq.com
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