Name: Can Tokenized Stocks Beat Your Broker?
Uploaded: 2026-08-27T05:07:15+00:00
Duration: 2467 s

Speakers

Alex Cutler — CEO and co-founder, DROS Labs

Summary

Coinbase launched tokenized Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Google on Base, with Aerodrome emerging as the main onchain venue. Aerodrome co-founder and DROS Labs CEO Alex Cutler explains why these are one-to-one beneficial ownership claims and how onchain markets offer 24/7 access, composability, and price discovery. He discusses volumes, fees, US regulatory uncertainty, and upcoming tokenized assets.

Coinbase tokenized Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Google launched on Base.
Alex Cutler says these are backed 1:1 by actual shares in a regulated trust, not synthetic wrappers.
Aerodrome captured about 25% of AMM volume in early trading and generated significant fees.
Onchain Nvidia trading continued after the traditional market close, showing after-hours price discovery.
US investors are currently excluded; Coinbase has applied for an SEC innovation exemption.
Aerodrome returns 100% of protocol revenue to AERO token holders and expects more real-world asset listings.

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Alex Cutler CEO and co-founder, DROS Labs 11:56

Tokenized stocks on Base are superior, growing

Coinbase's tokenized stocks on Base are not synthetic wrappers but one-to-one beneficial ownership of actual shares held by a regulated custodian in trust, similar to an ETF mint/redeem model. This gives functional parity with traditional stocks and adds 24/7 global access, programmability, and DeFi composability. Aerodrome has already captured about 25% of AMM volume across tokenized stock venues, and the speaker expects these onchain spot markets to become the primary venue for price discovery and for many more tokenized real-world assets.

Alex Cutler CEO and co-founder, DROS Labs 24:30

Interactive Brokers faces onchain disruption

Traditional brokerages like Interactive Brokers are expensive, slow, high-cost intermediaries with about 77% profit margins, while Aerodrome's tokenized stock markets already show moments of better execution and offer 24/7 access. This creates a structural competitive threat to incumbent brokerage economics as onchain equities scale.

Alex Cutler CEO and co-founder, DROS Labs 37:29

Aerodrome benefits from tokenized asset growth

Aerodrome is emerging as the main onchain venue for tokenized equities and already leads onchain Bitcoin and FX volume. The protocol returns 100% of revenue to AERO token holders, the tokenized-stock launch has generated significant fees, and the team expects substantially more tokenized real-world assets and listings on Aerodrome, including Centrifuge and Reserve products, making AERO a direct claim on this growth.

This Unchained (Chopping Block) video, published August 27, 2026, features Alex Cutler discussing Coinbase tokenized Apple, Coinbase tokenized Nvidia, Coinbase tokenized Meta, Coinbase tokenized Google, IBKR, AERODROME. 3 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

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Can Tokenized Stocks Beat Your Broker?

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