Episode 17: Keynote Address by Remy Jacobson at The Blockchain Real Estate Summit

In this episode of the Blockchain Real Estate Podcast, host Michael Flight interviews Remy Jacobson, CEO and Co-Founder of RealT (https://realt.co/), during the Blockchain Real Estate Summit 2023. As a true pioneer in the blockchain real estate space, Remy shares his journey from Bitcoin mining to revolutionizing real estate investment through tokenization.

Remy discusses how RealT has successfully tokenized over 1,550 properties, creating a vibrant marketplace that enables thousands of investors to buy, sell, and earn from real estate for as little as $50. He explains the innovative mechanics of RealT’s platform, including their active secondary markets and the recently launched Realty Money Market, which allows investors to collateralize their tokens for loans without encumbering the underlying assets.

Discover RealT's ambitious plans for global expansion, including upcoming offerings in Europe and Latin America, and learn how the company adheres to regulatory frameworks while enhancing liquidity in traditionally illiquid markets. Remy’s passion for merging real estate with blockchain technology is evident, making this episode a must-listen for anyone interested in the future of real estate investment.

About Remy Jacobson:
Remy Jacobson personifies the currency he evangelizes—permissionless, innovative, and visionary. When he first discovered Bitcoin, it was the answer to his Libertarian schoolboy dreams. Remy’s appetite for disruption was evident early on. At age 16, he turned his back on the educational system that failed to engage his intellect and nascent entrepreneurial spirit and went to work for his father in the investment industry. There, he cultivated a deep understanding of the global financial ecosystems and institutions whose paradigm of wealth he was born to challenge. He began to focus his energies on real estate, buying and developing commercial and residential properties in the US and Canada. In 2011, he founded J-Cube Development with the aim of ensuring high returns for stakeholders and revitalizing historically disinvested neighborhoods. Remy created community spaces while renovating rental units, foregoing ground floor rents to build environments for people to gather and connect, nurture their dreams, and transform their circumstances. Remy was a blockchain early adopter. In 2011, he founded one of the first commercial Bitcoin mines—Liquid Bits—at a time when Bitcoin was the subject of derision and fear. He became a Bitcoin evangelist, on a grassroots mission to demystify crypto technologies and expand the scope of decentralized finance.In 2013, Remy began building the non-profit Bitcoin Embassy in Montreal with his brother Jean-Marc. A first-of-its-kind brick-and-mortar establishment, the Bitcoin Embassy was a tangible landmark that helped a skeptical community embrace an intangible concept. The building enabled Bitcoin innovators to come together as a community and served as both a startup incubator and a global example promoting the use of a new peer-to-peer currency—one divested of government control and designed to give barrierless access to previously closed asset classes. In 2019, Remy and Jean-Marc founded RealT, a groundbreaking platform for tokenized real estate operating at the intersection of their knowledge of real estate, blockchain, and a core belief in the right of all individuals to own property. By building a platform for tokenized real estate on the blockchain and embracing its inherent tran

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