Why this Wall Street veteran is betting on Avalanche

Bart Smith, CEO, AVAT

Episode 16 of Layer One, hosted by The Block's Kelvin Sparks, was recorded with Avalanche Treasury Company (AVAT) CEO Bart Smith.

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In Episode 16 of Layer One, The Block’s Kelvin Sparks was joined by Avalanche Treasury Company (AVAT) CEO Bart Smith. Bart explained the thesis behind treasury companies as a way to get regulated, permanent-capital exposure to AVAX and the Avalanche ecosystem. He also covers his Wall Street/ETF background, why real-world-asset tokenization needs "productive" assets to matter, and why he thinks crypto's investment thesis is stronger than ever.

Outline

- Introduction
- What Is AVAT?
- Wall Street Roots & Crypto's Rise
- The Bitcoin ETF Bet
- Hiring a COO
- Why Own AVAT?
- Scaling Avalanche & RWAs
- DeFi, TradFi & AI Fears
- Policy Risks & RWA Forecast
- Closing Thoughts

GUEST LINKS
Bart Smith - https://twitter.com/gbartsmith
AVAT - https://twitter.com/avat_co

HOST LINKS
John Wu - ⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/John1wu
Kelvin Sparks - https://x.com/imyoungsparks⁠⁠⁠
The Block - https://x.com/TheBlockCo
Ava Labs - https://x.com/avalabs
Avalanche - https://x.com/avax

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